[House Document 106-144]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]





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              REQUEST AND AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS
               TO SUPPORT THE VICTIMS OF HURRICANE FLOYD

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  FROM

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

THE REQUEST AND AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT 
OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES' LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
   TO SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF NEW JERSEY IN THE WAKE OF HURRICANE FLOYD




  October 18, 1999.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and 
                         ordered to be printed

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                    U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
79-012                     WASHINGTON : 1999       





                                           The White House,
                                      Washington, October 18, 1999.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
    Sir: In accordance with provisions of Public Law 106-62, 
making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2000, I hereby 
request and make available appropriations of $5,000,000 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 New 
Jersey in the wake of Hurricane Floyd.
    I hereby designate the $5,000,000 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.



               [Estimate No. 39, 106th Cong., 1st Sess.]

                 Executive Office of the President,
                           Office of Management and Budget,
                                  Washington, DC, October 18, 1999.
The President,
The White House.
    Submitted for your consideration is a request to make 
available $5 million in emergency appropriations for the 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Your approval of 
this request would make available previously appropriated funds 
to the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) to 
address the needs of New Jersey in the wake of Hurricane Floyd.
    Public Law 106-62, making continuing appropriations for the 
fiscal year 2000, makes available LIHEAP funding at the fiscal 
year 1999 level, under the terms and conditions of the 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 1999. That Act provided 
$300 million for LIHEAP contingent upon the President 
submitting a budget request to the Congress and designating the 
entire amount requested as an emergency requirement.
    I recommend that you designate this request for $5 million 
as an emergency funding 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 Health and Human Services 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.
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    Emergency Appropriations: Amounts Previously Appropriated Made 
                       Available by the President

Department of Health and Human Services:
    Administration for Children and Families: Low income home 
      energy assistance program...............................$5,000,000

    Public Law 106-62, making continuing appropriations for 
fiscal year 2000, makes available LIHEAP funding at the fiscal 
year 1999 level, under the terms and conditions of the 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 1999. That Act provided 
$300,000,000 for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program 
(LIHEAP), contingent upon the President submitting a budget 
request to the Congress and designating the entire amount 
requested as an emergency requirement.
    At this time, $5,000,000 in contingent funding is required 
to support needs arising from Hurricane Floyd in New Jersey.

                                

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