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[Congressional Record: September 28, 2000 (Senate)]
[Page S9541]
From the Congressional Record Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:cr28se00-171]
RELIEF OF WEI JINGSHENG
The bill (S. 11) for the relief of Wei Jingsheng was considered,
ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and
passed, as follows:
S. 11
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PERMANENT RESIDENCE.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Wei
Jingsheng Freedom of Conscience Act''.
(b) 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)).
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