[House Document 106-278]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                     

106th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 106-278



 
                   REQUEST AND AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS

                               __________

                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

THE REQUEST AND AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS PURSUANT TO SECTION 251(b)(2)(A) 
    OF THE BALANCED BUDGET AND EMERGENCY DEFICIT CONTROL ACT OF 1985




  September 6, 2000.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and 
                         ordered to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                         Washington, July 31, 2000.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
    Sir: In accordance with provisions of P.L. 105-174, the 
1998 Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions Act, I hereby 
request and make available the remaining $14.0 million of the 
$28.0 million originally appropriated in that Act for U.S. 
contributions to the International Trust Fund of the Republic 
of Slovenia, Mine Clearance, and Assistance to Mine Victims in 
Bosnia and Herzegovina.
    I hereby designate the $14.0 million made available 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. 17, 106th Cong., 2d Sess.]

                 Executive Office of the President,
                           Office of Management and Budget,
                                     Washington, DC, July 31, 2000.
The President,
The White House.
    Submitted for your consideration is a request to make 
available $14.0 million in contingent emergency appropriations 
for the Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related 
Programs (NADR) account administered by the Department of 
State. Your approval of this request would make available 
previously appropriated funds for the second contribution to 
the International Trust Fund of the Republic of Slovenia, Mine 
Clearance, and Assistance to Mine Victims in Bosnia and 
Herzegovina (the ``Fund'').
    P.L. 105-174, the 1998 Supplemental Appropriations and 
Rescissions Act, provided $28.0 million in emergency funding 
for NADR, contingent upon the President submitting a budget 
request to the Congress and designating the entire amount 
requested as an emergency requirement. P.L. 105-174 requires 
that this emergency funding be deposited in the Fund in two 
equal installments. In addition, the Act provides that the 
deposits may be made only if the resources could be used 
effectively and if matching amounts were deposited in the Fund 
by other governments, entities, or persons. On May 8, 1998, you 
designated as an emergency requirement and made available the 
first $14.0 million contribution.
    The Department of State now indicates that other donors 
have made contributions to the Fund to match fully the original 
$14.0 million U.S. contribution. New funds have been 
contributed, but we are unable to match them unless the second 
$14.0 million is designated by you as an emergency requirement. 
The State Department also indicates that these funds could be 
used effectively for objectives consistent with ongoing efforts 
to carry out humanitarian demining activities in and around 
Bosnia, meeting the other main criteria established by the 
Congress. Therefore, I recommend that you designate this 
request for $14.0 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. No further 
congressional action will be required.
    I have carefully reviewed this proposal and am satisfied 
that it is necessary at this time. I join the Secretary of 
State 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

International Assistance Programs
    International Security Assistance: Nonproliferation, 
      Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs 
      (NADR)............................................     $14,000,000

    P.L. 105-174, the 1998 Supplemental Appropriations and 
Rescissions Act, provided $28.0 million in emergency funding 
for NADR, contingent upon the President submitting a budget 
request to the Congress and designating the entire amount 
requested as an emergency requirement. This contingent 
appropriation was provided for U.S. contributions to the 
International Trust Fund of the Republic of Slovenia, Mine 
Clearance, and Assistance to Mine Victims in Bosnia and 
Herzegovina (the ``Fund'').
    P.L. 105-174 requires that this emergency funding be 
deposited in the Fund in two equal installments. Accordingly, 
on May 8, 1998, the President designated as an emergency 
requirement and made available the first $14.0 million U.S. 
contribution. Through this current transmittal to the Congress, 
the President is making the second $14.0 million contribution 
available.
    To date, the fund has received contributions from 37 
donors. The donor population has included 20 governments in 
addition to the United States, seven international commercial 
firms, and 10 international civic or humanitarian assistance 
organizations.

                                
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