[House Document 105-251]
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                 REQUESTS FOR EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS

                               __________

                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

REQUESTS TO MAKE AVAILABLE EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS 
OF AGRICULTURE, DEFENSE, THE INTERIOR, AND TRANSPORTATION; THE CORPS OF 
 ENGINEERS; THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY; THE UNITED STATES 
INFORMATION AGENCY; AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE, PURSUANT TO 
                            PUB. L. 105-174





May 13, 1998.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered 
                             to be printed


                                           The White House,
                                           Washington, May 8, 1998.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
    Sir: In accordance with provisions of P.L. 105-174, the 
1998 Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions Act, to make 
available emergency appropriations and for other purposes, I 
hereby request the following:
Department of Agriculture
         Farm Service Agency, Agricultural credit 
        insurance fund program account: $21,000,000
         Farm Service Agency, Emergency conservation 
        program: $30,000,000
         Farm Service Agency, Emergency conservation 
        program: $4,000,000
         Farm Service Agency, Tree assistance program: 
        $14,000,000
         Farm Service Agency, Commodity Credit 
        Corporation fund, Livestock disaster assistance 
        program: $4,000,000
         Farm Service Agency, Commodity Credit 
        Corporation fund, Dairy production disaster assistance 
        program: $6,800,000
        Natural Resources Conservation Service, 
        Watershed and flood prevention operations: $80,000,000
        Forest Service, State and private forestry: 
        $28,000,000
         Forest Service, National forest system: 
        $5,461,000
         Forest Service, Wildland fire management: 
        $2,000,000
Department of Defense
         Operation and Maintenance, Operation and 
        maintenance, Defense-wide: $125,528,000
         Operation and Maintenance, Overseas 
        contingency operations transfer fund: $1,814,100,000
         Operation and Maintenance, Overseas 
        humanitarian, disaster, and civic aid: $36,500,000
         Procurement, Aircraft procurement, Navy: 
        $272,500,000
         Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, 
        Research, development, test, and evaluation, Defense-
        wide: $179,000,000
         Military Construction, Military construction, 
        Army National Guard: $3,700,000
         Military Construction, Base realignment and 
        closure account, part III: $1,020,000
         Family Housing, Family housing, Navy and 
        Marine Corps: $2,500,000
         Family Housing, Family housing, Air Force: 
        $900,000
         Revolving and Management Funds, Reserve 
        mobilization income insurance fund: $47,000,000
Department of Defense--Civil, Department of the Army, Corps of 
        Engineers--Civil
         Operation and maintenance, general: 
        $105,185,000
Department of Energy
         Energy Programs, Strategic Petroleum Reserve: 
        revenue forgone in the amount of $207,500,000
Department of the Interior
         Bureau of Reclamation, Water and related 
        resources: $4,520,000
         Bureau of Land Management, Construction: 
        $1,837,000
         United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 
        Construction: $29,130,000
         National Park Service, Construction: 
        $9,506,000
         United States Geological Survey, Surveys, 
        investigations, and research: $1,198,000
         Bureau of Indian Affairs: $1,065,000
Department of Transportation
         Federal Railroad Administration, Emergency 
        railroad rehabilitation and repair: $9,800,000
Federal Emergency Management Agency
         Disaster relief: $1,600,000,000
International Assistance Program
         International Security Assistance, Non-
        proliferation, anti-terrorism, demining, and related 
        programs: $14,000,000
United States Information Agency
         International broadcasting operations: 
        $5,000,000
    These funds will support critical relief efforts for the 
victims of recent natural disasters, U.S. peacekeeping 
operations in Bosnia and Southwest Asia, and other purposes. 
All of the funds will be available immediately.
    In addition, pursuant to the third proviso under the 
heading, ``Strategic Petroleum Reserve,'' in Public Law 105-83, 
as added by Public Law 195-174, I have determined that the 
drawdown and sale of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve 
would be imprudent at this time in light of current market 
conditions.
    I hereby designate all of the above requests as emergency 
requirements pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) 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 his comments and observations.
            Sincerely,
                                                William J. Clinton.
    Enclosure.


              [Estimate No. 6, 105th Congress, 2d Session]

