[House Document 106-251]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
106th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 106-251
FISCAL YEAR 2001 BUDGET AMENDMENTS
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COMMUNICATION
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
TRANSMITTING
REQUESTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001 BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF
AGRICULTURE, ENERGY, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND STATE;
INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS; THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND
COMMUNITY SERVICE; THE MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD; THE NATIONAL
ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION; AND THE NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING
COMMISSION
June 6, 2000.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered
to be printed
The White House,
Washington, June 5, 2000.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Sir: I ask the Congress to consider the enclosed requests
for FY 2001 budget amendments for the Departments of
Agriculture, Energy, Health and Human Services, and State;
International Assistance Programs; the Corporation for National
and Community Service; the Merit Systems Protection Board; the
National Archives and Records Administration; and, the National
Capital Planning Commission. The requested FY 2001 funding
increases are offset fully, and these amendments would not
diminish the FY 2001 surplus. I also ask the Congress to
consider the enclosed request for an FY 2000 supplemental
appropriation and associated offset within the Executive Office
of the President.
In addition, this transmittal contains FY 2001 budget
amendments for the Legislative Branch. As required by law,
appropriations requests of the Legislative Branch are
transmitted without change.
The details of these requests 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. 14, 106th Cong. 2d Sess.]
Executive Office of the President,
Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC, June 5, 2000.
The President,
The White House.
Submitted for your consideration are requests for FY 2001
budget amendments for the Departments of Agriculture, Energy,
Health and Human Services, and State; International Assistance
Programs; the Corporation for National and Community Service;
the Merit Systems Protection Board; the National Archives and
Records Administration; and, the National Capital Planning
Commission. The requested FY 2001 funding increases are offset
fully, and these amendments would not diminish the FY 2001
surplus.
As described below and in more detail in the enclosures,
the proposed amendments include the following:
Department of Energy (DOE)
A total of $89.1 million is proposed to reorganize
all safeguards and security functions at DOE by directly
funding those activities under one organization--the Office of
Security and Emergency Operations. The proposal is critical to
correct institutional problems associated with safeguards and
security at DOE facilities. The proposal would provide DOE with
a unified and separate budget for safeguards and security. The
additional funding requested for the direct-funded safeguards
and security activities is offset by reductions in other DOE
programs.
A total of $10.2 million is proposed in support of
the Administration's initiative to establish a home heating oil
reserve. The proposal would fund the leasing of commercial
storage tanks located in the New York/New Jersey area with a
capacity to hold two million barrels of refined heating oil.
Crude oil inventory from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR)
would be exchanged for refined oil products, eliminating the
need for direct purchases. In addition, the amendment would
replenish SPR operations and maintenance funding reduced by the
FY 2000 reprogramming pertaining to the home heating oil
reserve. This amendment is offset by a proposal to transfer
unobligated balances from the Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale
Reserves program.
An increase of $1.1 million is requested to
support the Under Secretary of the National Nuclear Security
Administration (NNSA). The proposal would fund salaries,
benefits, travel, and other administrative expenses for the
Under Secretary and staff in DOE's Departmental Administration
account. The proposal is offset by other reductions from
offices within the NNSA.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
An increase of $3.7 million is requested for FY
2001 efforts to implement health information privacy
regulations, based on provisions of the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). These efforts
include providing legal interpretations of the privacy
provisions of HIPAA; developing technical assistance resources
and compliance guidelines for health care providers, States,
and other covered entities; and, developing the capacity for
identifying patterns of illegal use and transfer of electronic
health information. The increased funding requested is offset
by a reduction to another HHS program.
International Assistance Programs
An increase of $41.2 million in FY 2001 is
requested for the Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining
and Related Programs account as a contribution toward the
incremental cost of the trial of the suspected Libyan
terrorists in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over
Lockerbie, Scotland. The increased funding is offset by
reductions to other international affairs accounts.
Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS)
A proposal is included that would reduce, by $5.0
million, the amount requested for community coaches in CNCS.
The Administration's intent is to request this funding for
community coaches in the Department of Education's Educational
Research, Statistics, and Improvement account, following
enactment of authorization legislation for the account. This
competitive grant program would promote the use of community
coaches--in nearly 1,000 schools--who will lead young people in
learning through community service and will act as a link
between the school, the business sector, and the community. In
total, this action would not affect the proposed budget totals.
Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB)
An increase of $0.6 million is requested to cover
higher office lease costs, and increased processing costs of
appeals of employees of the Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA). The restoration of MSPB appeal rights to FAA employees
is the result of the recent enactment of Public Law 106-181,
the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the
21st Century. Taken together with other reduction proposals
included in this transmittal, this request would not affect the
proposed budget totals.
