MAINTENANCE OF EXEMPT STATUS.

SEC. 14. (a) The admission to the United States of an alien excepted from the class of immigrants by clause (2), (3), (4), or (5) of section 3, or declared to be a non-quota immigrant by subdivision (f) or (h) of section 4, shall be for such time as may be by regulations prescribed, and under such conditions as may be by regulations prescribed (including, when deemed necessary, the giving of bond with sufficient surety, in such sum and containing such conditions as may be by regulations prescribed) to insure that, at the expiration of such time or upon failure to maintain the status under which admitted, he will depart from the United States, together with, in case of an immigrant admitted as a skilled laborer under subdivision (f) of section 4, his wife and children admitted as non-quota immigrants under subdivision (g) of section 4. (b) For the purposes of this section the marriage of an immigrant admitted as a student under subdivision (h) of section 4 shall be considered to be a failure to maintain the status under which admitted.

PENALTY FOr illegal TRANSPORTATION.

Sec. 15. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person, including any transportation company, or the owner, master, agent, charterer, or consignee of any vessel, to bring to the United States by water from any place outside thereof (other than foreign contiguous territory) (1) any immigrant who does not have an unexpired immigration certificate, or (2) any quota immigrant having a certificate specifying him as a non-quota immigrant.

(b) If it appears to the satisfaction of the Secretary that any immigrant has been so brought, such person, or transportation company, or the master, agent, owner, charterer, or consignee of any such vessel, shall pay to the collector of customs of the customs district in which the port of arrival is located the sum of $500 for each immigrant so brought, and in addition a sum equal to that paid by such immigrant for his transportation from the initial point of departure, indicated in his ticket, to the port of arrival, such latter sum to be delivered by the collector of customs to the immigrant on whose account assessed. No vessel shall be granted clearance papers pending the determination of the liability to the payment of such fine, or while the fine remains unpaid, except that clearance may be granted prior to the determination of such question upon the deposit of a sum sufficient to cover such fine.

(c) Such fine shall not be remitted or refunded, unless it appears to the satisfaction of the Secretary that such person, and the owner, master, agent, charterer, and consigneo of the vessel, prior to the departure of the vessel from the last port outside the United States, did not know, and could not have ascertained by the exercise of reasonable diligence (1) that the individual transported was an immigrant, if the fine was imposed for bringing an immigrant without an unexpired certificate, or (2) that the individual transported was a quota immigrant, if the fine was imposed for bringing a quota immigrant whose certificate specified him as being a non-quota immigrant.

ENTRY FROM FOREIGN CONTIGUOUS TERRITORY.

SEC. 16. The Commissioner General, with the approval of the Secretary, shall have power to enter into contracts with transportation lines for the entry and inspection of aliens coming to the United States from or through foreign contiguous territory. In prescribing rules and regulations and making contracts for the entry and inspection of aliens applying for admission from or through foreign contiguous territory due care shall be exercised to avoid any discriminatory action in favor of transportation companies transporting to such territory aliens destined to the United States, and all such transportation companies shall be required, as a condition precedent to the inspection or examination under such rules and contracts at the ports of such contiguous territory of aliens brought thereto by them, to submit to and comply with all the requirements of this act which would apply were they bringing such aliens directly to ports of the United States. After this section takes effect no alien applying for admission from foreign contiguous territory (except an alien previously lawfully admitted to the United States who is returning from a temporary visit to such territory) shall be permitted to enter the United States unless upon proving that he was brought to such territory by a transportation company which had submitted to and complied with all the requirements of this act, or that he entered, or has resided in, such territory more than two years prior to the time of his application for admission to the United Statos.

UNUSED IMMIGRATION CERTIFICATES.

SEC. 17. An immigration certificate in addition to the number provided in section 10 may not be issued to a quota immigrant of any nationality even though a quota immigrant of such nationality having an immigration certificate is excluded from admission to the United States under the immigration laws and deported or does not apply for admission to the United States before the expiration of the validity of the certificate, or even though an alien of such nationality having an immigration certificate issued to him as a quota immigrant is found not to be a quota immigrant.

CERTIFICATES OF ARRIVAL.

