[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1599 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1599

                    For the relief of Tarek Elagamy.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                March 7 (legislative day, March 6), 1996

  Mr. Breaux introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
                    For the relief of Tarek Elagamy.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PERMANENT RESIDENCE.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 
seq.), Tarek Elagamy shall be held and considered to have been lawfully 
admitted to the United States for permanent residence as of the date of 
the enactment of this Act upon payment of the required visa fee.
    (b) Reduction of Number of Available Visas.--Upon the granting of 
permanent residence to Tarek Elagamy as provided in this Act, the 
Secretary of State shall instruct the proper officer to reduce by one 
number during the current fiscal year the total number of immigrant 
visas available to natives of the country of the alien's birth under 
section 203(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1153(a)).
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