[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 124 (Thursday, September 26, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S9433]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. CAMPBELL:
  S. 3014. A bill for the relief of Jesus Raul Apodaca-Madrid and 
certain of his family members; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the bill be printed in Record.
  There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                                S. 3014

       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.), 
     Jesus Raul Apodaca-Madrid and the persons named in section 3, 
     who are members of his family, 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 AVAILABLE VISAS.

       Upon the granting of permanent residence to Jesus Raul 
     Apodaca-Madrid and the persons named in section 3, as 
     provided in section 1, 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)).

     SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL BENEFICIARIES FOR RELIEF.

       The family members of Jesus Raul Apodaca-Madrid named in 
     this section are the following: Adan Apodaca-Bejarano, Maria 
     de Jesus Madrid-Tarango, Francisco Javier Apodaca-Madrid, 
     Alma Delia Apodaca-Madrid, Maria Isabel Apodaca-Madrid, Laura 
     Apodaca-Madrid, and Luis Bernardo Chavez-Apodaca.

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