[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 20092]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                         RELIEF OF SAEED REZAI

  The bill (S. 451) for the relief of Saeed Rezai was considered, 
ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and 
passed, as follows:

                                 S. 451

       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.), 
     Saeed Rezai 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 fee.

     SEC. 2. REDUCTION OF NUMBER OF AVAILABLE VISAS.

       Upon the granting of permanent residence to Saeed Rezai as 
     provided in this Act, the Secretary of State shall instruct 
     the proper officer to reduce by one number during the current 
     fiscal year the total number of immigrant visas 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)).

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