[House Document 105-343]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




105th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 105-343


 
                    MAKING AVAILABLE APPROPRIATIONS

                               __________

                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

HIS REQUEST TO MAKE AVAILABLE $120.5 MILLION IN PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED 
 EMERGENCY FUNDS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, PURSUANT TO 31 U.S.C. 
                                  1107




  December 17, 1998.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and 
                         ordered to be printed.

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                    U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE                    
69-012                     WASHINGTON : 1998




                                           The White House,
                                      Washington, December 3, 1998.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
    Sir: In accordance with provisions of P.L. 105-277, the 
Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations 
Act, 1999, I hereby request the following:

Department of Defense:
    Procurement, Aircraft procurement, Air Force:.......    $120,500,000

    These funds will support the procurement of crisis response 
aviation assets for critical national security, law 
enforcement, and emergency response needs.
    I hereby designate the above request as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) 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 his comments and observations.
            Sincerely,
                                                William J. Clinton.
    Enclosure.



             [Estimate No. 24, 105th Congress, 2d Session]

                 Executive Office of the President,
                           Office of Management and Budget,
                                  Washington, DC, December 3, 1998.
The President,
The White House.
    Submitted for your consideration is a request to make 
available $120.5 million in previously appropriated emergency 
funds for the Department of Defense (DoD).
    P.L. 105-277, the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999, provided $120.5 million 
in emergency funding to DoD for the procurement of crisis 
response aviation assets, contingent upon the President 
submitting a budget request to the Congress and designating the 
entire amount requested as an emergency requirement.
    I recommend that you designate the amount requested as an 
emergency requirement 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 will be 
required.
    The resources that you are making available will support 
the procurement of several aviation assets for use by 
Government agencies tasked with critical national security, law 
enforcement, and crisis response missions.
    I have carefully reviewed this proposal and am satisfied 
that it is necessary at this time. Therefore, I recommend that 
you make the requested funds available by signing the enclosed 
letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
            Sincerely,
                                              Jacob J. Lew,
                                                          Director.
    Enclosure.

    Emergency Appropriations: Amounts Previously Appropriated Made 
                       Available by the President

Department of Defense:
    Procurement: Aircraft procurement, Air Force........    $120,500,000

    Public Law 105-277, the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999, provided $120,500,000 to 
the Department of Defense, contingent upon the President 
submitting a budget request to the Congress and designating the 
entire amount requested as an emergency requirement. None of 
the funds have yet been designated as an emergency requirement 
and made available.
    At this time, the entire amount is required to support the 
procurement of several aviation assets for use by Government 
agencies tasked with critical national security, law 
enforcement, and crisis response missions.

                                    
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