The cutoff date included in the definition is January 1. 1949. Because the cutoff date on eligibility is included in the definition of a displaced person. the committee amendment amends subsection (c) of section 2 of the present act by deleting the cutoff dates set forth at the beginning of said subsection. and subsection (c) appearing on pages 4 and 5 of the bill. as reported. is what remains of subsection (c) of the act of 1948. It should also be noted that the definition of a displaced person in subsection (b). as amended by the committee. not only includes all persons eligible under annex 1 of the constitution of the International Refugee Organization. but also Includes certain persons who are specifically excluded by the terms of said constitution. such as persons of German ethnic origin. The definition includes natives of Czechoslovakia. for which provision is made in subsection (d) of section 2 of the act. Includes natives of Greece who are now ineligible because of the aforesaid constitution of the International Refugee Organization. and also includes certain members of the armed forces of the Republic of Poland who are now ineligible under the aforesaid constitution. and for whom special provision was made in section 4 of the bill. as passed by the House of Representatives. The bill. as passed by the House of Representatives. amends subsection (d) of section 2 of the act of 1948 by omitting specific reference to natives of Czechoslovakia and including all countries behind the socalled iron curtain so that not to exceed 15.000 persons from these countries who are either now in. or may come into. Italy or the AmerIcan.