[House Document 106-97]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]






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     EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF 
                            TRANSPORTATION

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

     HIS REQUEST FOR EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO IMPROVE THE COAST GUARD'S READINESS AND 
               SUPPORT PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS IN KOSOVO




July 16, 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 14, 1999.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
    Sir: In accordance with provisions of P.L. 106-31, the 1999 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, I hereby request the 
following:
Department of Transportation
     Coast Guard, Operating expenses: $200,000,000
    These funds will improve the Coast Guard's readiness and 
support peacekeeping operations in Kosovo.
    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. 21, 106th Congress, 1st Session]

                 Executive Office of the President,
                           Office of Management and Budget,
                             Washington, DC, July 14, 1999.
The President,
The White House.
    Submitted for your consideration is a request to make 
available previously appropriated emergency funds for the 
United States Coast Guard.
    P.L. 106-31, the 1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations 
Act, provided a total of $200.0 million for the Coast Guard, 
contingent upon the President submitting a budget request for 
$200.0 million to the Congress and designating the entire 
amount as an emergency requirement.
    This request would make the $200.0 million available to the 
Coast Guard. Of the funds made available, the Coast Guard will 
spend $40.0 million in FY 1999, including funding for medical 
care expenses, improving recruiting and retention, other 
personnel expenses, deployment of a cutter to Kosovo for 
peacekeeping operations, and the purchase of safety equipment. 
The Coast Guard will spend the remaining $160.0 million in FY 
2000 for readiness activities and other expenses.
    I recommend that you designate the $200.0 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 join the 
Secretary of Transportation 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 Transportation:
    Coast Guard: Operating expenses.....................    $200,000,000

    Public Law 106-31, the 1999 Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, provided a total of $200.0 million to the 
Coast Guard, contingent upon the President submitting a budget 
request for $200.0 million to the Congress and designating the 
entire amount as an emergency requirement.
    The $200.0 million in contingent emergency funding is 
required to improve Coast Guard readiness and support 
peacekeeping operations in Kosovo. Of the funds made available, 
the Coast Guard will spend $40.0 million in FY 1999, including 
funding for medical care expenses, improving recruiting and 
retention, other personnel expenses, deployment of a cutter to 
Kosovo for peacekeeping operations, and the purchase of safety 
equipment. The Coast Guard will spend the remaining $160.0 
million in FY 2000 for readiness activities and other expenses.

                                


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