A bill for the relief of Valent Kolami.

VI 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 449 For the relief of Valent Kolami. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES FEBRUARY 12, 2019 Mr. BLUMENTHAL introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL For the relief of Valent Kolami. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS FOR VALENT 3 KOLAMI. 4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsections (a) 5 and (b) of section 201 of the Immigration and Nationality 6 Act (8 U.S.C. 1151), Valent Kolami shall be eligible for 7 issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status 8 to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent resi- 9 dence upon filing an application for issuance of an immi- 10 grant visa under section 204 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1154) 11 or for adjustment of status to lawful permanent resident. 12 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:38 Feb 12, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S449.IS S449 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 449 IS (b) ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS.—If Valent Kolami en- 1 ters the United States before the filing deadline specified 2 in subsection (c), Valent Kolami shall be considered to 3 have entered and remained lawfully in the United States 4 and shall be eligible for adjustment of status under section 5 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 6 1255) as of the date of the enactment of this Act. 7 (c) APPLICATION AND PAYMENT OF FEES.—Sub- 8 sections (a) and (b) shall apply only if the application for 9 the issuance of an immigrant visa or the application for 10 adjustment of status is filed with appropriate fees not 11 later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this 12 Act. 13 (d) REDUCTION OF IMMIGRANT VISA NUMBERS.— 14 Upon the granting of an immigrant visa or permanent res- 15 idence to Valent Kolami, the Secretary of State shall in- 16 struct the proper officer to reduce by 1, during the current 17 or next following fiscal year— 18 (1) the total number of immigrant visas that 19 are made available to natives of the country of birth 20 of Valent Kolami under section 203(a) of the Immi- 21 gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(a)); or 22 (2) if applicable, the total number of immigrant 23 visas that are made available to natives of the coun- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:38 Feb 12, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S449.IS S449 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •S 449 IS try of birth of Valent Kolami under section 202(e) 1 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1152(e)). 2 (e) PAYGO.—The budgetary effects of this Act, for 3 the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You- 4 Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the 5 latest statement titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO 6 Legislation’’ for this Act, submitted for printing in the 7 Congressional Record by the Chairman of the Senate 8 Budget Committee, provided that such statement has been 9 submitted prior to the vote on passage. 10 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:38 Feb 12, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S449.IS S449 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS