[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 388 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 388

                     For the relief of Maha Dakar.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 15, 2017

   Mr. Brown 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 Maha Dakar.

    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.), Maha Dakar 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 Maha Dakar files an application for adjustment of status, 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 Maha Dakar, the Secretary of State shall 
instruct the proper officer to reduce by 1, during the current or 
subsequent fiscal year, the total number of immigrant visas that are 
made available to natives of the country of the birth of Maha Dakar 
under section 202(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1152(a)(2)).
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