This has been a modified bill. The committee adopted an amendment that stripped all the findings of fact from the bill on the ground that the Chinese Government had not been asked for its opinion on these findings. Another amendment was adopted that limited the denial of visas to persons who either carried out persecution themselves or directed the carrying out of persecution. Another amendment to the visa provision limitation made a special exemption to the heads of the staterun churches. So the gentleman is incorrect based on the plain language of the bill. religious affairs ministers and cabinet ministers and heads of state. Finally. even in a narrow class of cases. we provided the President with waiver authority that. in the event he finds that admitting one of these persecutors is somehow vital to the national interest of the United States. he can do so.
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