text: FYI — today the SFRC will take up at its business meeting the State Dept authorization bill. We have beenworking with them for months on this package and they have taken virtually all of our provisions intact. There are a few problems (minor) that we will continue to work on those but all in all it is a goodpackage. Unfortunately it will never become enacted so it is largely a symbolic gesture but it is helpfulnonetheless. Thought Kerry or Lugar might mention it to you and our general posture has been to thankthem for their efforts.