Mr. Speaker. today I am introducing legislation to authorize a $35 million fund for the INS to be used to reimburse State and local governments for expenses that might be incurred in any future refugee emergency. In 1980. Florida was the terminus of the Mariel boatlift. During that action. State and local law enforcement and social agencies had to spend thousands of dollars to deal with the massive influx of people escaping from Castros Cuba. In spite of the assistance that nonFederal officials gave to the Federal Government. which was responsible for permitting the entrance of these people. the local governments were not reimbursed for these extraordinary expenses.