[House Document 106-267]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
106th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - House Document 106-267
REQUEST AND AVAILABILITY OF
EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING
__________
COMMUNICATION
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
TRANSMITTING
THE REQUEST AND AVAILABILITY OF THE FUNDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROVISIONS
OF DIVISION B OF H.R. 4425, THE EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL ACT, 2000, AND
DIVISION C OF H.R. 4425, THE CERRO GRANDE FIRE SUPPLEMENTAL
July 17, 2000.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered
to be printed
The White House,
Washington, July 13, 2000.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Sir: In accordance with provisions of Division B of H.R.
4425, the Emergency Supplemental Act, 2000, and Division C of
H.R. 4425, the Cerro Grade Fire Supplemental, I hereby request
and make available--with two exceptions--the funds in H.R. 4425
that the Congress has designated as emergency requirements and
that I have not designated previously as emergency
requirements. The exceptions are $600 million for the Low
Income Home Energy Assistance Program of the Department of
Health and Human Services and $50 million for the Wildland Fire
Management program of the Department of the Interior.
This emergency funding will provide supplemental resources
needed to keep the peace and build stability in Kosovo; to
bolster democracy and reform elsewhere in Southeast Europe; to
support the Colombian government's fight against drug
traffickers; to provide further assistance to the victims of
Hurricane Floyd and other natural disasters, including the
crisis in Mozambique; and, for other purposes.
Furthermore, in accordance with provisions of Public Law
106-74, the Department of Veterans Affairs and Housing and
Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act,
2000, I hereby request and make available appropriations of
$621 million for the Disaster Relief Program of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
These funds will allow FEMA to provide continuing
assistance to victims of disasters. Since the beginning of this
fiscal year, there have been 36 emergency and disaster
declarations in 26 States, Puerto Rico, and the District of
Columbia.
I hereby designate all of the funds made available today 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. 15, 106th Cong. 2d Session]
Executive Office of the President,
Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC, July 13, 2000.
The President,
The White House.
Submitted for your consideration is a request to make
available--with two exceptions discussed below--the funds in
Division B of H.R. 4425, the Emergency Supplemental Act, 2000,
and Division C of H.R. 4425, the Cerro Grande Fire
Supplemental, that the Congress has designated as emergency
requirements and that you have not designated previously as
emergency requirements.
H.R. 4425 provides a total of $11.2 billion in emergency
funding, contingent upon the President submitting a budget
request to the Congress and designating the request as an
emergency requirement. This emergency funding will provide
supplemental resources needed to keep the peace and build
stability in Kosovo; to bolster democracy and reform elsewhere
in Southeast Europe; to support the Colombian government's
fight against drug traffickers; to provide needed home energy
assistance for low-income families; to provide further
assistance to the victims of Hurricane Floyd and other natural
disasters, including the crisis in Mozambique; and, for other
purposes.
We are not recommending, at this time, that you designate
as emergency requirements $600 million in contingent funding
provided to the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
(LIHEAP) of the Department of Health and Human Services and
$500 million of the contingent funding provided to the Wildland
Fire Management program of the Department of the Interior.
These funds could be used to address emergencies that may occur
in the coming months. As is traditional practice for these
programs, we will present to you, at a later date as
appropriate, our recommendations for making the Presidential
declaration required to make these funds available.
Except for the $650 million in contingent emergency funding
for LIHEAP and the Interior Wildland Fire Management program, I
recommend that you designate as emergency requirements the
funds in H.R. 4425 that the Congress has so designated 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 emergency appropriations for the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA). Your approval of this request would
make available previously appropriated funds to address the
needs of victims of disasters. P.L. 106-74, the Departments of
Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000, provided
$2,480.4 million in emergency funding for the Disaster Relief
program of FEMA, contingent upon the President submitting a
budget request to the Congress and designating the entire
amount requested as an emergency requirement. On February 7,
2000, you released $500 million of these funds to address the
needs of victims of Hurricane Floyd and other disasters. At the
same time, you designated as an emergency requirement $215
million of unobligated balances for hurricane Floyd-related
home buyouts, as authorized by P.L. 106-113, the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2000.
This request would make available $621 million for FEMA to
provide continuing assistance to victims of previously declared
disasters as well as anticipated disasters. Since the beginning
of FY 2000, there have been 36 emergency and disaster
declarations in 26 States, Puerto Rico, and the District of
Columbia. Of these, 22 declarations have been issued since your
February release of FEMA disaster relief funds.
I recommend that you designate this request for $621
million as an emergency requirement 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, on balance,
recommend them 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. No further
congressional action will be required.
Sincerely,
Jacob J. Lew, Director.
Enclosure.
Emergency Appropriations: Funds Previously Appropriated Made Available
by the President
Emergency Supplemental Act, 2000, and the Cerro Grande Fire
Supplemental
Division B of H.R. 4425, the Emergency Supplemental Act,
2000, and Division C of H.R. 4425, the Cerro Grande Fire
Supplemental provide a total of $11.2 billion in emergency
funding, contingent upon the President submitting a budget
request to the Congress and designating the request as an
emergency requirement. With two exceptions, the President has
designated as emergency requirements the funds in H.R. 4425
that the Congress has also so designated. The exceptions are
$600 million for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
of the Department of Health and Human Services and $50 million
for the Wildland Fire Management program of the Department of
the Interior. As in the past, this contingent emergency funding
for these activities will be made available as specific
emergency needs are identified.
The emergency funding made available by the President will
provide supplemental resources needed to keep the peace and
build stability in Kosovo; to bolster democracy and reform
elsewhere in Southeast Europe; to support the Colombian
government's fight against drug traffickers; to provide further
assistance to the victims of Hurricane Floyd and other natural
disasters, including the crisis in Mozambique; and, for other
purposes.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA): Disaster
relief.............................................. $621,000,000
Title III of P.L. 106-74, the Departments 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.
On February 7, 2000, $500.0 million was released to address
the needs of victims of Hurricane Floyd and other disasters. In
addition, $215.0 million of unobligated balances was designated
as an emergency requirement for Hurricane Floyd-related home
buyouts, as authorized by P.L. 106-113, the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2000.
At this time, an additional $621.0 million in emergency
funding is required for FEMA to provide assistance to victims
of previously declared disasters, as well as anticipated
disasters.