[House Document 106-172]
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                       EMERGENCY BUDGET REQUESTS

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

  DESIGNATING THE EMERGENCY BUDGET REQUESTS AS EMERGENCY REQUIREMENTS 
 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, December 6, 1999.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
    Sir: In accordance with provisions of P.L. 106-113, the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2000, I hereby request the 
following:
Department of Agriculture
     Farm Service Agency, Emergency Conservation 
Program: $50,000,000.
     Farm Service Agency, Agricultural Credit Insurance 
Fund Program Account: $178,557,000.
     Commodity Credit Corporation, Commodity Credit 
Corporation Fund, Crop loss assistance: $186,000,000.
     Commodity Credit Corporation, Commodity Credit 
Corporation Fund, Specialty crop assistance: $2,800,000.
     Commodity Credit Corporation, Commodity Credit 
Corporation Fund, Livestock assistance: $10,000,000.
     Commodity Credit Corporation, Commodity Credit 
Corporation Fund, Noninsured crop assistance: $20,000,000.
     Natural Resources Conservation Service, Watershed 
and Flood Prevention Operations: $80,000,000.
     Rural Housing Service, Rural Housing Assistance 
Grants: $14,500,000.
     Rural Housing Service, Rural Housing Insurance, 
Fund Program Account: $11,099,000.
Department of Commerce
     Bureau of the Census, Periodic Censuses and 
Programs: $4,476,253,000.
Department of Education
     Office of Postsecondary Education, Student 
Financial Assistance: $10,000,000.
Department of Health and Human Services
     Administration for Children and Families, Low 
Income Home Energy Assistance: $1,100,000,000.
     Administration for Children and Families, Refugee 
and Entrant Assistance: $426,505,000.
     Administration for Children and Families, Children 
and Families Services Programs: $1,700,000,000.
     Departmental Management, Public Health and Social 
Services Emergency Fund: $583,600,000.
International Assistance Programs
     International Security Assistance, Economic 
Support Fund: $450,000,000.
     International Security Assistance, Foreign 
Military Financing Program: $1,375,000,000.
    These resources will support emergency assistance to our 
Nation's farmers, ranchers, and rural communities, and will 
provide essential funding for the 2000 Census, the Low Income 
Home Energy Assistance Program, Head Start, the Wye River 
Agreement, and other purposes.
    I hereby designate 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. 43, 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 previously appropriated emergency funds for the 
Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Education, and Health and 
Human Services, and International Assistance Programs.
    P.L. 106-113, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2000, 
provided certain emergency funding for which the availability 
was made contingent upon the President submitting a budget 
request to the Congress that includes designation of the amount 
requested as an emergency requirement. I recommend that you 
designate the amounts listed on the enclosure 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.
    The resources that you are making available will address 
unmet needs of farmers, ranchers, and rural areas due to 
Hurricane Floyd and other natural disasters, and will support 
other critical programs, including the 2000 Census, the Low 
Income Home Energy Assistance Program, Head Start, and the Wye 
River Agreement.
    I have carefully reviewed these proposals and am satisfied 
that they are necessary at this time. Therefore, I join the 
heads of the affected Departments and agencies 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 Agriculture:
    Farm Service Agency:
        Emergency Conservation Program..................     $50,000,000
        Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund Program 
          Account.......................................     178,557,000
    Commodity Credit Corporation:
        Commodity Credit Corporation Fund, Crop loss 
          assistance....................................     186,000,000
        Commodity Credit Corporation Fund, Specialty 
          crop assistance...............................       2,800,000
        Commodity Credit Corporation Fund, Livestock 
          assistance....................................      10,000,000
        Commodity Credit Corporation Fund, Noninsured 
          crop assistance...............................      20,000,000
    Natural Resources Conservation Service: Watershed 
      and Flood Prevention..............................      80,000,000
    Rural Housing Service:
        Rural Housing Assistance Grants.................      14,500,000
        Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account....      11,099,000
Department of Commerce:
    Bureau of the Census: Periodic Censuses and Programs   4,476,253,000
Department of Education:
    Office of Postsecondary Education: Student Financial 
      Assistance........................................      10,000,000
Department of Health and Human Services:
    Administration for Children and Families:
        Low Income Home Energy Assistance...............   1,100,000,000
        Refugee and Entrant Assistance..................     426,505,000
        Children and Families Services Programs.........   1,700,000,000
    Departmental Management: Public Health and Social 
      Services Emergency Fund...........................     583,600,000
International Assistance Programs:
    International Security Assistance:
        Economic Support Fund...........................     450,000,000
        Foreign Military Financing Program..............   1,375,000,000

    P.L. 106-113, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2000, 
included emergency funding contingent upon the President 
submitting a budget request to the Congress and designating the 
entire amount requested as an emergency requirement. The 
amounts listed above have been so designated by the President.

                                

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