[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 156 (Saturday, November 8, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S12203]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    PRIVATE RELIEF OF ROMA SALOBRIT

  The bill (S. 857) for the relief of Roma Salobrit, was considered, 
ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and 
passed; as follows:

                                 S. 857

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. PERMANENT RESIDENCE.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for purposes of 
     the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.), 
     Roma Salobrit shall be held and considered to have been 
     lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent 
     residence as of the date of enactment of this Act upon 
     payment of the required visa fee.

     SEC. 2. REDUCTION OF NUMBER OF AVAILABLE VISAS.

       Upon the granting of permanent residence to Roma Salobrit 
     as provided in this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
     instruct the proper officer to reduce by one number during 
     the current fiscal year the total number of immigrant visas 
     available to natives of the country of the alien's birth 
     under section 203(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
     (8 U.S.C. 1153(a)).

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