[House Document 104-62]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]





                                    

        104th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House 
Document 104-62


 
    REQUESTS FOR EMERGENCY FISCAL YEAR 1995 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS

                               __________

                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

 HIS REQUEST TO MAKE AVAILABLE EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS TOTALING $142 
MILLION TO ADDRESS URGENT NEEDS ARISING FROM THE BOMBING OF THE ALFRED 
   P. MURRAH FEDERAL BUILDING IN OKLAHOMA CITY, 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 2, 1995.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered 
                             to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                           Washington, May 2, 1995.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
    Sir: In the aftermath of the April 19, 1995, bombing in 
Oklahoma City, the Federal Government responded immediately to 
provide assistance to the victims of the bombing and to local 
authorities. I ask Congress to consider the enclosed requests 
for emergency FY 1995 supplemental appropriations. The requests 
would provide $142 million to address urgent needs arising from 
the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in 
Oklahoma City and to implement the core elements of the anti-
terrorism initiative that I recently announced in response to 
the tragedy in Oklahoma.
    I hereby designate the amounts requested as emergency 
requirements pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
amended. Every aspect of the tragedy in Oklahoma warrants my 
designation of the amounts requested as emergency requirements. 
Nevertheless, as I stated in my meeting with the bipartisan 
leadership on April 26th, the increased budget authority that I 
am proposing today is fully offset by reduction proposals 
contained in this transmittal and by rescission proposals 
contained in an accompanying Special Message.
    The magnitude of the tragedy in Oklahoma demands that these 
emergency funds be provided as quickly as possible to address 
the consequences of the disaster. I appreciate the cooperation 
of the bipartisan congressional leadership in working on this 
matter expeditiously.
    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.