Indochina. Those funds are now either exhausted or nearly exhausted. much for reimbursement to the Department of Defense. But of critical Importance Is. the fact that these funds are not available to pay for the services of voluntary agencies in. resettling the refugees outside of the processing centers. The use of these funds is controlled by the legal parameters of the Foreign Assistance Act. It would be a gross distortion of that Act to use foreign aid funds for resettling refugees in the United States. Refugee relief and resettlement comes under the framework of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act and the funds authorized by this bill are essential to. implementing programs for the refugees from Indochina. Until new funds are provided. the bottlenecks in the processing centers will stagnate the refugee flow. The committee is impressed with the need for urgent consideration of the authorization and appropriation bills. As a consequence. it has. brought this bill to the Senate floor without the detailed examination it normally gives to a bill involving such a large sum of the taxpayers money.
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