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 PUBLIC LAW 94-571~OCT. 20, 1976

90 STAT. 2707

on or before the effective date of the Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1976." SEC. 9. (a) The amendments made by this Act shall not operate to 8 USC 1153 note. affect the entitlement to immigrant status or the order of consideration for issuance of an immigrant visa of an alien entitled to a preference status, under section 203(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 USC 1153 as in effect on the day before the effective date of this Act, on the basis of a petition filed with the Attorney General prior to such effective date. (b) An alien chargeable to the numerical limitation contained in Numerical section 21(e) of the Act of October 3, 1965 (79 Stat. 921), who estab- limitation. lished a priority date at a consular office on the basis of entitlement to immigrant status under statutory or regulatory provisions in existence on the day before the effective date of this Act shall be deemed to be entitled to immigrant status under section 203(a)(8) of the Immigration and Nationality Act and shall be accorded the priority date previously established by him. Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude the acquisition by such an alien of a preference status under section 203(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended by section 4 of this Act. Any petition filed by, or in behalf of, such an alien to accord him a preference status under section 203(a) shall, upon approval, be deemed to have been filed as of the priority date previously established by such alien. The numerical limitation to which such an alien shall be chargeable shall be determined as provided in sections 201 and 202 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended by this Act. SEC. 10. The foregoing provisions of this Act, including the amend- Effective date. ments made by such provisions, shall become effective on the first day 8 USC 1101 note. of the first month which begins more than sixty days after the date of enactment of this Act. Approved October 20, 1976.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 94-1553 (Comm. on the Judiciary). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 122 (1976): Sept. 29, considered and passed House. Oct. 1, considered and passed Senate. WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 12, No. 43: Oct. 21, Presidential statement.

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