[House Document 108-18]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
108th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 108-18
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
AGRICULTURE, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, THE INTERIOR, LABOR, AND THE
TREASURY; THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS; AS WELL AS THE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION AND THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
January 8, 2003.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and
ordered to be printed
The White House,
Washington, January 7, 2003.
Hon. J. Dennis Hastert,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
Dear Mr. Speaker: I ask the Congress to consider the
enclosed requests for Fiscal Year 2003 budget amendments for
the Departments of Agriculture, Health and Human Services, the
Interior, Labor, and the Treasury; the Corps of Engineers; as
well as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the
Federal Trade Commission.
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.
[Estimate No. 1, 108th Cong., 1st Sess.]
Executive Office of the President,
Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC, January 3, 2003.
The President,
The White House.
Submitted for your consideration are requests for FY 2003
budget amendments for the Departments of Agriculture, Health
and human Services, the Interior, Labor, and the Treasury; the
Corps of Engineers; as well as the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission and the Federal Trade Commission.
As described below and in more detail in the enclosures,
the requests include the following:
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
$332.8 million is proposed for a new Farm Bill
Technical Assistance account. This proposal is necessary to
ensure that adequate resources are available for USDA to
effectively deliver the fully authorized level of grant funding
for conservation programs provided in Public Law 107-171, the
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002.
The $332.8 million requested would be fully offset by
reductions within USDA, as proposed in accompanying amendments.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
$361.3 million is proposed for the Health
Facilities Construction and Management Fund. This proposal
would allow the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases to accelerate the construction of specialized
biosafety laboratories at universities and research
institutions across the country needed for priority
bioterrorism and infectious disease research. Further, this
proposal reflects the revised facilities request for the
National Institutes of Health (NIH) that would allow NIH to
fully fund construction of the second phase of the John Edward
Porter National Neuroscience Research Center in FY 2003.
The $361.3 million requested would be fully offset within
HHS by reductions to various accounts, as proposed in
accompanying amendments.
Department of the Interior (DOI)/Corps of Engineers
$34.0 million is proposed for expenses in DOI
related to the settlement of a lawsuit with the Sumner Peck
plaintiffs in Sumner Peck Ranch, Inc. v. Bureau of Reclamation.
The proposal would provide the first of three $34.0 million
annual payments to the plaintiffs.
This proposal would be fully offset by reducing several
Bureau of Reclamation activities within DOI by $24.0 million.
The remaining $10.00 million would be provided from funds
previously requested in the Corps of Engineers for the Delaware
River Main Channel project, which has been delayed pending
regulatory approval from the affected States.
Department of Labor
$81.7 million is proposed for the Employment and
Training Administration (ETA) to finance the implementation of
the enhanced Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program, as
amended by the Trade Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-210). The proposal
is comprised of $60.5 million for National Emergency Grants
(NEGs) for State administration of health insurance tax credits
for eligible participants; $16.8 million for increased costs of
State administration of trade readjustment allowances; and $4.5
million for increased costs of federal administration of TAA
certifications and program oversight. An additional $858.3
million in mandatory funding also is included for TAA training
and income support benefits as a result of the expansion in
benefits to which trade-displaced workers are entitled under
the 2002 Trade Act.
The discretionary proposal would be fully offset by
reducing unneeded funds for two activities within ETA by $81.7
million. These funds had been requested for administrative
costs of proposals for a temporary extended unemployment
compensation program and NEGs to address the economic slowdown.
Congress did provide administrative funding for extended
unemployment benefits but did not act on the Administration's
NEG proposal.
Department of the Treasury
$70.0 million is proposed for the IRS to fund the
first year implementation of the advance payment feature of the
health insurance tax credit program. The tax credit program was
included in the Trade Act of 2002 to assist dislocated workers
with their health insurance premiums.
This increase would be fully offset within IRS by a
proposed $70.0 million reduction to the Business Systems
Modernization account.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
$11.6 million is proposed for the EEOC to support
its enforcement of federal anti-discrimination law, including
the efficient resolution of its workload of private-sector
workplace discrimination charges.
