[House Document 106-274]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 106-274


 
      REQUEST AND AVAILABILITY OF EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING

                               __________

                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

THE REQUEST AND AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE LOW INCOME HOME 
    ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES




July 26, 2000.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered 
                             to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                         Washington, July 25, 2000.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
    Sir: In accordance with provisions of the FY 2000 Emergency 
Supplemental Act, as included in Public Law 106-246, I hereby 
request and make available appropriations of $41,750,000 in 
budget authority for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance 
Program of the Department of Health and Human Services. These 
funds will enable the Department to address the needs of low-
income households in eight States in the South and Southwest 
that are suffering from extremely hot weather conditions, and 
low-income households in Alaska facing unusually high heating 
costs in light of the recent fisheries disaster.
    I designate the $41,750,000 made available today as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
amended.
    The details of this action 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. 16, 106th Cong., 2d Sess.]

                 Executive Office of the President,
                           Office of Management and Budget,
                                     Washington, DC, July 25, 2000.
The President,
The White House.
    Submitted for your consideration is a request to make 
available emergency appropriations totaling $41,750,000 for the 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Your approval of 
this request would make available previously appropriated funds 
to the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) to 
address the needs of low-income households in eight States in 
the South and Southwest that are suffering from extremely hot 
weather conditions, and low-income households in Alaska facing 
unusually high heating costs in light of the recent fisheries 
disaster.
    The FY 2000 Emergency Supplemental Act, as included in 
Public Law 106-246, provided $600 million for LIHEAP, 
contingent upon the President submitting a budget request to 
the Congress and designating the entire amount requested as an 
emergency requirement. These funds are to replenish the LIHEAP 
contingent emergency fund, which was exhausted this past winter 
in response to oil price increases.
    I recommend that you designate this request for $41.8 
million as an emergency funding requirement 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.
    I have carefully reviewed this proposal and am satisfied 
that it is necessary at this time. Therefore, I join the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services 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 Health and Human Services:
    Administration for Children and Families: Low income 
      home energy assistance program....................     $41,750,000

    The FY 2000 Emergency Supplemental Act, as included in 
Public Law 106-246, provided $600,000,000 for the Low Income 
Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), contingent upon the 
President submitting a budget request to the Congress and 
designating the entire amount requested as an emergency 
requirement.
    At this time, $41,750,000 in contingent funding is required 
to support the needs of low-income households in eight States 
in the South and Southwest that are suffering from extremely 
hot weather conditions, and low-income households in Alaska 
facing unusually high heating costs in light of the recent 
fisheries disaster.

                                  
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