[House Document 107-189]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
107th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 107-189
REQUESTS FOR FY 2003 BUDGET AMENDMENTS
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COMMUNICATION
From
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
HIS REQUESTS FOR FY 2003 BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF
COMMERCE, DEFENSE, LABOR, TRANSPORTATION, AND THE TREASURY; THE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; AND THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
AGENCY
March 18, 2002.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and
ordered to be printed
The White House,
Washington, March 14, 2002.
Hon. J. Dennis Hastert,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washingtion, DC.
Dear Mr. Speaker: I ask the Congress to consider the
enclosed requests for FY 2003 budget amendments for the
Departments of Commerce, Defense, Labor, Transportation, and
the Treasury; the Environmental Protection Agency; and the
Federal Emergency Management Agency. The discretionary budget
authority proposed in my FY 2003 Budget would not be increased
by these requests. However, the total budgetary resources
available to the Department of Transportation would increase by
$596 million.
This transmittal also contains FY 2003 budget amendments
for the Legislative Branch. As a matter of comity,
appropriations requests of the Legislative Branch are
transmitted without change. These additional amendments would
increase discretionary resources for the Legislative Branch by
$40.4 million.
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,
George W. Bush.
Enclosure.
[Estimate No. 3, 107th Cong., 2d Sess.]
Executive Office of the President,
Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC, March 14, 2002.
The President,
The White House.
Submitted for your consideration are requests for FY 2003
technical budget amendments for the Departments of Commerce,
Defense, Labor, Transportation, and the Treasury; the
Environmental Protection Agency; and the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA). The discretionary budget authority
proposed in your FY 2003 Budget would not be increased by these
amendments. However, the total budgetary resources available to
the Department of Transportation would increase by $596
million.
As described below and in more detail in the enclosures,
the amendments include the following:
Department of Transportation
An increase in the obligation limitation of the
Federal Highway Administration at $596 million. A mathematical
error in the calculation of the amount of highway-related
receipts credited to the highway account at the time the budget
was prepared resulted in an incorrect level of highway funding
in the budget.
FEMA
Language clarifying that the Department of
Justice's Office of Domestic Preparedness is proposed to be
transferred entirely to FEMA and merged into the new First
Responder initiative.
Other FY 2003 Amendments
Several other technical amendments to your FY 2003 Budget
are included in this transmittal for the Departments of
Commerce, Defense, Labor, and the Treasury, as well as the
Environmental Protection Agency.
I have carefully reviewed these proposals and am satisfied
that they are necessary at this time. Therefore, I join the
heads of the affected Departments and agencies in recommending
that you transmit the proposals to Congress.
Legislative Branch
Also included in this transmittal are amendments to your FY
2003 Budget for the Legislative Branch. As required by law and
in a spirit of comity, appropriations requests of the
Legislative Branch are submitted without change.
These amendments for the Legislative Branch would add
discretionary resources to your FY 2003 Budget by $40.4
million.
Sincerely,
Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., Director.
Enclosures.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
operations, research, and facilities
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 221
FY 2002 Pending Request: $2,281,118,540
Proposed Amendment: Language
Revised Request: $2,281,118,540
(In the appropriations language under the above heading in
the last proviso, delete ``of the amounts provided,
$3,000,000'', and substitute , in addition, $3,000,000.)
This proposal would amend the pending appropriations
language to reflect correctly the policy proposed in the FY
2003 Budget. Specifically, the amendment clarifies that the
funds to be transferred from the Coastal Zone Management Fund
are in addition to the base discretionary funds.
This amendment would not affect the proposed budget totals.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Operation and Maintenance
overseas contingency operations transfer fund
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 270
FY 2003 Pending Request: $52,632,000
Proposed Amendment: -$2,632,000
Revised Request: $50,000,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading
delete, the brackets on either side of ``$50,000,000'' and
delete $52,632,000.)
This proposal would decrease the pending request, by $2.6
million, for the Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund.
This change is necessary to provide an accurate description of
the Administration's policy for this program.
This amendment would decrease FY 2003 outlays by $0.5
million.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
advances to the unemployment trust fund and other funds
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 662
FY 2003 Pending Request: $466,000,000
Proposed Amendment: -$3,000,000
Revised Request: $463,000,000
This proposal would amend the pending appropriations
language to reflect correctly the policy proposed in the FY
2003 Budget. The proposal ties the request to the amount of new
borrowing by the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund.
