A bill for the relief of Marco Antonio Reyes.

Bill: 115-s-1760
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2017-08-03
Subjects: Private Legislation
Latest action: action_date: 2017-08-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-08-03
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: Provides for the relief of Marco Antonio Reyes.

tv_txt: VI 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1760 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES August 3, 2017 Mr. Blumenthal introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL For the relief of Marco Antonio Reyes.

1. Permanent resident status for Marco Antonio Reyes (a) In general Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of section 201 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1151 ), Marco Antonio Reyes shall be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence upon filing an application for issuance of an immigrant visa under section 204 of such Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1154 ) or for adjustment of status to lawful permanent resident. (b) Adjustment of status If Marco Antonio Reyes enters the United States before the filing deadline specified in subsection (c), Marco Antonio Reyes shall be considered to have entered and remained lawfully in the United States and shall be eligible for adjustment of status under section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1255 ) as of the date of the enactment of this Act. (c) Application and payment of fees Subsections (a) and (b) shall apply only if the application for the issuance of an immigrant visa or the application for adjustment of status is filed with appropriate fees not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. (d) Reduction of immigrant visa numbers Upon the granting of an immigrant visa or permanent residence to Marco Antonio Reyes, the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper officer to reduce by 1, during the current or next following fiscal year— (1) the total number of immigrant visas that are made available to natives of the country of birth of Marco Antonio Reyes under section 203(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1153(a) ); or (2) if applicable, the total number of immigrant visas that are made available to natives of the country of birth of Marco Antonio Reyes under section 202(e) of such Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1152(e) ). (e) PAYGO The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate , provided that such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.