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 PUBLIC LAW 95-412—OCT. 5, 1978

Public Law 95-412 95th Congress

An Act

To amend section 201(a), 202(c) and 203(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended, and to establish a Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 201(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 201. (a) Exclusive of special immigrants defined in section 101 (a) (27), and immediate relatives of United States citizens as specified in subsection (b) of this section, the number of aliens born in any foreign state or dependent area who may be issued immigrant visas or who may otherwise acquire the status of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence, or who may, pursuant to section 203(a)(7), enter conditionally, shall not in any of the first three quarters of any fiscal year exceed a total of seventy-seven thousand and shall not in any fiscal year exceed a total of two hundred and ninety thousand.". SEC. 2. Section 202(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act is amended to read as follows: "(c) Any immigrant born in a colony or other component or dependent area of a foreign state overseas from the foreign state, other than a special immigrant, as defined in section 101(a) (27), or an immediate relative of a United States citizen, as defined in section 201(b), shall be chargeable for the purpose of the limitation set forth in section 202(a), to the foreign state, and the number of immigrant visas available to each such colony or other component or dependent area shall not exceed six hundred in any one fiscal year.". SEC. 3. Section 203(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act is amended to delete "201(a)(1) or (2)" each place it appears in paragraphs one through seven and by substituting in lieu thereof "201 (a)". SEC. 4. (a) There is established a Select Commission on Immigration and Kefugee Policy (hereinafter in this section referred to as the "Commission") which shall be composed of— (1) four members appointed by the President, one of whom shall be designated by the President as Chairman; (2) the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Labor, and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare; (3) four members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives from the membership of the House Committee on the Judiciary; and (4) four members appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate from the membership of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary. (b)(1) A majority of the Commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of its business, but the Commission may provide for the taking of testimony and the reception of evidence at meetings at which there are present not less than four members of the Commission. (2) Each member of the Commission who is not otherwise in the service of the Government of the United States shall receive the sum of $100 for each day spent in the work of the Commission, shall be paid actual travel expenses, and per diem in lieu of subsistence expenses,

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92 STAT. 907

Oct. 5, 1978 [H.R. 12443]

Immigration and Nationality Act, amendment. 8 USC 1151. 8 USC 1101.

8 USC 1153.

8 USC 1152.

8 USC 1153.

Select eommission on Immigration and Refugee Policy. Establishment. 8 USC 1151 note.

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