[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 591 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 591

                 For the relief of Ang Tsering Sherpa.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               March 22 (legislative day, March 16), 1995

 Mr. Hatfield 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 Ang Tsering Sherpa.

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

SECTION 1. PERMANENT RESIDENCE.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for purposes of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.), Ang Tsering 
Sherpa 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.

SEC. 2. REDUCTION OF NUMBER OF AVAILABLE VISAS.

    Upon the granting of permanent residence to Ang Tsering Sherpa 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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