[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

                               __________

                             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.

                                  
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