[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 56 (Monday, April 30, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S4050]
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       RELIEF OF RITA MIREMBE REVELL A.K.A. MARGARET RITA MIREMBE

  Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Judiciary 
Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. 560, and that 
the Senate then proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 560) for the relief of Rita Mirembe Revell 
     (a.k.a. Margaret Rita Mirembe).

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the bill be read 
the third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the 
table, and any statements pertaining to the bill be printed in the 
Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 560) was read the third time and passed, as follows:

                                 S. 560

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

     SECTION 1. PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS FOR RITA MIREMBE REVELL 
                   (A.K.A. MARGARET RITA MIREMBE).

       (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.), Rita Mirembe Revell (a.k.a. Margaret 
     Rita Mirembe) shall be held and considered to have been 
     lawfully admitted to the United States for permanant 
     residence as of the date of enactment of this Act, upon 
     payment of the required visa fees not later than 2 years 
     after the date of enactment of this Act.
       (b) Reduction of Immigrant Visa Numbers.--Upon the granting 
     of permanent residence to Rita Mirembe Revell (a.k.a. 
     Margaret Rita Mirembe), the Secretary of State shall instruct 
     the proper officer to reduce by the appropriate number, 
     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 alien's birth under section 203(a) of 
     the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(a)) or, if 
     applicable, the total number of immigrant visas that are made 
     available to natives of the country of the alien's birth 
     under section 202(e) of such Act.

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