[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1078 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                Private Calendar No. 24
106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1078

                          [Report No. 106-961]


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 29, 2000

               Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

                            October 11, 2000

       Referred to the Private Calendar and ordered to be printed

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                                 AN ACT


 
 For the relief of Mrs. Elizabeth Eka Bassey, Emmanuel O. 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, Emmanuel O. 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, Emmanuel O. 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)).

            Passed the Senate September 28 (legislative day, September 
      22), 2000.
                                                Private Calendar No. 24

106th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 1078

                          [Report No. 106-961]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

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

_______________________________________________________________________

                            October 11, 2000

       Referred to the Private Calendar and ordered to be printed