[House Document 105-78]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



105th Congress, 1st Session  - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 105-78


 
REQUESTS FOR TWO FISCAL YEAR 1997 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS AND TWO 
                  FISCAL YEAR 1998 BUDGET AMENDMENTS

                               __________

                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

HIS REQUESTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS TOTALING 
$8,605,000 FOR THE FOREST SERVICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND 
 APPROPRIATIONS TOTALING $19,700,000 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY FOR 
  ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH TRITIUM REMEDIATION, AND TWO FISCAL YEAR 
  1998 BUDGET AMENDMENTS INVOLVING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S 
MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM AND THE JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS 
                REVIEW BOARD, PURSUANT TO 31 U.S.C. 1107




   April 29, 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: In accordance with provisions of Public Law 104-208, 
the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act of 1997, I hereby 
make available appropriations totaling $8,605,000 in budget 
authority for the Forest Service of the Department of 
Agriculture. These funds--provided to two accounts: $3,395,000 
for the National Forest System and $5,210,000 for 
Reconstruction and Construction--will be used to repair damage 
from Hurricanes, Fran and Hortense.
    I designate the amount 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.
    In addition, I ask the Congress to consider expeditiously 
the enclosed FY 1997 supplemental request to make available to 
the Department of Energy for activities associated with tritium 
remediation $19,700,000 in funds previously provided for the 
Superconducting Super Collider.
    This transmittal also contains two FY 1998 Budget 
amendments. These amendments would reduce the Department of 
Transportation's Maritime Security Program by $1,600,000 and 
provide $1,600,000 to the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records 
Review Board.
    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.
    Enclosures.
      



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