This is simply not the case. The amendment would not halt enforcement of the act: The Secretary of Labor would continue to be authorized and required to properly administer the act. Farm labor contractors. or crewleaders. who recruit. solicit. hire. furnish. or transport migrant farmworkers for agricultural employment would still be required to register and comply with all requirements of the act. The amendment would not leave migrant farmworkers without any protection: migrant farmworkers recruited. solicited. hired. furnished. or transported by farm labor contractors would remain fully protected under the protective provisions of the act. These protective provisions would actually be strengthened since the Department of Labors enforcement actions would be targeted to eliminate the exploitive practices engaged in by certain unscrupulous crew leaders. Further. such workers would remain fully protected under the wage and hour provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. and other statutes. including OSHA. The amendment would not bar Federal district courts from protecting the rights of migrant workers: migrant farmworkers recruited. solicited. hired. furnish. or transported by farm labor contractors for agricultural employment would remain covered under the protective provisions of the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act. As such. any cause or action could still be brought before Federal district courts to enforce the act. Mr. President. this amendment. which was adopted by the full Appropriations Committee by a vote of 15 to 8. will serve to return the law to its original intent and signal to the Labor Department that it should focus its limited resources on the crew leaders who abuse migrant workers. It will redress the current situation in which the Labor Department has exceeded its authority and levied excessive and unnecessary regulations on farmers and other agricultural employers. These regulations represent not only another example of bureaucratic intervention but are counterproductive and ineffective in exposing violators.