[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 59 (Thursday, May 2, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S4576]
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      IMMIGRATION CONTROL AND FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT OF 1996

  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Thomas). Under the previous order, the 
Senate will now resume consideration of S. 1664, which the clerk will 
report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1664) to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to increase control over immigration to the United 
     States, by increasing border patrol and investigative 
     personnel and detention facilities, improving the system used 
     by employers to verify citizenship or work-authorized alien 
     status, increasing penalties for alien smuggling and document 
     fraud, and reforming asylum, exclusion, and deportation law 
     and procedures; to reduce the use of welfare by aliens; and 
     for other purposes.

  The Senate resumed consideration of the bill.

       Pending:
       Dole (for Simpson) amendment No. 3743, of a perfecting 
     nature.
       Simpson amendment No. 3853 (to amendment No. 3743), 
     relating to pilot projects on systems to verify eligibility 
     for employment in the United States and to verify immigration 
     status for purposes of eligibility for public assistance or 
     certain other government benefits.
       Simpson amendment No. 3854 (to amendment No. 3743), to 
     define ``regional project'' to mean a project conducted in an 
     area which includes more than a single locality but which is 
     smaller than an entire State.
  Mr. SIMPSON. Mr. President, let me just relate where we are, and then 
I will certainly yield, and we can ask unanimous consent that Senator 
Baucus continue for 7 minutes as in morning business.
  We have our order from yesterday, and we are going to go forward with 
four amendments, perhaps a motion, and we intend to finish this bill 
today. I know Senator Kennedy feels the same. He, particularly, so he 
can get on with his minimum wage issue--no, excuse me, I am sorry. He 
will eventually get on with that. We do know that. We do know him well.
  So I hope Senators will--and I know the Senator shares my view--come 
to the floor and process these floor amendments so we can move on to 
the next item of business. We are going to finish this bill. The sooner 
the better, and we will call for third reading at some appropriate time 
this morning if the action does not go swiftly. I yield the floor.
  Mr. BAUCUS addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Montana.
  Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to proceed as in 
morning business.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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