[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 20091]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



         RELIEF OF MARINA KHALINA AND HER SON, ALBERT MIFTAKHOV

  The bill (S. 150) for the relief of Marina Khalina and her son, 
Albert Miftakhov was considered, ordered to be engrossed for a third 
reading, read the third time, and passed as follows:

                                 S. 150

       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.), 
     Marina Khalina and her son, Albert Miftakhov, shall be held 
     and considered to have been lawfully admitted to the United 
     States for permanent residence as of the date of the 
     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 Marina Khalina 
     and her son, Albert Miftakhov, 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)).

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