This increase would be fully offset by a proposed reduction
to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women,
Infants, and Children (WIC) contingency fund in the Department
of Agriculture.
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
$16 million is proposed for the FTC to create a
centralized, national registry for consumers who choose not to
receive telemarketing solicitations. This amount would be fully
offset within the FTC by fees. Consumers will be able to enroll
in the Do Not Call registry via the Internet or by calling a
toll-free number. Telemarketers would be required to remove the
registered numbers from their lists.
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 amendments to the Congress.
Sincerely,
Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr.,
Director.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation Service
FARM BILL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Pages: 124-126
FY 2003 Pending Request: --
Proposed Amendment: $332,832,000
Revised Request: $332,832,000
(Insert the above heading and the appropriations language
that follows after the material under the heading
``Conservation Operations'':)
For necessary expenses of the Natural Resources
Conservation Service in providing technical assistance and
administrative support for programs authorized under subtitle D
of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985, $332,832,000, to
remain available until expended.
This proposal would provide $332.8 million for technical
assistance needed to implement the conservation programs
authorized in Public Law 107-171, the Farm Security and Rural
Investment Act of 2002. This increase in budgetary resources is
fully offset by proposed reductions to: U.S. Department of
Agriculture's (USDA's) Conservation Operations account (-$118.9
million); a number of mandatory conservation programs (-$147.5
million); three rural development programs (-$45.0); the Forest
Land Enhancement Program (-$8.0 million); and the Special
Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children
(WIC) program (-$13.4 million). These proposed reductions are
provided in accompanying amendments.
This proposal is necessary to ensure that adequate
resources are available for USDA to effectively deliver the
fully authorized level of grant funding for conservation
programs provided in the 2002 farm bill.
In previous years, technical assistance has been funded
primarily through two sources: (1) a portion of the mandatory
conservation funding available for farm bill programs, and (2)
a portion of the discretionary funding provided to the
Conservation Operations account. The Department of Justice has
recently determined that USDA is limited in the amount of
mandatory Commodity Credit Corporation funding it is authorized
to use for government employees to provide technical
assistance. This limitation will make it very difficult for
USDA to fully implement the farm bill conservation programs
without diverting a significant portion of funding in the
Conservation Operations account that is not currently devoted
to farm bill implementation.
In order to mitigate the situation, this proposal
establishes a new discretionary Farm Bill Technical Assistance
account that would include sufficient resources to deliver the
farm bill conservation programs.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation Service
CONSERVATION OPERATIONS
FY 2003 Appendix Pages: 124-125
FY 2003 Pending Request: $897,190,000
Proposed Amendment: -$118,914,000
Revised Request: $778,276,000
This proposal would reduce funding available for technical
assistance in the Conservation Operations account. In an
accompanying proposal, the funding would now be requested as
part of the new Farm Bill Technical Assistance account.
Currently, the Natural Resources Conservation Service
spends approximately $150.0 million providing technical
assistance to support farm bill programs. This funding would
now be provided in the proposed new Farm Bill Technical
Assistance account and merged with the other funding the agency
uses to provide technical assistance for the farm bill
programs, totaling $332.8 million. Resources remaining in the
Conservation Operations account would be available for
established uses, including general conservation planning, soil
and snow surveys, and plant material centers.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN
(WIC)
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 178
FY 2003 Pending Request: $4,751,000,000
Proposed Amendment: -$25,000,000
Revised Request: $4,726,000,000
This proposal would reduce the contingency fund for the WIC
program by $25.0 million (from $150.0 to $125.0 million). This
reduction is possible due to lower than anticipated food costs
in WIC in FY 2003. A $125.0 million contingency fund in FY 2003
would be sufficient to ensure that WIC can serve all eligible
persons seeking services.
Funds from this reduction would be used to offset
accompanying proposals for the Department of Agriculture
($13,386,000 for a new Farm Bill Technical Assistance account),
and for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
($11,614,000 for Salaries and Expenses).
