[House Document 105-216]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




105th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 105-216


 
                      REQUESTS FOR EMERGENCY AND
                      NONEMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS

                               __________

                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

HIS REQUESTS FOR EMERGENCY AND NONEMERGENCY FY 1998 APPROPRIATIONS FOR 
THE DEPARTMENTS OF AGRICULTURE, ENERGY, THE INTERIOR, AND THE TREASURY; 
 THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION; AND, THE NATIONAL 
        TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD, PURSUANT TO 31 U.S.C. 1107





  February 24, 1998.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and 
                         ordered to be printed

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                    U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

59-012                     WASHINGTON : 1998



                                           The White House,
                                     Washington, February 20, 1998.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives
    Sir: I ask Congress to consider expeditiously the enclosed 
requests for emergency and nonemergency FY 1998 appropriations 
for the Departments of Agriculture, Energy, the Interior, and 
the Treasury; the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
(NASA); and, the National Transportation Safety Board.
    For the Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife 
Service ``Construction'' account, $3.7 million is requested to 
repair damage to the property and structures of the Guam 
National Wildlife Refuge resulting from Typhoon Paka. I hereby 
designate this amount as an 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.
    To assist the Department of the Treasury in resolving the 
computer problems and challenges presented by the Year 2000 
conversion, transfer authority of up to $250 million is 
requested as well as authority to extend the availability of 
unobligated balances existing at the end of FY 1998 into FY 
1999.
    Also enclosed are requests for a number of departments and 
agencies for additional transfer authority, authorization to 
spend increased available receipts, and an additional $16.1 
million--offset by rescissions proposed in a Special Message 
being transmitted concurrently. Taken together, these proposals 
would not increase FY 1998 budget totals. Finally, a number of 
technical amendments to my FY 1999 Budget request are enclosed.
    The details of these requests are set forth in the enclosed 
letter from the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget. I concur with his comments and observations.
            Sincerely,
                                                William J. Clinton.
    Enclosure.


    
    
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