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 462 73d CONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 84. MARCH 24, 1934 . Resident c sinnertoUnitedStates. ommfs

(5) The government of the Commonwealth of the Philippine Islands shall provide for the selection of a Resident Commissioner Recognition, etc. to the United States, and shall fix his term of office . He shall be the representative of the government of the Commonwealth of the Phil ippi ne I slan ds a nd s hall be enti tled to offi cial rec ogni tion as such by all departments upon presentation to the President of cre- dentials signed by the Chief Executive of said government . He shall have a seat in the House of Representatives of the United States, with the right of debate, but without the right of voting. His salary and expenses shall be fixed and paid b y the government of the Phili ppine Islan ds . Until a Resident Commissioner is selected and qualified under this section, existing law governing the app ointment of R esident Commi ssioners from the Philippin e Islands shall continue in effect. review of Sup re me Cou rt (6) • Review by the Supreme Court of the United States of cases Ant e, p . 457. from the Phili ppine Islands shall be as n ow provided b y law ; and such review shall also extend to all cases involving the constitution of the Commonwealth of the Philippine Islands. Immigration SEC. 8 . (a) Effective upon the acceptance of this Act by concur- Post, P . 465. rent resolution of the Philippine Legislature or by a convention called for that purpose, as provided in section 17- Provisions govern- (1) F or the purpos es of the Immi gration Act o f 1917, the I mmi- ' nVol. 39, p .874;Vol . gration Act of 1924 (except section 13(c)) this section, and all 43, P. 153 . other laws of the United States relating to the immigration, exclu- sion, or expulsion of aliens, citizens of the Philippine Islands who are not citizens of the United States shall be considered as if they were aliens. F or suc h purp oses t he Ph ilippi ne Isl ands shall be considered as a separate country and shall have for each fiscal year a quota of fifty. This paragraph shall not apply to a person com- ing or seeking to come to the Territory of Hawaii who does not apply for and secure an im migration or p assport visa, but such immi gra- tion sh all be determ ined by the De partment of t he Interior on the basis of the needs of industries in the Territory of Hawaii. Adm it tan ce fr om (2) Citizens of the Philippine Islands who are not citizens of the Hawaii. United States shall not be admitted to the continental United States from the T errito ry of Hawai i (whe ther e nteri ng suc h Terr itory Nonimmigrant class before or after the effective date of this section) unless they belong exceptions. Vol.43,p. 154. to a class d eclared to be nonimmigrant s by section 3 of the Immi- Nonquota immi- grants, gration Act of 1924 or to a class declared to be nonquota immigrants under the provisions of section 4 of such Act other than subdivision (c) thereof, or unless they were admitted to such Territory under an Regulatory provi- immigration visa. The Secretary of Labor shall by regulations ero- sions . vide a method for such exclusion and for the admission of such excepted classes. Assignment of For- (3) Any Foreign Service officer may be assigned to duty in the sign Service officer. Philippine Islands, under a commission as a consular officer, for such period as may be necessary and under such regulations as the Secre- tary of State may prescribe, during which assignment s uch officer shall be considered as stationed in a foreign country ; but his powers and duties shall be confined to the performance of such of the official acts and notarial and other services, which such officer might properly perfo rm in respect of the admini stration of t he immigra- tion la ws if a ssigned to a foreign countr y as a consul ar offi cer, a s may be authorized by the Secretary of State. Application of immi- (4) For the purposes of sections 18 and 20 of the Immigration Act gration 39e pp . 8 8 7 ' 8 9 0, of 19 17, as amended, the Philippine Islands shall be considered to be a foreign country. Ad ditional pr ovi- (b) The provisions of this section are in addition to the provisions stuns . of the immigration laws now in force, and shall be enforced as a