The funds for Africa are to restore money the administration took away from Africa aid programs in February for Panama. The House bill also contains these same levels. The committee bill provides $75.000.000 for the State Departments migration and refugee assistance account. Seventy million dollars of this was requested by the President to fund additional refugee admissions to the United States he has already approved for fiscal 1990. but for which he did not request sufficient funds in his budget request last year. The committee earmarks the remaining $5.000.000 to help Israel absorb the costs of resettling immigrants. This is also the same as the House provision. To help meet emergency refugee needs. the committee also provides $25.000.000 to replenish drawdowns the administration has made in the emergency refugee and migration assistance fund. The committees recommendation. which is the same as that of the House. will raise the ERMA fund. emergency refugee and migration assistance fund back to the $50.000.000 level established In the fiscal year 1990 Foreign Operations Appropriations Act. The committee bill contains a section providing for a $400.000.000 increase in the loan guaranty ceiling of Housing Investment Guaranty Program of AID. This program is earmarked to assist Israel to provide housing for the influx of refugees from the Soviet Union. The committee language requires Israel to pay administrative charges to participate in the Housing Investment Guaranty Program. Finally. the committee removes the $215.000.000 ceiling on medium term loans of the ExportImport Bank established in the current Foreign Operations Appropriations Act.
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