Saxby Chambliss: “This amendment simply allows the Judiciary Committee to receive parity…”

On the recordOctober 7, 2004

This amendment simply allows the Judiciary Committee to receive parity with the other committees that are giving up part of their jurisdiction to the new Homeland Security committee. I will tell my colleagues specifically what this amendment does. It retains the Immigration and Naturalization functions at the Judiciary Committee, which are in line with Senate rule No. XXV. Specifically, it includes three agencies: Citizenship and Immigration Services, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as well as Customs and Border Protection. In addition, Judiciary would retain the immigration functions at the border and transportation security directorate. These functions include the U.S. visit entry/exit program and the Visa Waiver Program. The amendment preserves the language that currently rests in S. Res. 445 that maintains certain customs in the Finance Committee.

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Saxby Chambliss

Republican · Georgia

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govinfo.gov

Editor's note · Context

Discussing an amendment related to jurisdictional changes for the Judiciary Committee in the context of Homeland Security.

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Saxby Chambliss: “This amendment simply allows the Judiciary Committee to receive parity with the other committees that are giving up part…”

Editor's note · Context