[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1811 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1811

 For the relief of Sophia Shidlivsky and her husband Vasili Chidlivski.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 27, 1999

   Mr. Levin 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 Sophia Shidlivsky and her husband Vasili Chidlivski.

    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.), Sophia 
Shidlivsky and her husband Vasili Chidlivski 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 Sophia Shidlivsky and 
her husband Vasili Chidlivski 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 alien's birth under 
section 203(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1153(a)).
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