[106th Congress Private Law 14]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


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Private Law 106-14
106th Congress

                                 An Act


 
  For the relief of Wei Jingsheng. <<NOTE: Nov. 22, 2000 -  [S. 11]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Wei Jingsheng 
Freedom of Conscience Act.>> 

SECTION 1. PERMANENT RESIDENCE.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Wei Jingsheng 
Freedom of Conscience Act''.
    (b) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.), 
Wei Jingsheng 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 Wei Jingsheng as 
provided in this Act, the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper 
officer to reduce by one 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)).

    Approved November 22, 2000.