[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 11 Referred in House (RFH)]

  2d Session
                                 S. 11


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 29, 2000

               Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 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) 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)).

            Passed the Senate September 28 (legislative day, September 
      22), 2000.

            Attest:

                                                    GARY SISCO,

                                                             Secretary.