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COP A BILL To amend section 8 of the Immigration Act of 1917 and the Act of February 27, 1925, as amended. Be it enacted by the Senate and House or Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that section 8 of the Immigration Act of 1917 (39 Stat. 880; 8 U.S.C. 144) is hereby amended to read: "Sec. 8. (a) Any person, including the owner, operator, pilot, master, commanding officer, agent or consignee of any means of transportation who -- (1) brings into or lands in the United States, by any means of transportation or otherwise, or attempts, by himself or through another, to bring into or land in the United States, by any means of transportation or otherwise; (2) Knowing that he is in the United States in violation of law, transports or moves, or attempts to transport or move, within the United States by means of transportation or otherwise, with intent to violate paragraphs (3) or (4) hereof; (3) wilfully or knowingly conceals, harbors, or shields from detection : or attempts to conceal, harbor, or shield from detection, in any place, including any building or any means of transportation; or (4) wilfully and knowingly encourages or induces, or attempts to encourage or induce, either directly or indirectly, the entry into the United States of

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