(LERK. On page 12 it is proposed to strike out lines 9 to 25. and on page 13 it is proposed to strike out lines 1. to 7. and in lieu thereof to insert the following: Suec. 8. (a) The annual quota of any nationality shall be 2 per cent of the number of foreignborn individuals of such nationality resident in continental United States as determined by the United States census of 1890. but the minimum quota of any nationality shall be 100. (b) There shall be issued to immigrants of any nationality (1) no more vis certificates in any fiscal year than the quota for such nationality and (2) in any calendar month of any fiscal year no more visd certificates than onetwelfth of the annual quota for such nationality. except that if such quota Is less than 300 the number to be issued in any calendar month shall be prescribed by the Commissioner General. with the approval of the Secretary of Labor. but the total numbler to be issued during the fiscal year shall not be in excess of the quota for such nationality. (c) On or before April 1. 1926. the Secretary of State. the Secretary of Commerce. and the Secretary of Labor shall jointly make an estimate showing as nearly as may be the several racial and national origins of the persons who in 1920 comprised the whole population of continental United States. excepting the descendants of such persous as were involuntary immigrants into the territory now included therein. In the preparation of such estimate the said officers are authorized to call for Information and expert assistance from the Bureau of the Census and to receive and utilize any information that may be available from other sources. and the said officials shall make a report of their estimates to the Congress of the United States on or before the 1st day of July. 1926.
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