Sec. 601. COMMISSION FOR THE STUDY OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION AND COOPERATIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

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## SEC. 601 COMMISSION FOR THE STUDY OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION AND COOPERATIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ###

(a)Establishment and Composition of Commission ####

(1)There is 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 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)Compensation of Members, Meetings, Staff, Authority of Commission, and Authorization of Appropriations ####

(1)The 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. ####

(2)Seven members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum, but a lesser number may hold hearings. Not more than 1 percent of the amounts appropriated for the Commission may be used, at the sole discretion of the Chairman, for official entertainment. ###

(e)Termination Date The Commission shall terminate on the date on which a report is required to be transmitted by subsection (c), except that the Commission may continue to function for not more than thirty days thereafter for the purpose of concluding its activities. # TITLE VII FEDERAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR DEPORTABLE AND EXCLUDABLE ALIENS CONVICTED OF CRIMES