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
TITLE VII--GENERAL PROVISIONS
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Pages: 195-201
FY 2003 Pending Request: --
Proposed Amendment: -$147,532,000
Revised Request: -$147,532,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
insert the following new appropriations language after Section
722:)
Sec. 723: None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and
expenses of personnel to carry out the following programs:
(a) an environmental quality incentives program
authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3839aa et seq. in excess of
$595,000,000;
(b) a ground and surface water conservation program
authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3839aa-9 in excess of
$38,250,000;
(c) a water conservation program in the Klamath Basin
authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3839aa-9 in excess of
$8,118,000;
(d) a farmland protection program authorized by 16
U.S.C. 3838h-i in excess of $85,000,000;
(e) a grassland reserve program authorized by 16
U.S.C. 3838n-q in excess of $72,250,000;
(f) a wildlife habitat incentives program authorized
by 16 U.S.C. 3839bb et seq. in excess of $25,500,000;
and
(g) an agricultural management assistance program
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1524 in excess of $17,900,000.
This proposal would reduce funding available for a number
of mandatory conservation programs that receive funding from
the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC).
In prior years, funding from these programs was made
available for technical assistance in addition to financial
assistance. The Department of Justice has determined that the
amount of funding allowable for technical assistance when
provided by government employees is covered by a cap on the
amount of CCC funding that can be spent on government employee
salaries and benefits. The cap is set at the amount of funding
spent on government employee salaries and benefits in 1995, or
$56.0 million, which is not sufficient to provide adequate
technical assistance to the recipients of these programs.
In an accompanying proposal, $332.8 million will be
provided through a new discretionary appropriation for
technical assistance. The proposed reductions in these
mandatory programs, totaling $147.5 million, would provide a
portion of the offset needed to fund the increased
discretionary appropriation.
FY 2003 Pending Request: --
Proposed Amendment: -$5,000,000
Revised Request: -$5,000,000
(Insert the following new appropriations language after the
proposed Section 723:)
Sec. 724: None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and
expenses of personnel to carry out section 9006 of the Farm
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 in excess of
$18,000,000.
This proposal would reduce funding for a new renewable
energy loan and grant program authorized in P.L. 107-171, the
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002. The Department
of Agriculture (USDA) has other existing programs that can be
used to provide funding for similar purposes to those stated
for this new renewable energy loan and grant program. The $5.0
million in savings resulting from this amendment would be
available to partially offset an accompanying proposal that
would provide $332.8 million in technical assistance to
implement the farm bill conservation programs.
FY 2003 Pending Request: --
Proposed Amendment: -$10,000,000
Revised Request: -$10,000,000
(Insert the following new appropriations language after the
proposed Section 724:)
Sec. 725: None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and
expenses of personnel to carry out section 6405 of the Farm
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002. Funds under such
section for fiscal year 2003 are hereby cancelled.
This proposal would eliminate funding for a new program
that provides grants for training firefighters and emergency
medical personnel in rural areas authorized in P.L. 107-171,
the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002. The Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has an existing fire
prevention and training program that is funded at $360.0
million in 2002 to train and equip firefighters. For FY 2003,
the Administration is requesting $3.5 billion in grant
assistance for State and local first responders, including
firefighters. Additionally, both the Department of the
Interior's Bureau of Land Management and USDA's Forest Service
have rural fire assistance funding, which can be used to fund
training. The $10.0 million in savings resulting from this
amendment would be available to partially offset an
accompanying proposal that would provide $332.8 million in
technical assistance to implement the farm bill conservation
programs.
FY 2003 Pending Request: --
Proposed Amendment: -$30,000,000
Revised Request: -$30,000,000
(Insert the following new appropriations language after the
proposed Section 725:)
Sec. 726: None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and
expenses of personnel to carry out section 6401 of the Farm
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 in excess of
$10,000,000. Funds under such section for fiscal year 2003 in
excess of $10,000,000 are hereby cancelled.
This proposal would reduce funding for a program that
provides ``value-added'' grants to rural cooperatives to assist
in marketing products made from new uses of agricultural crops.
USDA has other programs, including the rural cooperative
development grants, that provide similar assistance, and the FY
2002 funding for the program was carried forward because it was
not used, which means that a total of $50.0 million will be
available to be spent on the purposes of the program in FY
2003. The $30.0 million in savings resulting from this
amendment would be available to partially offset an
accompanying proposal that would provide $332.8 million in
technical assistance to implement the farm bill conservation
programs.
