The House this afternoon passed by a vote of 310 to 63 a bill which extends for six months the period in which visas may be issued to displaced persons under the jurisdiction of the International Refugee Organization. The bill was introduced by chairman Francis E. Walter of the House Immigration Subcommittee.
The bill represented an amendment to the DP Act of 1950 and extends to January 1, 1952 the time limit for the issuance of visas to I.R.O. DP’s. Present legislation is slated to expire June 30 of this year, after which time no more visas would be issued to DP’s under I.R.O. care. It is expected, however, that the amendment passed today will be enacted into law in the next few weeks. Under the new amendment no more assurances for DP’s will be accepted after July 31, 1951.
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