Finally. I would like to call your attention to another example of a community which is certainly worthy of fiscal assistance but would be excluded under the Fountain amendment. Here I am referring to communities which have had a large population of Indochinese refugees settled into their region. The distribution of these people is guided by Federal policy and can place immense strain on the locality in which the refugee settle. We are hardly living up to our responsibilities when we impose burdens on a small community without assisting them in absorbing the new immigrants. It is clear that a growth eligibility requirement is not the best trigger mechanism for Federal fiscal assistance because it does not take enough factors into account when discriminating between localities. Recognizing the limitations of this measure.
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