[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.