President. I am submitting today an amendment to S. 3394. the pending Foreign Assistance authorization bill. The amendment provides special funds for disaster relief and rehabilitation programs in the droughtstricken areas of Africa. for flood relief in Bangladesh. and for refugee assistance in Cyprus. The amendment authorizes the use of existing fundsan estimated $119.000000 available under scheduled loan repayments administered by AIl--to permit our Government to respond to the massive human tragedies in these areas. and to possible disasters in other parts of the world. The current crisis in Cyprus. the massive flooding in Bangladesh. and the spreading drought and famine in Africa. are only the latest links in the chain of ravaged populations which have circled the globe in recent years.