FY 2003 Pending Request: --
Proposed Amendment: -$8,000,000
Revised Request: -$8,000,000
(Insert the following new appropriations language after the
proposed Section 726:)
Sec. 727: None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and
expenses of personnel to carry out section 8002 of the Farm
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 in excess of
$92,000,000. Funds under such section for fiscal year 2003 in
excess of $92,000,000 are hereby cancelled.
This proposal would reduce funding for a new program that
provides financial assistance to State foresters and private
owners to improve the management of non-industrial private
forest lands. USDA is currently in the process of drafting the
regulations to implement the program, and it is unlikely that
the rules will be prepared in time to spend the full amount
expected to be spent in FY 2003. The $8.0 million in savings
resulting from this amendment would be available to partially
offset an accompanying proposal that would provide $332.8
million in technical assistance to implement the farm bill
conservation programs.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Departmental Management
HEALTH FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION AND MANAGEMENT FUND
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 466
FY 2003 Pending Request: $1,056,980,000
Proposed Amendment: $361,300,000
Revised Request: $1,418,280,000
(In the appropriation language under the above heading,
delete ``$1,056,980,000'' and substitute $1,418,280,000; delete
``632,800,000'' and substitute $769,100,000; and delete
``$150,000,000'' and substitute $375,000,000.)
This proposal would revise the National Institutes of
Health's (NIH's) pending request in two areas. First, it would
allow the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases to accelerate the construction of specialized
biosafety laboratories at universities and research
institutions across the country that are needed for priority
bioterrorism and infectious disease research. Second, this
proposal would allow NIH to fully fund construction of the
second phase of the John Edward Porter National Neuroscience
Research Center in FY 2003.
Funding of these requests would be provided by increasing
the amount to be derived by transfer to this account, by $225.0
million, from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases and, in an accompanying proposal, increasing by $136.3
million the amount to be derived by transfer to this account
from NIH's Buildings and Facilities account.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
VARIOUS
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Pages: 442-444
FY 2003 Pending Total Request: $27,335,075
Proposed Total Amendment: --
Revised Total Request: $27,335,075
This proposal would reallocate $136.3 million from various
accounts within the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to the
Building and Facilities account in NIH, for transfer to the
Health Facilities Construction and Management Fund in the
Department of Health and Human Services, to be available until
expended. The $136.3 million would allow NIH to fully fund
construction of the second phase of the John Edward Porter
National Neuroscience Research Center in FY 2003. The FY 2003
Budget proposed to fully finance this project before it was
displaced by the cost increases associated with the Clinical
Research Center.
A related proposal is also included in this transmittal
that would increase transfers from NIH to the Health Facilities
Construction and Management Fund by an additional $225.0
million for a total of $375.0 million, to remain available
until expended, to accelerate construction of specialized
extramural biosafety laboratories.
The details of the account reallocations follow.
NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE
FY 2003 Pending Request: $5,122,111,000
Proposed Amendment: -$28,884,000
Revised Request: $5,093,227,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
delete ``$5,122,111,000'' and substitute $5,093,227,000 each
place it occurs.)
NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE
FY 2003 Pending Request: $2,746,280,000
Proposed Amendment: -$12,683,000
Revised Request: $2,733,597,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
delete ``$2,746,280,000'' and substitute $2,733,597,000.)
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH
FY 2003 Pending Request: $366,550,000
Proposed Amendment: -$2,369,000
Revised Request: $364,181,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
delete ``$366,550,000'' and substitute $364,181,000.)
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES
FY 2003 Pending Request: $1,578,913,000
Proposed Amendment: -$421,000
Revised Request: $1,578,492,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
delete ``$1,578,913,000'' and substitute $1,578,492,000.)
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE
FY 2003 Pending Request: $1,416,780,000
Proposed Amendment: -$7,100,000
Revised Request: $1,409,680,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
delete ``$1,416,780,000'' and substitute $1,409,680,000.)
