Let me briefly outline some other highlights of the conference agreement: It assumes $39.5 billion in budget authority and $7.25 billion in outlays in function 270energysufficient to accommodate a wide range of new initiativesa major synfuels program. increases over the amounts recommended by the President for energy conservation and solar programs. a variety of energyrelated transportation measures. as well as a program of assistance to lowincome families to offset the effects of higher energy costs in the income security function. House conferees believe strongly that these initiatives should only be funded from receipts from a windfall profits tax on oil corporations. the enactment of which is assumed in the revenue total in the conference report. It provides for increased food assistance and disaster relief in response to the emergency in Cambodia and a greatly expanded level of assistance for Indochinese and Soviet refugees. It will accommodate the child health assurance program (CHAP) legislation to expand the existing medicaid program to provide screening and followup care for nearly 5 million more children of lowincome parents as well as pre- and postnatal care for some 220.000 lowincome pregnant women. In addition. it will accommodate medicare expansions to improve psychiatric benefits for the elderly. expand home health services. and improve coverage for disabled persons.
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