[House Document 104-52]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]





                                     

        104th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House 
Document 104-52


 
           REQUEST TO MAKE AVAILABLE EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS

                               __________

                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

    HIS REQUEST TO MAKE AVAILABLE EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS TOTALING 
$57,800,000 IN BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT, 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




   March 23, 1995.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and 
                         ordered to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                        Washington, March 22, 1995.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
    Sir: In accordance with provisions of P.L. 103-327, the 
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
Development, and Independence Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1995, I hereby make available appropriations totaling 
$57,800,000 in budget authority for the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development. These funds will be used to assist 
communities in recovering from the damage caused by Tropical 
Storm Alberto and subsequent flooding.
    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 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.
    Enclosure.
             [Estimate No. 6, 104th Congress, 1st Session]

                 Executive Office of the President,
                           Office of Management and Budget,
                                    Washington, DC, March 22, 1995.
The President,
The White House.
    Submitted for your consideration is a request to make 
available emergency appropriations for the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Your approval of this 
request would make available previously appropriated funds to 
HUD in order to assist communities in Florida and Georgia to 
recover from the damage caused by Tropical Storm Alberto and 
subsequent flooding.
    Public Law 103-327, the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1995, included a $180 million contingent 
emergency appropriation for the Community Development Grants 
program. 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. Of the $180 million, $122.2 million has been 
designated previously as an emergency requirement and made 
available. The remaining $57.8 million is now needed to assist 
Georgia and Florida in the repair and reconstruction of damaged 
houses and infrastructure, business recovery, and acquisition 
and relocation of damaged housing located in the flood plain. 
The funds to be distributed in Florida will be targeted to 
areas that have received Small Business Administration disaster 
declarations.
    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.
    I have carefully reviewed this proposal and am satisfied 
that it is necessary at this time. Therefore, I join the 
Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development in 
recommending that you make the requested funds available by 
signing the enclosed letter to the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives. No further congressional action will be 
required.
            Sincerely,
                                         Alice M. Rivlin, Director.
    Enclosure.
Emergency Appropriations: Amounts Previously Appropriated Made Available 
                            by the President

Department of Housing and Urban Development Community 
    Planning and Development: Community development 
    grants..............................................     $57,800,000

    Title VI, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations, contained 
in Public Law 103-327, the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1995, provided $180 million for the 
Community Development Grants program. 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. Of the $180 
million, $122.2 million has been designated previously as an 
emergency requirement and made available. At this time, the 
remaining $57.8 million is needed to assist Georgia and Florida 
in the repair and reconstruction of damaged houses and 
infrastructure, business recovery, and acquisition and 
relocation of damaged housing located in the flood plain. The 
funds to be distributed in Florida will be targeted to areas 
that have received Small Business Administration disaster 
declarations.