[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
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[S. 285 Referred in House (RFH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                 S. 285


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 26, 2012

               Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 AN ACT


 
                 For the relief of Sopuruchi Chukwueke.

    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, for 
the purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 
seq.), Sopuruchi Chukwueke shall 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.
    (b) Application and Payment of Fees.--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.
    (c) Reduction of Immigrant Visa Numbers.--Upon the granting of 
permanent resident status to Sopuruchi Chukwueke, the Secretary of 
State shall instruct the proper officer to reduce by 1, during the 
current or next following fiscal year, the total number of immigrant 
visas that are made available to natives of the country of the birth of 
Sopuruchi Chukwueke under section 202(a)(2) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1152(a)(2)).
    (d) Denial of Preferential Immigration Treatment for Certain 
Relatives.--The natural parents, brothers, and sisters of Sopuruchi 
Victor Chukwueke shall not, by virtue of such relationship, be accorded 
any right, privilege, or status under the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.).

            Passed the Senate July 25, 2012.

            Attest:

                                                NANCY ERICKSON,

                                                             Secretary.