[House Document 106-165]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]





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                 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BUDGET REQUEST

                               __________

                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

 THE DESIGNATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REQUEST AS AN EMERGENCY 
REQUIREMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 251(b)(2)(A) OF THE BALANCED BUDGET AND 
                 EMERGENCY DEFICIT CONTROL ACT OF 1985




  January 27, 2000.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and 
                         ordered to be printed

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                    U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
79-012                     WASHINGTON : 2000       





                                           The White House,
                                      Washington, January 18, 2000.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
    Sir: As directed by P.L. 106-31, the 1999 Emergency 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, and 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: Operation and Maintenance, 
    Operation and maintenance, Defense-wide.............     $82,221,000

    These funds will support critical national security 
activities.
    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. 46, 106th Congress, 1st Session]

                 Executive Office of the President,
                           Office of Management and Budget,
                                  Washington, DC, January 18, 2000.
The President,
The White House.
    Submitted for your consideration is a request to make 
available $82.2 million in previously appropriated emergency 
funds for the Department of Defense (DOD).
    P.L. 105-277, the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999, provided $1,496.6 
million in emergency funding for defense-wide operation and 
maintenance activities contingent upon the President submitting 
a budget request to the Congress and designating the entire 
amount requested as an emergency requirement. To date, $1,214.4 
million of that amount has been designated for such activities, 
leaving a balance of $282.2 million.
    P.L. 106-31, the 1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations 
Act, directed that the Administration use $175.0 million of the 
contingent emergency funding for an alternative purpose, which 
is identified under separate classification. On June 15, 1999, 
you designated $92.8 million of the $175.0 million as an 
emergency requirement. The $82.2 million now requested 
represents the remaining portion of the $175.0 million to be 
released.
    I recommend that you designate the $82.2 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. Pursuant to P.L. 106-31, the funds will be made 
available to DOD 15 days after this designation is forwarded to 
the Congress.
    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 of 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: Operation and Maintenance: 
    Operation and maintenance, Defense-wide.............     $82,221,000

    Division B, Title I, Chapter 1 of P.L. 105-277, the Omnibus 
Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
1999, provided $1,496.6 million in emergency funding for 
defense-wide operation and maintenance activities contingent 
upon the President submitting a budget request to the Congress 
and designating the entire amount requested as an emergency 
requirement.
    To date, $1,214.4 million of the amount provided has been 
released to support various national security activities. At 
this time, an additional $82.2 million is needed to support an 
ongoing national security program.

                                

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