Mr. President. on behalf of myself and other Senators. I offer this amendment that addresses several problems that have arisen in the area of refugees. In addition. several other Senators have joined in cosponsorship and I send a list of them to the desk at this time. The amendment does two things. basically. First. it adds $59 million in 1982 for Cuban and Haitian refugees. This restoration of money brings funding for this program to the level recommended by President Reagan. Second. the amendment restores money to the Indochinese refugee program. again bringing the level of funding up to that recommended by President Reagan. In addition. the amendment corrects a computer error that incorrectly ordered the Labor and Human Resources Committee to reduce the Indochinese refugee program under the 1980 Refugee Act. That program is in the jurisdiction of the Judiciary Committee. My amendment is a joining of two amendments. then. and allows three things to occur: First. we have restored these refugee programs to the levels envisioned by the President. second. we have corrected a computer mistake. and third. we have allowed more funding within the Judiciary Committees jurisdiction for juvenile justice grants. This means that the Judiciary Committee will still meet its reconciliation instruction. and. it means that the Labor and Human Resources Committee will still meet the spirit of its instruction. I urge my colleagues to adopt this amendment. which has the support of so many of our colleagues and corrects an unfortunate error at the same time. In addition to correcting the placement of the refugee assistance program into title X of the reconciliation bill. this amendment offers provisions which will bring the Committee on the Judiciary into compliance with the reconciliation instructions it has received from the Committee on the Budget. Mr. President. the amendment includes provisions that will achieve savings of $6 million in the Department of Justice authorization bill.
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