[House Document 106-109]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]





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                 REVISED DEFERRAL OF BUDGET AUTHORITY

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

A REPORT OF ONE REVISED DEFERRAL OF BUDGET AUTHORITY, NOW TOTALING $173 
                MILLION, PURSUANT TO 2 U.S.C. 683(a)(1)




   August 2, 1999.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
         Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed

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





To the Congress of the United States:
    In accordance with the Congressional Budget and Impoundment 
Control Act of 1974, I herewith report one revised deferral of 
budget authority, now totaling $173 million.
    The deferral affects programs of the Department of State.

                                                William J. Clinton.
    The White House, August 2, 1999.



  Supplemental Report--Report Pursuant to Section 1013 of P.L. 93-344

    This report updates Deferral No. 99-1A, which was 
transmitted to Congress on February 1, 1999.
    This revision increases by $72,276,278 the previous 
deferral of $100,581,381 in the United States Emergency Refugee 
and Migration Assistance Fund, Department of State, resulting 
in a total deferral of $172,857,659. This increase results from 
the deferral of new budget authority provided for FY 1999 in 
the FY 1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act (P.L. 
106-31).

 deferral of budget authority--report pursuant to section 1013 of P.L. 
                                 93-344

Agency: Department of State.
Bureau: Other.
Account: United States emergency refugee and migration assistance 
        fund\1\ (11X0400).
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    \1\ This account was the subject of a similar deferral in FY 1998 
(D98-7)

New budget authority....................................   *$195,000,000
Other budgetary resources...............................     *75,412,337
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    Total budgetary resources...........................    *270,412,337
Amount deferred for entire year.........................    *172,857,659
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*  Revised from previous report.

    Justification: This deferral withholds funds available for 
emergency refugee and migration assistance for which no 
determination has been made by the President to provide 
assistance as required by Executive Order No. 11922. Funds will 
be released as the President determines assistance to be 
furnished and designates refugees to be assisted by the Fund. 
This deferral action is taken under the provisions of the 
Antideficiency Act (31 U.S.C. 1512).
    Section 501(a) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act 
of 1976 (Public Law 94-141) and section 414(b)(1) of the 
Refugee Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-212) amended section 2(c) of 
the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 
2601) by authorizing a fund to enable the President to provide 
emergency assistance for unexpected urgent refugee and 
migration needs.
    Executive Order No. 11922 of June 16, 1976, allocated all 
funds appropriated to the President for emergency refugee and 
migration assistance to the Secretary of State, but reserved 
for the President the determination of assistance to be 
furnished and the designation of refugees to be assisted by the 
Fund.
    Estimated programmatic effect: None.

                                


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