[House Document 107-117]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                     

107th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 107-117


 
  REQUESTS TO USE PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED CONTINGENT EMERGENCY FUNDS

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  From

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              Transmitting

REQUESTS TO MAKE AVAILABLE PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED CONTINGENT EMERGENCY 
       FUNDS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF AGRICULTURE AND THE INTERIOR




  September 5, 2001.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and 
                         ordered to be printed

                                           The White House,
                                       Washington, August 30, 2001.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
    Sir: In accordance with provisions of P.L. 106-291, the 
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2001, I hereby request and make available $100 million in 
emergency appropriations provided under Title I for the 
Department of the Interior and $150 million in emergency 
appropriations provided under Title II for the Department of 
Agriculture. These emergency funds were provided for wildland 
and firefighting suppression and rehabilitation activities and 
will be used to combat wildfires in the western United States.
    In addition, Estimate Number 26 for the 106th Congress, 2nd 
Session, transmitted on December 4, 2000, is amended as 
follows:

Department of Agriculture

Farm Service Agency, Commodity Credit Corporation Fund:
    Dairy income assistance: such sums as may be 
      necessary, estimated at...........................    $675,000,000
    Honey nonrecourse loans such sums as may be 
      necessary, estimated at...........................      60,000,000
    Amortization of recapture payments: such as may be 
      necessary, estimated at...........................       3,000,000
    Loan deficiency payments: such sums as may be 
      necessary estimated at............................      35,000,000
    Rice loan deficiency payments eligibility: such sums 
      as may be necessary estimated at..................       5,500,000
    Tobacco quota holder assistance; such sums as may be 
      necessary estimated at............................      10,000,000

    The details of these actions are set forth in the attached 
letter from the Deputy Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget. I concur with his comments and observations.
            Sincerely,
                                                    George W. Bush.
               [Estimate No. 11, 107th Cong., 1st Sess.]

                 Executive Office of the President,
                           Office of Management and Budget,
                                   Washington, DC, August 30, 2001.
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 the Interior. The 
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 a total of $250 million for 
firefighting activities to combat wildfires in the Western 
States. These funds will be used for fire suppression 
activities, including firefighter mobilization and aerial and 
ground operations, as well as for rehabilitation of 
environmentally sensitive burned areas.
    Title I of P.L. 106-291, the Department of the Interior and 
Related Agencies Appropriations act, 2001, provided for $200 
million in contingent emergency funding for the Department of 
the Interior to address wildland firefighting needs, of which 
$100 million was designated as an emergency and released on 
January 19, 2001. This request would make available the 
remaining $100 million for emergency firefighting needs in the 
Western States.
    In addition, Title II of P.L. 106-291 provided $426 million 
in contingent emergency funding to the Department of 
Agriculture to address wildland firefighting needs, of which 
$276 million was designated as an emergency and released on 
January 19, 2001. this request would make available the 
remaining $150 million for emergency firefighting needs in the 
Western States.
    The transmittal also contains technical corrections to the 
Department of Agriculture materials transmitted on December 4, 
2000. The details of the corrections are listed in the 
enclosure to this letter.
    I have carefully reviewed these proposals and am satisfied 
that they are necessary at this time. I join the Secretaries of 
Agriculture and the Interior in recommending that you sign the 
enclosed letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
            Cordially,
                                              Sean O'Keefe,
                                                   Deputy Director.
    Enclosure.

    Emergency Appropriations: Amounts Previously Appropriated Made 
                       Available by the President

Department of Agriculture

                                                             In millions
Forest Service: Wildland Fire Management (appropriated 
    in Title II of P.L. 106-291)........................            $150

    Title II of P.L. 106-291, the Department of the Interior 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, provided $426 
million in contingent emergency funding to the Department of 
Agriculture to address wildland firefighting needs, of which 
$276 million was designated as an emergency and released on 
January 19, 2001. This request would make available the 
remaining $250 million for emergency firefighting needs in the 
Western States.

Department of the Interior

                                                             In millions
Bureau of Land Management: Wildland Fire Management 
    (appropriated in Title I of P.L. 106-291)...........            $100

    Title I of P.L. 106-291 provided $200 million in contingent 
emergency funding to the Department of the Interior to address 
wildland firefighting needs, of which $100 million was 
designated as an emergency and released on January 19, 2001. 
This request would make available the remaining $100 million 
for emergency firefighting needs in the Western States.

Department of Agriculture

Farm Service Agency, Commodity Credit Corporation Fund: 
    (Corrections to materials transmitted on December 4, 
    2000.)
    Dairy income assistance: such sums as may be 
      necessary, estimated at...........................    $675,000,000
    Honey nonrecourse loans: such sums as may be 
      necessary, estimated at...........................      60,000,000
    Amortization of recapture payments: such sums as may 
      be necessary, estimated at........................       3,000,000
    Loan deficiency payments: such sums as may be 
      necessary, estimated at...........................      35,000,000
    Rice loan deficiency payments eligibility: such sums 
      as may be necessary, estimated at.................       5,500,000
    Tobacco quota holder assistance: such sums as maybe 
      necessary, estimated at...........................      10,000,000

                                
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