[House Document 106-193]
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      APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY       

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

 A REQUEST TO MAKE AVAILABLE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY 
              MANAGEMENT AGENCY'S DISASTER RELIEF PROGRAM




  February 8, 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, February 7, 2000.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
    Sir: In accordance with provisions of Public Law 106-74, 
the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000, 
I hereby request and make available appropriations of 
$500,000,000 for the Federal Emergency Management Agency's 
(FEMA's) Disaster relief program.
    In accordance with Public Law 106-113, the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2000, I hereby request and make available 
an additional $215,000,000 for FEMA's Disaster relief program.
    These funds will allow FEMA to provide continuing 
assistance to victims of Hurricane Floyd, including the buyout 
and relocation of flood-damaged properties. Funds will also be 
used for requirements resulting from previously declared 
disasters and anticipated disasters.
    I designate the funds made available today to FEMA as 
emergency requirements pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
amended.
    Furthermore, in accordance with provisions of the 
Department of Transportation and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1999, as included in Public Law 105-277, 
and the 1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, Public 
Law 106-31, I hereby request and make available emergency 
appropriations to the Denali Commission. The amount of interest 
produced from the investment of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Fund 
balance is estimated to be $10,000,000 in FY 2000. These funds 
will allow the Denali Commission to repair or replace bulk fuel 
storage tanks in rural Alaska that are not in compliance with 
Federal law, including the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, or State 
law.
    I hereby designate these annual appropriations of interest 
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. 2, 106th Cong., 2d Sess.]

                 Executive Office of the President,
                           Office of Management and Budget,
                                  Washington, DC, February 7, 2000.
The President,
The White House.
    Submitted for your consideration are requests to make 
available emergency appropriations for the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency (FEMA). Your approval of these requests would 
make available previously appropriated funds to address the 
needs of victims of Hurricane Floyd. We are continuing to 
monitor disaster assistance needs arising from Hurricane Floyd.
    P.L. 106-74, the Department of Veterans Affairs and Housing 
and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2000, provided $2,480.4 million in emergency funding for 
FEMA's Disaster relief program, 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. This request would make 
available $500.0 million for FEMA to provide continuing 
assistance to victims of Hurricane Floyd, and also to cover 
requirements from previously declared disasters and anticipated 
disasters.
    In addition, P.L. 106-113, the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2000, authorized FEMA to use up to $215.0 million of its 
disaster relief resources for buyouts and relocation of homes 
made uninhabitable by Hurricane Floyd. This request would make 
available the entire $215.0 million for this purpose.
    I recommend that you designate the above requests as 
emergency requirements in accordance with section 251(b)(2)(A) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985, as amended.
    Also submitted for your consideration is a request to make 
available $10 million in emergency FY 2000 appropriations for 
the Denali Commission. Your approval of this request would make 
available in FY 2000 and future years, funds to repair or 
replace bulk fuel storage tanks in rural Alaska that are not in 
compliance with Federal or State laws.
    The Department of Transportation and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1999, as included in Public Law 105-277, 
makes available annual appropriations to the Denali Commission 
from the interest produced from the investment of the Trans-
Alaska Pipeline Fund balance that is transferred and deposited 
into the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund under section 
810(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.
    I recommend that you designate these annual interest 
amounts as emergency funding requirements in accordance with 
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
    I have carefully reviewed these proposals and am satisfied 
that they are 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. 
No further congressional action will be required.
            Sincerely,
                                            Jacob J. Lew, Director.

    Emergency Appropriations: Amounts Previously Appropriated Made 
                       Available by the President

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA): Disaster 
    relief..............................................    $500,000,000

    Title III, of P.L. 106-74, the Department of Veterans 
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000, provided $2,480.4 million to 
FEMA contingent upon the President submitting a budget request 
to the Congress and designating the entire amount requested as 
an emergency requirement. None of the funds have yet been 
designated as an emergency requirement and made available.
    At this time, $500.0 million in contingent funding is 
required for FEMA to provide assistance to victims of Hurricane 
Floyd. Funds will also be used to cover requirements from 
previously declared disasters and anticipated disasters.

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA): Disaster 
    relief..............................................    $215,000,000

    Title I, Chapter 2, of the Miscellaneous Appropriations 
Act, 2000, as enacted by section 1000(a)(5) of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2000 P.L. 106-113, provided up to $215.0 
million to FEMA from disaster relief funds previously 
appropriated in Title III, of P.L. 106-74, contingent upon the 
President submitting a budget request to the Congress and 
designating the entire amount requested as an emergency 
requirement.
    At this time, the entire $215.0 million is required for 
FEMA to fund buyouts and relocation assistance for homes 
damaged by Hurricane Floyd-related flooding.

Denali Commission: Estimated FY 2000 interested produced 
    from the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Fund balance.........     $10,000,000

    The Department of Transportation and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1999, as included in Public Law 105-277, 
makes available annual appropriations Act, 1999, as included in 
Public Law 105-277, makes available annual appropriations to 
the Denali Commission from the interest produced from the 
investment of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Fund balance that is 
transferred and deposited into the Oil Spill Liability Trust 
Fund under section 8102(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Oil Pollution Act 
of 1990.
    Public Law 106-31, the 1999 Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, makes this funding a permanent contingent 
emergency appropriation. Funds are made available after the 
President transmits a budget request to the Congress 
designating the amount requested as an emergency requirement. 
Subsequent to this designation, the annual release of funding 
will take place without further congressional action.

                                

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