[House Document 106-94]
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   APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM    

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

   NOTIFICATION THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS REQUESTED AND MADE AVAILABLE 
 APPROPRIATIONS OF $100,000,000 IN BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR THE DEPARTMENT 
OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES' LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM




July 14, 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, July 12, 1999.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
    Sir: In accordance with provisions of the Departments of 
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act of 1999, as included in Public Law 
105-277, I hereby request and make available appropriations of 
$100,000,000 in budget authority for the Department of Health 
and Human Services' Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. 
These funds will enable the Department to support the needs of 
16 States in the Eastern United States--as well as the District 
of Columbia--that are suffering from extreme hot weather 
conditions. These States are Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, 
Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, 
New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, 
Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia.
    I designate the amount made available 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. 20, 106th Cong., 1st Sess.]

                 Executive Office of the President,
                           Office of Management and Budget,
                                     Washington, DC, July 12, 1999.
The President,
The White House.
    Submitted for your consideration is a request to make 
available emergency appropriations for the Department of Health 
and Human Services (HHS). Your approval of this request would 
make available previously appropriated funds to the Low Income 
Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) to address the needs of 
16 eastern States--and the District of Columbia--that are 
suffering from extremely hot weather conditions.
    The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 1999, as 
included in Public Law 105-277, provided $300 million for 
LIHEAP contingent upon the President submitting a budget 
request to the Congress and designating the entire amount 
requested as an emergency requirement. HHS analysis of weather 
conditions to date shows that these 16 States and the District 
of Columbia have suffered particularly severe heat. We will 
continue to monitor conditions across the country.
    I recommend that you designate this request for $100 
million as an emergency funding 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 join the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services in recommending 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 Health and Human Services:
    Administration for Children and Families: Low income 
      home energy assistance program....................    $100,000,000

    The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 1999, as 
included in Public Law 105-277, provided $300,000,000 for the 
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), 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 fund and made available.
    At this time, $100 million of the total $300 million in 
contingent funding is required to support needs arising from 
the extreme hot weather in Connecticut, Delaware, the District 
of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New 
Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, 
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and West 
Virginia.

                                


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