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PUBLIC LAW 6a-JUNE 28, 1961

Public Law 60 June 28, 1961 [H. R. 3876]

Displaced Persons Act of 1948, amendment. 62 Stat. 1010. 50 U. S. C a p p. J 1962(a). Issuance of visas without regard to quotas. 64 Stat. 221. 60 U. 8. C. a p p. { 1952 (b). Eligible displaced orphans.

Restrictions.

62 Stat. 1009. 60 U.S.C. a p p. {1951 note. Duty of Secretary of Stat.

64 Stat. 220. 50 U. S. C a p p. § 1951 (f). Special nonquota immigration visas for certain aliens.

62 Stat. 1011. 60 U.S.C.§1954. Quota nationality.

64 Stat. 220. 50 U.S.C. a p p. § 1951 (f).

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AN ACT To amend the Displaced Persons Act of 1948, as amended. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 3(a) of the Displaced Persons Act of 1948, as amended, be amended to read as follows: "SEC. 3. (a) I. During the three and one-half fiscal years beginning July 1, 1948, and ending December 31, 1951, eligible displaced persons and persons defined in subdivisions (2), (3), and (4) of subsection (b) of this section seeking to enter the United States as immigrants, and " II. During the four fiscal years beginning July 1, 1948, and ending June 30, 1952, eligible displaced orphans seeking to enter the United States as immigrants, may be issued immigration visas without regard to quota limitations for those years as provided by subsection (c) of this section: Provided, That not more than three hundrd and forty-one thousand such visas shall be issued under this Act, as amended, including such visas heretofore issued under the Displaced Persons Act of 1948: Provided further, That no such immigration visa shall be issued to eligible displaced persons unless the Commission initiated the selection or processing of such persons on or before July 31, 1951; and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to procure the cooperation of other nations, particularly the members of the International Refugee Organization, in the solution of the displaced persons problem by their accepting for resettlement a relative number of displaced persons, and to expedite the closing of the camps and terminate the emergency." SEC. 2. Paragraph (3) of subsection (f) of section 2 of the Displaced Persons Act of 1948, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "(3) has assurances submitted in his behalf for admission to the United States for permanent residence with a father or mother by adoption, or for permanent residence with a near relative or with a person who is a citizen of the United States or an alien admitted to the United States for permanent residence, or is seeking to enter the United States to come to a public or private agency approved by the Commission, and such relative, person, or agency gives assurances, satisfactory to the Commission, that adoption or guardianship proceedings will be initiated with respect to such alien;". SEC. 3. Section 5 of the Displaced Persons Act of 1948, as amended, is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 5. Quota nationality for the purposes of this Act shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of section 12 of the Immigration Act of 1924 (43 Stat. 160-161; 8 U.S.C. 212) and no eligible displaced person shall be issued an immigration visa if he is known or believed by the consular officer to be subject to exclusion from the United States under any provision of the immigration laws, with the exception of the contract labor clause of section 3 of the Immigration Act of February 5, 1917, as amended (39 Stat. 875-878; 8 U.S.C. 136), and that part of the said Act which excludes from the United States persons whose ticket or passage is paid by another or by any corporation, association, society, municipality, or foreign government, either directly or indirectly; and all eligible displaced persons, eligible displaced orphans and orphans under section 2(f) shall be exempt from paying visa fees and head taxes." Approved June 28, 1951.

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