[House Document 105-58]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




105th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 105-58


 
                    MAKING AVAILABLE APPROPRIATIONS

                               __________

                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

      HIS REQUEST TO MAKE EMERGENCY FISCAL YEAR 1997 SUPPLEMENTAL 
APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF AGRICULTURE, COMMERCE, ARMY CORPS 
    OF ENGINEERS--CIVIL, INTERIOR, TRANSPORTATION, AND THE FEDERAL 
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY FOR EXPENSES ARISING FROM THE CONSEQUENCES 
  OF RECENT NATURAL DISASTERS, INCLUDING SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IN THE 
 WEST, DAMAGING TORNADOES, AND THE MARCH FLOODING IN THE MIDWEST, AND 
  DESIGNATION OF THE REQUESTS AS EMERGENCY REQUIRE- MENTS PURSUANT TO 
 SECTION 251(b)(2)(D)(i) OF THE BALANCED BUDGET AND EMERGENCY DEFICIT 
      CONTROL ACT OF 1985, AS AMENDED, PURSUANT TO 31 U.S.C. 1107




   March 19, 1997.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
         Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed

                                           The White House,
                                        Washington, March 19, 1997.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
    Sir: I ask Congress to consider expeditiously the enclosed 
requests for emergency FY 1997 supplemental appropriations. The 
requests provide for emergency expenses arising from the 
consequences of recent natural disasters, including severe 
winter weather in the West, damaging tornadoes, and the March 
flooding in the Midwest.
    I hereby designate the following requests as emergency 
requirements pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
amended.
Department of Agriculture
Farm Service Agency, Emergency conservation program: 
        $20,000,000
Natural Resources Conservation Service, Watershed and flood 
        prevention operations: $66,100,000
Rural Utilities Service, Rural utilities assistance program: 
        $1,000,000
Rural Housing Service, Rural housing assistance program: 
        $750,000
Rural Housing Service, Rural housing insurance fund program 
        account: $250,000
Forest Service, National forest system: $25,000,000
Forest Service, Reconstruction and construction: $13,000,000
Department of Commerce
Economic Development Administration, Economic development 
        assistance programs: $1,200,000
Natioanl Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Operations, 
        research, and facilities: $12,000,000
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Construction: 
        $10,800,000
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers--Civil
Operation and maintenance, general: $39,000,000
Flood control and coastal emergencies: $201,700,000
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Land Management, Construction: $3,003,000
Bureau of Land Management, Oregon and California grant lands: 
        $2,694,000
Bureau of Reclamation, Operation and maintenance: $4,500,000
United States Geological Survey, Surveys, investigations, and 
        research: $1,300,000
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Resource management: 
        $2,000,000
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Construction: 
        $32,000,000
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Land acquisition: 
        $15,000,000
National Park Service, Construction: $147,779,000
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Operation of Indian programs: 
        $5,800,000
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Construction: $5,000,000
Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration, Federal-aid highways: 
        $276,000,000
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Disaster relief: $541,000,000

    Since final estimates of damage caused by recent natural 
disasters have not been determined in all cases, this 
transmittal includes a total of $568 million in budget 
authority that would be made available upon my transmittal of 
later budget requests to the Congress designating the specific 
amounts requested as emergency requirements pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended.
    This contingent budget authority includes $438 million 
allocated to the Federal Emergency Management Agency in 
anticipation of needs arising from the very recent flooding in 
the Midwest as well as from tornado damage. Additional 
contingent funding requests of $35 million for the Department 
of Agriculture, $50 million for the Corps of Engineers, $30 
million for the Department of the Interior, and $15 million for 
the Department of Transportation are also included. In light of 
emerging needs, my Administration will continue to evaluate 
requirements for potential additional emergency funding.
    This transmittal also contains two non-emergency requests. 
One is an FY 1998 advance appropriation for the Corps of 
Engineers. This increase is offset by amendments decreasing the 
FY 1998 requests for the Department of Energy's Western Area 
Power Administration and Southeastern Power Administration and 
technical amendments to the FY 1998 Budget (to be transmitted 
separately). The other non-emergency request is an FY 1997 
supplemental for the National Park Service. This request is 
offset by a proposed rescission of budget authority that is 
being transmitted in an accompanying Special Message.
    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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