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T61.1 MAY 3

WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1995 (61)

T61.1 DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO

TEMPORE

The House was called to order by the

SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. INGLIS,

who laid before the House the following

communication:

WASHINGTON, DC,

May 3, 1995.

I hereby designate the Honorable BOB INGLIS to act as Speaker pro tempore on this

day.

NEWT GINGRICH,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

T61.2 APPROVAL OF THE JOURNAL

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

INGLIS, announced he had examined

and approved the Journal of the proceedings of Tuesday, May 2, 1995.

Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Journal was approved.

T61.3 SPEAKER AND MINORITY LEADER

TO ACCEPT RESIGNATIONS, APPOINT

COMMISSIONS

On motion of Mr. ARMEY, by unanimous consent,

Ordered, That, notwithstanding any

adjournment of the House until Tuesday, May 9, 1995, the Speaker and the

Minority Leader be authorized to accept resignations and to make appointments to commissions, boards and

committees duly authorized by law or

by the House.

T61.4 CALENDAR WEDNESDAY BUSINESS

DISPENSED WITH

On motion of Mr. ARMEY, by unanimous consent,

Ordered, That business in order for

consideration on Wednesday, May 10,

1995, under clause 7, rule XXIV, the

Calendar Wednesday rule, be dispensed

with.

T61.5 PROVIDING FOR THE

CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 1361

Mr. DIAZ-BALART, by direction of

the Committee on Rules, reported

(Rept. No. 104–111) the resolution (H.

Res. 139) providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 1361) to authorize

appropriations for fiscal year 1996 for

the Coast Guard and for other purposes.

When said resolution and report were

referred to the House Calendar and ordered printed.

T61.6 REVIEW PANEL

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

INGLIS, laid before the House the following communication, which was read

as follows:

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

COMMITTEE ON HOUSE OVERSIGHT,

Washington, DC, May 1, 1995.

Hon. NEWT GINGRICH,

Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives,

Washington, DC.

DEAR MR. SPEAKER: Pursuant to House

Rule 51, clause 7, I have appointed the Honorable Vernon J. Ehlers as chairman of the

review panel established by that Rule for the

104th Congress.

Best regards,

BILL THOMAS,

Chairman.

T61.7 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

A message in writing from the President of the United States was communicated to the House by Mr. Edwin

Thomas, one of his secretaries.

T61.8 MEXICO-U.S. INTERPARLIAMENTARY

GROUP

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

REGULA, announced that pursuant to

the provisions of 22 U.S.C. 276h, the

Speaker did appoint to the United

States Delegation of the Mexico-United

States Interparliamentary Group for

the First Session of the 104th Congress

the following Members on the part of

the House:

Mr. BALLENGER of North Carolina,

vice chairman; Mr. GILMAN of New

York; Mr. DREIER of California; Mr.

SALMON of Arizona; Mr. HAYWORTH of

Arizona; Mr. BROWNBACK of Kansas; Mr.

DE LA GARZA of Texas; Mr. GEJDENSON

of Connecticut; Mr. COLEMAN of Texas;

Mr. MILLER of California; and Mr. RANGEL of New York.

Ordered, That the Clerk notify the

Senate of the foregoing appointments.

T61.9 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT—

IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT

IMPROVEMENTS

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

STEARNS, laid before the House a

message from the President, which was

read as follows:

To the Congress of the United States:

I am pleased to transmit today for

your immediate consideration and enactment the ‘‘Immigration Enforcement Improvements Act of 1995.’’ This

legislative proposal builds on the Administration’s FY 1996 Budget initiatives and complements the Presidential Memorandum I signed on February 7, 1995, which directs heads of executive departments and agencies to

strengthen control of our borders, increase worksite enforcement, improve

employment authorization

verification, and expand the capability

of the Immigration and Naturalization

Service (INS) to identify criminal

aliens and remove them from the

United States. Also transmitted is a

section-by-section analysis.

Some of the most significant provisions of this proposal will:

—Authorize the Attorney General to

increase the Border Patrol by no

fewer than 700 agents and add sufficient personnel to support those

agents for fiscal years 1996, 1997,

and 1998.

—Authorize the Attorney General to

increase the number of border inspectors to a level adequate to assure full staffing.

—Authorize an Employment

Verification Pilot Program to conduct tests of various methods of

verifying work authorization status, including using the Social Security Administration and INS

databases. The Pilot Program will

determine the most cost-effective,

fraud-resistant, and nondiscriminatory means of removing a significant incentive to illegal immigration—employment in the United

States.

—Reduce the number of documents

that may be used for employment

authorization.

—Increase substantially the penalties

for alien smuggling, illegal reentry,

failure to depart, employer violations, and immigration document

fraud.

—Streamline deportation and exclusion procedures so that the INS can

expeditiously remove more criminal aliens from the United States.

—Allow aliens to be excluded from

entering the United States during

extraordinary migration situations

or when the aliens are arriving on

board smuggling vessels. Persons

with a credible fear of persecution

in their countries of nationality

would be allowed to enter the

United States to apply for asylum.

—Expand the use of the Racketeer

Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute to authorize

its use to pursue alien smuggling

organizations; permit the INS, with

judicial authorization, to intercept

wire, electronic, and oral communications of persons involved in

alien smuggling operations; and

make subject to forfeiture all property, both real and personal, used

or intended to be used to smuggle

aliens.

—Authorize Federal courts to require

criminal aliens to consent to their

deportation as a condition of probation.

—Permit new sanctions to be imposed against countries that refuse

to accept the deportation of their

nationals from the United States.

The proposal will allow the Secretary of State to refuse issuance

of all visas to nationals of those

countries.

—Authorize a Border Services User

Fee to help add additional inspectors at high volume ports-of-entry.

The new inspectors will facilitate

legal crossings; prevent entry by illegal aliens; and stop cross-border

drug smuggling. (Border States,

working with local communities,

would decide whether the fee

should be imposed in order to improve infrastructure.)

This legislative proposal, together

with my FY 1996 Budget and the February 7th Presidential Memorandum,

will continue this Administration’s unprecedented actions to combat illegal

immigration while facilitating legal

immigration. Our comprehensive strategy will protect the integrity of our

borders and laws without dulling the

luster of our Nation’s proud immigrant

heritage.

I urge the prompt and favorable consideration of this legislative proposal

by the Congress.

WILLIAM J. CLINTON.

THE WHITE HOUSE, May 3, 1995.

By unanimous consent, the message,

together with the accompanying papers, was referred to the Committee on