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Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21]

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  • · House of Representatives · present

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Amendment· HAMDTHAMDT 962 (104th)passed

An amendment consisting of the text of the following amendments, offered en bloc, printing in House Report 104-483: No. 2: (Traficant) requiring the Attorney General to submit a report to the Congress on the Administration's strategy for deterring illegal aliens; No. 11: (Cardin), modified by previous unanimous consent, ensuring that worksite enforcement is a priority of the INS; No. 25: (Lipinski) adjusting the status of approximately 880 Polish and Hungarian persons from that of parolee to permanent resident; No. 26: (Farr) to establish 10 regional demonstration sites; No. 27: (Traficant) to implement provisions of the Buy America Act; No. 29: (Vento) waiving the English language test for Hmong soldiers and their spouses or widows; No. 30: (Waldholtz) expressing the Sense of Congress that the mission statement of the INS should include the apprehension and removal of illegal aliens, particularly those engaged in criminal activity; No. 31: (Kleczka) to require the State Dept. to refund fees to Poles who were erroneously notified of their eligibility for visas which they did not receive; and No. 32: (Dreier) expressing the Sense of Congress that the Justice Dept. has been too slow.

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Amendment· HAMDTHAMDT 731 (115th)open

An amendment numbered 19 printed in Part B of House Report 115-711 to provide for $126.8 million from within funds appropriated to the Office of Science to meet House-passed authorization levels for the LINAC Coherent Light Source II High Energy Upgrade, the Proton Power Upgrade to the Spallation Neutron Source, the construction of the Spallation Neutron Source Second Target Station, and the construction of the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams; provides for full funding for the U.S. contribution to the construction of the ITER project.

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Amendment· HAMDTHAMDT 961 (104th)passed

An amendment, printed as amendment No. 1 in House Rept. 104-483, to make several technical and conforming changes to the bill, requiring border identification cards with biometric identifiers to be issued to aliens who frequently enter the U.S.; directing the INS to consult with authorities regarding the possibility of using closed military bases for housing illegal immigrants awaiting deportation; authorizing local police to arrest, detain, or deport any illegal immigrant in their locality in order to assist the Attorney General; provide that new attorneys hired by the AG be assigned to prosecute immigration related crimes; changes the date for hiring new federal prosecutors from fy 1995 to fy 1996;allows for the immediate release and deportation for nonviolent illegal immigrants; restricts aliens from being deported to a country where they would face possible persecution; allowing family sponsors of alien parents to obtain a performance bond in lieu of health insurance; deleting provisions in the bill to allot 50,000 visas for the spouses of children of lawful permanent resident aliens; clarifying that all aliens may have access to public health immunizations, including treatment for symptoms of communicable diseases, regardless of their cause; deleting the Earned Income Tax Credit provisions which would prohibit individuals without tax i.entification numbers from participating in the program; allowing family-sponsored aliens to receive certain forms of public assistance without violating terms of sponsorship.

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