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES
FY 2003 Pending Request: $3,959,054,000
Proposed Amendment: -$6,780,000
Revised Request: $3,952,274,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
delete ``$3,959,054,000'' and substitute $3,952,274,000.)
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES
FY 2003 Pending Request: $1,842,404,000
Proposed Amendment: -$5,741,000
Revised Request: $1,836,663,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
delete ``$1,842,404,000'' and substitute $1,836,663,000.)
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
FY 2003 Pending Request: $1,191,431,000
Proposed Amendment: -$17,724,000
Revised Request: $1,173,707,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
delete ``$1,191,431,000'' and substitute $1,173,707,000.)
NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE
FY 2003 Pending Request: $620,083,000
Proposed Amendment: -$4,324,000
Revised Request: $615,759,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
delete ``$620,083,000'' and substitute $615,759,000.)
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES
FY 2003 Pending Request: $681,433,000
Proposed Amendment: -$4,853,000
Revised Request: $676,580,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
delete ``$74,471,000'' and substitute $74,171,000; and delete
``$606,962,000'' and substitute $602,409,000.)
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING
FY 2003 Pending Request: $953,160,000
Proposed Amendment: -$10,544,000
Revised Request: $942,616,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
delete ``$953,160,000'' and substitute $942,616.00.)
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES
FY 2003 Pending Request: $478,085,000
Proposed Amendment: -$773,000
Revised Request: $477,312,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
delete ``$478,085,000'' and substitute $477,312,000.)
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS
FY 2003 Pending Request: $364,186,000
Proposed Amendment: -$4,876,000
Revised Request: $359,310,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
delete ``$364,186,000'' and substitute $359,310,000.)
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH
Proposed Amendment: -$670,000
Revised Request: $127,488,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
delete ``$128,158,000'' and substitute $127,488,000.)
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM
FY 2003 Pending Request: $409,960,000
Proposed Amendment: -$1,463,000
Revised Request: $408,497,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
delete ``$409,960,000'' and substitute $408,497,000.)
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE
FY 2003 Pending Request: $948,452,000
Proposed Amendment: -$4,031,000
Revised Request: $944,421,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
delete ``$948,452,000'' and substitute $944,421,000.)
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH
FY 2003 Pending Request: $1,332,165,000
Proposed Amendment: -$9,360,000
Revised Request: $1,322,805,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
delete ``$1,332,165,000'' and substitute $1,322,805,000.)
NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE
FY 2003 Pending Request: $457,032,000
Proposed Amendment: -$6,955,000
Revised Request: $450,077,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
delete ``$457,032,000'' and substitute $450,077,000.)
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERING
FY 2003 Pending Request: $118,842,000
Proposed Amendment: -$698,000
Revised Request: $118,144,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
delete ``$118,842,000'' and substitute $118,144,000.)
NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH RESOURCES
FY 2003 Pending Request: $1,072,581,000
Proposed Amendment: -$55,000
Revsied Request: $1,072,526,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
delete ``$1,072,581,000'' and substitute $1,072,526,000.)
NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
FY 2003 Pending Request: $111,494,000
Proposed Amendment: -$702,000
Revised Request: $110,792,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
delete ``$111,494,000'' and substitute $110,792,000.)
NATIONAL CENTER ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES
FY 2003 Pending Request: $178,559,000
Proposed Amendment: -$1,044,000
Revised Request: $177,515,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
delete ``$178,559,000'' and substitute $177,515,000.)
JOHN E. FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER
FY 2003 Pending Request: $62,933,000
Proposed Amendment: -$292,000
Revised Request: $62,641,000
s(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
delete ``$62,933,000'' and substitute $62,641,000.)
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
FY 2003 Pending Request: $308,987,000
Proposed Amendment: -$2,743,000
Revised Request: $306,244,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
delete ``$308,987,000'' and substitute $306,244,000.)
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
FY 2003 Pending Request: $252,642,000
Proposed Amendment: -$1,215,000
Revised Request: $251,427,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
delete ``$252,642,000'' and substitute $251,427,000.)
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
FY 2003 Pending Request: $632,800,000
Proposed Amendment: $136,300,000
Revised Request: $769,100,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
delete ``$632,800,000'' and substitute $769,100,000.)
