In this authorizing legislation we in effect made the judgment that there was a need and a necessity to have such a program. If we are going to put in a dollar authorizing figure. we have to make some judgment as to what that figure ought to be in an extremely fluid situation in which the facts are changing daily. It would seem to be the better approach for the authorizing committee to make the fundamental decision as to the need for the program. to connect that fundamental decision with the limitations and restrictions that are in the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 which govern how that money can be used and place limitations upon it. It is not enough to look only at H.R. 6755. One must also go to the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 and look at its provisions because it is incorporated here in terms of the statutory scheme for this assistance for Vietnamese and Cambodian refugees. The second thing is this is not an openended authorization because there is a time limitation upon it. At a point in time not all that far away. if there is a desire still to continue the program. the administration will have to return to the Congress for a further authorization.
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