[House Document 105-351]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




105th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 105-351


 
                    MAKING AVAILABLE APPROPRIATIONS

                               __________

                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

 HIS REQUESTS TO TRANSFER $338 MILLION FROM THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 
SYSTEMS AND RELATED EXPENSES ACCOUNT FOR YEAR 2000 (Y2K) COMPLIANCE TO 
            20 FEDERAL AGENCIES, 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 8, 1998.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
    Sir: In accordance with provisions of Public Law 105-277, 
the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 1999, I hereby request the following 
transfers from the Information Technology Systems and Related 
Expenses account:


                       department of agriculture


    Executive Operations, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer: $28,731,000


                         department of commerce


    General Administration, Salaries and Expenses: $5,350,000
    Economic Development Administration, Salaries and Expenses: 
$694,000
    Bureau of the Census, Salaries and Expenses: $10,000,000
    Bureau of the Census, Periodic Censuses and Programs: 
$10,900,000
    Export Administration, Operations and Administration: 
$330,000
    National Technical Information Service, NTIS Revolving 
Fund: $1,000,000
    National Institute of Standards and Technology, Industrial 
Technology Services: $21,000,000


                        department of education


    Office of Postsecondary Education, Federal Direct Student 
Loan Program, Program Account: $531,000
    Office of Postsecondary Education, Federal Family Education 
Loan Program Account: $794,000
    Departmental Management, Program Administration: $960,000

              Department of Housing and Urban Development

    Management and Administration, Salaries and Expenses: 
$12,200,000

                       Department of the Interior

    Departmental Management, Working Capital Fund: $17,701,200

                          Department of Labor

    Employment and Training Administration, Training and 
Employment Services: $804,000
    Mine Safety and Health Administration, Salaries and 
Expenses: $2,259,000
    Departmental Management, Salaries and Expenses: $1,170,000
    Departmental Management, Office of the Inspector General: 
$1,000,000

                          Department of State

    Administration of Foreign Affairs, Capital Investment Fund: 
$10,000,000

                      Department of Transportation

    Office of the Secretary, Salaries and Expenses: $7,054,000
    Coast Guard, Operating Expenses: $20,505,000
    Federal Aviation Administration, Operations: $9,699,000
    Federal Aviation Administration, Facilities and Equipment: 
$86,612,000
    Federal Aviation Administration, Research, Engineering, and 
Development: $147,000
    Research and Special Programs Administration, Research and 
Special Programs: $182,000
    Research and Special Programs Administration, Pipeline 
Safety: $150,000
    Maritime Administration, Operations and Training: $530,000

                       Department of the Treasury

    Departmental Offices, Automation Enhancement: $37,403,000
    Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Salaries and 
Expenses: $2,665,000

                  Federal Emergency Management Agency

    Salaries and Expenses: $3,641,000
    Emergency Management Planning and Assistance: $3,711,000

                    General Services Administration

    General Activities, Policy and Operations: $12,701,023

                   International Assistance Programs

    Agency for International Development, Operating Expenses of 
the Agency for International Development: $10,200,000
    Overseas Private Investment Corporation, Overseas Private 
Investment Corporation Noncredit Account: $840,000
    Overseas Private Investment Corporation Program Account: 
$1,260,000
    African Development Foundation, African Development 
Foundation: $137,485

                     Small Business Administration

    Salaries and Expenses: $890,000

                          District of Columbia

    District of Columbia Courts, Federal Payment to the 
District of Columbia Courts: $2,248,660

              National Archives and Records Administration

    Operating Expenses: $6,662,000

                       Office of Special Counsel

    Salaries and Expenses: $100,000

                       Railroad Retirement Board

    Federal Payment to the Railroad Retirement Accounts: 
$340,000

                        Smithsonian Institution

    Salaries and Expenses: $4,700,000
    This funding will support efforts to make Federal 
information technology systems Year 2000 compliant and outreach 
to non-Federal entities in support of the Year 2000 Conversion 
Council.
    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. 25, 105th Congress, 2d Session]

