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PUBLIC LAW 86-363-BEPT. 22, 1969

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(2) If any such day shall occur on a regular weekly nonworkday of any officer or employee whose basic workweek is other than Monday through Friday (except the regular weekly nonworkday administratively scheduled for such officer or employee in lieu of Sunday) the workday immediately preceding such regular weekly nonworkday shall be held and considered to be a legal public holiday for such officer or employee in lieu of such day which so occurs on such regular weekly nonworkday. SEC. 2. The first section of this Act, except clause (B) of paragraph (1) of such section, shall not apply to any officer or employee whose basic workweek is Monday through Saturday. SEC. 3. The preceding sections of this Act shall take effect on July 1, 195^. Approved September 22, 1959.

Public Law 86-363 September 22> 1959 [H. R. 5896]

Immigration and Nationality Act, amendments. 8 USC 1153. Immigration quotas, liberalization.

8 USC 1153.

8 USC 1153.

Sp o u s e and minor c hildren of aliens. 8 USC 1153.

N o n quota stc B.

8 USC 1155.

AN ACT To provide for the entry of certain relatives of United States citizens and lawfully resident aliens. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 203(a) (2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (66 Stat. 178) is hereby amended by striking out the period and adding the following: "or who are the unmarried sons or daughters of citizens of the United States". SEC. 2. Section 203(a)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (66 Stat. 178) is hereby amended by striking out the word "children" and substituting in lieu thereof "unmarried sons or daughters". SEC. 3. The second sentence of paragraph 4 of section 203(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (66 Stat. 178-179) is hereby amended to read: "Qualified quota immigrants of each quota area who are the brothers, sisters, married sons or married daughters of citizens of the United States shall be entitled to a preference of not exceeding cO per centum of the immigrant visas available for issuance for each quota area under this paragraph, and such preference shall be available to the spouses and children of such qualified quota immigrants if accompanying them." SEC. 4. Any alien who (1) is registered on a consular waiting list pursuant to section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (66 Stat. 179) under a priority date earlier than December 31, 1953, and (2) is eligible for a quota immigrant status under the provisions of section 203(a)(2), (3), or (4) of such Act on the basis of a petition approved by the Attorhey General prior to January 1, 1959, and the spouse and the children of such alien, shall be held to be nonquota immigrants and, if otherwise admissible under the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act, shall be issued nonquota immigrant visas: Provided, That, upon his application for an immigrant visa, and for his admission into the United States, the alien is found to have retained his relationship to the petitioner, and status, as established in the approved petition. SEC. 5. (a) Section 205(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (66 Stat. 180) is hereby amended to read: