[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 79 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 79

                  For the relief of Al-Housseynou Ba.


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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 Al-Housseynou Ba.

    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.), Al-Housseynou Ba 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 Al-Housseynou Ba, 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 Al-
Housseynou Ba under section 202(a)(2) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1152(a)(2)).
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