One of the sections of the bill that is of concern to me is the proposed amendment to section 1202(f). which shields from the reach of the Freedom of Information Act any records or documents pertaining to asylum or refugee status. I should add that my concern reflects a much wider reservation about bills passed over the years limiting the application of the FOIA under section (b)(3) of that act. If each agency promotes special exception legislation. in time the main function of the FOIA could be weakened. I understand that access to individual asylum or refugee files ought to be limited to the applicant. I believe my amendment adequately deals with that situation. But I think that information not contained in applicant files and which does not identify individual applicants should be available to the public.