[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 118 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 118

               For the relief of Maria Cristina DeGrassi.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 24, 2005

Mrs. Feinstein 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 Maria Cristina DeGrassi.

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

SECTION 1. ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any 
order, for the purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1101 et seq.), Maria Cristina DeGrassi shall be deemed to have 
been lawfully admitted to, and remained in, the United States, and 
shall be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment 
of status under section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1255).
    (b) Application and Payment of Fees.--Subsection (a) shall apply 
only if the application for issuance of an immigrant visa or the 
application for adjustment of status is filed with appropriate fees 
within 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act.
    (c) Reduction of Immigrant Visa Numbers.--Upon the granting of an 
immigrant visa to Maria Cristina DeGrassi, the Secretary of State shall 
instruct the proper officer to reduce by 1, during the current or 
subsequent fiscal year, the total number of immigrant visas that are 
made available to natives of the country of the alien's birth under 
section 202(e) or 203(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1152(e), 1153(a)), as applicable.
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