[House Document 104-102]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]





                                     

        104th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House 
Document 104-102


 
                    MAKING AVAILABLE APPROPRIATIONS

                               __________

                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

 HIS REQUEST TO MAKE AVAILABLE APPROPRIATIONS TOTALING $100,000,000 IN 
 BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FOR 
  THE LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND TO DESIGNATE THE 
 AMOUNT MADE AVAILABLE AS AN EMERGENCY REQUIREMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 
 251(b)(2)(D)(i) OF THE BALANCED BUDGET AND EMERGENCY DEFICIT CONTROL 
 ACT OF 1985, AS AMENDED, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF PUBLIC LAW 103-
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July 21, 1995.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered 
                             to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                         Washington, July 21, 1995.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
    Sir: In accordance with provisions of P.L. 103-333, the 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 1995, and P.L. 103-252, 
the Human Resources Amendments of 1994, I hereby make available 
to the Department of Health and Human Services appropriations 
of $100,000,000 in budget authority for the Low Income Home 
Energy Assistance Program. These funds will enable the 
Department to support needs arising from the recent severe hot 
weather.
    I designate the amount made available as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
    The details of this section are set forth in the enclosed 
letter from the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget. I concur with her comments and observations.
            Sincerely,
                                                William J. Clinton.
    Enclosure.
              [Estimate No. 14, 104th Congress, 1st Sess.]

                 Executive Office of the President,
                           Office of Management and Budget,
                                     Washington, DC, July 21, 1995.
The President,
The White House.
    Submitted for your consideration is a request to make 
available emergency appropriations for the Department of Health 
and Human Services. Your approval of this request would make 
available previously appropriated funds to the Low Income Home 
Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) to address the needs of the 
States arising from the recent severe hot weather.
    Public Law 103-333, the Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act of 1995, provided $600 million for LIHEAP, contingent upon 
the President submitting a budget request to the Congress and 
designating the entire amount requested as an emergency 
requirement. Public Law 103-252, the Human Services Amendments 
of 1994, provides the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
authority to target the amount requested to the States most in 
need. This request would make available $100 million in 
targeted funds, now necessary to address needs arising from the 
recent severe weather.
    I recommend that you designate this request as an emergency 
funding requirement in accordance with section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985, as amended. No further congressional action will be 
required.
    I have carefully reviewed this proposal and am satisfied 
that it is necessary at this time. Therefore, I join the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services in recommending that you 
make the requested funds available by signing the enclosed 
letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
            Sincerely,
                                         Alice M. Rivlin, Director.
    Enclosure.
    Emergency Appropriations: Amounts Previously Appropriated Made 
                       Available by the President

 Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children 
                              and Families

    Low income home energy assistance, $100,000,000.
    Public Law 103-333, the Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act of 1995, which was enacted into law on September 30, 1994, 
provided $600 million in contingent emergency funding for the 
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). The 
availability of these funds was made contingent upon the 
President submitting a budget request to the Congress and 
designating the entire amount requested as an emergency 
requirement. None of the $600 million has yet been designated 
as an emergency requirement and made available.
    Public Law 103-252, the Human Resources Amendments of 1994, 
provides the Secretary of Health and Human Services authority 
to target these LIHEAP funds to the States most in need. $100 
million is now required to support needs arising from the 
recent severe hot weather.