The language, inserted into the bill Friday, comes after complaints by some businesses about the liability of building a day laborer site on their property. Some local governments had set up rules requiring a business that wants to start up or expand to include a site for day laborers, including amenities such as bathrooms.

"These local ordinances are costly and represent an unwarranted interference by governmental entities with the rights of businesses to use and operate their private property," Cannon said. "Worse, they force businesses to use their property to facilitate employment through a de facto hiring hall."

The sites - where workers, largely undocumented immigrants, gather to find employment paid usually on a cash basis - have drawn criticism of late and some groups have begun videotaping people who hire the workers. The sites are popular near home-improvement stores.

Cannon lost attempts on two other provisions of the reform bill, including one in which he tried to strike language that six years from now would require that U.S. employers ensure that their workers have legal residency status.

His other amendment, which was lost during a Judiciary Committee hearing, would have kept a fine for clerical errors on federal paperwork to its current range. Under the bill passed by the House on Friday, the fine range would be $1,000 to $25,000 instead of $100 to $1,000.

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