[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1171 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1171

  For the relief of Janina Altagracia Castillo-Rojas and her husband, 
                        Diogenes Patricio Rojas.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 11, 1997

 Ms. Moseley-Braun 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 Janina Altagracia Castillo-Rojas and her husband, 
                        Diogenes Patricio Rojas.

    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.), Janina 
Altagracia Castillo-Rojas and her husband, Diogenes Patricio Rojas, 
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 fees.

SEC. 2. REDUCTION OF NUMBER OF AVAILABLE VISAS.

    Upon the granting of permanent residence to Janina Altagracia 
Castillo-Rojas and her husband, Diogenes Patricio Rojas, as provided in 
this Act, the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper officer to 
reduce by the appropriate number during the current fiscal year the 
total number of immigrant visas available to natives of the country of 
the aliens' birth under section 203(a) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(a)).
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