                 Executive Office of the President,
                           Office of Management and Budget,
                                       Washington, DC, May 8, 1998.
The President,
The White House.
    Submitted for your consideration are requests to make 
available previously appropriated emergency funds for the 
Departments of Agriculture, Defense, the Interior, and 
Transportation; the Corps of Engineers; the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency; the United States Information Agency; and 
International Security Assistance.
    P.L. 105-174, the 1998 Supplemental Appropriations and 
Rescissions Act, provided certain emergency funds for which the 
availability was made contingent upon the President submitting 
a budget request to the Congress that includes designation of 
the entire amount requested as an emergency appropriation.
    I recommend that you designate the amounts listed on the 
enclosure as emergency requirements in accordance with section 
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended. No further congressional 
action is required.
    The resources that you are making available will fund 
disaster-related requirements, including damage caused by El 
Nino-related storms in California, ice storms in New England, 
and tornados and flooding in the Southeast, and will continue 
to fund U.S. peacekeeping operations in Bosnia and Southwest 
Asia. Based on emergency designations contained in this 
transmittal and prior transmittals, you will have made 
available a total of $2.8 billion for the Department of Defense 
to enable us to meet our commitment to our troops in Bosnia and 
the Gulf, to support readiness worldwide and for other purposes 
and a total of $2.4 billion for non-defense programs, primarily 
to aid victims of natural disasters at home.
    In addition, I recommend, in accordance with provisions of 
P.L. 105-174, that you include in your transmittal to Congress 
a determination that the drawdown and sale of oil from the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve would be imprudent at this time in 
light of current market conditions.
    P.L. 105-174 provides $130 million in contingent emergency 
funding for the Department of Housing and Urban Development's 
(HUD's) Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program. We 
will be providing you with recommendations on the release of 
these funds once HUD has developed procedures necessary to 
comply with the requirements contained in the legislation and 
established a mechanism for allocating funds to the States. The 
Act includes requirements that States administer these CDBG 
funds and provide not less than 25 percent of the total 
assistance in non-Federal public matching funds (or their 
equivalent value). We are working with HUD to establish 
procedures, in a timely manner, to administer these funds and 
address the needs of disaster victims in the most effective way 
possible.
    P.L. 105-174 provides $224 million in emergency funding, as 
requested, for the Federal Highway Administration's Emergency 
Relief program. These funds were available upon enactment. The 
Act also provides, as requested, $35 million in contingent 
emergency funding. Consistent with past practice, as damage 
survey estimates are completed and if States' requests for 
funding begin to approach the funds available, we will provide 
you with recommendations on the release of these funds.
    Finally, P.L. 105-174 provides $28 million in contingent 
emergency funding for U.S. contributions to the International 
Trust Fund of the Republic of Slovenia, Mine Clearance, and 
Assistance to Mine Victims in Bosnia and Herzegovina. These 
contributions are to be deposited in the fund in two equal 
annual installments. As noted under the heading ``International 
Assistance Program,'' $14 million would be made available 
through this transmittal. The remaining $14 million would be 
made available when the statutory requirements in the Act have 
been met.
    I have carefully reviewed these proposals and am satisfied 
that they are necessary at this time. Accordingly, I join the 
heads of the affected departments and agencies in recommending 
that you approve these requests by signing the enclosed letter 
to the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
            Sincerely,
                                      Franklin D. Raines, Director.
    Enclosure.


 Emergency Requirements: Amounts Previously Appropriated Now Requested 
      and Being Made Available by the President and Other Purposes

Department of Agriculture
Farm Service Agency:
    Agriculture credit insurance fund program account...     $21,000,000
    Emergency conservation program......................      30,000,000
    Emergency conservation program......................       4,000,000
    Tree assistance program.............................      14,000,000
    Commodity Credit Corporation fund, Livestock 
      disaster assistance program.......................       4,000,000
    Commodity Credit Corporation fund, Dairy production 
      disaster assistance program.......................       6,800,000
Natural Resources Conservation Service: Watershed and 
    flood prevention operations.........................      80,000,000
Forest Service:
    State and private forestry..........................      28,000,000
    National forest system..............................       5,461,000
    Wildland fire management............................       2,000,000
Department of Defense
Operation and Maintenance:
    Operation and maintenance, Defense-wide.............     125,528,000
    Overseas contingency operations trust fund..........   1,814,100,000
    Overseas humanitarian, disaster, and civic aid......      36,500,000
Procurement: Aircraft procurement, Navy.................     272,500,000
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation: Research, 
    development, test, and evaluation, Defense-wide.....     179,000,000
Military Construction:
    Military construction, Army National Guard..........       3,700,000
    Military construction, Base realignment and closure 
      account, part III.................................       1,020,000
Family Housing:
    Family housing, Navy and Marine Corps...............       2,500,000
    Family housing, Air Force...........................         900,000
Revolving and Management Funds: Reserve mobilization 
    income insurance fund...............................      47,000,000
Department of Defense--Civil, Department of the Army, 
    Corps of Engineers--Civil
Operation and maintenance, general......................     105,185,000
Department of Energy
Energy Programs: Strategic Petroleum Reserve revenue 
    forgone.............................................     207,500,000
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Reclamation: Water and related resources......       4,520,000
Bureau of Land Management: Construction.................       1,837,000
United States Fish and Wildlife Service: Construction...      29,130,000
National Park Service: Construction.....................       9,506,000
United States Geological Survey: Surveys, 
    investigations, and research........................       1,198,000
Bureau of Indian Affairs: Construction..................       1,065,000
Department of Transportation
Federal Railroad Administration: Emergency railroad 
    rehabilitation and repair...........................       9,800,000
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Disaster relief.........................................   1,600,000,000
International Assistance Program
International Security Assistance: Non-proliferation, 
    anti-terrorism, demining, and related programs......      14,000,000
United States Information Agency
International broadcasting operations...................       5,000,000

                                
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