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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1445 |
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| 5 | 5 | | For the relief of Ruslana Melnyk and Mykhaylo Gnatyuk. |
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| 6 | 6 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 7 | 7 | | FEBRUARY18, 2025 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Mr. D |
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| 9 | 9 | | AVISof Illinois introduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 10 | 10 | | Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 11 | 11 | | A BILL |
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| 12 | 12 | | For the relief of Ruslana Melnyk and Mykhaylo Gnatyuk. |
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| 13 | 13 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 14 | 14 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 15 | 15 | | SECTION 1. PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS FOR RUSLANA 3 |
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| 16 | 16 | | MELNYK AND VIKAS TOMAR. 4 |
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| 17 | 17 | | (a) I |
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| 18 | 18 | | NGENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsections (a) 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | and (b) of section 201 of the Immigration and Nationality 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Act, Ruslana Melnyk and Mykhaylo Gnatyuk shall each 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjust-8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | ment of the status to that of an alien lawfully admitted 9 |
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| 23 | 23 | | for permanent residence upon filing an application for 10 |
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| 24 | 24 | | issuance of an immigrant visa under section 204 of such 11 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Act or for adjustment of status to lawful permanent resi-1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | dent. 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (b) A |
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| 31 | 31 | | DJUSTMENT OF STATUS.—If Ruslana Melnyk 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | and Mykhaylo Gnatyuk enter the United States before the 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | filing deadline specific in subsection (c), he or she shall 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | be considered to have entered and remained lawfully and 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | shall, if otherwise eligible, be eligible for adjustment of 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | status under section 245 of the Immigration and Nation-8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ality Act as of the date of the enactment of this Act. 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (c) D |
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| 39 | 39 | | EADLINE FORAPPLICATION ANDPAYMENT OF 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | F |
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| 41 | 41 | | EES.—Subsections (a) and (b) shall apply only if the ap-11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | plication for issuance of an immigrant visa or the applica-12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | tion for adjustment of status is filed with appropriate fees 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | within 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (d) R |
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| 46 | 46 | | EDUCTION OF IMMIGRANTVISANUMBER.— 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | Upon the granting of an immigrant visa or permanent res-16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | idence to Ruslana Melnyk and Mykhaylo Gnatyuk the Sec-17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | retary of State shall instruct the proper officer to reduce 18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | by 2, during the current or next following fiscal year, the 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | total number of immigrant visas that are made available 20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | to natives of the country of the aliens’ birth under section 21 |
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| 53 | 53 | | 203(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act or, if appli-22 |
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| 54 | 54 | | cable, the total number of immigrant visas that are made 23 |
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| 55 | 55 | | available to natives of the country of the aliens’ birth 24 |
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| 56 | 56 | | under section 202(e) of such Act. 25 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (e) DENIAL OF PREFERENTIAL IMMIGRATION 1 |
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| 61 | 61 | | T |
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| 62 | 62 | | REATMENT FOR CERTAINRELATIVES.—The natural 2 |
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| 63 | 63 | | parents, brothers, and sisters of Ruslana Melnyk and 3 |
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| 64 | 64 | | Mykhaylo Gnatyuk shall not, by virtue of such relation-4 |
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| 65 | 65 | | ship, be accorded any right, privilege, or status under the 5 |
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| 66 | 66 | | Immigration and Nationality Act. 6 |
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