A bill for the relief of Cesar Carlos Silva Rodriguez.

VI 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 2267 For the relief of Cesar Carlos Silva Rodriguez. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JULY 25, 2019 Ms. CORTEZ MASTO introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL For the relief of Cesar Carlos Silva Rodriguez. 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 CESAR 3 CARLOS SILVA RODRIGUEZ. 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), Cesar Carlos Silva Rodriguez shall 7 be eligible for the issuance of an immigrant visa or for 8 adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted 9 for permanent residence upon filing an application for 10 issuance of an immigrant visa under section 204 of that 11 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:38 Jul 26, 2019 Jkt 034408 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2267.IS S2267 Pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 2267 IS Act (8 U.S.C. 1154) or for adjustment of status to lawful 1 permanent resident. 2 (b) ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS.—If Cesar Carlos Silva 3 Rodriguez enters the United States before the filing dead- 4 line specified in subsection (c), Cesar Carlos Silva Rodri- 5 guez shall be considered to have entered and remained 6 lawfully and shall be eligible for adjustment of status 7 under section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 8 (8 U.S.C. 1255) as of the date of the enactment of this 9 Act. 10 (c) APPLICATION AND PAYMENT OF FEES.—Sub- 11 sections (a) and (b) shall apply only if the application for 12 issuance of immigrant visas or the application for adjust- 13 ment of status are filed with appropriate fees within two 14 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 15 (d) REDUCTION OF IMMIGRANT VISA NUMBERS.— 16 Upon the granting of immigrant visas or permanent resi- 17 dence to Cesar Carlos Silva Rodriguez, the Secretary of 18 State shall instruct the proper officer to reduce by one, 19 during the current or next following fiscal year— 20 (1) the total number of immigrant visas that 21 are made available to natives of the country of birth 22 of Cesar Carlos Silva Rodriguez under section 23 203(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 24 U.S.C. 1153(a)); or 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:38 Jul 26, 2019 Jkt 034408 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2267.IS S2267 Pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 3 •S 2267 IS (2) if applicable, the total number of immigrant 1 visas that are made available to natives of the coun- 2 try of birth of Cesar Carlos Silva Rodriguez under 3 section 202(e) of that Act (8 U.S.C. 1152(e)). 4 (e) PAYGO.—The budgetary effects of this Act, for 5 the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You- 6 Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the 7 latest statement titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO 8 Legislation’’ for this Act, submitted for printing in the 9 Congressional Record by the Chairman of the Senate 10 Budget Committee, provided that such statement has been 11 submitted prior to the vote on passage. 12 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:38 Jul 26, 2019 Jkt 034408 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S2267.IS S2267 Pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS