Amendment deletes language which placed restrictions on family-based immigration into the United States.

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Amendment Number
972
Description
Amendment deletes language which placed restrictions on family-based immigration into the United States.
Purpose
An amendment, printed as amendment No. 14 in House Rept. 104-483, to delete the provisions in the bill that require a Congressional reviewevery five years, beginning in FY 2004, of the appropriate worldwide levels of immigration to be permitted under the bill and tie subsequent reauthorization legislation to those levels. The amendment would require a congressional review of appropriate worldwide levels of immigration, but would link that level to future reauthorization.
Congress
104
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
Mar 20, 1996
Latest Action Text
On agreeing to the Gutierrez amendment (A012) Agreed to by voice vote.
Latest Action Time
19:03:59
Submitted Date
Mar 20, 1996
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Aug 15, 2021
Amendment 972 — Informed