This measure is one which has broad support among the voluntary agencies whose representatives have testified on numerous occasions in favor of the creation of a Bureau of Humanitarian Affairs. In addition. the task force on international development led by Rudolph Peterson considered the proposal in its report. "U.S. Foreign Assistance in the 1970s: A New Approach." and I quote from that report: Disaster and emergency relief and refugee assistance . . . are now administered by AID and the Department of State in conjunction with the Department of Agriculture. Most of the food programs are conducted by U.S. affiliates of international voluntary agencies under arrangements made with AID. The disaster relief and emergency programs are also the responsibility of AID. The refugee program is administered by the Department of State largely through international organizations. The task force recommends that administration of these programs be brought together under one office in the Department of State. President Nixon in his message to Congress of April 1971. on foreign assistance recommended that we distinguish clearly between our security development and humanitarian assistance programs.