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
An increase of $6.6 million is requested for NARA
to repair substantial water damage at the John F. Kennedy
Presidential Library. Taken together with other reduction
proposals included in this transmittal, this request would not
affect the proposed budget totals.
National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC)
A proposal is included that would provide an
additional $0.5 million to cover the expenses of NCPC's office
relocation and increased rental costs. Taken together with
other reduction proposals included in this transmittal, this
request would not affect the proposed budget totals.
This package also contains a fully offset FY 2000
supplemental appropriations request within the Executive Office
of the President.
I have 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
transmit the proposals to the Congress.
Included in this transmittal are budget amendments for the
Legislative Branch. As required by law, appropriations requests
of the Legislative Branch are transmitted without change.
Sincerely,
Jacob J. Lew, Director.
Enclosures.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
National Nuclear Security Administration
Weapons Activities
FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 393
FY 2001 Pending Request: $4,594,000,000
Proposed Amendment: $45,225,000
Revised Request: $4,639,225,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
insert safeguards and security activities, and immediately
following ``expenses, including,'' and delete
``$4,594,000,000'' and substitute $4,639,225,000.)
This amendment is part of an $89.1 million proposal that
would provide the Department of Energy (DOE) with a unified,
separate budget for safeguards and security that will be
administered by one organization--the Office of Security and
Emergency Operations. The proposal would provide DOE with the
necessary funding to strengthen safeguards and security
Department-wide, promote improved management of funds, and
establish the commitment to budget appropriately for safeguards
and security at each DOE site. The amendment would provide an
additional $46.0 million to the Weapons Activities
appropriations account for this purpose.
The funding for these direct-funded safeguards and security
activities is fully offset by reductions to other DOE programs,
as proposed in accompanying budget amendments. These reductions
will have no impact on mission, program activities, or work
accomplished, but merely reflect that the programs will not be
paying any safeguards and security costs.
In addition, this amendment would decrease the pending
appropriations request for Weapons Activities by $0.8 million.
This amount, together with an additional $0.3 million reduction
from Other National Security Activities, would support the
Under Secretary of the National Nuclear Security Administration
and immediate staff. An accompanying budget amendment would
increase the pending Departmental Administration appropriations
request by $1.1 million for this purpose. As an Under
Secretary, it is appropriate to align this staff in the
Department's Office of the Secretary, where the Secretary,
Deputy Secretary, and Under Secretary for Energy Programs are
housed.
Taken together with other DOE budget amendments included in
this transmittal, this amendment would not affect the proposed
budget totals.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
National Nuclear Security Administration
Other Nuclear Security Activities
FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 394
FY 2001 Pending Request: $1,583,635,000
Proposed Amendment: -$44,962,000
Revised Request: $1,538,673,000
This amendment would decrease the pending appropriations
request for Other Nuclear Security Activities by $44.7 million
as part of the proposal that would provide the Department of
Energy (DOE) with a unified, separate budget for safeguards and
security that will be administered by one organization--the
Office of Security and Emergency Operations. The proposal would
provide DOE with the necessary funding to strengthen safeguards
and security Department-wide, promote improved management of
funds, and establish the commitment to budget appropriately for
safeguards and security at each DOE site.
This amendment also proposes an additional reduction of
$0.3 million. This amount, together with an additional $0.8
million reduction from Weapons Activities, would support the
Under Secretary of the National Nuclear Security Administration
and immediate staff. An accompanying budget amendment would
increase the pending Departmental Administration appropriations
request by $1.1 million for this purpose. As an Under
Secretary, it is appropriate to align this staff in the
Department's Office of the Secretary, where the Secretary,
Deputy Secretary, and Under Secretary for Energy Programs are
housed.
Taken together with other DOE budget amendments included in
this transmittal, this amendment would not affect the proposed
budget totals.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Environmental and Other Defense Activities
defense environmental restoration and waste management
FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 395
FY 2001 Pending Request: $4,551,527,000
Proposed Amendment: $10,530,000
Revised Request: $4,562,057,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
insert , safeguards and security activities, immediately
following ``capital equipment'' and delete ``$4,551,527,000''
and substitute $4,562,057,000.)
This amendment is part of an $89.1 million proposal that
would provide the Department of Energy (DOE) with a unified,
separate budget for safeguards and security that will be
administered by one organization--the Office of Security and
Emergency Operations. The proposal would provide DOE with the
necessary funding to strengthen safeguards and security
Department-wide, promote improved management of funds, and
establish the commitment to budget appropriately for safeguards
and security at each DOE site. The amendment would provide an
additional $10.5 million to the Defense Environmental
Restoration and Waste Management appropriations account for
this purpose.
