[House Document 106-302]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 106-302


 
           REQUEST TO USE PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED FUNDS FOR THE 
                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

A REQUEST TO MAKE AVAILABLE PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED EMERGENCY FUNDS FOR 
 THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PURSUANT TO SECTION 251(b)(2)(A) OF THE 
 BALANCED BUDGET AND EMERGENCY DEFICIT CONTROL ACT OF 1985, AS AMENDED




  October 19, 2000.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and 
                         ordered to be printed

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                    U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
89-012                     WASHINGTON : 2000

                                           The White House,
                                      Washington, October 18, 2000.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
    Sir: Consistent with P.L. 106-259, the Department of 
Defense Appropriations Act, 2001, and in accordance with 
provisions of P.L. 105-277, the Omnibus Consolidated and 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999, I hereby 
request the following:
Department of Defense
    Operation and Maintenance, Operation and maintenance, 
Defense-wide: $200,000,000
    These funds will support critical national security 
activities.
    I hereby designate the above request 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. 24, 106th Cong., 2d Sess.]

                 Executive Office of the President,
                           Office of Management and Budget,
                                  Washington, DC, October 18, 2000.
The President,
The White House.
    Submitted for your consideration is a request to make 
available $200.0 million in previously appropriated emergency 
funds for the Department of Defense.
    P.L. 105-277, the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999, provided $1,496.6 
million in emergency funding for defense-wide operation and 
maintenance activities, contingent upon the President 
submitting a budget request to the Congress and designating the 
entire amount requested as an emergency requirement. To date, 
$1,296.6 million of that amount has been designated for such 
activities, leaving a balance of $200.0 million.
    As part of your FY 2001 Budget, we proposed to the Congress 
that the remaining $200.0 million be redirected to certain 
classified activities. Congress approved the use of the $200.0 
million for these activities as described in the Classified 
Annex to the Joint Explanatory Statement of the Committee of 
Conference for P.L. 106-259, the Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 2001. The specific purpose for which these 
funds will be used is provided under separate classification.
    I recommend that you designate the $200.0 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. Therefore, I recommend 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 Defense:
    Operation and Maintenance:
        Operation and maintenance, Defense-wide.........    $200,000,000

    Division B, Title I, Chapter 1 of P.L. 105-277, the Omnibus 
Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
1999, provided $1,496.6 million in emergency funding for 
defense-wide operation and maintenance activities, contingent 
upon the President submitting a budget request to the Congress 
and designating the entire amount requested as an emergency 
requirement.
    To date, $1,296.6 million of the amount provided has been 
released to support various national security activities. At 
this time, the remaining $200.0 million is needed to support 
ongoing national security programs.

                                  
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