Reed–Jenkins Act

Reed–Jenkins Act

Other short titles	Immigration Act of 1917 Amendment
Long title	An Act to amend section 24 of the Immigration Act of 1917.
Nicknames	Immigrant Inspectors Classification Act of 1928
Enacted by	the 70th United States Congress
Effective	May 29, 1928
Citations
Public law	Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 70–574
Statutes at Large	45 Stat. 954
Codification
Titles amended	8 U.S.C.: Aliens and Nationality
U.S.C. sections amended	8 U.S.C. ch. 6, subch. I § 109
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S. 2370 by David A. Reed (R–PA) on January 31, 1928 Committee consideration by Senate Immigration, House Immigration and Naturalization Passed the Senate on February 23, 1928 (Passed) Passed the House on May 21, 1928 (Passed) Signed into law by President Calvin Coolidge on May 29, 1928

The Reed–Jenkins Act was a statute enacted on May 29, 1928, during the 70th United States Congress. It repealed previous laws that provided federal funds for Americanization programs supporting Native American schools, educational experimentation agencies, and Native agency farms. The law was sponsored by Senator David A. Reed (Republican) of Pennsylvania and Representative Thomas A. Jenkins (Republican) of Ohio.

See also

Emergency Quota Act

Immigration Act of 1924

Passport Act of 1926

External links

• "Decision of Comptroller General - 9 Comp. Gen. 424 ~ Immigrant Inspectors Compensation and Promotion". U.S. GAO ~ A-30866. U.S. Government Accountability Office. April 2, 1930.