[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1078 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1078

For the relief of Mrs. Elizabeth Eka Bassey and her children, Emmanuel 
   O. Paul Bassey, Jacob Paul Bassey, and Mary Idongesit Paul Bassey.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 19, 1999

   Mr. Helms 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 Mrs. Elizabeth Eka Bassey and her children, Emmanuel 
   O. Paul Bassey, Jacob Paul Bassey, and Mary Idongesit Paul Bassey.

    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.), Mrs. Elizabeth 
Eka Bassey and her children, Emmanuel O. Paul Bassey, Jacob Paul 
Bassey, and Mary Idongesit Paul Bassey, 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 Mrs. Elizabeth Eka 
Bassey and her children, Emmanuel O. Paul Bassey, Jacob Paul Bassey, 
and Mary Idongesit Paul Bassey, 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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