I rise in strong support of H.R. 4636. which provides allthorization for assistance for fiscal year 1990 for emerging democracies In the Western Hemisphere. In brief. this bill: Gives the President the authority to provide supplemental assistance he requested for Panama. Nicaragua. and refugees. gives the President the authority to provide supplemental assistance for Haiti and for the Caribbean. creates a housing guaranty program for new immigrants in Israel. authorizes the repayment to the Africanaid account the $30 million which was borrowed from existing appropriations earlier this year for emergency assistance for Panama. establishes specific policy guidelines for United States assistance for Africa and the Caribbean. and conditions United States military assistance to El Salvador on the behavior of the Government of El Salvador and on the FMLN guerrillas. Mr. Chairman. the committee moved expeditiously on the principal purpose of this bill with good bipartisan cooperation.
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