Members will know in dealing with employers in their districts that we require by law employees of defense contractors to be citizens. We do not grant any exceptions. If someone has a defense contract and wants to hire a citizen. this discriminates against noncitizens. even though they may at some point in time intend to become citizens. So what we have done in the law is to say that for reasons we think are important. if you are a defense contractor you have to hire citizens. The Frank amendment. if unamended. says that if you decide to hire a citizen over a noncitizen. you can become subject to a new civil action. a new civil right. that noncitizens have. It seems to me that both of those elements in the law would therefore collide. The problem ensues. which I think cannot be dealt with if this amendment is not adopted. that problem is for companies who wish to put themselves in the position of bidding on defense contracts in the future. What do they do? Do they hire noncitizens because the law requires them not to prefer citizens? Then when they at-
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