My amendment exempts aid to Israel and Egypt and the peacekeeping authorization because those authorizations are intimately tied to our efforts to achieve lasting peace in the volatile and strategically important Middle East. The international narcotics control program is excluded because those funds help stop drugs at their sources abroad. before they reach U.S. cities. The authorization increase for migration and refugee assistance is exempted because of the highly critical nature of this assistance for the many displaced and completely destitute victims of unrestrained repression and natural disasters. The UNICEF program is excluded because it is concentrated on the needs of poor and disadvantaged children in developing countries. Lastly the ASHA program is excluded from the cut because of the continuing strong support in the House for aid to American sponsored schools and hospitals overseas which serve as study and demonstration centers for American ideas.