When we did so we specifically wrote into the law that those plus $555 million would be reauthorized in the same form as the original act but for the fiscal year 1992. This current appropriations bill again dips into the SLIAG appropriation. this time in the amount of $566.854.000. Again. language is included in this amendment which would do the same thing with these funds as we did last year. that is. give them the same status as the original Immigration Reform Act and provide that those $566plus million would be appropriated in the 1992 fiscal year. So. Mr. President. with the adoption of this amendment. in conjunction with the action taken last year. we will be committing ourselves to fund the remaining $1.134.278.000 of this problem in fiscal year 1992. I take this occasion to bring this matter to the public attention of my colleagues. and of the concerned citizens particularly of those States which have borne most of the national burden of the transition from illegal to legal status of the several million aliens who were affected by the 1986 Immigration Act. Mr. President. I want to underscore that this Immigration Act of 1986 would not have passed but for the agreement of the States to undertake significant. new responsibilities and to the commitment of the Federal Government to pay a portion of the costs of these responsibilities. two. that we are not fully compensating the States for all of the costs that they have incurred as a result of this Federal action. but this represents a good faith partnership between the Federal Government and the States. I see this as a moral commitment of the Federal Government. If this commitment is not fulfilled. it will send a clear message to the States that they cannot place their trust in the Congress. not only in this area of immigration refugee policy but a whole range of other important programs that require a functioning partnership between the Federal Government and the States. Mr. President.
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