This amendment would not affect the proposed budget totals.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Federal-Aid Highways (Limitation on Obligations)
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 744
FY 2003 Pending Request: $22,608,787,000 (Limitation)
Proposed Amendment: $596,000,000
Revised Request: $23,204,787,000
This amendment would increase the Federal-Aid Highway
limitation on obligations by $596.0 million. a mathematical
error in the amount of tax revenue credited to the highway
account of the Highway Trust Fund resulted in an incorrect
level of funding for the Federal-Aid Highway account in the FY
2003 Budget.
This proposal would increase FY 2003 outlays by $161
million.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Departmental Offices
Air Transportation Stabilization Program Account
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 806
FY 2003 Pending Request:
Proposed Amendment: $6,041,000
Revised Request: $6,041,000
(Insert the following appropriations language immediately
under the above heading:)
For necessary expenses to administer the Air Transportation
Stabilization Board established by section 102 of the Air
Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act (Public Law
107-42), $6,041,000, to remain available until expended.
This proposal is necessary to reflect correctly the policy
proposed in the FY 2003 Budget. Proposed appropriations
language for this account was inadvertently omitted in the FY
2003 Budget Appendix.
This amendment would not affect the proposed budget totals.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Departmental Offices
Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Program Account
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 807
FY 2003 Pending Request: $68,255,000
Proposed Amendment: Language
Revised Request: $68,255,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
delete ``$5,000,000 shall be for technical assistance and
training programs designed to benefit Native American, Native
Hawaiian, and Alaskan Native Communities, and''; delete
``$9,850,000'' and substitute $11,005,000; and delete
``$1,000,000'' and substitute $250,000.
The amendment is necessary to reflect the policy proposed
in the FY 2003 Budget. Proposed administrative expenses should
be $11.0 million instead of $9.9 million and costs to
administer direct loans should be $250,000 rather than $1.0
million. In addition, a FY 2002 earmark of $5.0 million for
Native American communities should have been marked for
deletion.
This amendment would not affect the proposed budget totals.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Bureau of Alcohol, tobacco and Firearms
Salaries and Expenses
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 820
FY 2003 Pending Request: $913,114,000
Proposed Amendment: Language
Revised Request: $913,114,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
before ``which $13,000,000'' delete ``, and [of'' and
substitute ; of; add an open bracket before'': Provided, That
no funds made available by this or any other Act''; and insert
; and before ``of which $3,200,000 for new headquarters shall
remain available''.)
The amendment is necessary to reflect correctly the policy
proposed in the FY 2003 Budget. The appropriation for the Gang
Resistance Education and Training program was inadvertently
marked for deletion in the FY 2003 Budget Appendix.
The amendment would not affect the proposed budget totals.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
State and Tribal Assistance Grants
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 916
FY 2003 Pending Request: $3,463,776,000
Proposed Amendment: Language
Revised Request: $3,463,776,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
delete ``$1,250,000,000'' and substitute $1,212,000,000; and
delete ``$1,120,276,000'' and substitute $1,158,276,000.)
The amendment is necessary to reflect correctly the FY 2003
Budget policy concerning the allocation of funds within the
account for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund and
programmatic State grants.
The amendment would not affect the proposed budget totals.
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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
Emergency Management Planning and Assistance
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 936
FY 2003 Pending Request: $3,747,285,000
Proposed Amendment: Language
Revised Request: $3,747,285,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
insert the following before the period following 75% ``:
Provided further, That, the functions authorized under section
819 of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of
1996 and section 1014 of P.L. 107-56, as well as such
unexpended balances of appropriations, full-time equivalent
personnel, property, and records as have been assigned to the
Department of Justice, shall be transferred to the Federal
Emergency Management Agency: Provided further, That such
transfers are made pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1531.'')
This amendment is necessary to support the policy proposed
in the FY 2003 Budget. Specifically, this proposal clarifies
that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will assume
the first responder training, grant making, and exercise
functions of the Department of Justice's Office of Domestic
Preparedness (ODP). In addition, it clarifies that FEMA will
honor existing obligations of the ODP.
The amendment would not affect the proposed budget totals.
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LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Senate
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 17
FY 2003 Pending Request: $119,671,000
Proposed Amendment: $4,473,000
Revised Request: $124,144,000
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED
EXPENSES
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 17
FY 2003 Pending Request: $30,075,000
Proposed Amendment: $4,473,000
Revised Request: $34,548,000
This proposal would increase the pending request by
$4,473,000, for Salaries, Officers and Employees of the Senate,
as well as the subaccount Agency Contributions and Related
Expenses. FY 2003 outlays would increase by the same amount.
