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One page 8. line 23. It is proposed to insert the following: SEC. 10. (a) During the first two fiscal years following the passage of this act the Attorney General is authorized upon receipt of a fee of $18. which shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the account of miscellaneous receipts. to record the admission for permanent residence as of the date of his last entry into the United States of any alien in the United States. if such alien entered the United States prior to April 1. 1948. is otherwise admissible under the immigration laws. and is determined to be a displaced person residing In the United States as defined in this section: Provided. That the number of displaced persons permitted to remain permanently in the United States pursuant to this section shall not exceed 15.000. Upon the adjustment of status of an alien as provided for herein the Secretary of State shall. if the alien was a quota immigrant at the time of entry. reduce by one the immigration quota of the country of the aliens nationality as defined in section 12 of the Immigration Act of May 26. 1924 (43 Stat. 160161. U. S. C.. title 8. sec. 212). for the fiscal year then current or next succeeding year in which a quota number is available. but not more than 50 percent of any quota shall be used for this purpose in a given fiscal year: Provided. That quota deductions provided for in this section shall be made within the 50percent limitations contained in section 3 of this act. (b) When used in his section. the term "displaced person residing in the United States" means a person who lawfully. entered. the United States as a nonimmigrant under section 3 or as a nonquota immigrant student under subsection (e) of section 4 of the Immigration Act of May 26. 1924. as amended (43 Stat. 154. 47 Stat. 607: 54 Stat. 711. 59 Stat. 669. 8 U. S. C. 203). and who is a person displaced from the country of his birth or of his last residence as a result of events subsequent to the outbreak of World War II. and who is unable or unwilling to return to the country of his birth or of which he is a national because of persecution or his fear of persecution on account of race. religion. or political opinions.