,v  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bci  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #c1         
#bjai,mr4 ,smith of ,new ,jersey        
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,for the relief  
of certain aliens who were aboard the   
,golden ,venture4  #a4 ,adjustment of   
status for certain aliens who were      
aboard the golden venture  7a7 ,in      
general ,notwithstanding subsections 7a7
 and 7b7 of section #bja of the         
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #aaea71 the ,secretary of     
,homeland ,security shall adjust the    
status of each alien referred to in     
subsection 7b7 to that of an alien      
lawfully admitted for permanent         
residence1 if the alien--  7#a7 applies 
for such adjustment2  7#b7 has been     
physically present in the ,united       
,states for at least #a year and is     
physically present in the ,united       
,states on the date the application for 

such adjustment is filed2  7#c7 is      
admissible to the ,united ,states as an 
immigrant under the ,immigration and    
,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #aaja et
 seq471 except that1 for the purposes of
 determining admissibility under this   
paragraph1 the grounds for              
inadmissibility specified in paragraphs 
7#d71 7#e71 and 7#g77;,a7 and           
subparagraphs 7,a71 7,d71 and 7,e7 of   
paragraph 7#f7 of section #bab7;a7 of   
the ,immigration and ,nationality ,act  
7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #aahb7;a77 shall not      
apply2 and  7#d7 pays a fee 7determined 
by the ,secretary of ,homeland          
,security7 for the processing of such   
application4  7b7 ,aliens eligible for  
adjustment of status ,the adjustment of 
status provided for under subsection 7a7
 shall apply to the following aliens3   
7#a7 ,dong ,su ,gi4  7#b7 ,zhou ,xin    
,siong4  7#c7 ,zheng ,shi ,ji4  7#d7    
,liu ,bao ,jin4  7#e7 ,liu ,jia ,wen4   
7#f7 ,chen ,xue ,dian4  7#g7 ,wang ,dar 
,hua4  7#h7 ,lin ,rui ,kang4  7#i7 ,ni  

,zhou ,hua4  7c7 ,offset in number of   
visas available ,upon each granting to  
an alien of the status of having been   
lawfully admitted for permanent         
residence under this section1 the       
,secretary of ,state shall instruct the 
proper officer to reduce by #a1 during  
the current or next following fiscal    
year1 the total number of immigrant     
visas that are made available to natives
 of the country of the alien's birth    
under section #bjc7;a7 of the           
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #aaec7;a77 or1 if applicable1 
the total number of immigrant visas that
 are made available to natives of the   
country of the alien's birth under      
section #bjb7;e7 of such ,act 7#h       
,u4,s4,c4 #aaeb7;e774  7d7 ,application 
of ,immigration and ,nationality ,act   
provisions ,the definitions contained in
 the ,immigration and ,nationality ,act 
7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #aaja et seq47 shall apply
 in the administration of this section4 
,the fact that an alien may be eligible 

to be granted the status of having been 
lawfully admitted for permanent         
residence under this section shall not  
preclude the alien from seeking such    
status under any other provision of law 
for which the alien may be eligible4