[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1747 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1747

    For the relief of Javier Lopez-Urenda and Maria Leticia Arenas.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 1, 2009

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 Javier Lopez-Urenda and Maria Leticia Arenas.

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

SECTION 1. PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS FOR JAVIER LOPEZ-URENDA AND MARIA 
              LETICIA ARENAS.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of section 
201 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151), Javier 
Lopez-Urenda and Maria Leticia Arenas shall each be eligible for 
issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an 
alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence upon filing an 
application for issuance of an immigrant visa under section 204 of such 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1154) or for adjustment of status to lawful permanent 
resident.
    (b) Adjustment of Status.--If Javier Lopez-Urenda or Maria Leticia 
Arenas enter the United States before the filing deadline specified in 
subsection (c), that alien shall be considered to have entered and 
remained lawfully and shall, if otherwise eligible, be eligible for 
adjustment of status under section 245 of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255) as of the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
    (c) Deadline for Application and Payment of Fees.--Subsections (a) 
and (b) shall apply only to an application for issuance of an immigrant 
visa or an application for adjustment of status that is filed, with 
appropriate fees, within 2 years after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
    (d) Reduction of Immigrant Visa Number.--Upon the granting of an 
immigrant visa or permanent residence to Javier Lopez-Urenda or Maria 
Leticia Arenas, the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper 
officer to reduce by one, during the current or next following fiscal 
year, the total number of immigrant visas that are made available to 
natives of the country of that alien's birth 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 of the country of that alien's birth under section 202(e) of 
such Act (8 U.S.C. 1152(e)).
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