[House Document 105-348]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
105th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 105-348
MAKING AVAILABLE APPROPRIATIONS
__________
COMMUNICATION
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
HIS REQUESTS TO MAKE AVAILABLE $1.1 BILLION 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, November 12, 1998.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Sir: In accordance with the provisions of H.R. 4328, the
Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations
Act, 1999, I hereby request the following:
Department of Defense:
Military Personnel, Military personnel, Army:....... $10,000,000
Military Personnel, Military personnel, Navy:....... 33,300,000
Military Personnel, Military personnel, Marine
Corps:............................................ 8,900,000
Military Personnel, Reserve personnel, Navy:........ 10,000,000
Operation and Maintenance, Operation and
maintenance, Army:................................ 314,500,000
Operation and Maintenance, Operation and
maintenance, Navy:................................ 232,600,000
Operation and Maintenance, Operation and
maintenance, Marine Corps:........................ 52,400,000
Operation and Maintenance, Operation and
maintenance, Air Force:........................... 303,000,000
Operation and Maintenance, Operation and
maintenance, Army Reserve:........................ 3,000,000
Operation and Maintenance, Operation and
maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve:................ 3,300,000
Operation and Maintenance, Operation and
maintenance, Air Force Reserve:................... 9,000,000
Operation and Maintenance, Operation and
maintenance, Army National Guard:................. 50,000,000
Operation and Maintenance, Operation and
maintenance, Air National Guard:.................. 21,000,000
Operation and Maintenance, Morale, welfare and
recreation and personnel support for contingency
deployments....................................... 50,000,000
These funds will support improved readiness efforts within
the Department of Defense.
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.
Executive Office of the President,
Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC, November 12, 1998.
The President,
The White House.
Submitted for your consideration are requests to make
available $1.1 billion in previously appropriated emergency
funds for the Department of Defense (DoD).
H.R. 4328, the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999, provided $1.101 billion
in emergency readiness funding to DoD 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 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 will be required.
The resources that you are making available will support
Air Force and Navy flying hour programs, improve recruiting
efforts, reduce maintenance backlogs, support increased use of
the Guard and Reserve forces to ease the strain on active
units, and improve Army unit training by diminishing migration
of training funds into base operations.
I have carefully reviewed these proposals and am satisfied
that they are necessary at this time. Therefore, I join the
Secretary of Defense in recommending 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:
Military Personnel:
Military personnel, Army........................ $10,000,000
Military personnel, Navy........................ 33,300,000
Military personnel, Marine Corps................ 8,900,000
Reserve personnel, Navy......................... 10,000,000
Operation and Maintenance:
Operation and maintenance, Army................. 314,500,000
Operation and maintenance, Navy................. 232,600,000
Operation and maintenance, Marine Corps......... 52,400,000
Operation and maintenance, Air Force............ 303,000,000
Operation and maintenance, Army Reserve......... 3,000,000
Operation and maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve. 3,300,000
Operation and maintenance, Air Force Reserve.... 9,000,000
Operation and maintenance, Army National Guard.. 50,000,000
Operation and maintenance, Air National Guard... 21,000,000
Morale, welfare and recreation and personnel
support for contingency deployment............ 50,000,000