Mr. President. I join with my colleagues in commending the distinguished chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee and other members of that committee for the expeditious way in which they have moved this legislation so that we might address this very serious refugee problem. As I have indicated before. the amendment I am proposing is a simple one. It would tighten the provisions of section 4 of S. 1661. In that section. the President is required to keep the appropriate committees of Congress "fully and currently informed regarding the use of funds and the exercise of activities carried out pursuant to this act." My amendment would formalize this informing of the Congress and specify what Is to be included in such reports. Furthermore. the amendment requires a plan for the resettlement of remaining refugees. developed according to general principles outlined in the legislation. I recognize the enormity of the tasks which have been Involved in the evacuation of the refugees. the movement of them to restaging centers. and the efforts to make arrangements for their assimilation into life in the United States. In many ways. the efforts have been admirable. There are. however. a number of unknowns remaining in the equation. and these have led to questions in the Congress. in the press. and among our people.
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