[House Document 104-194]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                     

104th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - -  House Document 104-194


 
               REQUEST TO MAKE AVAILABLE APPROPRIATIONS

                               __________

                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

 HIS REQUEST TO MAKE AVAILABLE APPROPRIATIONS TOTALING $13,025,000 IN 
BUDGETARY AUTHORITY FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, IN 
 ADDITION A REQUEST TO REDIRECT APPROPRIATIONS TOTALING $3,700,000 IN 
BUDGET AUTHORITY TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND TO 
   DESIGNATE THE AMOUNTS 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 31 
                              U.S.C. 1107




   April 15, 1996.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and 
                         ordered to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                        Washington, April 12, 1996.
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, and Education, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY 1995, I hereby make 
available appropriations totaling $13,025,000 in budget 
authority for the Department of Health and Human Services. In 
addition, in accordance with provisions of P.L. 103-211, the 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, FY 1994, I am 
transmitting a request to redirect appropriations totaling 
$3,700,000 in budget authority to the Department of Health and 
Human Services. Through these two actions, a total of 
$16,725,000 will be made available to provide financial 
assistance for public health crises in Los Angeles County.
    The funds appropriated in P.L. 103-333 will be available to 
the Department of Health and Human services immediately. As 
provided in P.L. 103-221, the funds appropriated in that Act 
will be available 15 days from the date of this transmittal. 
These funds have previously been made available and transferred 
from the unanticipated needs account within Funds Appropriated 
to the President to the Departments of Commerce and the 
Interior. Through this request, these funds will be transferred 
to the Department of Health and Human services to address 
immediate emergency requirements.
    I designate the amounts made available as emergency 
requirements pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
amended.
    The details of these actions 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.

    
    
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