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 542
FY 2003 Pending Request: $739,705,000
Proposed Amendment: $14,900,000 (net)
Revised Request: $754,605,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
delete ``$739,705,000'' and substitute $754,705,000; and insert
after ``under Public Law 106-163;'' the following new
provision:)
of which $32,300,000 is for the settlement agreement of Sumner
Peck Ranch, Inc. v. Bureau of Reclamation (Civ. No F-91-048 OWW
(E.D. Cal));
This proposal would fund $32.3 million of the $34.0 million
FY 2003 cost associated with a settlement of litigation between
the Department of the Interior and plaintiffs in Sumner Peck
Ranch, Inc. v. Bureau of Reclamation. The remaining $1.7
million is requested in an accompanying proposal for the
Central Valley Project Restoration Fund.
This would be the first of three equal payments of $34
million. The Administration is developing a proposal to address
any outstanding federal drainage obligations in the San Luis
Unit.
Proposed offsets would be derived from reductions within
the Water and Related Resources account ($17.4 million), as
detailed below. An additional $14.9 million in offsets would be
provided from the Bureau of Reclamation's San Gabriel
Restoration Fund ($4.9 million) and the Corps of Engineers,
Construction, General account ($10.0 million), as approved in
accompanying amendments.
Specifically, the proposed offsets from activities within
the Water and Related Resources account are:
$5.0 million, Central Valley Project (CVP)
replacement, additions, and extraordinary maintenance program.
Funding for long-term maintenance and replacements would be
reduced, but $11.0 million would still be available for all but
the least critical activities.
$0.4 million, CVP, including New Melones adaptive
management and temperature management studies, and the Arroyo-
Pasajero watershed management plan. These are new studies that
can be postponed.
$0.8 million, CVP miscellaneous project programs,
water conservation program. These are new studies that can be
postponed.
$6.2 million, Title XVI water reuse and recycling
projects in California. The projects driven by local sponsors,
and will still go forward with reduced federal funding.
Reductions include:
$0.3 million, Calleguas Municipal Water
District Recycling Project;
$0.5 million, Long Beach Area Water
Reclamation & Reuse Program;
$0.7 million, North San Diego County Water
Reclamation Program;
$0.7 million, Orange County Regional Water
Reclamation Program;
$2.3 million, San Diego Area Water
Reclamation Program;
$0.7 million, San Gabriel Basin Project; and
$1.0 million, San Jose Area Water
Reclamation and Reuse Program.
$5.0 million, CVP, Auburn-Folsom South Unit,
Placer County Water Authority Pumps.
Replacement of these pumps can be delayed and limited
operations can continue with temporary pumps.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT RESTORATION FUND
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 544
FY 2003 Pending Request: $48,904,000
Proposed Amendment: --
Revised Request: $48,904,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
insert after, ``to remain available until expended'' the
following new provision:)
, of which $1,700,000 is for the settlement agreement of Sumner
Peck Ranch, Inc. v. Bureau of Reclamation (Civ. No. F-91-048
OWW (E.D. Cal))
This proposal would fund $1.7 million of the $34.0 million
FY 2003 cost associated with a settlement of litigation between
the Department of the Interior and plaintiffs in the case of
Sumner Peck Ranch, Inc. v. Bureau of Reclamation. The remaining
$32.3 million is requested in an accompanying amendment for the
Water and Related Resources account.
The $1.7 million would be provided from the Land Retirement
Program, which is an appropriate source of funding for the
settlement costs (the settlement includes fallowing of
irrigated agricultural land).
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
SAN GABRIEL BASIN RESTORATION FUND
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 546
FY 2003 Pending Request: --
Proposed Amendment: -$4,900,000
Revised Request: -$4,900,000
(Under the above heading, insert the following new
appropriations language:)
From unobligated balances under this heading, $4,900,000 is
hereby cancelled.
This $4.9 million reduction would offset part of the $34.0
million FY 2003 cost associated with a settlement of litigation
between the Department of the Interior and plaintiffs in the
case of Sumner Peck Ranch, Inc. v. Bureau of Reclamation.