The funding for these direct-funded safeguards and security
activities is fully offset by reductions to other DOE programs,
as proposed in accompanying budget amendments. These reductions
will have no impact on mission, program activities, or work
accomplished, but merely reflect that the programs will not be
paying any safeguards and security costs.
Taken together with other DOE budget amendments included in
this transmittal, this amendment would not affect the proposed
budget totals.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Environmental and Other Defense Activities
defense facilities closure projects
FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 396-397
FY 2001 Pending Request: $1,082,297,000
Proposed Amendment: $417,000
Revised Request: $1,082,714,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
insert , including safeguards and security activities,
immediately following ``capital equipment''; delete
``$1,082,297,000'' and substitute $1,082,714,000; and,
immediately following ``to remain available until expended''
insert : Provided, That any funds allocated for safeguards and
security activities at Rocky Flats, Colorado; Mound, Ohio; and
Fernald, Ohio which are excess to safeguards and security needs
at these respective facilities shall revert to closure
activities at these respective facilities.)
This amendment is part of an $89.1 million proposal that
would provide the Department of Energy (DOE) with a unified,
separate budget for safeguards and security that will be
administered by one organization--the Office of Security and
Emergency Operations. The proposal would provide DOE with the
necessary funding to strengthen safeguards and security
Department-wide, promote improved management of funds, and
establish the commitment to budget appropriately for safeguards
and security at each DOE site. The amendment would provide an
additional $0.4 million to the Defense Facilities Closure
Projects appropriations account for this purpose.
The funding for these direct-funded safeguards and security
activities is fully offset by reductions to other DOE programs,
as proposed in accompanying budget amendments. These reductions
will have no impact on mission, program activities, or work
accomplished, but merely reflect that the programs will not be
paying any safeguards and security costs.
Taken together with other DOE budget amendments included in
this transmittal, this amendment would not affect the proposed
budget totals.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Environmental and Other Defense Activities
defense environmental management privatization
FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 397
FY 2001 Pending Request: $515,000,000
Proposed Amendment: -$116,000
Revised Request: $514,884,000
This amendment would decrease the pending appropriations
request for Defense Environmental Management Privatization by
$0.1 million as part of the proposal that would provide the
Department of Energy (DOE) with a unified, separate budget for
safeguards and security that will be administered by one
organization--the Office of Security and Emergency Operations.
The proposal would provide DOE with the necessary funding to
strengthen safeguards and security Department-wide, promote
improved management of funds, and establish the commitment to
budget appropriately for safeguards and security at each DOE
site.
Taken together with other DOE budget amendments included in
this transmittal, this amendment would not affect the proposed
budget totals.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Environmental and Other Defense Activities
other defense activities
FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 397
FY 2001 Pending Request: $555,122,000
Proposed Amendment: $20,495,000
Revised Request: $575,617,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
insert , safeguards and security activities, immediately
following ``capital equipment'' and delete ``$555,122,000'' and
substitute $575,617,000.)
This amendment is part of an $89.1 million proposal that
would provide the Department of Energy (DOE) with a unified,
separate budget for safeguards and security that will be
administered by one organization--the Office of Security and
Emergency Operations. The proposal would provide DOE with the
necessary funding to strengthen safeguards and security
Department-wide, promote improved management of funds, and
establish the commitment to budget appropriately for safeguards
and security at each DOE site. The amendment would provide an
additional $20.5 million to the Other Defense Activities
appropriations account for this purpose.
The funding for these direct-funded safeguards and security
activities is fully offset by reductions to other DOE programs,
as proposed in accompanying budget amendments. These reductions
will have no impact on mission, program activities, or work
accomplished, but merely reflect that the programs will not be
paying any safeguards and security costs.
Taken together with other DOE budget amendments included in
this transmittal, this amendment would not affect the proposed
budget totals.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Programs
science
FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 400
FY 2001 Pending Request: $3,151,065,000
Proposed Amendment: $11,574,000
Revised Request: $3,162,639,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
insert , safeguards and security activities immediately
following ``capital equipment''; insert and one police-type
motor vehicle, all of which shall be immediately following
``motor vehicles''; delete ``$3,151,065,000'' and substitute
$3,162,639,000; and, insert , of which $37,000 shall be derived
by transfer from unobligated balances under the heading,
``Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves'' immediately
following ``until expended''.)
This amendment is part of an $89.1 million proposal that
would provide the Department of Energy (DOE) with a unified,
separate budget for safeguards and security that will be
administered by one organization--the Office of Security and
Emergency Operations. The proposal would provide DOE with the
necessary funding to strengthen safeguards and security
Department-wide, promote improved management of funds, and
establish the commitment to budget appropriately for safeguards
and security at each DOE site. The amendment would provide an
additional $11.6 million to the Science appropriations account
for this purpose.
