The committee was not seeking to narrow or restrict the definition. but only to write a definition which would be a reliable standard. and which would not depend upon any determinations by an agency not under the control of the United States Government. The applicability of the definition to any particular person should not depend upon the judgment or discretion of any international organization. or of any person not a citizen of the United States. and the definition should not mean one thing in one case. and another thing in another case. In the present law. the definition of a "displaced person" is incorporated by reference from the Constitution of the International Refugee Organization. which in turn incorporates by reference the language of a series of other documents. the precise effect and meaning of which it is almost impossible to -determine. As it has worked out in practice. the determination in any particular case has come to depend upon the finding of the International Refugee Organization. or some employee or official of that Organization. with respect to the particular case in question. It was not the intent of Congress that the International Refugee Organization should have any discretion over particular cases. Congress thought the definition would be administered and interpreted by officers of the United States Government. But as it has worked out. today the eligibility of an applicant depends initially upon whether the International Refugee Organization finds that the applicant is the concern of that Organization. It was the judgment of the committee that the ascertainment of who is a displaced person should be the prerogative of the United States Government. to be exercised. so far as any discretion might be involved. by persons who are American citizens. and who are responsible directly to the United States Government. In order to accomplish this. it was necessary to write a definition which should be independent of the definition contained in the Constitution of the International Refugee Organization. Mr. President. the pending business is the first committee amendment.