Speech #990081306

Mr. President. this amendment is the same amendment that I offered to the immigration bill in 1983. That amendment passed by a vote of 91 to 3. This amendment. like the earlier one. would delete the provisions of the bill which authorize the Immigration and Naturalization Service to impose a fee on aliens who cross the U.S. border coming into the United States. Mr. President. the provision in this bill is slightly different from the provision of the bill in the 98th Congress. The earlier bill required the Immigration and Naturalization Service to impose this border fee. This years bill gives the Service discretion to impose a fee on aliens. In either event.