Speech #870171613

The bill will be received and appropriately referred. and. without objection. the bill will be printed in the RECORD and will lie on the desk. as requested by the Senator from Michigan. The bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act. introduced by Mr. HART (for himself and other Senators). was received. read twice by its title. referred to the Committee on the Comparative table of recent immigration levels and oversubscribed quotas to existing quotas and quotas proposed under 1962 bill. principal countries contributing to recent timigration --iJudiciary. and ordered to be printed in the RECORD. as follows: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That paragraph (27) of section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act is amended(1) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows: "(A) an immigrant who is the child. spouse. or parent of a citizen of the United States. ". (2) by amending subparagraph (C) to read as follows: "(C) an immigrant who was born in Canada. the Republic of Mexico. the Republic of Cuba. the Republic of Haiti. the Dominican Republic. the Canal Zone. an independent country of Central or South America. or any of the adjacent islands which becomes an independent country. and the spouse or the child of any such immigrant. if accompanying or following to join him.". (3) by striking "or" at the end of subparagraph (F). (4) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (G) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and "or". and (5) by adding the following new subparagraph at the end thereof: "(H) (i) an immigrant whose services are determined by the Secretary of Labor to be needed urgently in the United States because of the high education. technical training. specialized experience. or exceptional ability of such immigrant and to be substantially beneficial prospectively to the national economy. cultural interests. or welfare of the United States. and (ii) the spouse or the child of any such immigrant. if accompanying or following to join him within a period of one year after he is admitted to the United States for permanent residence.". Ssc. 2. Section 201 of the Immigration and Nationality Act is amended to read as follows: