Mr. Speaker. this Is a very simple amendment. It concerns the Cuban refugee program. The bill. as drafted. provides that the funding level shall be that of the preceding year or the budget request whichever is the lesser amount. This would reduce the expenditure for the Cuban refugee program to less than half of its present rate of expenditure. We are here to bring this appropriation in line with most of the other provisions of the bill to provide for the expenditure at the present level of approximately $90 million. The budget request attempted to shift immediately the burden of this program entirely to the States involved which are primarily six or seven. and it would cost the State of Florida. for example. in addition to the 60 percent which it is already spending for its program. roughly $25 million a year.