The San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund has $4.9 million in
carryover balances available as a result of local project
sponsors not contributing the 35 percent cost-share necessary
to obligate federal funds.
CORPS OF ENGINEERS--CIVIL WORKS
CONSTRUCTION, GENERAL
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Pages: 886-887
FY 2003 Pending Request: $1,440,000,000
Proposed Amendment: -$10,000,000
Revised Request: $1,430,000,000
This proposed $10.0 million reduction would offset part of
the $34.0 million, FY 2003 cost associated with a settlement of
litigation between the Department of the Interior, and
plaintiffs in the case of Sumner Peck Ranch, Inc. v. Bureau of
Reclamation. The remaining $24.0 million is provided in
accompanying amendments.
The $10.0 million is available from the Corp's Delaware
River Main Channel project, which has been delayed as a result
of the need to obtain regulatory approval from the affected
States.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 657
FY 2003 Pending Request: $48,980,616,000
Proposed Amendment: $60,465,000
Revised Request: $5,041,081,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
delete ``$2,517,616,000'' and substitute ``$2,578,081,000;''
and insert after ``section 169 of such Act;'' and of which
$60,465,000 is available for the period October 1, 2002 until
expended to carry out section 173(a)(4)(A) of the Workforce
Investment Act;)
This proposal would provide $60.5 million in the Training
and Employment Services account for National Emergency Grants
(NEGs), authorized in Public Law 107-210, the Trade Act of
2002. These ``Trade NEGs'' will be awarded to States to support
the administration of health insurance tax credits for eligible
participants in the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program.
The requested increase is offset in two accompanying
proposals that would reduce the pending request for the
Employment and Training Administration's State Unemployment
Insurance and Employment Service Operations (SUIESO) and
Program Administration (PA) accounts for unneeded
administrative expenses. Administrative funds for the Temporary
Extended Unemployment Compensation program were provided in the
authorizing legislation (P.L. 107-147). The administrative
resources for PA are not needed because Congress did not act on
the Administration's request to expand NEGs to address the
economic slowdown.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 659
FY 2003 Pending Request: $13,000,000
Proposed Amendment: $858,250,000
Revised Request: $871,250,000
This proposal would increase the FY 2003 mandatory request
for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) training and cash
allowances. The amendment is required as a result of the
expansion in benefits to which trade-displaced workers are
entitled in Public Law 107-210, the Trade Act of 2002, which
was enacted on August 6, 2002. At the time of the FY 2003
Budget request, the authorization for the TAA program had
expired, and the budget included only phase-out benefits.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICE OPERATIONS
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 660
FY 2003 Pending Request: $3,686,543,000 (general funds and
trust funds combined)
Proposed Amendment: -$59,400,000 (net change)
Revised Request: $3,627,143,000
(In the appropriations language above the above heading,
delete ``$3,530,091,000'' and substitute $3,470,691,000 and
delete ``; and of which not to exceed $76,200,000'' through
``program of extended unemployment benefits''.)
This proposed $59.4 million net reduction would offset a
portion of the FY 2003 costs associated with enactment of
Public Law 107-210, the Trade Act of 2002, which significantly
expanded the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program. In an
accompanying proposal, these resources would finance a new
discretionary appropriation in the Training and Employment
Services account for National Emergency Grants (NEGs) for State
administration of health insurance tax credits for eligible
participants in the TAA program.
This proposal also would provide a new discretionary
appropriation of $16.8 million in the State Unemployment
Insurance and Employment Service Operations (SUIESO) account
for State grants for the administrative costs of providing
mandatory cash benefits to trade-displaced workers under the
expanded TAA program.
The proposed offset would be derived from a reduction of
$76.2 million within the SUIESO account for the administrative
costs associated with the FY 2003 Budget's proposed temporary
Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation program. These
funds have been provided in Public Law 107-147, which
authorized the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation
program.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 663
FY 2003 Pending Request: $179,814,000 (general funds and trust
funds combined)
Proposed Amendment: -$1,065,000 (net)
Revised Request: $178,749,000
(In the appropriations language above the above heading,
delete ``$126,752,000'' and substitute $121,642,000; delete
``$53,062,000'' and substitute $57,107,000; and delete the
provision ``and of which $5,530,000'' through ``September 11,
2001''.)
