[House Document 106-317]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
106th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 106-317
REQUEST TO USE PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED EMERGENCY FUNDS
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COMMUNICATION
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
A REQUEST TO MAKE AVAILABLE PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED EMERGENCY FUNDS FOR
THE DEPARTMENTS OF AGRICULTURE AND TRANSPORTATION, INTERNATIONAL
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, AND THE APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION PURSUANT
TO SECTION 251(b)(2)(A) OF THE BALANCED BUDGET AND EMERGENCY DEFICIT
CONTROL ACT OF 1985, AS AMENDED
December 4, 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, December 4, 2000.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Sir: In accordance with provisions of P.L. 106-387, P.L.
106-377, P.L. 106-429, P.L. 106-291, and P.L. 106-346, I hereby
request and make available each of the emergency appropriations
listed in the enclosed letter from the Director of the Office
of Management and Budget. I designate these funds as emergency
requirements pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
These resources will support a variety of emergency
activities of critical importance to our Nation.
Sincerely,
William J. Clinton.
Enclosure.
[Estimate No. 26, 106th Cong., 2d Sess.]
Executive Office of the President,
Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC, December 4, 2000.
The President,
The White House.
Submitted for your consideration are requests to make
available previously appropriated contingent emergency funds
for the Departments of Agriculture and Transportation,
International Assistance Programs, and the Appalachian Regional
Commission. All of the emergency funding provided was made
contingent upon your submission of a budget request to the
Congress that includes designation of the amount requested as
an emergency requirement. Your approval of these requests would
make available $2,839.1 million for a variety of purposes,
outlined below.
P.L. 106-387, the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2001, provided contingent emergency funding for agricultural
disaster assistance. This request will support emergency
assistance to the Nation's farmers, ranchers, and rural
communities, by making available $1,424.9 million for rural
development, crop and animal losses, livestock disease control,
flood prevention, and income assistance.
P.L. 106-377, the Energy and Water Development
Appropriations Act, 2001, provided $214.5 million in contingent
emergency funds for repair of the Department of Energy's
nuclear laboratories damaged by wildfires and for continuing
construction of the Appalachian Regional Commission's Ritchie
Dam project. These funds will be used both to help rebuild
damaged nuclear laboratories and to fulfill the Appalachian
Regional Commission's contractual obligations for the Ritchie
Dam project, which have recently increased in cost due to
litigation over environmental concerns. This request would make
available the entire $214.5 million for these purposes.
P.L. 106-429, the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2001, provided $467.7
million in contingent emergency funding to support assistance
for international disaster, development, and security needs.
This funding will provide essential resources for humanitarian
programs in the former Yugoslavia, disaster relief in southern
Africa, debt reduction for poorer countries, and international
military assistance in the Balkan region. This request would
make available the entire $467.7 million for these purposes.
P.L. 106-291, the Department of the Interior and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, provided $12.0 million in
contingent emergency funding to address invasive species
infestation. These funds will be used to fight plagues of
invasive insect species and prevent severe tree and timber
losses. This request would make available the entire $12.0
million for this purpose.
P.L. 106-346, the Department of Transportation and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, provided $720.0 million in
contingent emergency funding to reimburse States for emergency
highway repairs. These resources will improve the Nation's
transportation infrastructure by providing essential funding
for emergency repairs on Federal-aid highways and roads damaged
by natural disasters or catastrophic failures. This request
would make available the entire $720.0 million for this
purpose.
I recommend that you designate the above requests totaling
$2,839.1 million, which are detailed in the enclosure to this
letter, as emergency requirements 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 these proposals and am satisfied
that they are necessary 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.
We will continue to review the additional contingent emergency
funds provided in FY 2001 appropriations bills and plan to
submit other recommendations as needs arise.
Sincerely,
Jacob J. Lew,
Director.
Enclosure.
Emergency Appropriations: Amounts Previously Appropriated Made
Available by the President
Department of Agriculture
Executive Operations: Common Computing Environment...... $19,500,000
Departmental Administration, Departmental
Administration: Transfer to the Small Business
Administration...................................... 200,000
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Salaries and
Expenses: Rabies control............................ 4,100,000
Risk Management Agency: Federal Crop Insurance
Corporation Fund.................................... 13,000,000
Farm Service Agency: Emergency Conservation Program..... 80,000,000
Farm Service Agency, Commodity Credit Corporation Fund:
Dairy income assistance............................. 675,000,000
Wetlands reserve program: such sums as may be
necessary, estimated at........................... 101,000,000
Sheep losses........................................ 2,400,000
Citrus crop losses.................................. 58,000,000
Honey nonrecourse loans............................. 20,000,000
Livestock indemnity payments........................ 10,000,000
Payments to producers of wool and mohair............ 20,000,000
Cranberry crop losses............................... 20,000,000
Amortization of recapture payments.................. 3,000,000
Payments to South Carolina grain dealers............ 2,500,000
Payments to the State of Hawaii..................... 7,200,000
Tobacco quota holder assistance..................... 3,000,000
State of California crop losses..................... 20,000,000
Loan deficiency payments............................ 35,000,000
Loan deficiency payments eligibility................ 1,000,000
Natural Resources Conservation Service: Watershed and
Flood Prevention Operations......................... 110,000,000
Rural Development: Rural Community Advancement Program.. 210,000,000
Rural Business--Cooperative Service: Rural Cooperative
Development Grants.................................. 10,000,000
P.L. 106-387, the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2001, included emergency funding contingent upon the President
submitting a budget request to the Congress and designating the
amount requested as an emergency requirement. The amounts
listed above have been so designated by the President.
Department of Energy
National Nuclear Security Administration, Weapons
Activities: Cerro Grande fire activities............ $203,460,000
Appalachian Regional Commission
Appalachian Regional Commission: Ritchie Dam project.... 11,000,000
P.L. 106-377, the Energy and Water Development
Appropriations Act, 2001, included emergency funding contingent
upon the President submitting a budget request to the Congress
and designating the amount requested as an emergency
requirement. The amounts listed above have been so designated
by the President.
International Assistance Programs
International Security Assistance:
International Military Education and Training....... $2,875,000
Foreign Military Financing Credit Program........... 31,000,000
Multilateral Assistance: Debt Restructuring............. 210,000,000
International Development Assistance, Agency for
International Development:
Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States. 75,825,000
International Disaster Assistance................... 135,000,000
Operating Expenses of the Agency for International
Development....................................... 13,000,000
P.L. 106-429, the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2001, included emergency
funding contingent upon the President submitting a budget
request to the Congress and designating the amount requested as
an emergency requirement. The amounts listed above have been so
designated by the President.
Department of Agriculture
Forest Service: State, Private, and International
Forestry............................................ $12,000,000
P.L. 106-291, the Department of the Interior and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, included emergency funding
contingent upon the President submitting a budget request to
the congress and designating the amount requested as an
emergency requirement. The amounts listed above have been so
designated by the President.
Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration, Federal-aid Highways:
Emergency relief program............................ $720,000,000
P.L. 106-346, the Department of Transportation and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, included emergency funding
contingent upon the President submitting a budget request to
the Congress and designating the amount requested as an
emergency requirement. The amounts listed above have been so
designated by the President.