President. I am introducing today. on behalf of myself. Senator KENNEDY. and the other members of the Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy. a bill to amend certain provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act. for the purpose of: First. improving the efficiency of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. and second. eliminating the need for Congress to consider certain categories of private immigration bills. This is the socalled efficiency bill. It has been a joint effort of myself and Senator KENNEDY. who has been most cooperative and supportive of the efforts of this chairman of the Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy. as we grappled with this rather significant national issue. This bill is very similar to the bill approved last Congress by the House of Representatives and reported last week from the House Judiciary Committee. It is also similar to the noncontroversial portions of a bill reported by the Senate Judiciary Committee in the last Congress. The bill is supported by the Departments of Justice and State and I know of no current opposition by any grouppublic or private. The bill does not deal with any of the controversial areas on which the Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy made recommendations in April. nor with subjects covered by the administrations proposed immigration reforms announced in July. Those controversial areas are being considered carefully by the subcommittee in a series of hearings and consultations which are already in progress. I intend to introduce a comprehensive immigration reform bill by the end of this session of Congress. The bill I am Introducing today will enable the INS to shift nearly $2 million of its budget from activities with very little benefit to others which have more urgent functions. Mr.
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