Treasury. Our bill also contains 20 provisions to improve management of the State Department that the administration requested. They include authority to collect fees for visas and use the funds to improve our border security operations. and authority to collect from insurers for providing free health care to U.S. diplomats and their families at overseas posts. to name a few. We also provide higher spending levels for a very few programs. such as the Peace Corps and International Narcotics Control programs. H.R. 1561 also provides for reforms in the United Nations to refocus the U.N. on its traditional development and peacekeeping roles. preserves organizational flexibility for the agencies. provides for the humanitarian assistance and resettlement for refugees. promotes the rapid implementation of broadcasting into the nondemocratic countries of Asia. and terminates United States participation in obsolete international organizations. Mr. Speaker. this conference agreement reflects a number of compromises between the House and the Senate and accommodates many of the most serious concerns raised by the administration and the minority.
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