This legislation is before us today because its precursor was vetoed by the President on October 29. The section to which the President objected. an amendment to the Longshoremens and Harbor Workers Compensation Act. has been removed. However. he did express support of the provisions of the legislation. which remain basically the same. designed to strengthen the protections of the migrant farmworkers under the existing law. and there is every reason to believe that S. 3202 can be promptly signed into law. once adopted by this body. On two separate occasions. the House has approved similar legislation. once by initial passage of the H.R. 13342 on May 7. and again by accepting a Senatepassed version with an amendment on October 11. On neither occasion was there an objection to this effort to protect migrant workers further from the all too frequent abuses of contractors or "crew leaders." In addition to removing the section mentioned. S. 3202 and H.R. 17474 as reported make several minor changes in the legislation as passed earlier. Language has been added to this legislation in an attempt to allay :oncerns that it would unintentionally interfere with a longstanding. traditional relationship which has developed over the years between growers and students and between growers and adults in the handharvesting of certain crops in the Pacific Northwest regions.