[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 211 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 211

   Expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the temporary entry 
      provisions in the Chile and Singapore Free Trade Agreements.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                July 31 (legislative day, July 21), 2003

  Mr. Sessions (for himself, Mr. Kyl, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Craig, Mr. 
 Graham of South Carolina, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Byrd, Mr. 
Dorgan, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Dayton, and Ms. Mikulski) submitted the following 
             resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the temporary entry 
      provisions in the Chile and Singapore Free Trade Agreements.

Whereas the transmittal of the legislation implementing the Chile and Singapore 
        Free Trade Agreements to the Senate on July 15, 2003, was preceded by 
        debate over whether temporary entry provisions in both the underlying 
        language of the Chile and Singapore Free Trade Agreements and in the 
        implementing legislation should be included;
Whereas article I, section 8, clause 3 of the Constitution authorizes Congress 
        ``to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several 
        States'', and article I, section 8, clause 4 of the Constitution 
        provides that Congress shall have power to ``establish an uniform Rule 
        of Naturalization'';
Whereas the Supreme Court has long interpreted these provisions of the 
        Constitution to grant Congress plenary power over immigration policy;
Whereas members of the Senate often disagree about immigration policy, but agree 
        that the formulation of immigration policy belongs to Congress; and
Whereas the practice of negotiating temporary entry provisions in the context of 
        bilateral or multilateral trade agreements curtails the ability of 
        Congress to regulate the Nation's immigration policies, including the 
        admission of foreign nationals: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that--
            (1) trade agreements are not the appropriate vehicle for 
        enacting immigration-related laws or modifying current 
        immigration policy; and
            (2) future trade agreements to which the United States is a 
        party and the legislation implementing the agreements should 
        not contain immigration-related provisions.
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