I thank the majority leader and the minority leader for those statements. Mr. President. this is a technical correction to the refugee assistance bill we passed last week. That bill allowed the President to shift responsibility for refugee resettlement from the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) to another agency. We had included language allowing funds in the supplemental appropriation to move with the responsibility. The administration informs us that this is unnecessary. since FEMA will remain the paying agent. Therefore. we need to drop that langugge in order not to interfere with FEMAs appropriation. That. briefly. is the need for this technical change in deleting that provision from the bill. The repeal of the transfer authority is made effective in this bill on the day after the date of enactment of the Refugee Education Act. on the advice of legislative counsel. It is the intent that section 501(c) (5) be repealed prior to any administrative action to implement the Refugee Education Act.
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