100 STAT. 3444
PUBLIC LAW 99-603—NOV. 6, 1986
(B) under the terms of an immigrant visa or a nonimmigrant visa issued, under the laws of the United States. (d) AUTHORIZATION OP APPROPRIATION.—There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. (e) STATE DEFINED.—The term "State" has the meaning given such term in section 101(a)(36) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.1101(a)(36)). TITLE VI—COMMISSION FOR THE STUDY OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION AND COOPERATIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 8 USC 1101 note. SEC. 601. COMMISSION FOR THE STUDY OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION AND COOPERATIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. a::'., (a) ESTABLISHMENT AND COMPOSITION OF COMMISSION.—(1) There is
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established a Commission for the Study of International Migration and Cooperative Economic Development (in this section referred to as the "Commission"), to be composed of twelve members— (A) three members to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; (B) three members to be appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives; (C) three members to be appointed by the Majority Leader of the Senate; and (D) three members to be appointed by the Minority Leader of ' the Senate. (2) Members shall be appointed for the life of the Commission. Appointments to the Commission shall be made within 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. A vacancy in the Commission shall be filled in the manner in which the original appointment was made. (3) A majority of the members of the Commission shall elect a Chairman. (b) DUTY OF COMMISSION.—The Commission, in consultation with the governments of Mexico and other sending countries in the Western Hemisphere, shall examine the conditions in Mexico and such other sending countries which contribute to unauthorized migration to the United States and mutually beneficial, reciprocal trade and investment programs to alleviate such conditions. For purposes of this section, the term "sending country" means a foreign country a substantial number of whose nationals migrate to, or remain in, the United States without authorization. (c) REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS.—Not later than three years after the appointment of the members of the Commission, the Commission shall prepare and transmit to the President and to the Congress a report describing the results of the Commission's examination and recommending steps to provide mutually beneficial reciprocal trade and investment programs to alleviate conditions leading to unauthorized migration to the United States. (d) ODMPENSATION OF MEMBERS, MEETINGS, STAFF, AUTHORITY OF COMMISSION, AND AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—(1) The
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provisions of subsections (d), (e)(3), (f), (g), and (h) of section 304 shall apply to the Commission in the same manner as they apply to the Commission established under section 304.
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