Speech #960103185

OF CONFERENCE The managers on the part of the House and the Senate at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1980 and 1981 for the Department of State. the International Communication Agency. and the Board for International Broadcasting. submit the following joint statement to the House and the Senate in explanation of the effect of the action agreed upon by the managers and recommended in the accompanying conference report: The Senate amendment to the text of the bill struck out all of the House bill after the enacting clause and Inserted a substitute text. The House recedes from Its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate to the text of the bill with an amendment which is a substitute for the House bill and the Senate amendment. The differences between the House bill. the Senate amendment. and the substitute agreed to in conference are noted below. except for clerical corrections. conforming changes made necessary by agreements reached in the committee of conference. and minor drafting and clarifying changes. [in thousands of dollars] Executive Executive branch Senate branch Senate request House bill amendment Conference request House bill amendment Conference Department of State: Administration of foreign International Communication affairs ------------------- 849. 423 849. 423 849.423 849. 423 Agency. 432. 782 432. 547 426. 982 432. 547 International organizations Board for International Broadand conferences ---------- 502.945 502. 945 502. 945 502. 945 casting --------------------- 86.917 81. 917 86. 917 81. 917 International commissions..- 26. 733 26. 733 26. 733 26. 733 Migration and refugee Total ----------------- 2. 129. 751 2.143.916 2.143. 351 2 43. 916 assistance --------------- 223. 951 1248.951 1248.951 1248.951 (2. 123. 951) (2. 134.216) Science and technological agreements -------------- 7.000 1.400 1.400 1.400 Subtotal Department of State --------------- 1.610.052 1.629.452 2 1.629. 452 3 1.629.452 (1.610.052) (1.619.752) I Includes an earmarking of $25.000.000 for Soviet and Eastern European refugees migrating to amount authorized to be appropriated for administrative purposes by $19.400.000 for fiscal year Israel. 1980. 2 Despite the fact that the line items total $1.629.452.000 for fiscal year 1980. the Senate amend- I The conference substitute places an aggregate ceiling of $1.369.401 on the appropriations for ment required the Secretary of State to make cuts necessary to bring the authorization down to the fiscal year 1980 for the following accounts: Administration of foreign affairs. international organiadministrations budget request. Accordingly. the Secretary of State was authorized to reduce the zations and conferences. and international commissions.