The funding for these direct-funded safeguards and security
activities is fully offset by reductions to other DOE programs,
as proposed in accompanying budget amendments. These reductions
will have no impact on mission, program activities, or work
accomplished, but merely reflect that the programs will not be
paying any safeguards and security costs.
Taken together with other DOE budget amendments included in
this transmittal, this amendment would not affect the proposed
budget totals.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Programs
energy supply
FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 402
FY 2001 Pending Request: $764,895,000
Proposed Amendment: -$22,203,000
Revised Request: $742,692,000
This amendment would decrease the pending appropriations
request for Energy Supply by $22.2 million as part of the
proposal that would provide the Department of Energy (DOE) with
a unified, separate budget for safeguards and security that
will be administered by one organization--the Office of
Security and Emergency Operations. The proposal would provide
DOE with the necessary funding to strengthen safeguards and
security Department-wide, promote improved management of funds,
and establish the commitment to budget appropriately for
safeguards and security at each DOE site.
Taken together with other DOE budget amendments included in
this transmittal, this amendment would not affect the proposed
budget totals.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Programs
non-defense environmental management
FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 404
FY 2001 Pending Request: $286,001,000
Proposed Amendment: -$3,189,000
Revised Request: $282,812,000
This amendment would decrease the pending appropriations
request for Non-Defense Environmental Management by $3.2
million as part of the proposal that would provide the
Department of Energy (DOE) with a unified, separate budget for
safeguards and security that will be administered by one
organization--the Office of Security and Emergency Operations.
The proposal would provide DOE with the necessary funding to
strengthen safeguards and security Department-wide, promote
improved management of funds, and establish the commitment to
budget appropriately for safeguards and security at each DOE
site.
Taken together with other DOE budget amendments included in
this transmittal, this amendment would not affect the proposed
budget totals.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Programs
Fossil Energy Research and Development
FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 405
FY 2001 Pending Request: $384,570,000
Proposed Amendment: -$634,000
Revised Request: $383,936,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
insert , safeguards and security activities, immediately
following ``expansion''; delete ``$384,570,000'' and substitute
$383,936,000; and, insert , of which $9,000 shall be derived by
transfer from unobligated balances under the heading, ``Clean
Coal Technology'' immediately following ``available prior year
balances''.)
This amendment would decrease the pending appropriations
request for Fossil Energy Research and Development by $0.6
million as part of the proposal that would provide the
Department of Energy (DOE) with a unified, separate budget for
safeguards and security that will be administered by one
organization--the Office of Security and Emergency Operations.
The proposal would provide DOE with the necessary funding to
strengthen safeguards and security Department-wide, promote
improved management of funds, and establish the commitment to
budget appropriately for safeguards and security at each DOE
site.
Taken together with other DOE budget amendments included in
this transmittal, this amendment would not affect the proposed
budget totals.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Programs
energy conservation
FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 407
FY 2001 Pending Request: $850,500,000
Proposed Amendment -$2,669,000
Revised Request: $847,831,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
insert , including safeguards and security activities,
immediately following ``conservation activities'' and delete
``$850,500,000'' and substitute $847,831,000.)
This amendment would decrease the pending appropriations
request for Energy Conservation by $2.7 million as part of the
proposal that would provide the Department of Energy (DOE) with
a unified, separate budget for safeguards and security that
will be administered by one organization--the Office of
Security and Emergency Operations. The proposal would provide
DOE with the necessary funding to strengthen safeguards and
security Department-wide, promote improved management of funds,
and establish the commitment to budget appropriately for
safeguards and security at each DOE site.
Taken together with other DOE budget amendments included in
this transmittal, this amendment would not affect the proposed
budget totals.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Programs
strategic petroleum reserve
FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 409
FY 2001 Pending Request: $158,000,000
Proposed Amendment $10,122,000
Revised Request: $168,122,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
insert , including safeguards and security activities,
immediately following ``42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq'' and delete
``$158,000,000'' and substitute $168,122,000, of which
$10,250,000 shall be derived by transfer from unobligated
balances under the heading, ``Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale
Reserves''.)
This amendment would increase the pending appropriations
request for Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SRP) by a total of
$10.1 million. Of this amount, $8.0 million would be used to
establish a reserve within the Northeastern States in order to
assure the continued supply of home heating oil during times of
very low inventories and significant threats to immediate
further supply. Using SPR's current account and management
structure, the Department of Energy (DOE) would lease
commercial storage space suitable to contain two million
barrels of heating oil.
