[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 17]
[House]
[Pages 25192-25193]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                             MARINA KHALINA

  The Clerk called the Senate bill (S. 150) for the relief of Marina 
Khalina and her son, Albert Miftakhov.
  There being no objection, the Clerk read the Senate bill 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

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     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)).

  The Senate bill was ordered to be read a third time, was read the 
third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the 
table.

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