Session #93 · 1973–75

Speech #930119772

Speaker. I have introduced legislation. H.R. 10462. to establish a national office of migrant and seasonal farmworkers within the Department of Health. Education. and Welfare. This legislation would affect between 4 and 6 million U.S. migrant and seasonal farmworkers and place the responsibility for coordinating the program in HEW. The Federal office would be responsible for the development of a national farmworker policy which includes setting program priorities and goals and allocating funds to meet the needs of agricultural workers. The bill also directs the Secretary of HEW to appoint a special task force that would study and investigate the problems facing farmworkers and develop a national migrant policy and strategy. This proposal would replace our present system of resolving migrant problems through a multitude of Government departments and agencies. This diffusion of programs has resulted in ambiguity and conflicts in goals. lack of a unifying approach to migrant needs and frustration among farmworkers. My bill would correct these wrongs and make one single agency at the national level responsible for migrant programs. A companion measure. H.R. 10461. would prohibit revenue sharing under
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