[House Document 106-4]
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  EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              TRANSMITTING

  EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
           REGARDING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE; DEFENSE-WIDE




   January 6, 1999.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and 
                         ordered to be printed

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                    U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE                    
69-012                     WASHINGTON : 1999



                                           The White House,
                                     Washington, December 21, 1998.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
    Sir: 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: $275,000,000.
    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. 28, 105th Congress, 2d Session]

                 Executive Office of the President,
                           Office of Management and Budget,
                                 Washington, DC, December 21, 1998.
The President,
The White House.
    Submitted for your consideration is a request to make 
available $275 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 $1.5 billion 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. This amount, provided in 
Division B, Title I, Chapter 1 of the Act, includes $275 
million in emergency funding for national security activities. 
The purpose for which the $275 million will be used is provided 
under separate classification.
    I recommend that you designate the $275 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.............    $275,000,000

    Division B, Title I, Chapter 1 of P.L. 105-277, the Omnibus 
Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
1999, provided $1.5 billion 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. None of these funds have yet been designated as an 
emergency requirement and made available.
    At this time, $275 million is required to support critical 
national security activities.

                                
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