[House Document 106-101]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 106-101


 
                       FY 2000 BUDGET AMENDMENTS

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

HIS REQUESTS FOR FY 2000 BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF 
  DEFENSE, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND JUSTICE AND FOR INTERNATIONAL 
  ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, PURSUANT TO 31 U.S.C. 1107




July 20, 1999.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered 
                             to be printed

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                    U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
69-012                     WASHINGTON : 1999


                                           The White House,
                                         Washington, July 19, 1999.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
    Sir: I ask the Congress to consider the enclosed requests 
for FY 2000 budget amendments for the Departments of Defense, 
Health and Human Services, and Justice and for International 
Assistance Programs. In aggregate, the FY 2000 Budget totals 
would not be affected by these requests.
    The amendments include a proposal for a $100 million 
increase in the U.S. Government investment in the global battle 
against AIDS, primarily in Sub-Saharan Africa, to assist in 
addressing the magnitude of this rapidly escalating pandemic. 
This prevention-focused, cross-agency initiative would leverage 
the respective strengths of the Department of Health and Human 
Services, the Agency for International Development, and the 
Department of Defense in containing the spread of HIV/AIDS, 
providing home and community-based care to infected persons, 
and caring for children orphaned by the disease.
    In addition to these AIDS-related proposals, a budget 
amendment is included that proposes to reimburse Guam, the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the 
Department of Justice for the costs of repatriating smuggled 
aliens.
    The details of these requests, which are fully offset by 
proposals included in this transmittal, 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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