I believe this amendment will go a long way in making our scholarship program more effective and efficient. At present. we pay 100 percent of the costs of a foreign students scholarship here in the United States. if the student returns to his home country. However. if that student chooses to stay here in the United States. for reason other than becoming a political refugee. the U.S. Government still picks up 50 percent of the costs associated with that students education here. What the program has evolved into is unfortunately an opportunity for some students to come to the United States. get L good educationfor half the costand then stay here instead of returning to his or her home nation. What we need to doand what is embodied in the Kolbe amendmentis to provide an incentive for these students to return to their home countries to enrich the intellectual capabilities of that nation. and rise to become future leaders there. Simply stated. what the Kolbe amendment does is to provide for full forgiveness of student scholarship loans. if that student returns to his home country. If the student chooses to remain here In the United States and is not considered a political refugee. then he or she will be obliged to pay the entire cost. 100 percent. of the loans which allowed him to study here. instead of having to pay only 50 percent of these costs as in present law. I think the Kolbe amendment makes good sense. What we need to is to continue to bring qualified students here to the United States to study and learn.