Mr. Chairman. under the terms of the amendments to the Immigration and Nationality Act which we are considering today. the Secretary of Labor is designated the responsible official for determining when there is sufficient shortage of manpower and certain skills to justify the importation of practitioners of those skills. My amendment that I put before you would amend section 214(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to bring the proceeding for admitting nonimmigrant labor into conformity with the procedure for admitting immigrant labor. The law now empowers the Attorney General to make the necessary determination on nonimmigrant labor. My amendment would hold the Secretary of Labor responsible to certify to the necessity of admitting nonimmigrants to perform temporary labor or services.
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