[House Document 106-171]
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                 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BUDGET REQUEST

                               __________

                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

                THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BUDGET REQUEST





  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, December 6, 1999.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
    Sir: In accordance with provisions of P.L. 106-79, the 
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000, I hereby 
request the following:

Department of Defense:
    Operation and Maintenance, Operation and 
      Maintenance, Army.................................  $1,572,947,000
    Operation and Maintenance, Operation and 
      Maintenance, Navy.................................   1,874,598,000
    Operation and Maintenance, Operation and 
      Maintenance, Marine Corps.........................     228,709,000
    Operation and Maintenance, Operation and 
      Maintenance, Air Force............................   1,707,150,000
    Operation and Maintenance, Operation and 
      Maintenance, Defense-Wide.........................     939,341,000
    Operation and Maintenance, Operation and 
      Maintenance, Army Reserve.........................     120,072,000
    Operation and Maintenance, Operation and 
      Maintenance, Navy Reserve.........................      77,598,000
    Operation and Maintenance, Operation and 
      Maintenance, Marine Corp Reserve..................      11,346,000
    Operation and Maintenance, Operation and 
      Maintenance, Air Force Reserve....................     145,393,000
    Operation and Maintenance, Operation and 
      Maintenance, Army National Guard..................     258,115,000
    Operation and Maintenance, Operation and 
      Maintenance, Air National Guard...................     264,731,000

    These resources will be used to fund training events, 
maintenance activities, and other ongoing operations within the 
Department of Defense.
    In addition, in accordance with provisions of P.L. 106-31, 
the 1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, I hereby 
request the following:

Department of Defense:
    Military Personnel, Military Personnel, Army........    $559,533,000
    Military Personnel, Military Personnel, Navy........     436,773,000
    Military Personnel, Military Personnel, Marine Corps     177,980,000
    Military Personnel, Military Personnel, Air Force...     471,892,000
    Military Personnel, Reserve Personnel, Army.........      40,574,000
    Military Personnel, Reserve Personnel, Navy.........      29,833,000
    Military Personnel, Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps.       7,820,000
    Military Personnel, Reserve Personnel, Air Force....      13,143,000
    Military Personnel, National Guard Personnel, Army..      70,416,000
    Military Personnel, National Guard Personnel, Air 
      Force.............................................      30,462,000

    These resources will be used to fund costs associated with 
increased military pay and retirement benefits.
    Finally, as directed by P.L. 106-79 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.........................     $75,000,000
    Procurement, Other procurement, Air Force...........     102,000,000
    Procurement, Procurement, Defense-wide..............     100,000,000

    These funds will support critical national security 
activities.
    I hereby designate all of the above requests as emergency 
requirements pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
    The details of these actions 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. 44, 106th Cong., 1st Sess.]

                 Executive Office of the President,
                           Office of Management and Budget,
                                  Washington, DC, December 6, 1999.
The President,
The White House.
    Submitted for your consideration are requests to make 
available a total of $9,315.4 million in previously 
appropriated contingent emergency funds for the Department of 
Defense (DOD).
    These requests include the following:
    Operation and Maintenance (O&M). Section 8173 of P.L. 106-
79, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000, 
provided $7,200.0 million for O&M activities, contingent upon 
the President submitting a budget request for $7,200.0 million 
to the Congress and designating the entire amount as an 
emergency requirement. This request would make these funds 
available to DOD to support training, maintenance, and other 
ongoing military operations.
    Military Personnel. Section 2012 of P.L. 106-31, the 1999 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, provided $1,838.4 
million in FY 2000 emergency funding for military personnel, 
contingent upon the President submitting a budget request for 
$1,838.4 million to the Congress and designating the entire 
amount as an emergency requirement. This proposal would make 
these resources available to fund military pay and retirement 
programs, including the pay increase from 4.4 percent to 4.8 
percent.
    Classified Activities. P.L. 105-277, the Omnibus 
Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
1999, provided $1,496.6 million in emergency fund 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, $937.4 million of that amount has been 
designated for such activities, leaving a balance of $559.2 
million. P.L. 106-79 directed that the Administration use 
$277.0 million of the remaining contingent emergency funding 
for alternative purposes, which are identified in accompanying 
classified annexes.
    I recommend that you designate the entire $9,315.4 million 
as emergency requirements 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 these proposals and am satisfied 
that they are 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 (DOD):
    Operation and Maintenance:
        Operation and Maintenance, Army.................  $1,572,947,000
        Operation and Maintenance, Navy.................   1,874,598,000
        Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps.........     228,709,000
        Operation and Maintenance, Air Force............   1,707,150,000
        Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide.........     939,341,000
        Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve.........     120,072,000
        Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve.........      77,598,000
        Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserved      11,346,000
        Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve....     145,393,000
        Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard..     258,115,000
        Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard...     264,731,000

    Section 8173 of P.L. 106-79, the Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act for FY 2000, provided $7,200.0 million in 
emergency funding to DOD for operation and maintenance 
activities, contingent upon the President submitting a budget 
request to the Congress for $7,200.0 million and designating 
the entire amount as an emergency requirement.
    This contingent emergency funding is now required to be 
made available to the Operation and Maintenance accounts listed 
above and will be used to fund training events, maintenance 
activities, and other ongoing operations within DOD.

    Military Personnel:
        Military Personnel, Army........................    $559,533,000
        Military Personnel, Navy........................     436,773,000
        Military Personnel, Marine Corps................     177,980,000
        Military Personnel, Air Force...................     471,892,000
        Military Personnel, Army........................      40,574,000
        Military Personnel, Navy........................      29,833,000
        Military Personnel, Marine Corps................       7,820,000
        Military Personnel, Air Force...................      13,143,000
        National Guard, Army............................      70,416,000
        National Guard, Air Force.......................      30,462,000

    Section 2012 of P.L. 106-31, the FY 1999 Emergency 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, provided $1,838.4 million in 
emergency funding to DOD to fund costs associated with 
increased military pay and retirement benefits in FY 2000, 
contingent upon the President submitting a budget request to 
the Congress for $1,838.4 million and designating the entire 
amount as an emergency requirement.
    This contingent emergency funding is now required to be 
made available to the Military Personnel accounts listed above.

    Operation and Maintenance:
        Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide.........     $75,000,000
    Procurement:
        Other Procurement, Air Force....................     102,000,000
        Procurement, Defense-wide.......................     100,000,000

    Division B, Title I, Chapter 1 of P.L. 105-277, the FY 1999 
Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations 
Act 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, $937.4 million of that amount has been 
designated as emergency requirements in support of various 
national security programs, leaving a balance of $559.2 
million.
    P.L. 106-79 included provisions that directed $277.0 
million of the $559.2 million balance to be made available for 
specific national security activities in the amounts listed 
above.

                                

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