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[Congressional Record: October 27, 2000 (House)]
[Page H11360]
From the Congressional Record Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:cr27oc00-22]
WEI JINGSHENG
The Clerk called the Senate bill (S. 11) for the relief of Wei
Jingsheng.
There being no objection, the Clerk read the Senate bill 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)).
The Senate bill was ordered to be read a third time, was read the
third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the
table.
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