[House Document 104-213]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                     

104th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 104-213



  REQUEST TO MAKE AVAILABLE APPROPRIATIONS TOTALING $100,000,000 IN 
 
                BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR THE FOREST SERVICE

                               __________

                             COMMUNICATION

                                  FROM

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

 HIS REQUEST TO MAKE AVAILABLE APPROPRIATIONS TOTALING $100,000,000 IN 
     BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR THE FOREST SERVICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
AGRICULTURE, 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 31 
                              U.S.C. 1107

 


May 14, 1996.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered 
                             to be printed


                                           The White House,
                                          Washington, May 14, 1996.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives,
    Sir: In accordance with provisions of P.L. 103-332, the 
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, FY 1995, I am transmitting a request to make available 
appropriations totaling $100,000,000 in budget authority for 
the Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture.
    The previously appropriated funds that are hereby made 
available are for the Forest Service's emergency wildland 
firefighting program. Funds appropriated to the Forest Service 
in FY 1996 for fire suppression, together with existing 
balances, are not sufficient to cover the expenses estimated to 
be incurred during this fiscal year.
    I designate the amount made available in accordance with 
P.L. 103-332 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 action 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.



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