Speaker. a review of activities of the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives. 85th Congress. reveals the major role which the committee has played in the legislative history of this Congress. This is evidenced not only by the number of legislative proposals considered by the committee. but by the very nature of the legislative proposals themselves. Major legislation enacted into law which was considered by this committee includes. among others. the first civil rights legislation enacted in almost 80 years. the first revision of the Immigration and Nationality Act since 1952. a number of public laws dealing with Federal judicial practice and procedures. both civil and criminal. Out of the total of 14.013 measures introduced in the House of Representatives during the 85th Congress. 5.577 were referred to the Judiciary Committee. thus the Judiciary Committee handled 39.8 percent of the legislative work of the House of Representatives. Of the legislation processed by this committee. 96 legislative proposals were enacted into public law.
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