[House Document 106-283]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
106th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 106-283
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BUDGET REQUEST
__________
COMMUNICATION
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
A DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BUDGET REQUEST PURSUANT TO TITLE IX OF H.R.
4576, THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 2001
September 6, 2000.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and
ordered to be printed
The White House,
Washington, August 11, 2000.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Sir: In accordance with provisions of Title IX of H.R.
4576, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2001, I
hereby request the following:
Department of Defense
Military Personnel, Military personnel, Navy:
$50,000,000.
Operation and Maintenance, Operation and
maintenance, Army: $120,000,000.
Operation and Maintenance, Operation and
maintenance, Navy: $232,000,000.
Operation and Maintenance, Operation and
maintenance, Marine Corps: $62,000,000.
Operation and Maintenance, Operation and
maintenance, Air force: $115,000,000.
Operation and Maintenance, Overseas contingency
operations transfer fund: $1,100,000,000.
Operation and Maintenance, Defense health program:
$100,000,000.
The Department of Defense will use these funds to: sustain
operations in and around Bosnia, Kosovo, and Southwest Asia;
provide bonuses for sailors; fund depot level maintenance of
equipment; procure spare parts kits for Air Force squadrons;
fund real property maintenance; and, support the prescription
drug benefit for military retirees over 65 years of age.
I hereby designate the preceding requests 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 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. 20, 106th Cong., 2d Sess.]
Executive Office of the President,
Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC, August 11, 2000.
The President,
The White House.
Submitted for your consideration is a request to make
available $1,779.0 million in contingent emergency funding for
the Department of Defense (DOD).
Title IX of H.R. 4576, the Department of Defense
Appropriations Act, 2001, provides $1.1 billion in FY 2000
emergency funding for the Overseas Contingency Operations
Transfer Fund (OCOTF), 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 support operations in FY 2001. The funds were provided for
continued operations in and around Bosnia, Kosovo, and
Southwest Asia to ensure that current operations are
uninterrupted if force levels and commitments are unchanged
through FY 2001. Without these resources, funding in the OCOTF
would be approximately $1.1 billion below your FY 2001 request.
You had requested these funds in your FY 2001 Budget without
relying on the use of the emergency designation.
Title IX of H.R. 4576 also provides $679.0 million in FY
2000 emergency funding for certain other DOD activities,
contingent upon the President submitting a budget request for
$679.0 million to the Congress and designating the amount
requested as an emergency requirement. These funds were
allocated by the Congress as follows:
$529.0 million, split between operation and
maintenance accounts of the four Services, for
equipment maintenance, spare parts kits, and real
property maintenance;
$100.0 million for the Defense Health
Program to fully fund the prescription drug benefit for
military retirees over 65 years of age that the
Administration supports; and,
$50.0 million for Military Personnel, Navy
for bonuses.
I recommend that you designate the entire $1,779.0 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 appropriate at this time. Therefore, I join the
Secretary of Defense 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 Made Available by the President
Department of Defense
Military Personnel: Military personnel, Navy........ $50,000,000
Operation and Maintenance:
Operation and maintenance, Army................. 120,000,000
Operation and maintenance, Navy................. 232,000,000
Operation and maintenance, Marine Corps......... 62,000,000
Operation and maintenance, Air Force............ 115,000,000
Overseas contingency operations transfer fund... 1,100,000,000
Defense health program.......................... 100,000,000
Title IX of H.R. 4576, the Department of Defense
Appropriations Act, 2001, provides a total of $1,779.0 million
in emergency funding to the Department of Defense (DOD)
contingent upon the President submitting a budget request to
the Congress and designating the amount requested as an
emergency requirement. Of this amount, $1,100.0 million was
provided for the Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund
for continued operations in and around Bosnia, Kosovo, and
Southwest Asia. The remaining $679.0 million was appropriated
to: provide bonuses for sailors; fund depot level maintenance
of equipment; procure spare parts kits for Air Force squadrons;
fund real property maintenance; and, fund the prescription drug
benefit for military retirees over age 65.
The entire $1,779.0 million has been made available by the
President and will support the DOD activities listed above.