An additional $2.25 million would be used to replenish SPR
operations and maintenance funding impacted by the FY 2000
reprogramming pertaining to the home heating oil reserve.
This amendment would also decrease the pending
appropriations request for SPR by $0.1 million as part of the
proposal that would provide DOE with a unified, separate budget
for safeguards and security that will be administered by one
organization--the Office of Security and Emergency Operations.
The proposal would provide the Department with the necessary
funding to strengthen safeguards and security Department-wide,
promote improved management of funds, and establish the
commitment to budget appropriately for safeguards and security
at each DOE site.
Taken together with other DOE budget amendments included in
this transmittal, this amendment would not affect the proposed
budget totals.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Programs
NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL
FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 414-415
FY 2001 Pending Request: $325,500,000
Proposed Amendment: -$6,926,000
Revised Request: $318,574,000
This amendment would decrease the pending appropriations
request for Nuclear Waste Disposal by $6.9 million as part of
the proposal that would provide the Department of Energy (DOE)
with a unified, separate budget for safeguards and security
that will be administered by one organization--the Office of
Security and Emergency Operations. The proposal would provide
DOE with the necessary funding to strengthen safeguards and
security Department-wide, promote improved management of funds,
and establish the commitment to budget appropriately for
safeguards and security at each DOE site.
Taken together with other DOE budget amendments proposed in
this transmittal, this amendment would not affect the proposed
budget totals.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Programs
URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION AND DECOMMISSIONING FUND
FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 416
FY 2001 Pending Request: $303,038,000
Proposed Amendment: -$8,450,000
Revised Request: $294,588,000
This amendment would decrease the pending appropriations
request for the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and
Decommissioning Fund by $8.4 million as part of the proposal
that would provide the Department of Energy (DOE) with a
unified, separate budget for safeguards and security that will
be administered by one organization--the Office of Security and
Emergency Operations. The proposal would provide DOE with the
necessary funding to strengthen safeguards and security
Department-wide, promote improved management of funds, and
establish the commitment to budget appropriately for safeguards
and security at each DOE site.
Taken together with other DOE budget amendments included in
this transmittal, this amendment would not affect the proposed
budget totals.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Department Administration
departmental administration
FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 426
FY 2001 Pending Request: $84,577,000 (net appropriation)
Proposed Amendment: $1,082,000
Revised Request: $85,659,000 (net appropriation)
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
delete ``$213,339,000'' and substitute $214,421,000, and delete
``$84,577,000'' and substitute $85,659,000.)
This amendment would increase the pending appropriations
request for Departmental Administration by $1.1 million to
support the Under Secretary of the National Nuclear Security
Administration and immediate staff. In accompanying budget
amendments, offsetting reductions totaling $1.1 million are
proposed for Weapons Activities and Other National Security
Activities. The additional funds requested would provide
resources for salaries and benefits, travel, and administrative
support costs (six FTE's).
As an Under Secretary, it is appropriate to align this
staff in the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of the
Secretary, where the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, and Under
Secretary for Energy Programs are housed.
In addition, this amendment would decrease the pending
appropriations request for Departmental Administration by
$18,000 as part of the proposal that would provide the
Department with a unified, separate budget for safeguards and
security that will be administered by one organization--the
Office of Security and Emergency Operations. The proposal would
provide DOE with the necessary funding to strengthen safeguards
and security Department-wide, promote improved management of
funds, and establish the commitment to budget appropriately for
safeguards and security at each DOE site.
Taken together with other DOE budget amendments included in
the package, this amendment would not affect the proposed
budget totals.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
general provisions
FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 430
FY 2001 Pending Request: ----
Proposed Amendment: Language
Revised Request: ----
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
insert the language that follows after the last provision.)
Sec. 310. In addition to any other authorities of the
Secretary of Energy contained in this or any previous
appropriations Act, the Secretary is authorized to transfer up
to $5,000,000 from any activity or account appropriated by this
title to any other activity or account appropriated by this
title to resolve unmet safeguards and security program needs:
Provided, That any such transfers shall be reported to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate within
thirty days of such transfers.
This language amendment is part of the proposal that would
provide the Department of Energy (DOE) with a unified, separate
budget for safeguards and security that will be administered by
one organization--the Office of Security and Emergency
Operations. The proposal would provide DOE with the necessary
funding to strengthen safeguards and security Department-wide,
promote improved management of funds, and establish the
commitment to budget appropriately for safeguards and security
at each DOE site.
