[House Document 106-198]
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           SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000

                               __________

                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

            SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET REQUEST FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000




  February 29, 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 25, 2000.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
    Sir: I ask the Congress to consider expeditiously the 
enclosed requests for FY 2000 supplemental appropriations for 
the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Energy, Health and 
Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, and the 
Interior; the Corps of Engineers; the Executive Office of the 
President; the Small Business Administration; and, the National 
Transportation Safety Board. Also included in this transmittal 
is an FY 2001 budget amendment for the Delta Regional 
Authority.
    I hereby designate the following FY 2000 requests as 
emergency requirements pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
amended.
Department of Agriculture
     Risk Management Agency, Federal crop insurance 
corporation fund: $13,000,000.
     Commodity Credit Corporation, Commodity Credit 
Corporation Fund, Producer-owned marketing associations loan 
forgiveness: $81,000,000.
     Rural Housing Service, Rental assistance program: 
$13,600,000.
     Rural Housing Service, Rural housing insurance 
fund program account: $15,872,000.
Department of Commerce
     Economic Development Administration, Salaries and 
expenses: $1,625,000.
     Economic Development Administration, Economic 
development assistance programs: $30,350,000.
     National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
Operations, research, and facilities: $23,900,000.
     National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
Fisheries finance program account: $6,240,000.
Department of Housing and Urban Development
     Public and Indian Housing, Housing certificate 
fund: $12,000,000.
Corps of Engineers
     General investigations: $1,500,000.
National Transportation Safety Board
     Salaries and expenses: $25,096,000.
    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.




                                
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