[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
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[S. 11 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.11

                       One Hundred Sixth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
             the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand


                                 An Act


 
                    For the relief of Wei Jingsheng.

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

SECTION 1. PERMANENT RESIDENCE.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Wei Jingsheng 
Freedom of Conscience Act''.
    (b) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 
seq.), Wei Jingsheng 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 Wei Jingsheng as 
provided in this Act, the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper 
officer to reduce by one 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)).

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.