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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:cr28se00-173]
RELIEF OF ELIZABETH EKA BASSEY AND HER CHILDREN
The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (S. 1078) for the relief of
M.S. Elizabeth Eka Bassey and her children, Emmanuel O. Paul Bassey,
Jacob Paul Bassey, and Mary Idongesit Paul Bassey, which had been
reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an amendment to
strike all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in
italic, as follows:
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)).
Amend the title to read as follows: ``A bill for the relief of Mrs.
Elizabeth Eka Bassey, Emmanuel O. Paul Bassey, and Mary Idongesit
Paul Bassey.''.
The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute was agreed to.
The bill (S. 1078) was read the third time and passed.
The title was amended so as to read:
A bill for the relief of Mrs. Elizabeth Eka Bassey,
Emmanuel O. Paul Bassey, and Mary Idongesit Paul Bassey.
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