If Members like the bill. they can find critical programs that are funded. If they do not like the bill. they can find wasteful spending and harmful cuts. I am particularly pleased with the refugee relief and humanitarian assistance provided by the measure. The conference agreement includes $1.1 billion for international assistance programs. refugee resettlement. and State Department funding. This is more than 60 percent above the level approved by the House. I am grateful to the conferees for including $149.2 million in food assistance to refugees and misplaced persons in the Balkans through the PL480 Food for Peace program. Failure to include money for this program was a serious omission. and I am glad that this has been corrected in the conference committee. These funds will ensure America provides its share of the food needE 9923 ed in the Balkans through the end of the year 2000.
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