Speech #870146920

Of the 10.955 bills and resolutions. introduced in the House. a total of 3.721 were referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. or. approximately. 34 percent of all proposals introduced in one form or another. Of these. 1.146 were public bills and 2.575 were private bills. A total of 151 hearings were held. 71 public bills were acted upon favorably. of which 39 have been signed into law. 27 have passe the House qnd are awaiting action by the Senate. 2 bills are pending in the House. 2 bills are in conference and 1 in the Committee on the Rules. 323 individuals were beneficiaries of private immigration legislation. of which 130 were House bills. 86 Senate bills. 42 House joint resolutions. and 65 Senate concurrent resolutions. The House Committee on the Judiciary acted expeditiously on private claim bills. Out of a total of 548 private claim bills. 89 are pending in the Senate. 58 have been enacted into private law and 36 were disapproved.