Reagan Leans Toward OK of Homeless Bill
President Reagan will decide soon on emergency legislation calling for $50 million in aid to the homeless, but there appear to be “no real objections” to it, the White House said today.
“It is being reviewed now, and the President will have a decision soon on signature,” spokesman Marlin Fitzwater told reporters.
The $50 million would be transferred from the disaster relief fund in the Federal Emergency Management Agency to an emergency food and shelter program that has already been given $70 million this year.
The money is distributed by a national board with members from several charitable organizations.
The Administration had said earlier that it opposed the legislation because it would deplete a relief fund that is normally distributed to victims of earthquakes, floods, tornadoes and other disasters.
Fitzwater said the Administration “had registered concern about the funding mechanism, of transferring money from one account to another, but not the overall funding level.”
Also attached to the homeless bill is a resolution that would kill hefty pay raises for Congress and top federal officials and judges.
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