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	<form>
		<distribution-code display="yes">VI</distribution-code>
		<congress>112th CONGRESS</congress>
		<session>1st Session</session>
		<legis-num>S. 295</legis-num>
		<current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber>
		<action>
			<action-date date="20110207">February 7, 2011</action-date>
			<action-desc><sponsor name-id="S213">Mr. Akaka</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 display="yes">For the relief of Vichai Sae Tung (also
		  known as Chai Chaowasaree).</official-title>
	</form>
	<legis-body>
		<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8019DE006FBE4C0091DD9CBEB1942EF4" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Permanent
			 residence</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding any
			 other provision of law, for purposes of the <act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101</external-xref> et
			 seq.), Vichai Sae Tung (also known as Chai Chaowasaree) 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 fees.</text>
		</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6B1E9F25F7D54493994F00DDF3482FA3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2.</enum><header>Reduction of number of
			 available visas</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Upon the
			 granting of permanent residence to Vichai Sae Tung (also known as Chai
			 Chaowasaree), as provided in this Act, the Secretary of State shall instruct
			 the proper officer to reduce by the appropriate number during the current
			 fiscal year the total number of immigrant visas available to natives of the
			 country of the alien’s birth under
			 <external-xref legal-doc="act" parsable-cite="INA/203(a)">section
			 203(a)</external-xref> of the <act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and
			 Nationality Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1153(a)">8 U.S.C. 1153(a)</external-xref>).</text>
		</section></legis-body>
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