[House Document 105-71]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




105th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 105-71


 
  REQUESTS FOR EMERGENCY FISCAL YEAR 1997 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              TRANSMITTING

HIS REQUESTS FOR EMERGENCY FISCAL YEAR 1997 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS 
  FOR EMERGENCY EXPENSES RELATED TO THE DEVASTATING FLOODING IN NORTH 
DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA, AND MINNESOTA, AND TO DESIGNATE THE AMOUNTS MADE 
       AVAILABLE AS AN EMERGENCY REQUIREMENT 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




   April 24, 1997.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and 
                         ordered to be printed


                                           The White House,
                                        Washington, April 23, 1997.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
    Sir: I ask Congress to consider expeditiously the enclosed 
request for an FY 1997 supplemental appropriation to provide 
for additional emergency expenses arising from the consequences 
of the devastating flooding in North Dakota, South Dakota, and 
Minnesota. The $300 million that I am requesting today is in 
addition to the emergency funding for recent natural disasters 
that I requested earlier and is necessitated by needs that are 
continuing to emerge.
    I hereby designate the following request for FY 1997 
supplemental appropriations as emergency funding pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended:
    Department of Housing and Urban Development, Community 
Planning and Development, Community Development Block Grants 
Fund, $100,000,000.
    The details of this request 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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