CONGRESSIONAL RECORD -- SENATE

August 18, 1966

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DINESH KUMAR PODDAR

Mr. MUSKIE. Mr. President, I ask that the Chair lay before the Senate the message from the House of Representative amending S. 2663.

The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the amendments of the House of Representatives to the bill (S. 2663) for the relief of Dinesh Kumar Poddar which were to strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

That, in the administration of the Immigration and Nationality Act, Dinesh Kumar Poddar and Girish Kumar Poddar may be classified as children within the meaning of section 101 (b) (1) (F) of the Act, upon approval of petitions filed in their behalf by Mr. and Mrs. Bhagwati P. K. Poddar, a lawfully resident alien and a citizen of the United States, respectively, pursuant to section 204 of the Act.

And to amend the title so as to read "An act for the relief of Dinesh Kumar Poddar and Girish Kumar Poddar. "

Mr. MUSKIE. Mr. President, on June 13, 1966, the Senate passed S. 2663 to enable the beneficiary to qualify for immediate relative status as the adopted son of a lawfully resident alien and a citizen of the United States.

On August 16, 1956, the House of Representatives passed S. 2663 with an amendment to include a second adopted son of the same couple to enable him to also qualify for immediate relative status.

I move that the Senate concur in the House amendments to S. 2663.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion of the Senator from Maine to concur in the House amendments.

The motion was agreed to.