Mr. Speaker. I am submitting today an amendment to the House rules which would require that Members introducing private immigration bills submit a sworn statement. declaring that no compensation of any kind has been or will be received for introducing that bill. Unfortunately. a cloud of suspicion hangs over the whole area of private immigration legislation. and periodically potential abuses are bandied about in the press. This cloud has even discouraged some Members from introducing legitimate and badly needed bills. From my experience on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration. I know that private immigration bills canserve an important function. They allow Congress to deal with cases of extraordinary hardship or unique special circumstances and thereby serve the national interest. It is therefore important to remove the cloud from such bills and make it clear that House policy prevents compensation for legislative work.
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