[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 199 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 199

                 For the relief of Ricardo F. Pedrotti.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 26, 2005

  Mr. Graham 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 Ricardo F. Pedrotti.

    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.), Ricardo F. 
Pedrotti, who was born on April 4, 1978, shall be held and considered 
to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent 
residence as of the date of 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 Ricardo F. Pedrotti, as 
provided in section 1, 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 Ricardo F. Pedrotti's birth under section 203(a) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(a)).
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