The committee allowance should permit the Peace Corps to maintain a program just a shade under the level provided In 1968. For the Army administration of the Ryukyu Islands. the committee recommends the $20.772.000 allowed by the House. which is also the sum requested in the budget. For the Cuban refugee program. the committee recommendation Is $69.774.000. the full budget estimate. The House bill also provided the full budget estimate for this item. but included language in its report directing that $844.000 of the new obligational authority be transferred to the Department of State to provide additional funding for the item. migration and refugee assistance. In its report on page 18. the committee states that "it concurs with the House transfer language. but wishes to make it clear that it is not the intent of the committee to cut back the program level for the assistance of refugees in the United States. On the contrary. the committee would expect the department to request a supplemental appropriation if the requirements for assistance actually materialize at the levels budgeted." For the migration and refugee assistance program administered by the Department of State. the committee recommendation is $5.485.000. Since the committee has concurred with the Houses transfer of $844.000 from the Cuban refugee program. the total available for the migration and refugee assistance program in fiscal year 1969 will aggregate $6.329.000. The additional funds will be used to fund the increased caseload of Czechoslovakian nationals to other countries of Western Europe. The committee has concurred with the House and has recommended the budget estimates for the Asian Development Bank. $20 million. for investment in the InterAmerican Development Bank. $300 million. and for subscription to the callable capital of the InterAmerican Development Bank. $205.880.000.
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