So that is what we were doing. Then. in recent days we have. in this conference committee. come to a situation where we have heard from the Chinese students that they "cannot plan their lives and careers" because at some point the President could decide it has become safe for them to return. Then these students would have to fulfill the 2year return requirment of their exchange student visa. So the complaint is not that they would have to return home to danger. but that they would have to return home at all. The bill passed by the House waived the 2year return requirement permanently for all Chinese J visa students in this country on the date of enactment. Because some of the J visa students could be here for 8 years or more before their studies are completed. the 2year return requirement would not become a factor until late in the 1990s. As we have recently seen in Europe. there can be a change in the policies of totalitarian countries within a much shorter period of time. Therefore. I proposed. and the Senate agreed. to waive the 2year return requirement for Chinese J students for only 4 years. Even this 4year waiver is unnecessary to protect the students. but it is a narrower waiver than that proposed by the House. It is unnecessary because the President has already taken appropriate action to insure that no Chinese student. whatever his visa. will have to return to China before it is safe to do so. Mr. President.