; and (2) by amending subsection (e) to read as follows: (e) Special rules for countries at ceiling If the total number of immigrant visas made available under section 203(a) to natives of any single foreign state or dependent area will exceed the numerical limitation specified in subsection (a)(2) in any fiscal year, immigrant visas shall be allotted to such natives under section 203(a) (to the extent practicable and otherwise consistent with this section and section 203) in a manner so that, except as provided in subsection (a)(4), the proportion of the visas made available under each of paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 203(a) is equal to the ratio of the total visas made available under the respective paragraph to the total visas made available under section 203(a). . (c) Application The amendments made by this section shall apply beginning on the date that is the first day of the second fiscal year beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act. (d) Transition rules for employment-Based immigrants Notwithstanding title II of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1151 et seq. ), the following transition rules shall apply to employment-based immigrants, beginning on the date referred to in subsection (d): (1) Reserved visas for lower admission states (A) In general For the first nine fiscal years after the date referred to in subsection (d), immigrant visas under each of paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 203(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1153(b) ) shall be reserved and allocated to immigrants who are natives of a foreign state or dependent area that is not one of the two foreign states or dependent areas with the highest demand for immigrant visas as follows: (i) For the first fiscal year after such date, 30 percent of such visas. (ii) For the second fiscal year after such date, 25 percent of such visas. (iii) For the third fiscal year after such date, 20 percent of such visas. (iv) For the fourth fiscal year after such date, 15 percent of such visas. (v) For the