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PUBLIC LAW 85-3 1 6 - S E P T. 11, 1957

reports shall be submitted on the first day of each calendar month in which Congress is in session. If, during the session of the Congress at which a case is reported, or prior to the close of the session of Congress next following the session at which a case is reported, either the Senate or the House of Representatives passes a resolution stating in substance that it does not favor the adjustment of status of such alien, the Attorney General shall thereupon require the departure of such alien in the manner provided by law. If neither the Senate nor the House of Representatives passes such a resolution within the time above specified, the Secretary of State shall, if the alien was classifiable as a quota immigrant at the time of his entry, reduce by one the quota of the quota area to which the alien is chargeable under section 202 of the Immigration and Nationality Act for the fiscal year then current or the next following year in which a quota is available. No quota shall be so reduced by more than 50 per centum in any fiscal year. (d) The number of aliens who may be granted the status of aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence in any fiscal year, pursuant to this section, shall not exceed fifty. SEC. 14. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Act, the definitions contained in subsections (a) and (b) of section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act shall apply to sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,12,13, and 15 of this Act. SEC. 15. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 20 of the Refugee Relief Act of 1953, as amended (67 Stat. 400; 68 Stat. 1044), special nonquota immigrant visas authorized to be issued under section 3 of that Act which remained unissued on January 1, 1957, shall be allotted, and may be issued by consular officers as defined in the Immigration and Nationality Act, in the following manner: (1) Not to exceed two thousand five hundred visas to aliens described in paragraph (1) of section 4(a) of the Refugee Relief Act, as amended; (2) Not to exceed one thousand six hundred visas to aliens described in paragraphs (9) or (10) of such section 4(a); (3) All the rest and remainder of said visas to aliens who are refugee-escapees as defined in subsection (c). (b) The allotments provided in subsection (a) of this section shall be available for the issuance of immigrant visas to the spouses and unmarried sons or daughters under twenty-one years of age, including stepsons or stepdaughters and sons or daughters adopted prior to July 1, 1957, of persons referred to in subsection (a) of this section if accompanying them: Provided, That each such alien, as described in this section, is found to be eligible to be issued an immigrant visa and to be admitted to the United States under the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act: Provided further, That all special nonquota immigrant visas authorized to be issued under this section shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of section 221 of the Immigration and Nationality Act: Provided further, That a quota number is not available to such alien at the time of his application for a visa. (c)(1) For purposes of subsection (a), the term "refugee-escapee" means any alien who, because of persecution or fear of persecution on account of race, religion, or political opinion has fled or shall flee (A) from any Communist, Communist-dominated, or Communistoccupied area, or (B) from any country within the general area of the Middle East, and who cannot return to such area, or to such country, on account of race, religion, or political opinion.

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