Thebill will be received and appropriately referred. and. without objection. the bill and statement will be printed in the RECORD. The bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act so as to provide for the expatriation of any national of the United States who refuses to return to the United States to testify as a witness before a Federal court. grand jury of a Federal court. or a committee of Congress. introduced by Mr. McCARRAN. was received. 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 section 349 (a) of the Immigration and* Nationality Act. as amended. is amended by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (10) thereof and inserting in lieu of such period a semicolon and the word "or" and by adding at the end of such section the following: "(11) refusing after the date of enactment of this paragraph. when outside of the territorial jurisdiction of the United States. to return to such jurisdiction to appear and testify as a witness in any criminal proceeding before a Federal court or a grand jury of a Federal court or in any proceeding before a committee of the Congress. after having been duly advised. by service of process or otherwise. that a subpena has been issued requiring him to appear and testify before such court. grand jury. or committee. and after tender by such Federal court or committee of the Congress. or by the head of any department or agency of the Government or of any international organization of which the United States is a member. of all necessary traveling and subsistence expenses which would be incurred by such person in making an appearance in answer to such subpena." The explanatory statement by Mr. McCARRAN is as follows:
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