[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 159 (Monday, December 6, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8556-S8557]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        RELIEF OF SHIGERU YAMADA

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the consideration of S. 4010.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will state the bill by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 4010) for the relief of Shigeru Yamada.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, I offer today private relief 
legislation to provide lawful permanent residence status to Shigeru 
Yamada, a 28-year-old Japanese national who lives in Chula Vista, CA.
  The Senate passed S. 124, a private relief bill on behalf of Mr. 
Yamada on Friday; however, that version of the private relief bill did 
not include an explanation of the zero budgetary impact of the bill. 
For this reason, I am introducing and seek passage of a new version of 
this private bill for Mr. Yamada, so that the Congressional Budget 
Office's assessment of the zero budgetary impact of this bill can be 
taken into consideration when this bill reaches the House of 
Representatives.
  Mr. Yamada legally entered the United States with his mother and two 
sisters in 1992 at the young age of 10. The family was fleeing from Mr. 
Yamada's alcoholic father, who had been physically abusive to his 
mother, the children and even his own parents. Since then, he has had 
no contact with his father and is unsure if he is even alive.
  Tragically, Mr. Yamada experienced further hardship when his mother 
was killed in a car crash in 1995. Orphaned at the age of 13, Mr. 
Yamada spent time living with his aunt before moving to Chula Vista to 
live with a close friend of his late mother.
  At the time of her death, Mr. Yamada's family was living legally in 
the United States. His mother had acquired a student visa for herself, 
and her children qualified as her dependents. Her death revoked his 
legal status in the United States. In addition, Mr. Yamada's mother was 
engaged to an American citizen at the time of her death. Had she 
survived, her son would likely have become an American citizen through 
this marriage.
  Mr. Yamada has exhausted all administrative options under our current 
immigration system. Throughout high school, he contacted attorneys in 
the hopes of legalizing his status, but his attempts were unsuccessful. 
Unfortunately, time has run out and, for Mr. Yamada, the only option 
available to him today is private relief legislation.
  I ask my colleagues to once again support this private relief bill on 
behalf of Mr. Yamada.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be 
read the third time and that a budgetary pay-go statement be read.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 4010) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading 
and was read the third time.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       Mr. Conrad: This is the Statement of Budgetary Effects of 
     PAYGO Legislation for S. 4010.

       Total Budgetary Effects of S. 4010 for the 5-year Statutory 
     PAYGO Scorecard: $0.
       Total Budgetary Effects of S. 4010 for the 10-year 
     Statutory PAYGO Scorecard: $0.

       Also submitted for the Record as part of this statement is 
     a table prepared by the Congressional Budget Office, which 
     provides additional information on the budgetary effects of 
     this Act, as follows:

    CBO ESTIMATE OF THE STATUTORY PAY-AS-YOU-GO EFFECTS FOR A BILL FOR THE RELIEF OF SHIGERU YAMADA, WITH AN AMENDMENT (MDM10842) PROVIDED TO CBO ON
                                                                    DECEMBER 6, 2010
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                                                                             By fiscal year, in millions of dollars--
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            2011     2012     2013     2014     2015     2016     2017     2018     2019     2020   2011-2015  2011-2020
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                                                       Net Increase or Decrease (-) in the Deficit
 
Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Impact..........        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0         0          0
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The bill would make Shigeru Yamada eligible for permanent U.S. residence. CBO estimates that it would have no significant effect on direct spending by
  the Department of Homeland Security or on federal assistance programs.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be 
passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no 
intervening action or debate, and that any statements related to the 
bill be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 4010) was passed, as follows:

                                S. 4010

       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 SHIGERU YAMADA.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of 
     section 201 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
     1151), Shigeru Yamada shall be eligible for issuance of an 
     immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an 
     alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence upon filing 
     an application for issuance of an immigrant visa under 
     section 204 of that Act (8 U.S.C. 1154) or for adjustment of 
     status to lawful permanent resident.
       (b) Adjustment of Status.--If Shigeru Yamada enters the 
     United States before the filing deadline specified in 
     subsection (c), Shigeru Yamada shall be considered to have 
     entered and remained lawfully and shall be eligible for 
     adjustment of status under section 245 of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255) as of the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.
       (c) Application and Payment of Fees.--Subsections (a) and 
     (b) shall apply only if the application for issuance of an 
     immigrant visa or the application for adjustment of status is 
     filed with appropriate fees not later than 2 years after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act.
       (d) Reduction of Immigrant Visa Numbers.--Upon the granting 
     of an immigrant visa or permanent residence to Shigeru 
     Yamada, 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 birth of Shigeru 
     Yamada 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 birth of Shigeru Yamada under 
     section 202(e) of that Act (8 U.S.C. 1152(e)).
       (e) PAYGO.--The budgetary effects of this Act, for the 
     purpose of complying with the

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     Statutory Pay-As-You-Go-Act of 2010, shall be determined by 
     reference to the latest statement titled ``Budgetary Effects 
     of PAYGO Legislation'' for this Act, submitted for printing 
     in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the Senate 
     Budget Committee, provided that such statement has been 
     submitted prior to the vote on passage.

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