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The bill as reported by Committee on the Judiciary failed to provide the necessary protections for domestic and foreign workers employed under this program. The record of the abuses. well known to this committee. committed against agriciltural workers in this country alone form a basis for this committees assertion of jurisdiction over this portion of the bill and the committees action detailed below. The committee has received correspondence from the AFLCIO which states that without the guarantees which are provided by the committees amendments to this section the purposes of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1982 would be undermined. In fact the federations support for H.R. 6514 is contingent on the inclusion of this committees amendments to this section on the House floor. This committees changes to the program. offered in committee by Mr.