This amendment would not affect the proposed budget totals.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Departmental Management
General Departmental Management
FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 472
FY 2001 Pending Request: $223,741,000 (Federal Funds)
Proposed Amendment: $280,000
Revised Request: $224,021,000 (Federal Funds)
This proposal would provide funds for FY 2001 efforts to
implement health information privacy regulations, based on
provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA). Specifically, the $0.3 million
requested would be used to provide legal interpretations of the
privacy provisions of HIPAA and implement regulations that can
be used, in coordination with the Office for Civil Rights, in
the development of advisory opinions, exception determinations,
compliance guidelines, technical assistance resources, and
consumer education tools.
Taken together with other Health and Human Services budget
amendments proposed in the transmittal, this amendment would
not affect the proposed budget totals.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Departmental Management
Office for Civil Rights
FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 472
FY 2001 Pending Request: $20,742,000 (Federal Funds)
Proposed Amendment: $3,400,000
Revised Request: $24,142,000 (Federal Funds)
This proposal would provide funds for FY 2001 efforts to
implement health information privacy regulations, based on
provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act. Specifically, the Office for Civil Rights
would utilize the $3.4 million requested to: develop technical
assistance resources and compliance guidelines for health care
providers, States, and other covered entities; provide advisory
opinions and exception determinations; develop the capacity for
identifying patterns of illegal use and transfer of electronic
health information; establish procedures for handling
complaints and initiating investigations; stimulate
partnerships with professional organizations to educate health
care providers and plans about the privacy rule; and, develop
consumer education tools, including tools accessible by
limited-English-speaking populations.
Taken together with other Health and Human Services budget
amendments proposed in the transmittal, this amendment would
not affect the proposed budget totals.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
buildings and facilities
FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 448
FY 2001 Pending Request:
Total Budgetary Resources: $165,400,000
New Budget Authority: $148,900,000
Unobligated Balances: $16,500,000
Proposed Amendment: Unobligated Balances: -$3,680,000
Revised Request:
Total Budgetary Resources: $161,720,000
New Budget Authority: $148,900,000
Unobligated Balances: $12,820,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
insert the following before the period at the end of the first
paragraph: : Provided, That of the unobligated balances
available under this heading, $3,680,000 are hereby canceled.)
This proposal would reduce the amount of resources
available for obligation in FY 2001 in the National Institutes
of Health Buildings and Facilities account for facilities
maintenance and improvement. The proposal would not change the
amounts requested or new budget authority in FY 2001 nor would
it affect new and/or continuing construction projects. The
reductions are derived from resources appropriated in the
previous years that are available for obligation in FY 2001.
The activities supported by these resources can be delayed
without serious programmatic impact.
This reduction fully offsets budget amendments for General
Department Management and the Office for Civil Rights within
the Department of Health and Human Services. Taken together,
these amendments would not affect the proposed Budget totals.
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INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
International Security Assistance
nonproliferation, Anti-terorism, Demining and Related Programs
FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 991
FY 2001 Pending Request $311,500,000
Proposed Amendment: $41,240,000
Revised Request: $352,740,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
delete ``$311,500,000'' and insert $352,740,000; and insert the
following before the period: : Provided further, That of the
funds made available for anti-terrorism assistance under this
heading, $6,000,000 shall become available October 1, 2001, and
remain available until expended.)
This proposed would increase the pending FY 2001
appropriation request for the Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism,
Demining and Related Programs account of the International
Assistance Programs by $41.2 million. The increase is provided
for anti-terrorism assistance programs. Of the amount
requested, $6.0 million would become available for obligation
in FY 2002.
The $41.2 million is to provide a contribution toward the
incremental cost of the trial in the Netherlands of the
Lockerbie bombing suspects. In FY 1998, the United States and
the United Kingdom agreed to hold the Lockerbie bombing trail
in a neutral country under Scottish law before a Scottish
court. Libya then agreed to surrender the indicted suspects.
These funds represent an important contribution to the costs
presently being incurred by the United Kingdom in the ongoing
trial, and are in furtherance of the cooperation between the
two countries to assure that the indicted suspects are brought
to justice. The United States previously contributed $7.9
million to initiate arrangements for the trial.
Taken together with other international assistance budget
amendments included in this transmittal, this amendment would
not affect the proposed FY 2001 budget totals.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
International Organizations and Conferences
Contributions to International Organizations
FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 720
FY 2001 Pending Request: $946,060,000
Proposed Amendment: -$23,000,000
Revised Request: $923,060,000
This proposal would decrease the pending FY 2001
appropriations request for the Contributions to International
Organizations account within the Department of State by $23.0
million. This amount is not currently projected to be needed
due to positive exchange rate gains overseas since the FY 2001
Budget was transmitted to the Congress.