SEC. 18. Every immigrant at the time of his admission to the United States shall be given a certificate of arrival issued in such form as shall be prescribed by the Secretary, containing the name of the immigrant, his age and occupation, personal de scription (including height, complexion, and color of hair and eyes), his place of birth, last residence, intended place of residence in the United States, date of arrival, nameof the vessel, if any, upon which he arrived, and whether or not the immigrant is permanently admitted to the United States. The certificate shall have permanently attached thereto the photograph of the immigrant provided for in section 2. Such certificate of arrival, if it specifies that the immigrant has been permanently admitted to the United States, may, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, be used by the immigrant in lieu of the certificate required to be filed with his petition for naturalization by the fourth paragraph of the second subdivision of section 4 of the act entitled "An act to establish a Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization, and to provide for a uniform rule for the naturalization of aliens throughout the United States," approved June 29, 1906.

ALIEN SEAMEN.

SEC. 19. (a) No alien excluded from admission into the United States under the immigration laws and employed on board any vessel arriving in the United States from any place outside thereof, shall be permitted to land in the United States, except temporarily for medical treatment, or pursuant to regulations prescribed under this act providing for the ultimate removal or deportation of such alien from the United States. The failure of the owner, charterer, agent, consignee, or master of such vessel to detain on board any alien so employed until the immigration officer in charge at the port of arrival has inspected such alien and issued to him a landing card, or the failure of such owner, charterer, agent, consignee, or master to detain such alien on board after such inspection or to deport such alien, if required by such immigration officer or the Secretary to do so, shall render such owner, charterer, agent, consignee, or master liable to a penalty not exceeding $1,000 for each alien in respect to whom such failure occurs, for which sum the vessel shall be liable and may be seized and proceeded against by way of libel in the appropriate United States court.

(b) Section 32 of the immigration act of 1917 is repealed.

SEC. 20. (a) Upon the arrival after June 30, 1923, of any vessel in the United States, it shall be the duty of the owner, agent, charterer, consignee, or master thereof to deliver to the principal immigration officer in charge at the port of arrival, in respect to each alien seaman employed on such vessel who was not shipped or engaged on such vessel at a port of the United States, a landing card in duplicate, stating the position such alien holds in the ship's company, when and where he was shipped or engaged, and whether he is to be paid off and discharged at the port of arrival, and such other information as may be by regulations prescribed, and having permanently attached thereto a photograph of such alien.

(b) If the alien seaman after examination is found temporarily admissible to the United States under the immigration laws and regulations made thereunder, the immigration officer shall cause a finger print of the alien to be placed upon each copy of the landing card, and indorse upon each copy the date and place of arrival, the name of the vessel, and the time during which the landing card shall be valid. Upon the landing of the alien one copy of the landing card shall be delivered to him, and the other transmitted forthwith to the Department of Labor under regulations prescribed under this act.

(c) Any alien who has received a landing card under this section and who departe from the United States shall, prior to his departure, surrender such card to the master of the vessel, who shall, before the departure of the vessel, deliver such card to such individual as may be by regulations prescribed.

(d) Landing cards shall be printed on distinctive safety paper prepared and issued, under regulations prescribed under this act, at the expense of the owner, agent, con

signee, charterer, or master of the vessel. The Secretary of I abor, with the cooperation of the Secretary of State, shall provide a means of obtaining blank landing cards outside the United States.

(e) The owner, agent, consignee, charterer, or master of any vessel who violates any of the provisions of this section shall pay to the collector of customs for the customs district in which the port of arrival is located the sum of $100 for each alien in respect to whom the violation occurs; and no vessel shall be granted clearance pending the determination of the question of the liability to the payment of such fine, or while the fine remains unpaid, except that clearance may be granted prior to the determination of such question upon the deposit of a sum sufficient to cover such fine.

PREPARATION OF DOCUMENTS.

SEC. 21. Immigration certificates, certificates of arrival, and permits issued under section 9, shall be printed on distinctive safety paper, and shall be prepared and issued under regulations prescribed under this act.

OFFENSES IN CONNECTION WITH DOCUMENTS.

