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1 away from his home or regular place of business, as author

2 ized by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code.

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(2) Each member of the Commission who is otherwise 4 employed in the service of the Government of the United 5 States shall serve without compensation in addition to that 6 received in his regular employment, but shall be allowed 7 travel, transportation, and subsistence expenses while 8 engaged in the performance of his duties as a member of 9 the Commission, as authorized by subchapter I of chapter 57 10 of title 5, United States Code.

11 (f) The Commission may appoint such personnel as it 12 deems necessary in accordance with the provisions of title 5, 13 United States Code, governing appointments in the competi14 tive service, and shall fix the compensation of such personnel 15 in accordance with the provisions of chapter 51 and sub16 chapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to classification 17 and General Schedule pay rates.

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(g) The Commission is authorized to obtain the services 19 of experts and consultants in accordance with section 3109 20 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates not to exceed $100 a day for individuals.

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SEC. 23. (a) Any alien who is eligible for immigrant 23 status under section 203 (a) (5) of the Immigration and 24 Nationality Act, as it existed immediately prior to the effec25 tive date of this Act, on the basis of a petition filed with the

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1 Attorney General prior to January 1, 1969, and the spouse

and children of such alien, if accompanying or following to 3 join him, shall be held to be special immigrants and if other4 wise admissible under the provisions of the Immigration and 5 Nationality Act, shall be issued special inmigrant visas if, 6 upon his application for an immigrant visa and at the time of 7 his admission to the United States, such alien is found to 8 have retained his relationship to the petitioner and status as established in the approved petition.

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(b) The Secretary of State shall make reasonable esti11 mates of the number of visas which shall be issued under 12 subsection (a) and, based on such estimates, not more than 13 35 per centum of such visas may be issued in each of the first 14 two fiscal years beginning July 1, 1970. The visas authorized 15 to be issued under this subsection shall be issued to eligible 16 immigrants in the order in which petitions in their behalf 17 were filed with the Attorney General under section 204 of the 18 Immigration and Nationality Act.

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SEC. 24. Section 21 of the Act of October 3, 1965 (79

20 Stat. 916, 920), is hereby repealed.

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SEC. 25. This Act shall become effective on the first day

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91ST CONGRESS 2D SESSION

H. R. 17370

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 30, 1970

Mr. RODINO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act, and for other

purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tires of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That (a) subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 101 (a)

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(27) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 5 1101) are amended to read as follows:

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"(A) An immigrant who is the spouse, unmarried son

7 or daughter, or parent of a citizen of the United States: 8 Provided, That in the case of a parent, such citizen must be 9 at least twenty-one years of age.

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"(B) An immigrant who is a native of any country

11 contiguous to the United States and the spouse and child of

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1 any such immigrant, if accompanying or following to join 2 him."

3 (b) Subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), and (E) of sec

4 tion 101 (a) (27) of the Immigration and Nationality Act

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are redesignated (C), (D), (E), and (F).

SEC. 2. Section 201 of the Immigration and Nationality

Act (8 U.S.C. 1151) is amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 201. Exclusive of special immigrants defined in 9 section 101 (a) (27), the number of aliens who may be issued 10 immigrant visas or who may otherwise acquire the status of

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an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent 12 residence shall not in any fiscal year exceed a total of two 13 hundred and fifty thousand."

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SEC. 3. Section 202 (a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1152) is amended to read as 16 follows:

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"(a) No person shall receive any preference or priority in the issuance of an immigrant visa, except as specifically provided in section 101 (a) (27) and section 203: Provided,

That the total number of immigrant visas made available to 21 natives of any single foreign state under paragraphs (1) 22 through (5) of section 203 (a) shall not exceed twenty-five thousand in any fiscal year."

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SEC. 4. Section 202 (c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 152) is amended to read as follows:

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"(c) Any immigrant born in a colony or other component or dependent area of a foreign state unless a special im

migrant as provided in section 101 (a) (27) shall be charge4 able, for the purpose of limitation set forth in section 202 (a),

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to the foreign state, except that the number of persons born

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overseas from the foreign state chargeable to the foreign

state in any one fiscal year shall not exceed 2 per centum of the maximum number of immigrant visas available to such foreign state."

SEC. 5. Section 203 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153) is amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 203. (a) Aliens who are subject to the numerical 14 limitations specified in section 201 shall be allotted visas as

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"(1) Visas shall be first made available, in a number not to exceed 25 per centum of the number specified in section 201, to any qualified immigrant who is the spouse, or unmarried son or daughter of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence, or to any quali

fied immigrant who is the married son or daughter of a citizen of the United States, or the unmarried brother or

sister of a citizen of the United States.

(2) Visas shall next be made available, in a number

not to exceed 25 per centum of the number specified in

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