Mr. Speaker. in the course of the last reading of the Private Calendar. the gentleman from Kansas requested that a statement be included in the RECORD regarding H.R. 4797. the bill for the relief of certain Basque sheepherders who in the past were beneficiaries of Private Law 936 of the 83d Congress under which they were permitted to remain in the United States without any legal status. This was achieved by vesting in the Attorney General the authority to cancel their deportation. Prior to an investigation undertaken by the Committee on the Judiciary in the 83d Congress for the purpose of devising a program under which the woolgrowing industry would be supplied with alien sheepherders. it was customary to permit this category of skilled aliens to remain in the United States in an indefinite status or bring more of those sheepherders under special legislation. Since the investigation was concluded and specific recommendations were made. the Attorney General is implementing the recommendations by permitting the skilled sheepherders to come to the United States under an appropriate provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act and accept employment for a 3year term. Whereupon. each alien so admitted is returned to his country and a new similarly qualified sheepherder takes his place on our mountain ranges. The instant legislation.
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