[House Document 109-33]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                     

109th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 109-33

 
INTENTION TO REALLOCATE FUNDS PREVIOUSLY TRANSFERRED FROM THE EMERGENCY 
                             RESPONSE FUND

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  FROM

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              TRANSMITTING

     NOTIFICATION OF THE INTENTION TO REALLOCATE FUNDS PREVIOUSLY 
              TRANSFERRED FROM THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND




June 15, 2005.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered 
                             to be printed.
                                           The White House,
                                         Washington, June 10, 2005.
Hon. J. Dennis Hastert,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: I am notifying the Congress of my intent 
to reallocate funds previously transferred from the Emergency 
Response Fund (ERF).
    At this time, $1.074 million of ERF funds will be 
reallocated within the Department of the Treasury to strengthen 
the physical protection of the main Treasury building.
    The details of this action are set forth in the enclosed 
letter from the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget.
            Sincerely,
                                                    George W. Bush.
              [Estimate No. 5, 109th Congress, 1st Sess.]

                 Executive Office of the President,
                           Office of Management and Budget,
                                     Washington, DC., June 8, 2005.
The President,
The White House.
    Submitted for your consideration is a request to reallocate 
funds provided in P.L. 107-38, the Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations Act for Recovery from and Response to Terrorist 
Attacks on the United States, FY 2001, within the Department of 
the Treasury.
    In order to improve the protective barrier surrounding the 
Treasury building, the Administration proposes to reallocate 
$1.074 million in Emergency Response Fund resources previously 
provided to construct and staff a Foreign Terrorists Asset 
Tracking (FTAT) Center. The FTAT was originally intended to 
have a greater Treasury involvement but was scaled back after 
the creation of the Department of Homeland Security and 
Treasury's subsequent transfer of staff to the new department. 
Although Treasury will continue to support the FTAT and its 
core mission of locating the assets of designated and alleged 
terrorist financiers, it will be able to do so within regularly 
appropriated resources.
    The Administration now proposes that the funds be used to 
construct protective bollards along the 15th Street side of the 
Treasury headquarters. These bollards will replace the concrete 
jersey walls currently providing temporary security for the 
Treasury building. As provided in P.L. 107-38, these funds will 
be made available immediately.
    I have carefully reviewed this proposal and am satisfied 
that it is necessary at this time. Therefore, I join the 
Secretary of the Department of the Treasury in recommending 
this reallocation.
            Sincerely,
                                          Joshua B. Bolten,
                                                          Director.
    Enclosure.
 Reallocation of Amounts Previously Appropriated and Transferred From 
                      the Emergency Response Fund

Departmental Offices (DO):
    Salaries and Expenses...............................      $1,074,000

    This funding will provide for protective bollards to be 
constructed on the 15th Street side of the Treasury 
headquarters.
    This action is a reallocation of funds previously provided 
to DO in September 2001 to establish a Foreign Terrorist Asset 
Tracking (FTAT) Center. The FTAT was originally intended to 
have a greater Treasury involvement but was scaled back after 
the creation of the Department of Homeland Security and 
Treasury's subsequent transfer of staff to the new department. 
Although Treasury will continue to support the FTAT and its 
core mission of locating the assets of designated and alleged 
terrorist financiers, it will be able to do so within regularly 
appropriated resources.

                                  
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