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



                          ELIZABETH EKA BASSEY

  The Clerk called the Senate bill (S. 1078) for the relief of Mrs. 
Elizabeth Eka Bassey, Emmanuel O. Paul Bassey, and Mary Idongesit Paul 
Bassey.
  There being no objection, the Clerk read the Senate bill as follows:

                                S. 1078

       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.), 
     Mrs. Elizabeth Eka Bassey, Emmanuel O. Paul Bassey, and Mary 
     Idongesit Paul Bassey 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 Mrs. Elizabeth 
     Eka Bassey, Emmanuel O. Paul Bassey, and Mary Idongesit Paul 
     Bassey, 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)).

  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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