As the conference report notes. however. "it is the intention of the conferees that the commodities provided In this act be delivered to Africa no later than December 31. 1985." In addition. the bill retains the $225 million reserve to meet any additional food needs beyond those already identified. with the reserve remaining available for use through September 30. 1986. Finally. with regard to the nonfood aid provisions. the conference report retains the original House provisions virtually intact. As the members will recall. our bill provided $137.5 million in disaster assistance. $25 million to replenish the U.S. Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund. and an additional $12.5 million for emergency assistance in Africa under the migration and refugee assistance account. All of those numbers have been retained. However. at the insistence of the Senate. those funds can be programmed until March 31. 1986. rather than remaining available only until the end of the current fiscal year.
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