[House Document 104-54]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]





                                     

        104th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House 
Document 104-54


 
          REQUEST TO MAKE AVAILABLE EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS

                               __________

                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

    HIS REQUEST TO MAKE AVAILABLE EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS TOTALING 
$21,975,000 IN BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
  SERVICES, ALSO A REQUEST TO MAKE AVAILABLE EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS 
    TOTALING $14,415,000 IN BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF 
 AGRICULTURE, AND TO 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, PURSUANT TO 31 
                              U.S.C. 1107




April 3, 1995.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered 
                             to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                        Washington, March 31, 1995.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
    Sir: In accordance with provisions of P.L. 103-333, the 
Department of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995, I hereby make 
available appropriations totaling $21,957,000 in budget 
authority for the Department of Health and Human Services. 
These funds will be used to assist in meeting urgent public 
health needs resulting from the damage caused by Tropical Storm 
Alberto and subsequent flooding.
    Also, in accordance with provisions of P.L. 103-332, the 
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 1995, I hereby make available appropriations of 
$14,415,000 in budget authority for the Emergency pest 
suppression fund of the Forest Service in the Department of 
Agriculture. These funds will ensure that current pest 
suppression needs throughout the United States are met.
    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.
             [Estimate No. 7, 104th Congress, 1st Session]

                 Executive Office of the President,
                           Office of Management and Budget,
                                    Washington, DC, March 31, 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 in order to assist 
communities in Georgia, Florida, and Alabama in meeting urgent 
public health needs resulting from the damage caused by 
Tropical Storm Alberto and subsequent flooding.
    Public Law 103-333, the Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1995, included a $35 million contingent 
emergency appropriation for the Public health and social 
services emergency fund. 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. At this time, $21,975,000 is needed 
to assist Georgia, Florida, and Alabama in preventing the 
spread of communicable diseases; promoting public health 
surveillance; providing assistance to community health centers; 
and promoting support services for children, families, and the 
elderly.
    Also submitted for your consideration is a request to make 
available $14,415,000 in emergency appropriations for the 
Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture. Your approval 
of this request would make available previously appropriated 
funds for high-priority pest suppression needs in FY 1995.
    The $7.8 million appropriated to the Forest Service in FY 
1995 for regular pest prevention and suppression will meet 35 
percent of the currently estimated high-priority pest 
suppression projects. The requested designation of an 
additional $14.4 million as an emergency requirement will 
enable the Forest Service to meet all currently identified 
suppression needs during FY 1995.
    Without this additional funding, timber harvesting on the 
National Forest System would be reduced, while maintenance 
costs would increase, and the susceptibility of the Nation's 
forests to fire would become greater. In addition, future costs 
for gypsy moth suppression would increase.
    I recommend that you designate these requests as emergency 
funding requirements 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 these proposals and am satisfied 
that they are necessary at this time. Therefore, I join the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary-
designate of the Department of Agriculture 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 Health and Human Services:
    Public health and social services emergency fund....     $21,975,000


    Title VI, Emergency Appropriations, contained in Public Law 
103-333, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995, 
provided $35 million for the Public health and social services 
emergency fund. 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. At this time, $21,975,000 is needed to 
assist Georgia, Florida, and Alabama in preventing the spread 
of communicable diseases; promoting public health surveillance; 
providing assistance to community health centers; and providing 
support services for children, families, and the elderly.
    These funds will be allocated to the following HHS 
organizations: Administration on Aging ($2,000,000); 
Administration for Children and Families ($7,590,000); Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention ($6,000,000); Substance 
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration ($5,100,000); 
Health Resources and Services Administration ($285,000); and 
for an HHS-wide contingency fund for flood recovery efforts 
($1,000,000).


Department of Agriculture--Forest Service:
    Emergency pest suppression fund.....................     $14,415,000


    Public Laws 102-381, 103-138, and 103-332, the Department 
of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Acts of 
1993, 1994, and 1995 provided $26 million, $15 million, and $17 
million in contingent emergency funding, respectively, for the 
Emergency pest suppression fund. The availability of these 
funds was made contingent upon the President notifying the 
Congress of his designation of any or all of these amounts as 
emergency requirements. A total of $27 million has been made 
available previously.
    Of the $31 million remaining in the Emergency pest 
suppression fund, $14.4 million is now required for pest 
suppression efforts to preserve the Nation's forest resources.