Mr. President. I am pleased to introduce today. on behalf of my distignniushed colleague. Senator FONG. the ranking minority member of the Subcommittee on Refugees. as well as on behalf of Senators HUMPHREY. MCGEE. CASE. INOUYE. and MATHIAS. a bill to establish a permanent statutory authority for International Humanitrian Assistance. This legislation embodies the essential provisions of an amendment I offered in the last session of Congress to the Foreign Assistance Act. which was adopted by the Senate in its first consideration of the bill in October. and accepted by the Foreign Relations Committee in its reconsideration in December. However. during debate on the bill last session. questions were raised over the funding provisions of that amendment. and I agreed with the distinguished manager of the bill.
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