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	<form>
		<distribution-code display="yes">VI</distribution-code>
		<congress>112th CONGRESS</congress>
		<session>1st Session</session>
		<legis-num>S. 443</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 Javier Lopez-Urenda and Maria Leticia
		  Arenas.</official-title>
	</form>
	<legis-body>
		<section id="HDC870F51AEB54B0283F97386BDDB31BA" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Permanent resident status for
			 Javier Lopez-Urenda and Maria Leticia Arenas</header>
			<subsection id="H6FDA2526400E4A219A67BB5C568ECB13"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
			 general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding
			 subsections (a) and (b) of section 201 of the <act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151)</act-name>,
			 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.</text>
			</subsection><subsection id="H078D8B306C2F482288FA5AAA7C095A02"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Adjustment of
			 status</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 <act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration
			 and Nationality Act</act-name> (8 U.S.C. 1255) as of the date of the enactment
			 of this Act.</text>
			</subsection><subsection id="HF4C1E11061E84C3D8DA066B4EA42C9E2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Deadline for
			 application and payment of fees</header><text>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.</text>
			</subsection><subsection id="HE64128CC507F4A64B35FD142B587FB6A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reduction of
			 immigrant visa number</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon
			 the granting of an immigrant visa or permanent residence to Javier Lopez-Urenda
			 and Maria Leticia Arenas, the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper
			 officer to reduce by two, 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 aliens’ birth under section 203(a) of the
			 <act-name parsable-cite="INA">Immigration and Nationality Act</act-name> (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 the aliens’ birth under section
			 202(e) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1152(e)).</text>
			</subsection><subsection id="ID53d09c721143435c91034c65fe14f7a8"><enum>(e)</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>
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