This decrease would partially offset an increase in the
Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs
account, proposed in an accompanying budget amendment. Taken
together, the international affairs amendments would not affect
the proposed FY 2001 budget totals.
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INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
International Security Assistance
Foreign Military Financing Loan Program Account
FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 992
FY 2001 Pending Request: ----
Proposed Amendment: -$18,240,000
Revised Request: -$18,240,000
(Insert the appropriations language that follows
immediately under the above heading: Of the funds made
available under this heading in Public Law 104-208, $18,240,000
are hereby canceled.)
The proposal would cancel $18.2 million of obligated
balances of foreign military financing loan program subsidy
that was made available in FY 1997. These funds were obligated,
but no loans were signed, and none are expected to be signed.
Therefore, these funds are no longer needed.
As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this
account records the subsidy costs associated with the direct
loans obligated and loan guarantees for foreign military
financing committed in FY 1992 and beyond. The foreign military
financing credit program provides loans that finance sales of
defense articles, defense services, and design and construction
services to foreign countries and international organizations.
No new appropriation is proposed in FY 2001 for this account.
This decrease would partially offset an increase in the
Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs
account, proposed in an accompanying budget amendment. Taken
together, the international affairs amendments would not affect
the proposed FY 2001 budget totals.
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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
National and Community Service Programs
Operating Expenses
House Doc. 106-22 Page: 15
FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 1115
FY 2001 Pending Request: $533,700,000
Proposed Amendment: -$5,000,000
Revised Request: $528,700,000
(In the appropriations language above the above heading,
delete ``$533,700,000'' and substitute $528,700,000 and delete
``$8,000,000 shall be for community coaches and'' and
substitute $3,000,000 shall be for.)
This amendment would reduce the pending appropriations
request for the Corporation for National and Community Services
(CNCS). This proposal would reduce the $5.0 million requested
for community coaches. (A previous technical language amendment
for the CNCS was transmitted to the Congress on March 31,
2000.)
Related to this budget amendment is the Administration's
intent to request an increase of $5.0 million for the
Department of Education. The Administration has proposed
legislation to revise and reauthorize programs currently
authorized under the Education Research, Development,
Dissemination, and Improvement Act; the National Education
Statistics Act; the Elementary and Secondary Education Act;
and, the Goals 2000: Educate America Act.
When new authorizing legislation is enacted, resources will
be requested for the Department of Education's Educational
Research, Statistics, and Improvement account, and an
additional $5.0 million will be added to the $137.0 million to
be requested for the Fund for the Improvement of Education to
support a community coaches pilot program. This competitive
grant program would promote the use of community coaches--in
nearly 1,000 schools--who will lead young people in learning
through community service and will act as a link between the
school, the business sector, and the community.
In total, these actions would not affect the proposed
budget totals.
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MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
Salaries and Expenses
FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 1168
FY 2001 Pending Request: $28,857,000
Proposed Amendment: $580,000
Revised Request: $29,437,000
This amendment would increase the pending FY 2001
appropriations request by $0.6 million. The additional
resources would cover the increased processing costs of Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) employees' appeals. The
restoration of Merit Systems Protection Board appeal rights to
FAA employees is the result of the recent enactment of the
Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st
Century, signed by the President on April 5, 2000 (Public Law
No. 106-181). The resources requested would also cover the
recalculated lease costs, which are now estimated on the basis
of more comprehensive information than was available
previously.
Taken together with other budget amendments proposed in the
package, this amendment would not affect the proposed budget
totals.
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
Repairs and Restoration
FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 1172
FY 2001 Pending Request: $92,950,000
Proposed Amendment: $6,610,000
Revised Request: $99,560,000
(In the appropriations language above the above heading,
delete ``$92,950,000'' and substitute $99,560,000 and insert
immediately before the period , and of which $6,610,000 is for
repairs to the John F. Kennedy Library.)
This amendment would increase the pending FY 2001
appropriations request in order to provide funds for repairs to
the John F. Kennedy Library due to considerable water damage.
The funding is needed to repair the Library's extensive leakage
problems, to replace a deteriorating front plaza, which leaks
into the museum and the museum storage area, and to repair the
seawall. In addition, the roof, theater lobby, and various
interior and exterior walls are in need of repair due to water
leaks.
Taken together with other budget amendments proposed in the
package, this amendment would not affect the proposed budget
totals.
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NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION
Salaries and Expenses
FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 1174
FY 2001 Pending Request: $6,197,895
Proposed Amendment: $545,195
Revised Request: $6,743,090
This proposal would increase the pending FY 2001
appropriations request in order to provide additional funds to
cover the costs of an essential move of the Commission's
offices. Specifically, the additional resources requested would
cover the costs to relocate and provide funding for a higher
rental rate.
