[House Document 106-50]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]





106th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 106-50

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FY 1999 EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTALS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF DEFENSE, STATE, 
           AND THE U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  FROM

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

  A REQUEST FOR EMERGENCY FY 1999 SUPPLEMENTALS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE, THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, AND THE U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
                              DEVELOPMENT




   April 21, 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, April 19, 1999.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
    Sir: Despite months of allied diplomatic efforts to achieve 
a balanced peace plan, the government of Slobodan Milosevic 
defied the international community and pursued a course of 
repression and terror against the people of Kosovo. I 
determined that we could not allow these actions to go 
unchallenged. Thus, following extensive diplomatic efforts to 
convince President Milosevic to agree to acceptable terms, I 
committed U.S. forces to join with our NATO allies in action 
against the Milosevic regime and the military forces of 
Yugoslavia. At the same time, we are working hard to cope with 
the humanitarian crisis the Milosevic regime has created by 
expelling hundreds of thousands of Kosovar Albanians from their 
homes. In support of our military, humanitarian, and diplomatic 
efforts, I ask the Congress to consider expeditiously the 
enclosed requests for emergency FY 1999 supplementals for the 
Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the U.S. 
Agency for International Development.
    I hereby designate the amounts requested for the following 
accounts in the Departments of Defense and State and the U.S. 
Agency for International Development as emergency requirements 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
Department of Defense
     Military Personnel, Military Personnel, Army: 
$2,920,000.
     Military Personnel, Military Personnel, Navy: 
$7,660,000.
     Military Personnel, Military Personnel, Marine 
Corps: $1,586,000.
     Military Personnel, Military Personnel, Air Force: 
$4,303,000.
     Operation and Maintenance, Overseas Contingency 
Operations Transfer Fund: $4,591,600,000.
Department of State
     Administration of Foreign Affairs, Diplomatic and 
Consular Programs: $17,071,000.
     Administration of Foreign Affairs, Security and 
Maintenance of United States Missions: $5,000,000.
     Administration of Foreign Affairs, Emergencies in 
the Diplomatic and Consular Service: $2,929,000.
     Other, Migration and Refugee Assistance: 
$125,000,000.
     Other, United States Emergency and Migration 
Assistance Fund: $95,000,000.
International Assistance Programs
     International Security Assistance, Economic 
Support Fund: $105,000,000.
     Agency for International Development, Assistance 
for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States: $170,000,000.
     Agency for International Development, 
International Disaster Assistance: $71,000,000.
    In addition to the above emergency funding, I am requesting 
$850 million in contingent emergency funding for the Department 
of Defense to ensure that U.S. military force readiness levels 
remain high while operations continue in Kosovo and that 
inventories of critical munitions remain adequate.
    The details of these requests 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.


           

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