President. the original amendment was offered by Senator HAYAKAWA and myself. and we have now offered the substitute amendment. I want to thank the two Senators handling the bill on the floor. the chairman and the ranking member of the Judiciary Committee. Senator KENNEDY and Senator THURMOND. for their thoughtful cooperation in working out an acceptable form of this amendment that deals with the very. very difficult problem concerning the refugees in our country and the expenses that are entailed in their presence here until they are able to stand on their own feet. The amendment provides continued Federal funding for full reimbursement of cash and medical assistance provided to Indochina refugees under the Indochina refugee assistance program (IRAP) for 1 year. The effect of the bill will be to terminate at the end of this month full Federal reimbursement for cash and medical assistance provided to Indochina refugees who entered the country prior to September 30. 1977. This constitutes the great majority of the 213.000 or so refugees from Southeast Asia currently living in the United States. Of this number. "officially" about 59.000 live in California. The remainder live in Texas.
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