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<bill bill-stage="Introduced-in-Senate" public-private="public">
	<form>
		<distribution-code display="yes">VI</distribution-code>
		<congress>112th CONGRESS</congress>
		<session>1st Session</session>
		<legis-num>S. 442</legis-num>
		<current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber>
		<action>
			<action-date date="20110302">March 2, 2011</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 Robert Liang and Alice
		  Liang.</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 or any order,
			 for the purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et
			 seq.), Robert Liang and Alice Liang shall be deemed to have been lawfully
			 admitted to, and remained in, the United States, and shall be eligible for
			 issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status under section 245 of
			 the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255).</text>
			</subsection><subsection id="id2F36A7A03F024B0EBFD3654B00940145"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application and
			 payment of fees</header><text>Subsection (a) shall apply only if the
			 applications for issuance of immigrant visas or the applications for adjustment
			 of status are 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 immigrant visas to
			 Robert Liang and Alice Liang, 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 Robert Liang and Alice Liang 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 birth of
			 Robert Liang and Alice Liang under section 202(e) of that Act (8 U.S.C.
			 1152(e)).</text>
			</subsection><subsection id="IDf6533311717d4164b1010f100970a7e9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>PAYGO</header><text>The
			 budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory
			 Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the latest
			 statement titled <quote>Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation</quote> for this
			 Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the
			 Senate Budget Committee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior
			 to the vote on passage.</text>
			</subsection></section></legis-body>
</bill>
