Speaker. I shall only take a few moments to explain the provisions of the rule. As the House is probably aware. the Committee on Immigration of the House struck out of the Senate bill on immigration which came over here all after the enacting clause and reported a substitute. The question now before the House is not the Senate bill. but a substitute for the Senate bill. and that substitute. of course. as reported. is an amendment. or. in other words. is one whole paragraph. This bill thus reported by the committee as a substitute has only two features that are significant. All the others are rather matters of administration and in the line of previous legislation. These two features are embodied in section 1 and section 38. Section 1 provides for an increase in the head tax. Section 38 provides for an illiteracy test. providing that parties shall not be admitted as immigrants unless they are able to read in English or in. some other language. The committee has selected these two conspicuous features for debate. Section 1 is to be debated under the fiveminute rule. open to amendments. for one hour.
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