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PUBLIC LAW 101-649—NOV. 29, 1990 104 STAT. 5007 (b) ALIENS COVERED. —An alien is described in this subsection if the alien— (I)(A) is chargeable under section 202 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to Hong Kong, and (B)(i) is residing in Hong Kong as of the date of the enactment of this Act and is issued an immigrant visa under paragraph (1), (2), (4), or (5) of section 203(a) the Immigration and Nationality Act (as in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act) or under section 203(a) or 203(b)(l) of such Act (as in effect on and after October 1, 1991), or (ii) is the spouse or child (as defined in subsection (d)) of an alien described in clause (i), if accompany- ing or following to join the alien in coming to the United States; or (2) is issued a visa under section 124 of this Act. (c) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN EMPLOYEES IN HONG KONG. — (1) IN GENERAL.— In applying the proviso of section 7 of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949, in the case of an alien described in paragraph (2), the Director may charge the entry of the alien against the numerical limitation for any fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year 1991 and ending with fiscal year 1996) notwithstanding that the alien's entry is not made to the United States in that fiscal year so long as such entry is made before the end of fiscal year 1997. (2) AuENS COVERED. — An alien is described in this paragraph if the alien— (A) is an employee of the Foreign Broadcast Information Service in Hong Kong, or (B) is the spouse or child (as defined in subsection (d)) of an alien described in subparagraph (A), if accompanying or following to join the alien in coming to the United States. (3) RELATION TO SIMILAR PROVISION. —The provisions of this subsection supersede section 403 of the Intelligence Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1991. (d) TREATMENT OF CHILDREN.—In this section, the term "child" has the meaning given such term in section 101(b)(l) of the Immigration and Nationality Act and also includes (for purposes of this section and the Immigration and Nationality Act as it applies to this section) an alien who was the child (EIS SO defined) of the alien as of the date of the issuance of an immigrant visa to the alien described in subsection (b)(1) or, in the case described in subsection (c), as of the date of charging of the entry of the alien under the proviso under section 7 of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949. SEC. 155. EXPEDITED ISSUANCE OF LEBANESE SECOND AND FIFTH PREF- 8 USC 1153 note. ERENCE VISAS. (a) IN GENERAL.—In the issuance of immigrant visas to certain Lebanese immigrants described in subsection (b) in fiscal years 1991 and 1992 and notwithstanding section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (to the extent inconsistent with this section), the Secretary of State shall provide that immigrant visas which would otherwise be made available in the fiscal year shall be made available as early as possible in the fiscal year. (b) LEBANESE IMMIGRANTS COVERED. —Lebanese immigrants described in this subsection are aliens who— (1) are natives of Lebanon, (2) are not firmly resettled in any foreign country outside Lebanon, and /