[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 137 (Friday, October 27, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H11361]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           JACQUELINE SALINAS

  The Clerk called the Senate bill (S. 1513) for the relief of 
Jacqueline Salinas and her children Gabriela Salinas, Alejandro 
Salinas, and Omar Salinas.
  There being no objection, the Clerk read the Senate bill as follows:

                                S. 1513

       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.), 
     Jacqueline Salinas and her children Gabriela Salinas, 
     Alejandro Salinas, and Omar Salinas, 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 fees.

     SEC. 2. REDUCTION OF NUMBER OF VISAS.

       Upon the granting of permanent residence to Jacqueline 
     Salinas and her children Gabriela Salinas, Alejandro Salinas, 
     and Omar Salinas, as provided in this Act, the Secretary of 
     State shall instruct the proper officer to reduce by the 
     appropriate number during the current fiscal year the total 
     number of immigrant visas available to natives of the country 
     of the aliens' birth under section 203(a) of the Immigration 
     and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(a)).

  The Senate bill was ordered to be read a third time, was read the 
third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the 
table.

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