Mr. Speaker. I have introduced today H.R. 11436. the Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1964. My purpose is to set in legislative motion a badly needed revision of our national immigration policy. In proposing this legislation. I am pleased to join with the distinguished gentleman from New York with whom I have worked for many months on this matter. My colleague and I are convinced that this measure represents the most extensive and equitable immigration proposal to be presented in this 88th Congress. There are 14 principal provisions in H.R. 11436: First. Countrybycountry immigrant quotas are liberalized. including the establishment of four major quota regions: Europe. Asia. Africa. and Australasia. Quote figures for each region would be distributed in proportion to actual immigration to the United States as recorded in the 40year period from 1924 to 1964. Unused quotas in any given year would be redistributed within a region from countries not using them to countries needing them. This assignment would be according to usual priorities of preference category and date of application.
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