The gentlewoman from New York has offered an amendment to the bill which. in several places. strikes out "aliens" and inserts "persons." and would strike "Cambodia or Vietnam" and insert "Cambodia. Vietnam or the United States." to which the gentleman from Pennsylvania has made the point of order that the amendment is not germane to the bill. The Chair has examined the bill and the report. and would characterize this bill as one which enables the United States to render assistance to a certain class of individuals. specifically. as stated on page 6 of the report. those individuals who are refugees from Indochina. and who are aliens. The amendment. however. offered by the gentlewoman from New York. would extend the coverage of this act to another class of individuals. specifically persons of the United States. who are citizens. but not aliens. even though they might be in a broader sense considered "political refugees." The precedents of the House indicate that to a bill dealing with the relief of one class. an amendment seeking to include another class is not germane. both because one individual proposition is not germane to another individual proposition and because such amendment would broaden the scope of the bill. The Chair refers to Deschlers Procedure. chapter 28. section 10.2. and Cannons Precedents. volume 8. sections 2959 and 3046. The Chair believes that these principles are applicable in the present situation.
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