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	<form>
		<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code>
		<calendar>Calendar No. 464</calendar>
		<congress>112th CONGRESS</congress>
		<session>2d Session</session>
		<legis-num>S. 285</legis-num>
		<current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber>
		<action>
			<action-date date="20110203">February 3, 2011</action-date>
			<action-desc><sponsor name-id="S131">Mr. Levin</sponsor> introduced the
			 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
			 <committee-name added-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSJU00" deleted-display-style="strikethrough">Committee on the
			 Judiciary</committee-name></action-desc>
		</action>
		<action stage="Reported-in-Senate">
			<action-date>July 19, 2012</action-date>
			<action-desc>Reported by <sponsor name-id="S057">Mr. Leahy</sponsor>,
			 with an amendment</action-desc>
			<action-instruction>Insert the part printed in
			 italic</action-instruction>
		</action>
		<legis-type>A BILL</legis-type>
		<official-title display="yes">For the relief of Sopuruchi
		  Chukwueke.</official-title>
	</form>
	<legis-body display-enacting-clause="yes-display-enacting-clause" style="OLC">
		<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="S1" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Adjustment of status</header>
			<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id76B5FD60D9014099B265EA7D2D55CD8D"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
			</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2F36A7A03F024B0EBFD3654B00940145"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Application and payment of
			 fees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE138B0C7A1E943BFAC8340FBB01CFA8F"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reduction of immigrant visa
			 numbers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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)).</text>
			</subsection><subsection changed="added" committee-id="SSGA00" id="idC2189AAE13274A249D9510087A6498BA" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Denial of preferential
			 immigration treatment for certain relatives</header><text>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.).</text>
			</subsection></section></legis-body>
	<endorsement>
		<action-date>July 19, 2012</action-date>
		<action-desc>Reported with an amendment</action-desc>
	</endorsement>
</bill>
