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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Jul 31, 2003
Expresses the sense of the Senate that trade agreements are not the appropriate vehicle for enacting immigration-related laws or modifying current immigration policy and that future trade agreements to which the United States is a party and the legislation implementing them should not contain immigration-related provisions.
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Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] · R–AL
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Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR 8/1/2003 S10589; text as passed Senate: CR 8/1/2003 S10589; text of measure as introduced: CR 8/1/2003 S10690)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR 8/1/2003 S10589; text as passed Senate: CR 8/1/2003 S10589; text of measure as introduced: CR 8/1/2003 S10690)
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