[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 23404]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                FOR THE RELIEF OF GRISELDA LOPEZ NEGRETE

  The bill (S. 2668) for the relief of Griselda Lopez Negrete was 
considered, read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                S. 2668

       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.), 
     Griselda Lopez Negrete shall be held and considered to have 
     been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent 
     residence as of the date of 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 Griselda Lopez 
     Negrete, as provided in section 1, 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 alien's birth under section 203(a) of the Immigration 
     and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(a)).

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