[House Document 106-111]
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              A REQUEST TO MAKE AVAILABLE APPROPRIATIONS

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

A REQUEST FOR APPROPRIATIONS IN BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF 
  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES' LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM




   August 4, 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, August 3, 1999.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
    Sir: In accordance with provisions of the Departments of 
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act of 1999, as included in Public Law 
105-277, I hereby request and make available appropriations of 
$55,000,000 in budget authority for the Department of Health 
and Human Services' Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. 
These funds will enable the Department to support the needs of 
nine States in the Northern, Central, and Midwestern regions of 
the United States that are suffering from extreme hot weather 
conditions. These States are Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, 
Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, and Wisconsin. These 
funds are in addition to the $100,000,000 that I made available 
on July 12th to support these emergency needs.
    I designate the $55,000,000 made available today 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.


    

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