                 Executive Office of the President,
                           Office of Management and Budget,
                                  Washington, DC, December 8, 1998.
The President,
The White House.
    Submitted for your consideration are requests to transfer 
$338 million from the Information Technology Systems and 
Related Expenses Account for year 2000 (Y2K) compliance to 20 
Federal agencies. This is the second release of contingent 
emergency funding for Y2K from funds appropriated in P.L. 105-
277, the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 1999. On November 6, 1998, you allocated 
$891 million to 17 Federal Agencies.
    These transfers will support a range of activities to 
ensure that important computer systems will operate smoothly 
through the year 2000 and beyond. Contingent emergency funding 
would be allocated both for activities that were included in 
your FY 1999 Budget but were not funded in the FY 1999 
appropriations process, and for critical Y2K requirements that 
have been identified since the FY 1999 Budget was transmitted. 
Federal agencies would use this funding for additional 
remediation for information technology systems, testing to 
ensure that systems are Y2K compliant, replacement of embedded 
computer chips, creation and verification of continuity of 
operations and contingency plans, and outreach to non-Federal 
entities by agencies in support of the Year 2000 Conversion 
Council.
    Your FY 1999 Budget anticipated that Y2K requirements would 
emerge over the course of the year and included an allowance to 
provide flexible funding to address emerging needs. As you 
requested, P.L. 105-277, the FY 1999 Omnibus Consolidated and 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, provided contingent 
emergency funding for Y2K computer conversion activities--$1.1 
billion for defense-related activities and $2.25 billion for 
non-defense activities. The enclosed requests for transfers are 
for non-defense agencies; therefore, the funds would be 
transferred from the Information Technology Systems and Related 
Expenses account established by P.L. 105-277.
    OMB continues its oversight of Federal agency progress 
toward fixing the Y2K problem. We are working to ensure that 
Federal agencies have sufficient FY 1999 resources to address 
Y2K and that flexible contingent emergency funding remains 
available to address emerging needs. Pursuant to the 
requirements of Public Law 105-277, OMB will prepare and submit 
reports to Congress on the proposed allocation and plan for 
each affected agency to achieve year 2000 compliance for 
technology information systems before funds can be released to 
the agency. The report for agencies represented in this second 
release of Y2K contingent emergency funds will be transmitted 
to the congressional committees specified in P.L. 105-277 
concurrent with this request for release of the funds. In 
addition, OMB has directed each affected agency to provide 
detailed justification materials in support of its plan and 
allocation to the relevant appropriations subcommittees. OMB 
will continue to monitor agency requirements and will address 
additional funding needs as they emerge.
    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. Pursuant to P.L. 105-277, funds will 
be made available to agencies 15 days after this designation is 
forwarded to Congress.
    I have carefully reviewed these proposals and am satisfied 
that they are necessary at this time. Therefore, I join the 
heads of the affected Departments and agencies 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

Year 2000 (Y2K) Conversion:
    Department of Agriculture:
        Executive Operations, Office of the Chief 
          Information Officer...........................     $28,731,000
    Department of Commerce:
        General Administration, Salaries and Expenses...       5,350,000
        Economic Development Administration, Salaries 
          and Expenses..................................         694,000
            Bureau of the Census: Salaries and Expenses.      10,000,000
            Periodic Censuses and Programs..............      10,900,000
        Export Administration, Operations and 
          Administration................................         330,000
        National Technical Information Service, NTIS 
          Revolving Fund................................       1,000,000
        National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
          Industrial Technology Services................      21,000,000
    Department of Education:
        Office of Postsecondary Education:
            Federal Direct Student Loan Program, Program 
              Account...................................         531,000
            Federal Family Education Loan Program 
              Account...................................         794,000
        Departmental Management, Program Administration.         960,000
    Department of Housing and Urban Development:
        Management and Administration, Salaries and 
          Expenses......................................      12,200,000
    Department of the Interior:
        Departmental Management, Working Capital Fund...      17,701,200
    Department of Labor:
        Employment and Training Administration:
            Training and Employment Services............         804,000
        Mine Safety and Health Administration, Salaries 
          and Expenses..................................       2,259,000
    Departmental Management:
        Departmental Management.........................       1,170,000
        Office of the Inspector General.................       1,000,000
    Department of State:
        Administration of Foreign Affairs, Capital 
          Investment Fund...............................      10,000,000
    Department of Transportation:
        Office of the Secretary, Salaries and Expenses..       7,054,000
        Coast Guard, Operating Expenses.................      20,505,000
        Federal Aviation Administration:
            Operations..................................       9,699,000
            Facilities and Equipment....................      86,612,000
            Research, Engineering, and Development......         147,000
        Research and Special Programs Administration:
            Research and Special Programs...............         182,000
            Pipeline Safety.............................         150,000
        Maritime Administration, Operations and Training         530,000
    Department of the Treasury:
        Departmental Offices, Automation Enhancement....      37,403,000
        Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, 
          Salaries and Expenses.........................       2,665,000
    Federal Emergency Management Agency:
        Salaries and Expenses...........................       3,641,000
        Emergency Management Planning and Assistance....       3,711,000
    General Services Administration:
        General Activities, Policy and Operations.......      12,701,000
    International Assistance Programs:
        Agency for International Development, Operating 
          Expenses of the Agency for International 
          Development...................................      10,200,000
        Overseas Private Investment Corporation:
            Overseas Private Investment Corporation 
              Noncredit Account.........................         840,000
            Overseas Private Investment Corporation 
              Program Account...........................       1,260,000
        African Development Foundation, African 
          Development Foundation........................         137,000
    Small Business Administration:
        Salaries and Expenses...........................         890,000
    District of Columbia:
        District of Columbia Courts, Federal Payment to 
          the District of Columbia Courts...............       2,248,660
    National Archives and Records Administration:
        Operating Expenses..............................       6,662,000
    Office of Special Counsel:
        Salaries and Expenses...........................         100,000
    Railroad Retirement Board:
        Federal Payment to the Railroad Retirement 
          Accounts......................................         340,000
    Smithsonian Institution:
        Salaries and Expenses...........................       4,700,000

    The funds made available will enable these agencies to 
address the Y2K problem by supporting additional remediation 
for information technology systems, testing to ensure that 
systems are indeed Y2K compliant, replacement of embedded 
computer chips, creation and verification of continuity of 
operations and contingency plans, and outreach to non-Federal 
entities by agencies in support of the Year 2000 Conversion 
Council.

                                
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