SEC. 22. (a) Any person who knowingly (1) forges, counterfeits, alters, or falsely makes any immigration certificate, certificate of arrival, landing card or permit, or (2) uscs, attempts to use, possesses, obtains, accepts, or receives any immigration certifi cate, certificate of arrival, landing card or permit, knowing it to be forged, counterfeited, altered, or falsely made, or to have been procured by means of any false claim or statement, or to have been otherwise procured by fraud or unlawfully obtained; or who, except under direction of the Secretary or other proper officer, knowingly (3) possesses any blank immigration certificate, certificate of arrival, or permit, (4) engraves, sells, brings into the United States, or has in his control or possession any plate in the likeness of a plate designated for the printing of immigration certificates, certificates of arrival, landing cards or permits, (5) makes any print, photograph, or impression in the likeness of any immigration certificate, certificate of arrival, landing card or permit, or (6) has in his possession a distinctive paper which has been adopted by the Secretary for the printing of immigration certificates, certificates of arrival, landing cards or permits, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.

(b) Any individual who (1) when applying for an immigration certificate or permit, or for admission to the United States, personates another, or falsely appears in the name of a deceased individual, or evades the immigration laws by appearing under an assumed or fictitious name, or (2) sells or otherwise disposes of, or offers to sell or otherwise dispose of, an immigration certificate, certificate of arrival, landing card or permit, to any person not authorized by law to receive such document, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than $10,000, or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.

RULES AND REGULATIONS.

SEC. 23. The Commissioner General, with the approval of the Secretary, shall prescribe rules and regulations for the enforcement of the provisions of this act; but all such rules and regulations, in so far as they relate to the administration of this act by consular officers, shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of State.

ACT TO BE IN ADDITION TO IMMIGRATION LAWS.

SEC. 24. The provisions of this act are in addition to and not in substitution for the provisions of the immigration laws, and shall be enforced as a part of such laws, and all the penal or other provisions of such laws, not inapplicable, shall apply to and be enforced in connection with the provisions of this act.

STEAMSHIP FINES UNDER 1917 ACT.

SEC. 25. Section 9 of the immigration act of 1917 is amended by adding after the third sentence thereof a new sentence to read as follows: "If a fine is imposed under this section for the bringing of an alien to the United States, and if such alien is accompanied by another alien who is excluded from admission by the last proviso of section 18, the person liable for such fine shall pay to the collector of customs, in addition to such fine but as a part thereof, a sum equal to that paid by such accompanying alien for his transportation from his initial point of departure, indicated in his ticket, to the point of arrival, such sum to be delivered by the collector of customs to the accompanying alien."

ADMISSION OF TEMPORARILY ADMITTED ALIENS.

SEC. 26. (a) The Secretary may permanently admit to the United States any alien as to whom he finds:

(1) that he was temporarily admitted to the United States before February 1, 1923; (2) that at the time of such temporary admission he was a minor;

(3) that he bears to a citizen of the United States residing therein any of the degrees of relationship specified in subdivision (a) of section 4; and

(4) that permanent and adequate provision (including the giving of such bonds in such sum, with such sureties, and with such conditions, as the Secretary deems necessary) has been made for his care and support in the United States and that he is not likely to become a public charge.

(b) If at any time after the permanent admission of such alien he becomes a public charge he shall be taken into custody and deported in the same manner as provided for in sections 19 and 20 of the immigration act of 1917.

SEC. 27. As used in this act

GENERAL DEFINITIONS.

(a) The term "United States," when used in a geographical sense, means the States, the Territories of Alaska and Hawaii, the District of Columbia, Porto Rico. and the Virgin Islands;

(b) The term "alien" includes any individual not a native-born or naturalized citizen of the United States, but this definition shall not be held to include Indians of the United States not taxed, nor citizens of the islands under the jurisdiction of the United States:

(c) The term "eligible to citizenship," when used in reference to any individual, does not include an individual who is debarred from becoming a citizen of the United States under section 2169 of the Revised Statutes, or under section 14 of the Act entitled "An act to execute certain treaty stipulations relating to Chinese," approved May 6, 1882, or under section 2 of the act entitled "An act to authorize the l'resident to increase temporarily the Military Establishment of the United States," approved May 18, 1917, as amended, or under law amendatory of, supplementary to, or in substitution for, any of such sections:

