[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 70 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 70

             For the relief of Marcos Antonio Sanchez-Diaz.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 23 (legislative day, January 3), 2013

   Mr. Levin introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
             For the relief of Marcos Antonio Sanchez-Diaz.

    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.), Marcos Antonio Sanchez-Diaz 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 Marcos Antonio Sanchez-Diaz, 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 
Marcos Antonio Sanchez-Diaz under section 202(a)(2) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1152(a)(2)).
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