The bill will be received and appropriately referred. and. without objection. the bill and explanatory statement presented by the Senator from Nevada will be printed in the RECORD. The bill to establish a Bureau of Passports and Visas to be headed by a director. Introduced by Mr. McCARRAN. was read twice by its title. referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. and ordered to be printed in the RECORD. as follows: Be it enacted. etc.. That the Immigration Act of May 26. 1924. as amended (43 Stat. 153. 8 U. S. C. 201). be amended by adding a new section to be known as section 2A as follows: "2A. (a) There is hereby established in the Department of State a Bureau of Passports and Visas to be headed by a Director with rank and compensation not less than that of an Assistant Secretary of State. The Director shall be a nativeborn citizen of the United States with not less than 10 years experience in the Foreign Service of the United States. and shall have attained at least class one in the Foreign Service. He shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. "(b) The functions of the Visa Division and of the Passport Division of the Department of State are hereby transferred to the Bureau of Passports and Visas and the functions of the Chiefs and other officers and employees of the Visa Division and of the Passport Division are hereby transferred to the Director for redelegation and redistribution by him in his discretion. "(c) The Director shall have authority to maintain direct and continuous liaison with the Directors of Federal Bureau of Investigation. Central Intelligence Agency. and other internalsecurity officers of the Government for the purpose of obtaining and exchanging information in enforcing the provisions of this act in the interest of the internal security of the United States. The Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization and the Director shall maintain direct and continuous liaison with each other with a view to a coordinated. uniform. and efficient administration of this act. "(d) Within the Bureau of Passports and Visas there shall be a Visa Division and a Passport Division each to be headed by a Chief having at least 10 years experience in administering the immigration and nationality laws. There shall also be a law officer designated to serve as general counsel of the Bureau of Passports and Visas who shall have authority to maintain liaison with the appropriate officers of the Immigration and Naturalization Service with a view to uniform Interpretation of the provisions of this act. "(e) Estimates of expenditures to be made by the Bureau of Passports and Visas of the Department of State shall be separately stated in the budgets submitted by the President for such Department. and appropriations for such Bureau shall be separately stated in all acts making appropriations for such Department and shall not be available for expenditure for any other function. "(f) The Director shall perform his duties under the general direction of the Secretary of State." The explanatory statement presented by Mr. MCCARRAN is as follows:
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