Taken together with other budget amendments proposed in the
package, this amendment would not affect the proposed budget
totals.
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DEPARTURE OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children
(wic)
House Doc. 106-239 Page: 10
FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 167
FY 2001 Pending Request: $4,098,100,000
Proposed Amendment: -$9,000,000
Revised Request: $4,089,100,000
This proposal would decrease the pending FY 2001 request
for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women,
Infants, and Children. These funds are no longer required in FY
2001 because program participation in the first part of FY 2000
has been lower than projected, which will result in higher than
anticipated carry-over balances.
This reduction would offset additional funding requested in
other budget amendments in this transmittal. (A previous budget
amendment reducing the amount requested in the FY 2001 Budget
was transmitted on May 18, 2000.)
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LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Senate
contingent expenses of the senate, secretary of the senate
FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 17
FY 2001 Pending Request: $1,511,000
Proposed Amendment: $566,000
Revised Request: $2,077,000
This amendment would increase the pending request for
expenses of the Secretary of the Senate by $0.6 million. FY
2001 outlays would increase by the same amount.
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LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Senate
Contingent Expenses of the Senate, Senators' Official Personnel and
Office Expense Account
FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 17
FY 2001 Pending Request: $273,366,000
Proposed Amendment: $225,000
Revised Request: $273,591,000
This amendment would increase the pending request for
Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expenses by $0.2
million. FY 2001 outlays would increase by the same amount.
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LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Joint Items
Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies of 2001
FY 2001 Budget Appendix Page: 20
FY 2001 Pending Request: ----
Proposed Amendment: $1,000,000
Revised Request: $1,000,000
(Insert the subheading and appropriations language that
follows immediately before the subheading ``Joint Economic
Committee.'')
Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies of 2001
For all construction expenses, salaries, and other expenses
associated with conducting the inaugural ceremonies of the
President and Vice President of the United States, January 20,
2001, in accordance with such program as may be adopted by the
joint committee authorized by Senate Concurrent Resolution 89,
agreed to March 2, 2000 (One Hundred Sixth Congress), and
Senate Concurrent Resolution 90, agreed to March 2, 2000 (One
Hundred Sixth Congress), $1,000,000 to be disbursed by the
Secretary of the Senate and to remain available until September
30, 2001. Funds made available under this heading shall be
available for payment, on a direct or reimbursable basis,
whether incurred on, before, or after, October 1, 2000:
Provided, That the compensation of any employee of the
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate who has
been designated to perform service for the Joint Congressional
Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies shall continue to be paid by
the Committee on Rules and Administration, but the account from
which such staff member is paid may be reimbursed for the
services of the staff member (including agency contributions
when appropriate) out of funds made available under this
heading.
This amendment would provide $1.0 million in new funding in
FY 2001 for expenses related to the January 20, 2001, inaugural
ceremonies.
This proposal would increase FY 2001 outlays by the same
amount.
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FY 2000 Supplemental Request
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Office of Adminstration
Salaries and Expenses
For additional amount for ``Salaries and Expenses,''
$8,400,000, to remain available until September 30, 2002, for a
Capital Investment Plan, which provides for the continued
modernization of critical systems in the information technology
infrastructure, and reconstruction and archiving of certain e-
mail files not recorded by the Automated Records Management
System of the Executive Office of the President, Office of
Administration.
This supplemental request would fund expenses associated
with reconstruction of magnetic tapes containing certain e-
mails stored but not archived by the Automated Records
Management System. As directed by the Congress, the Office of
Adminstration has already begun reconstruction effots, using
funds previously appropriated that could have been used for
critical information technology infrastructure projects
included as part of its approved Capital Investment Plan. The
reconstruction effort was delayed during the time Y2K
conversion was underway.
The funds would restore those already obligated or
expended, thus ensuring $3.2 million of essential projects
continue without delay, and would provide additional funding
sufficient to continue the e-mail reconstruction and proper
records archiving. While this request may be sufficient to
complete this work, unforeseen technical complications may
require additional resources for specialized forensics analysis
and validation.
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Revised FY 2000 Supplemental Request
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Unanticipated Needs
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND RELATED EXPENSES
Under this heading in division B, title III of Public Law
105-277, strike ``$2,250,000,000'' and insert
``$2,006,600,000''.
The FY 2001 Budget proposed a reduction of $225.0 million
in funding made available by the Omnibus Consolidated and
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act to address
requirements associated with year 2000 (Y2K) computer
conversion. The proposed reduction was increased by $10.0
million on February 25, 2000. The current revision increases
the amount of the reduction by $8.4 million. Unused funds are
no longer needed.