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 62 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 647-JUNE 25, 1948 general distribution and settlement of persons admitted under this Act throughout the United States and their Territories and posses- sions. It shall also be the duty of the Commission to report on Febru- ary 1, 1949, and semiannually thereafter to the President and to the Congress on the situation regarding eligible displaced orphans, eligible displaced persons and displaced persons. Such report shall also include information respecting employment conditions and the hous- ing situation in this country, the place and type of employment, and the residence of eligible displaced orphans and eligible displaced per- sons who have been admitted into the United States pursuant to the provisions of this Act. At the end of its term the Commission shall make a final report to the President and to the Congress. SEC. 9. Every eligible displaced person, except an eligible displaced person who shall have derived his status because of being the spouse or an unmarried dependent child under twenty-one years of age of an eligible displaced person, who shall be admitted into the United States shall report, on the 1st day of January and on the 1st day of July of each year until he shall have made four reports to the Commission, respecting the employment, place of employment, and residence of such person and the members of such person's family and shall furnish such other information in connection with said employment and resi- dence as the Commission shall by regulation prescribe: Provided,That if such person enters the United States within sixty days prior to either the 1st day of January or the 1st day of July, the first report need not be made until the next date on which a report is required to be made. Such report shall be made to the Commission during its term and thereafter to the Attorney General. Any person who willfully violates the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not to exceed $500, or be imprisoned not more than six months. SEC. 10. No eligible displaced person shall be admitted into the United States unless there shall have first been a thorough investiga- tion and written report made and prepared by such agency of the Government of the United States as the President shall designate, regarding such person's character, history, and eligibility under this Act. The burden of proof shall be upon the person who seeks to estab- lish his eligibility under this Act. Any person who shall willfully make a misrepresentation for the purpose of gaining admission into the United States as an eligible displaced person shall thereafter not be admissible into the United States. No eligible displaced orphan or eligible displaced person shall be admitted into the United States under the provisions of this Act except in pursuance of the regulations of the Commission, but, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, the administration of this Act, under the provisions of this Act and the regulations of the Commission as herein provided, shall be by the officials who administer the other immigration laws of the United States. Except as otherwise authorized in this Act, all immigration laws, including deportation laws, shall be applicable to eligible dis- placed orphans and eligible displaced persons who apply to be or who are admitted into the United States pursuant to this Act. SEC. 11. After June 30, 1948, no preference or priority shall be given to any person because of his status as a displaced person, or his status as an eligible displaced person, in the issuance of visas under the other immigration laws of the United States. SEC. 12. The Secretary of State is hereby authorized and directed to immediately resume general consular activities in Germany and Aus- tria to the end that the German and Austrian quotas shall be available for applicants for immigration visas pursuant to the immigration laws. From and after June 30, 1948 and until July 1, 1950, notwithstanding the provisions of section 12 of the Immigration Act of May 26, 1924, as 1013 Semiannual reports. Final report. Reports by dis- placed person to Com- mission. Penalty. Investigation and report prior to ad- mission to U. 8. Misrepresentation. Applicability of other laws. Preference or pri- ority after June 30, 1948. Resumption of gen- eral consular activi- ties in Germany and Austria. 43 Stat. 180 . 8U.8. C. 1212.

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