The reorganization proposed by this section of the reported bill would involve substantial shifts in functions and programs now performed by the Departments of Justice. Interior. Agriculture. and Labor under a variety of statutes. including the WagnerPeyser Act and the Immigration and Nationality Act. Of special significance to the Department of Labor is the effect the proposal would have on the Departments responsibilities under various sections of the Immigration and Nationality Act involving determinations of availability of domestic workers in connection with the admission of both immigrant and nonimmigrant aliens. For example. section 706 is in sharp conflict with certain revisions of section 212(a) (14) proposed by the immigration and nationality bill recently ordered reported by the Senate Judiciary Committee. These latter provisions are also contained in the Housepassed immigration and nationality bill. designed to tighten certain safeguards for American labor after a most thorough and careful consideration of all aspects of this issue. I ask unanimous consent that the entire letter of the Secretary of Labor be printed in the RECORD at this point.
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