Speech #960093666

Section 3 would exempt the Commission from clearance requirements of the Office of Management and Budget. an appropriate exemption in light of the fact that the Commission is not comparable to an executive agency. Is composed to a considerable degree by congressional appointees. and is intended to provide Congress with its findings. Section 4 would extend from January 1. 1980 to January 1. 1982 a temporary provision In present law which exempts employers from paying the Federal unemployment tax on agricultural services performed by certain alien farmworkers who are admitted to this country under the specific authority of the Immigration and Nationality Act. These workers are admitted only when the Secretary of Labor has determined that insufficient U.S. workers are available to perform the tasks involved. The alien workers return to their own countries upon completion of their contracts and. thus. are ineligible for any unemployment compensation benefits based upon their U.S. employment.