[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2195 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2195

                   For the relief of Ilya Shestakov.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 25, 2006

  Mr. Stevens 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 Ilya Shestakov.

    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.), Ilya Shestakov 
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 Ilya Shestakov as 
provided in this Act, the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper 
officer to reduce by 1 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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