Speech #840204976

Section 1404. relating to appeal by the United States from a court order granting a defendants motion for the return of seized property and to suppress evidence. section 1405. relating to the issuance of search warrants. and section 1406. relating to the immunity of witnesses are similar in substance to the Housepassed version of H. R. 11619. although as approved by the conferees. they become a part of the new chapter 68 of title 18. Section 1407 of chapter 68 of title 18 relates to border crossing by narcotic addicts and violators. There was no comparable provision included in the Housepassed bill. This provision would require narcotic addicts. other users of illicit drugs. and convicted narcotic violators to register and obtain a certificate at points of departure when leaving the United States and to surrender the certificate upon reentry. Failure to comply would be punishable by a fine of not more than $1.000. by imprisonment for not less than 1 year and not more than 3 years. or by both. Title III of the bill as agreed to by the conferees sets forth amendments to the Immigration and Nationality Act. The Housepassed version of H. R. 11619 contained no comparable provisions. The provisions in the conference agreement amending the Immigration and Nationality Act are in substance the same as the provisions contained in the Senate amendment to H. R. 11619. Thus section 301 of the bill as agreed to in conference amended three provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act as follows: First. It amended section 212 (a) (23) of that act by including conspiracy to violate a narcotic law. and the illicit possession of narcotics. as additional grounds for excluding any alien from this country. Second. It amended section 241 (a) (11) of that act by including conspiracy to violate any narcotic law. and the illicit possession of narcotics. as additional grounds for deporting any alien. Third. It amended section 241 (b) of that act by including additional language to state clearly that this provision does not permit judicial recommendation against deportation of an alien convicted of a narcotic offense. Clarification of this provision has been made desirable by reason of the decisions in United States ex rel. De Luca v.