H.R. 1415 represents a responsible fiscal approach in tight budget times. As reported by the conference committee. the bill provides a total in new authorization of $5.496.878.500 for fiscal year 1992. and $5.779.898.000 for fiscal year 1993. For 1992. the bill as a whole adheres to the administrations request. with one important exception: provision for $140 million in additional funding for refugee programs. For fiscal year 1993. the conference committee allowed aggregate authorization levels to keep pace with inflation. with increases totaling approximately 5 percent. For both years. the bills totals are consistent with caps provided for under the 1990 Budget Enforcement Act. The substantial increase in refugee assistance is necessitated by the recent rapid increase in refugee populations since the administrations estimates were drawn up. Spending for the stabilization of humanitarian emergencies is not only supported by humane considerations. but is also a prudent device which serves our national security interests by lessening regional instability around the world. Aside from this. the outstanding budgetary feature of this bill is its relationship to the appropriations it authorizes.