by request. was received. read twice by its title. referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. and ordered to be printed in the RECORD. as follows: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives o the United States of America in Congress assembled. That the Act of June 27. 1952 (66 Stat. 163). as amended. is further amended by adding at the end of title II thereof the following new section 293: "SEC. 293. (a) Nothing contained in this title. except for sections 212(a) (27) (28) and (29). 215. and 241(a) (1) (6) and (7) shall be construed so as to limit. restrict. deny. or affect the coming into or departure from the United States of a citizen of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands who presents a valid identity certificate issued by the High Commissioner of such Territory: Provided. That nothing contained in this section shall be construed to give or to confer upon any such citizen any other privileges. rights. benefits. exemptions. or immunities under this Act. which are not otherwise specifically granted by this Act. "(b) The High Commissioner of the Trust Territory shall issue an identity permit. upon request. pursuant to such regulations as he may precribe. to any citizen of such Territory who resided in the Territory on July 18. 1947. including a citizen temporarily absent from the islands on that date. and to any citizen of such Territory who was subsequently born or naturalized there. if after that date or after his birth or naturalization he continued to reside in the Trust Territory or in the United States. its territories or possessions. and has taken no affirmative steps to acquire foreign nationality. "(c) Any person who comes to the United States pursuant to the provisions of this section shall. upon completion of the residence and physical presence requirements of section 316(a) of this Act. be deemed to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence as of the date of such coming. for the purpose of petitioning for naturalization." The letter. presented by Mr. BURDICK. is as follows:
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