[House Document 106-15]
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  EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

                               __________

                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

 A REQUEST FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND 
                EVALUATION, DEFENSE-WIDE: $770,000,000.




  February 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, February 1, 1999.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
    Sir: In accordance with provisions of P.L. 105-277, the 
Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations 
Act, 1999, I hereby request the following:

Department of Defense:
    Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation--
      Research, development, test, and evaluation, 
      Defense-wide......................................    $770,000,000

    These funds will support our national and theater missile 
defense development efforts.
    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.

                 Executive Office of the President,
                           Office of Management and Budget,
                                  Washington, DC, February 1, 1999.
The President,
The White House.
    Submitted for your consideration is a request to make 
available $770 million in previously appropriated emergency 
funds for the Department of Defense.
    P.L. 105-277, the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999, provided $1 billion in 
emergency funding for efforts in support of ballistic missile 
defense systems contingent upon the President submitting a 
budget request to the Congress and designating the entire 
amount requested as an emergency requirement.
    The $770 million now requested will fund the following 
emergency activities:
          $600 million will support development of a national 
        missile defense system; and
          $170 million will support near-term development of 
        theater missile defense systems, including the Patriot 
        Advanced Capability-3 and Navy Theater-Wide systems.
    I recommend that you designate the amount rquested 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 recommend 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:
    Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation: 
      Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 
      Defense-wide......................................    $770,000,000

    Division B, Title I, Chapter 1, Section 102 of P.L. 105-
277, the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 1999, provided $1.0 billion in emergency 
funding to the Department of Defense for missile defense 
activities contingent upon the President submitting a budget 
request to the Congress and designating the entire amount 
requested as an emergency requirement. None of these funds have 
yet been designated as an emergency requirement and made 
available.
    At this time, $770.0 million is required to support 
critical missile defense development efforts.

                                
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