[House Document 104-9]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
104th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House
Document 104-9
MAKING AVAILABLE APPROPRIATIONS
__________
COMMUNICATION
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
HIS REQUEST TO MAKE AVAILABLE APPROPRIATIONS TOTALING $32,200,000 IN
BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS, AND
COMMERCE, AND TO DESIGNATE THESE AMOUNTS 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
January 4, 1995.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and
ordered to be printed
The White House
Washington, December 27, 1994.
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 Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995,
and P.L. 103-317, the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and
State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
1995, I hereby make available appropriations totaling
$32,200,000 in budget authority for the Department of Housing
and Urban Development and the Department of Commerce. These
funds will be used to assist communities in recovering from the
flooding and associated damage caused by Tropical Storm Alberto
and will be available immediately.
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 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. 1, 104th Congress, 1st Session]
Executive Office of the President,
Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC, December 27, 1994.
The President,
The White House.
Submitted for your consideration are requests to make
available emergency appropriations for the Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Department of
Commerce. Your approval of these requests would make available
previously appropriated funds to HUD and Commerce in order to
assist communities in Florida and Georgia to recover from the
flooding and associated damage caused by Tropical Storm
Alberto.
Public Law 103-327, the Departments of Veterans Affairs and
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1995, includes a $180 million contingent
emergency appropriation for the Community Development Grant
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. None of the $180 million has yet been designated
as an emergency requirement and made available. Of the total
available, $22.2 million is now needed to assist Florida in the
acquisition and relocation of damaged homes and public
facilities and to aid in the economic recovery of the oyster
industry of Franklin County.
Public Law 103-317, the Departments of Commerce, Justice,
and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 1995, provided a contingent emergency appropriation of $55
million for the Economic Development Administration. 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. None of the $55 million has yet been designated as
an emergency requirement and made available. At this time, $10
million is needed to increase capacity at a Macon, Georgia,
water treatment plant at its new site--off the floodplain, on
higher ground.
I recommend that you designate these requests as emergency
funding requirements in accordance with section 25(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 Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of
Commerce 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................................ $22,200,000
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 Grant 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. None of the $180
million has yet been designated as an emergency requirement and
made available. At this time, $22.2 million is needed to assist
Florida in the acquisition and relocation of damaged homes and
public facilities and to aid in the economic recovery of the
oyster industry of Franklin County. Ecological damage resulting
from the flood waters dramatically reduced the local oyster
population.
Department of Commerce:
Economic Development Administration, Economic
development assistance programs................... $10,000,000
Title VII of Public Law 103-317, the Departments of
Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995, provided a $55 million
contingent emergency appropriation for the Economic Development
Administration. 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. None of the $55 million has yet been
designated as an emergency requirement and made available. At
this time, $10 million is needed to increase capacity at a
Macon, Georgia, water treatment plant at its new site--off the
floodplain, on higher ground.