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B-167015 1 (1978-04-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtla0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DIGEST COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED ST1033 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20348 APR 2 8 1978 B-167015 The Honorable William V. Roth, Jr. United States Senate Dear Senator Roth! We refer to the letter from dated February 18, 1974, which you forwarded to our Office. letter poses two questions4 1) Do American citizens have priority over minority aliens-on jobs funded with federal money? 2) If illegal Mexican aliens are declared wlegl, would they become a privileged class and have priority on jobs with quotas over Amierican citizens. correctly identified the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), Department of Labor, as the agency with jurisdiction over matters related to equal employment opportunity of persons emnployed or seek- ing employment with Government contractors or with con- tractors performing under fWerallv-n-.sisted construction contracts. See 41 C.F.R. Chapter 60' (1977). In response to the first question, we are not aware of any legal basis for restricting employment to American citizens qn all pro- jects funded with federal money. Cf. _V _ 426 U.S. 88 (1976). The second question appears to relate, more precisely, to the so-called affirmiative action program in uhich Govern- ment contractors comnmit themselves to establish goals and . . . . . . . ..'., . .'. .?., i.-:;-. :i.,,:::i : ,: .,:::: 'L . :': <.-% : =-::;: ' .' :::

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