[106th Congress Private Law 19]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


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Private Law 106-19
106th Congress

                                 An Act


 
 For the relief of Mrs. Elizabeth Eka Bassey, Emmanuel O. Paul Bassey, 
  and Mary Idongesit Paul Bassey. <<NOTE: Nov. 22, 2000 -  [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)).

    Approved November 22, 2000.