[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[S. 2637 Considered and Passed Senate (CPS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2637

                  For the relief of Belinda McGregor.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 7, 1998

    Mr. Hatch introduced the following bill; which was read twice, 
              considered, read the third time, and passed

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                                 A BILL


 
                  For the relief of Belinda McGregor.

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

SECTION 1. PERMANENT RESIDENCE.

    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for purposes of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.), Belinda 
McGregor shall be held and considered to have been selected for a 
diversity immigrant visa for fiscal year 1999 as of the date of the 
enactment of this Act upon payment of the required visa fee.
    (b) Adjustment of Status.--If Belinda McGregor, or any child (as 
defined in section 101(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act) of 
Belinda McGregor, enters the United States before the date of the 
enactment of this Act, he or she shall be considered to have entered 
and remained lawfully and shall, if otherwise eligible, be eligible for 
adjustment of status under section 245 of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act as of the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 2. REDUCTION OF NUMBER OF AVAILABLE VISAS.

    Upon the granting of permanent residence to Belinda McGregor 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(c) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(c)).
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