[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

                               __________

                             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.

                                  
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