This proposal is necessary to ensure that adequate
resources are available for the Employment and Training
Administration to effectively administer the Trade Act of 2002
(P.L. 107-210), which significantly expanded eligibility and
benefits in the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program. It
would provide $4,465,000 to finance the increased federal
administration costs in FY 2003 associated with TAA program
oversight and eligibility determination.
The $4,465,000 increase would be offset by a reduction to
the account of $5,530,00, which is no longer needed for
administrative costs of the National Emergency Grants (NEGs).
Congress did not act on the FY 2003 Budget's proposed expansion
of NEGs to address the economic slowdown. The remaining net
reduction to the account of $1,065,000 would partially offset
the increased FY 2003 costs in the Training and Employment
Services account for ``Trade NEGs,'' as authorized in the 2002
Trade Act.
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
HEALTH INSURANCE TAX CREDIT ADMINISTRATION
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Pages: 836-837
FY 2003 Pending Request: --
Proposed Amendment: $70,000,000
Revised Request: $70,000,000
(Under the bureau Internal Revenue Service, immediately
after the Earned Income Tax Credit Compliance Initiative
account, insert the above proposed heading and the following
new appropriation language:)
For necessary expenses to implement the health insurance
tax credit included in the Trade Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-210),
$70,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2004.
This proposal would establish a new account within IRS to
put into effect the advance payment feature of the health
insurance tax credit program, included in the Trade Act of 2002
(P.L. 107-210) to assist dislocated workers with their health
insurance premiums. The Act required that this feature be
implemented by August 2003 but provided no implementation
funding. As proposed in an accompanying amendment, the $70.0
million needed to fund the first year implementation of the
advance payment feature would be offset from the Business
Systems Modernization account within IRS.
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 838
FY 2003 Pending Request: $450,000,000
Proposed Amendment: -$70,000,000
Revised Request: $380,000,000
This proposal would reduce the Business Systems
Modernization account by $70.0 million to offset a new account,
Health Insurance Tax Credit Administration, proposed in an
accompanying amendment. This reduction is possible by deferring
certain tax administration applications to FY 2004.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 1109
FY 2003 Pending Request: $323,516,000
Proposed Amendment: $11,614,000
Revised Request: $335,130,000
This proposal would increase the pending request for the
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) by $11.6
million. This additional funding would support enforcement of
federal law prohibiting discrimination in the workplace on the
basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, and
disability, and allow EEOC to continue to resolve efficiently
its workload of private sector charges.
Of the $11.6 million proposed increase, approximately $9.7
million would finance compensation and benefits and related
costs and approximately $1.9 million would finance rent
payments, both of which are at levels higher than those
requested in the FY 2003 Budget.
This increase is fully offset in an accompanying amendment
that would reduce the pending request for the Special
Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children
(WIC).
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 1135
FY 2003 Pending Request: $176,509,000
Proposed Amendment: $13,000,000
Revised Request: $189,509,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
delete ``$176,509,000'' and substitute $189,509,000; delete the
phrase,``; and offsetting collections'' through ``Telephone
Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et
seq.)'' and substitute the following:)
: Provided further, That $16,000,000 in offsetting collections
derived from fees sufficient to implement and enforce the do-
not-call provisions of the Telemarketing Sales Rule,
promulgated under the Telephone Consumer Fraud and Abuse
Prevention Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), shall be credited to
this account, and be retained and used for necessary expenses
in this appropriation
This proposal would provide an additional $16.0 million to
create a Do Not Call registry. The registry would be a national
database of telephone numbers of consumers who choose not to
receive telephone solicitations. Consumers would enroll in the
registry by calling a toll-free number or via the Internet.
Once the program is implemented, telemarketers would be
required to ``scrub'' their telephone lists, removing the
numbers of all registered consumers. Calling a consumer whose
telephone number is on the registry would be a Rule violation.
As proposed in this amendment, fees collected from
businesses would offset the $16.0 million needed to implement
and enforce this program.