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[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 93 (Thursday, June 8, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H5736]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

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  PROVIDING MEMBERSHIP OF THE UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON IMMIGRATION 
                                 REFORM

  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent for the 
immediate consideration of the bill (H.R. 962) to amend the Immigration 
Act of 1990 relating to the membership of the United States Commission 
on Immigration Reform.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. (Mr. Riggs). Is there objection to the 
request of the gentleman from Texas?
  Mr. BRYANT of Texas. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, I do 
so to ask the gentleman from Texas to explain the bill, and I yield to 
him for that purpose.
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 962 adds former Representatives 
Hamilton Fish and Ron Mazzoli, by name, to the Commission on 
Immigration, chaired by former Congresswoman Barbara Jordan of Texas.
  Hamilton Fish and Ron Mazzoli were both long-time members of the 
Committee on the Judiciary and of the Immigration Committee. Adding 
these two individuals to the commission would be a fitting tribute to 
their years of service in the Congress and to their work on immigration 
policy, and both have much to contribute to the commission itself.
  Barbara Jordan, Chair of the Commission on Immigration Reform and Dr. 
Susan Forbes Martin, executive director of the commission, have 
expressed their support for this bill.
  Mr. BRYANT of Texas. Mr. Speaker, further reserving the right to 
object, the minority is in support of the bill.
  Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Texas?
  There was no objection.
  The Clerk read the bill, as follows:

                                H.R. 962

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. COMPOSITION OF COMMISSION.

       Section 141(a)(1) of the Immigration Act of 1990 (Public 
     Law 101-649) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``9 members to be appointed'' and inserting 
     ``11 members''; and
       (2) by adding at the end thereof the following:
       ``(F) Hamilton Fish, former Member of Congress and Ranking 
     Minority Member of the Judiciary Committee of the House of 
     Representatives and Romano Mazzoli, former Member of Congress 
     and Chairman of the Subcommittee on International Law, 
     Immigration, and Refugees of the Committee on the Judiciary 
     of the House of Representatives.''.
                amendment offered by mr. smith of texas

  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I offer an amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Amendment offered by Mr. Smith of Texas:
       Page 1, line 6: Strike out ``to be appointed''.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the amendment offered by 
the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Smith].
  The amendment was agreed to.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read 
the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the 
table.

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