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<bill bill-stage="Introduced-in-Senate" public-private="private">
	<form>
		<distribution-code display="yes">VI</distribution-code>
		<congress>111th CONGRESS</congress>
		<session>1st Session</session>
		<legis-num>S. 111</legis-num>
		<current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber>
		<action>
			<action-date date="20090106">January 6, 2009</action-date>
			<action-desc><sponsor name-id="S221">Mrs. Feinstein</sponsor>
			 introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
			 <committee-name committee-id="SSJU00">Committee on the
			 Judiciary</committee-name></action-desc>
		</action>
		<legis-type>A BILL</legis-type>
		<official-title>For the relief of Joseph Gabra and Sharon
		  Kamel.</official-title>
	</form>
	<legis-body>
		<section id="S1" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Adjustment of status</header>
			<subsection id="id76B5FD60D9014099B265EA7D2D55CD8D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
			 general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the
			 purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.), Joseph
			 Gabra and Sharon Kamel shall each be deemed to have been lawfully admitted to,
			 and remained in, the United States, and shall be eligible for adjustment of
			 status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence under
			 section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255) upon filing
			 an application for such adjustment of status.</text>
			</subsection><subsection id="id2F36A7A03F024B0EBFD3654B00940145"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application and
			 payment of fees</header><text>Subsection (a) shall apply only if the
			 application for adjustment of status is filed with appropriate fees not later
			 than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
			</subsection><subsection id="idE138B0C7A1E943BFAC8340FBB01CFA8F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reduction of
			 immigrant visa numbers</header><text>Upon the granting of permanent resident
			 status to Joseph Gabra and Sharon Kamel, the Secretary of State shall instruct
			 the proper officer to reduce by 2, during the current or subsequent fiscal
			 year, the total number of immigrant visas that are made available to natives of
			 the country of birth of Joseph Gabra and Sharon Kamel under section 203(a) of
			 the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(a)), or, if applicable, the
			 total number of immigrant visas that are made available to natives to the
			 country of birth of Joseph Gabra and Sharon Kamel under section 202(e) of that
			 Act (8 U.S.C. 1152(e)).</text>
			</subsection></section></legis-body>
</bill>