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LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Senate
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF
THE SENATE
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 17
FY 2003 Pending Request: $117,113,000
Proposed Amendment: Language
Revised Request: $117,133,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
delete ``$7,650,000'' and substitute $13,574,000.)
This proposal would increase no-year funding by $5,924,000,
and would not affect the proposed budget totals.
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LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Senate
OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 17
FY 2003 Pending Request: $4,581,000
Proposed Amendment: $281,000
Revised Request: $4,862,000
This proposal would increase, by $281,000, the pending
request for salaries and expenses for the Office of the
Legislative Counsel of the Senate. FY 2003 outlays would
increase by the same amount.
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LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Senate
Office of Senate Legal Counsel
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 17
FY 2003 Pending Request: $1,176,000
Proposed Amendment: $45,000
Revised Request: $1,221,000
This proposal would increase the pending request, by
$45,000, for salaries and expenses for the Office of Senate
Legal Counsel. FY 2003 outlays would increase by the same
amount.
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LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Senate
Contingent Expenses of the Senate, Inquires and Investigations
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 17
FY 2003 Pending Request: $107,383,000
Proposed Amendment: $4,015,000
Revised Request: $111,398,000
This proposal would increase the pending request by
$4,015,000. FY 2003 outlays would increase by the same amount.
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LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Senate
Contingent Expenses of the Senate, Miscellaneous Items
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 17
FY 2003 Pending Request: $18,409,000
Proposed Amendment: $105,000
Revised Request: $18,514,000
This proposal would increase the pending request, by
$105,000, for expenses for Miscellaneous Items of the Senate.
FY 2003 outlays would increase by the same amount.
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LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Senate
contingent expenses of the senate, senators' official personnel and
office expense account
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 18
FY 2003 Pending Request: $303,538,000
Proposed Amendment: $14,510,000
Revised Request: $318,048,000
This proposal would increase the pending request, by
$14,510,000, for salaries and expenses for Senator's Official
Personnel and Office Expense Account. FY 2003 outlays would
increase by the same amount.
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LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
House of Representatives
salaries and expenses
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 20
FY 2003 Pending Request: $986,505,000
Proposed Amendment: $84,000
Revised Request: $986,589,000
allowances and expenses
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 21
FY 2003 Pending Request: $213,235,000
Proposed Amendment: $84,000
Revised Request: $213,319,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading on
page 21, delete ``$213,235,000'' and substitute $213,319,000,
and delete ``$208,751,000'' and substitute $208,835,000.)
This proposal would increase the pending request, by
$84,000, for Salaries and Expenses of the House of
Representatives, as well as the subaccount Allowance and
Expenses, for the cost of the Department of Labor
administrative surcharge for workers' compensation.
This amendment would increase FY 2003 outlays by $84,000.
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LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Joint Items
joint economic committee
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 22
FY 2003 Pending Request: $3,657,645
Proposed Amendment: $155,000
Revised Request: $3,812,645
This proposal would increase the pending request, by
$155,000, for salaries and expenses for the Joint Economic
Committee. FY 2003 outlays would increase by the same amount.
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LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Joint Items
capitol police board, capitol police, salaries
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 23
FY 2003 Pending Request: $176,000,000
Proposed Amendment: $16,305,000
Revised Request: $192,305,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
delete ``$176,000,000'' through ``Secretary of the Senate'' and
substitute $192,305,000, to be disbursed by the Capitol Police
Board or their delegee; and in the proviso delete ``the
Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives and the
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate'' and substitute
Capitol Police Salaries and Capitol Police General Expenses.)
This proposal would increase funding, by a total of
$16,305,000, for Capitol Police salaries, of which $16,200,000
provides funding for additional United States Capitol Police
Force personnel, and $105,000 provides funding for the cost of
Department of Labor administrative surcharge for workers'
compensation.
This amendment would increase FY 2003 outlays by $16.3
million.
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LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Joint Items
capitol guide service and special services office
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 25
FY 2003 Pending Request: $3,034,500
Proposed Amendment: $168,000
Revised Request: $3,202,500
This proposal would increase the pending request, by
$168,000, for salaries and expenses for the Capitol Guide
Service and Special Services Office. FY 2003 outlays would
increase by the same amount.
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LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Other Legislative Branch Agencies
medicare payment advisory commission, salaries and expenses
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 47
FY 2003 Pending Request: $8,250,000
Proposed Amendment: $250,000
Revised Request: $8,500,000
This proposal would increase funding, by $250,000, for the
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. FY 2003 outlays would
increase by the same amount.