A 1year authorization would require the subcommittee. in the early months of the next fiscal year. to begin consideration of reauthorization legislation without the benefit of adequate experience with the important changes we are mandating in the resettlement process. Second. a 1year reauthorization would involve our new U.S. Coordinator and the Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement in the timeconsuming reauthorization process during a period when they need to be devoting their energies to implementing the congressional mandate to reduce welfare dependency and promote quicker selfsufficiency. Third. a 1year authorization is insufficient to allow longrange planning. Participants in refugee resettlement efforts need assurance that the program is not repeatedly in jeopardy. If we hope to facilitate greater cooperation and effort directed at performing the resettlement task more effectively and at less public expense than in the past. the private sector must be encouraged to assume greater responsibility. A longer authorization is an important ingredient in promoting greater effort from the private sector. Fourth. a longer authorization will provide greater assurance to States and localities that the Federal Government intends to continue to meet its obligations to provide necessary Federal funding. A 2year reauthorization would represent an expression of a longer Federal commitmentwhich in turn would encourage States and localities to participate in efforts to achieve more successful refugee resettlement.
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