Speech #630270520

While there is the heading "nmmigration ServIce" and another heading " Naturalization Service." we passed some time ago the paragraph beginning at the bottom of page 149. which reads: For all expenses of the enforcement of the laws regulating the Immigration of aliens into the United States. Now. there was the paragraph which carries the expenses of the Immigration Service. less a specific appropriation in the way of a claim. but that is the only place where an antendient relating to the expenses of the Immigration Service or the enforcement of the immigration laws was in order. After that palragraph had been passed we passed a paragraph having legislation authorizing the execution of a lease. Then we )asged three paragraphs to pay claims. all four of which. by the way. were subject to the point of order as being claims. Now. the gentleman offers an amendment which is germane to the paragraph under the Immigration Service. but is not germane to any one of the four paragraphs which have been passed by the committee. and the gentleman now seeks to have it come in after these paragraphs. We might just as well say because the Inmtigration Service is contained in this bill you can offer an antendmient at any place in the bill relating to the Imnigration Service. The rule is that an amendment. to make it gernmne to a bill. must be germane to the part of the bill to which it is offered. and the only place where the amendmaeut is germane in this bill. or to the language to enforce the laws regublting the imigration of aliens. is here immediately following the paragraph on that subject.