11.   Instead, these programs would have to compete for whatever amounts Congress determines will be in a general economic assistance fund.

12.   New England officials had been lobbying the president to release the remaining low-income, or LIHEAP, assistance funds.

13.   President Clinton, after being inundated with pleas for help from officials in several states, on Tuesday directed an emergency release of home heating assistance funds.

14.   THE Commerce Ministry, Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry and the Board of Investment are working to establish an integrated agricultural fund.There are now several agricultural assistance funds.

15.   The money goes to an emergency assistance fund for players.

16.   The report urges continued cuts in military spending worldwide and calls for an end to defense assistance funds to developing countries.

17.   Once they join the bloc they will immediately have to pay full budget contributions, although not all assistance funds may flow immediately.