(d) The term "immigration certificate" means a certificate issued by a consular officer under the provisions of this act, together with the application therefor;

(e) The term consular officer" means any consular or diplomatic officer of the United States designated. under regulations prescribed under this act, for the purpose of issuing immigration certificates under this act. In case of the Canal Zone and the insular possessions of the United States the term "consular officer" means an officer designated by the President for the purpose of issuing immigration certificates under this act;

(f) The term "Immigration act of 1917" means the act of February 5, 1917, entitled "An act to regulate the immigration of aliens to, and the residence of aliens in. the United States";

(g) The term "immigration laws" includes such act, this act, and all laws, conventions, and treaties of the United States relating to the immigration. exclusion. or expulsion of aliens;

(h) The term "person" includes individuals, partnerships, corporations, and associations;

(i) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Labor;

(j) The term "Commissioner General" means the Commissioner General of Immigration;

(k) The term "application for admission" has reference to the time of the application for admission to the United States and not to the time of the application for the issuance of the immigration certificate;

(1) The term "permit" means a permit issued under section 9;

(m) The term "landing card" means a landing card issued under section 20;

(n) The term "unmarried," when used in reference to any individual as of any time, means an individual who at such time is not married, whether or not previously married.

TIME OF TAKING EFFECT.

SEC. 28. (a) Sections 2, 7, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 18, and subdivision (b) of section 10, shall take effect on July 1, 1923, except that immigration certificates and permits may be issued prior to that date, which shall not be valid for admission to the United States before July 1, 1923. In the case of quota immigrants of any nationality the

number of certificates to be issued prior to July 1, 1923, shall not be in excess of 10 per centum of the quota for such nationality, and the number of certificates so issued shall be deducted from the number which may be issued during the month of July,' 1923.

(b) The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its enactment.

REPEAL.

SEC. 29. The act entitled "An act to limit the immigration of aliens into the United States," approved May 19, 1921, as amended and extended, shall not have effect as to any alien applying for admission to the United States after June 30, 1923.

ADMISSION OF RELATIVES UNDER 1921 ACT.

SEC. 30. Any alien declared to be a non-quota immigrant by reason of relationship under the provisions of subdivision (a) or (b) of section 4 of this act may be admitted to the United States prior to July 1, 1923, free from the provisions of such act of May 19, 1921, as amended and extended, and shall not be counted in reckoning any of the percentage limits provided in such act, if such alien has a certificate from a consular officer permitting such entry; but such certificate shall be issued only under the same conditions and limitations provided in this act in the case of an alien admissible, after June 30, 1923, as a non-quota immigrant under subdivision (a) or (b) of section 4.

Amend the title so as to read: "An act to limit the immigration of aliens into the United States."

PROVISIONS OF S. 4092.

S. 4092 is an act to admit to the United States not more than 25,000 orphaned or homeless Armenian children under 16 years of age, and to admit in addition thereto the husbands, wives, parents, and grandparents, unmarried or widowed daughters, granddaughters, sisters, sons, grandsons, and brothers under 18 years of age of the Armenian race who have fled from Turkish territory since 1914 to join relatives in the United States who may be either citizens or declarants. Admission to be on the application of the residents, subject to the conditions of the immigration laws except the quota act.

PROPOSED AMENDMENT.

The amendment proposed by the House committee strikes out all of the provisions of S. 4092 and offers in lieu thereof a bill to restrict immigration on a constructive plan more orderly than any heretofore presented.

CERTAIN RELATIVES OF CITIZENS.

The amendment recognizes the justice of giving to citizens of the United States the privilege of bringing to their own firesides certain close relatives, namely, a husband, wife, father, mother, unmarried minor child, unmarried minor brother or sister, or unmarried minor orphan niece or nephew. This does not permit future pyramiding as the parents of orphans are dead, and the parents of the others are identical with those of the relatives in the United States.

HIGHLY LIMITED PROVISIONS IN RE RELATIVES OF DECLARANTS.

The amendment grants this privilege in much more limited degree to aliens who have resided in the United States at least two years and who have been declarants for citizenship for at least one year. This