[House Document 106-110]
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          A REQUEST FOR EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS

                               __________

                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

A REQUEST FOR EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT 
                              OF DEFENSE.




   August 2, 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 29, 1999.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
    Sir: In accordance with provisions of P.L. 106-31, the 1999 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, I hereby request the 
following:
Department of Defense
     Procurement, Operational Rapid Response Transfer 
Fund: $300,000,000.
    These funds will be used to acquire and replace equipment 
needed for operations in Kosovo.
    I hereby designate the above request as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
    The details of this action 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.



               [Estimate No. 25, 106th Cong., 1st Sess.]

                 Executive Office of the President,
                           Office of Management and Budget,
                                     Washington, DC, July 29, 1999.
The President,
The White House.
    Submitted for your consideration is a request to make 
available $300 million in previously appropriated contingent 
emergency funds for the Department of Defense (DOD).
    P.L. 106-31, the 1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations 
Act, provided $300 million in emergency funding for the 
acquisition and replacement of equipment used in the Kosovo 
operation, contingent upon the President submitting a budget 
request to the Congress for $300 million and designating the 
entire amount as an emergency requirement.
    This request would make the $300 million available to DOD. 
In accordance with provisions of P.L. 106-31, the funds will be 
transferred to the DOD accounts listed on the enclosure. I 
recommend that you designate the $300 million as an emergency 
requirement in accordance with section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
amended. No further congressional action will be required.
    I have carefully reviewed this proposal and am satisfied 
that it is necessary at this time. Therefore, I join the 
Secretary of Defense in recommending that you make the 
requested funds available by signing the enclosed letter to the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
            Sincerely,
                                              Jacob J. Lew,
                                                          Director.
    Enclosure.


Emergency Appropriations: Amounts Previously Appropriated Made Available 
                            by the President

Department of Defense

Procurement:
    Operational Rapid Response Transfer Fund............    $300,000,000
        These funds will be transferred to the following 
          accounts:
Operation and Maintenance:
    Operation and Maintenance, Army.....................      15,693,000
    Operation and Maintenance, Navy.....................       3,000,000
    Operation and Maintenance, Air Force................       3,600,000
Procurement:
    Aircraft Procurement, Army..........................       6,090,000
    Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, 
      Army..............................................         700,000
    Other Procurement, Army.............................      23,977,000
    Aircraft Procurement, Navy..........................     156,000,000
    Aircraft Procurement, Air Force.....................      52,760,000
    Other procurement, Air Force........................      12,000,000
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation:
    Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army...       5,000,000
    Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air 
      Force.............................................      19,740,000
    Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, 
      Defense-wide......................................       1,440,000

    P.L. 106-31, the 1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations 
Act, provided $300 million in contingent emergency funding to 
the Department of Defense's Operational rapid response transfer 
fund to acquire and replace equipment used in the Kosovo 
operation, contingent upon the President submitting a budget 
request to the Congress for $300 million and designating the 
entire amount as an emergency requirement.
    The $300 million in contingent emergency funding is now 
required for the acquisition and replacement of critical 
equipment used in the Kosovo operation. In accordance with 
provisions of P.L. 106-31, the funds will be transferred to the 
Operation and Maintenance, Procurement, and Research, 
Development, Test, and Evaluation accounts listed above.

                                

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