[House Document 109-49]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
109th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 109-49
REQUEST FOR FY 2006 BUDGET AMENDMENTS
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COMMUNICATION
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
A REQUEST FOR A FY 2006 BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF
AGRICULTURE AND HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES; THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY; INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS; THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION; AND THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
July 20, 2005.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered
to be printed
The White House,
Washington, July 15, 2005.
Hon. J. Dennis Hastert,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
Dear Mr. Speaker: I ask the Congress to consider the
enclosed FY 2006 budget amendments for the Departments of
Agriculture and Health and Human Services; the Environmental
Protection Agency; International Assistance Programs; the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration; and the Small
Business Administration. In total, these amendments would not
increase the discretionary budget authority proposed in my FY
2006 Budget.
The details of these proposals are set forth in the
enclosed letter from the Director of the Office of Management
and Budget.
Sincerely,
George W. Bush.
[Estimate No. 9, 109th Congress, 1st Sess.]
Executive Office of the President,
Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC, July 15, 2005.
The President,
The White House.
Submitted for your consideration are requests for FY 2006
budget amendments for the Departments of Agriculture and Health
and Human Services; the Environmental Protection Agency;
International Assistance Programs; the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration; and the Small Business Administration.
The discretionary budget authority proposed in your FY 2006
Budget would not be increased by these amendments.
As described below and in more detail in the enclosures,
the requests include the following:
Department of Agriculture
A proposal that would provide $75 million in funds to
reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation under the Bill
Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act for the commodity costs of the
emergency food aid release for Africa announced in June and for
other prior releases. Resources for this proposal are provided
through the transfer of funds from the P.L. 480 program and the
cancellation of funds within the Department of Agriculture and
Agency for International Development.
Department of Health and Human Services
An increase of $150 million is proposed for the Public
Health and Social Services Emergency Fund for the procurement
of pandemic influenza countermeasures. This increase is fully
offset by a reduction and cancellation of funds in the
Department of Health and Human Services, and a reduction in the
Small Business Administration, as proposed in accompanying
amendments.
An increase of $19 million is proposed for the Refugee and
Entrant Assistance program to maintain access to cash and
medical assistance for an expected increase in the number of
refugees and other entrants accessing the program in FY 2006.
In addition, the funding will support shelter and services for
a projected 20-percent increase of children beyond estimates
assumed in the FY 2006 Budget. This increase is fully offset by
proposed reductions and a cancellation of funds in the
Department of Health and Human Services, and a reduction in the
Small Business Administration.
A reduction of $9 million is proposed for the Children and
Families Services Programs due to revised reestimates of the
amount needed for adoption incentive bonus payments to States
in FY 2006.
Language is proposed that would cancel $21 million in
unobligated balances and anticipated recoveries in the Health
Resources and Services Administration's Health Professions
Student Loan and Nursing Student Loan programs.
Environmental Protection Agency
Language is proposed to clearly establish the intent of
proposals in the FY 2006 Budget for the pesticide registration
and tolerance fees, and pre-manufacture notice and test rule
activities.
International Assistance Programs
As noted earlier, a reduction of $5 million in unobligated
balances to the U.S. Agency for International Development's
Development Assistance program is proposed as an offset to the
replenishment of the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
An increase of $168 million is proposed for Science,
Aeronautics and Exploration offset by a reduction of $168
million from Exploration Capabilities. This proposal would:
Redirect funds within the Exploration program to
accelerate development of the Crew Exploration Vehicle,
the new vehicle that will take astronauts to space and
be capable of ferrying them to the International Space
Station;
Reallocate funding across the agency's science
programs to better focus resources on near-term
requirements while deferring investments in some
longer-term activities; and
Reallocate funding to reflect changed management
responsibilities for the Lunar Exploration and the
Space Station Crew and Cargo Services programs.
Small Business Administration
A reduction of $139 million is proposed for the Disaster
Loans Program. Due to significant carryover credit subsidy and
administrative balances, no new budget authority is required to
respond to projected disaster events during FY 2006. This
reduction would partially offset the additional funding
proposed for the Department of Health and Human Service, as
noted earlier.
Recommendation
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 these amendments to the Congress.
Sincerely,
Joshua B. Bolten,
Director.
Enclosures.
FY 2006 Budget Amendment
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANTS
FY 2006 Budget Appendix Page: 145.
FY 2006 Pending Request: --
Proposed Amendment: Language.
Revised Request: --
(Under the above heading, add the following:)
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading at
the beginning of fiscal year 2006, $15,000,000 is hereby
canceled.
This proposal would cancel a portion of the unobligated
balance in the Rural Economic Development Grants Program
Account. Unobligated balances currently projected to be carried
forward into FY 2006 are sufficient to cover current and future
grant program obligations. The reduction would partially offset
a proposed increase to reimburse the Bill Emerson Humanitarian
Trust through the P.L. 480 Title I Account, as described in an
accompanying amendment.
FY 2006 outlays would not be affected by this amendment.
FY 2006 Budget Amendment
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I OCEAN FREIGHT DIFFERENTIAL GRANTS
FY 2006 Budget Appendix Page: 169.
FY 2006 Pending Request: $11,940,000.
Proposed Amendment: Language.
Revised Request: $11,940,000.
(In the appropriations language under this heading, add the
following new sentence at the end:)
Of the Unobligated balances under this heading, $45,000,000
shall be transferred to the Commodity Credit Corporation, to
reimburse the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust for prior
releases: Provided, That the limitation in 7 U.S.C. 1736f-
1(b)(2)(B)(i) shall not apply to these funds.
This proposal would transfer unobligated balances currently
projected to be carried forward into FY 2006 to reimburse the
Commodity Credit Corporation as required under the Bill Emerson
Humanitarian Trust Act. Unobligated balances are sufficient to
cover this transfer and anticipated cargo preference
reimbursement grants in FY 2006.
The request would decrease FY 2006 outlays by $18 million.
FY 2006 Budget Amendment
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I DIRECT CREDIT AND FOOD FOR PROGRESS PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
FY 2006 Budget Appendix Page: 171.
FY 2006 Pending Request: $68,425,000 (total).
Proposed Amendment: $20,000,000.
Revised Request: $88,425,000.
(In the appropriations language under this heading, amend
as follows:)
(1) Delete ``$65,040,000'' and substitute $85,040,000
(2) In the first paragraph, delete: ``: Provided, That''
and insert the following after ``until expended'': ,of which
$30,000,000 shall be transferred to the Commodity Credit
Corporation, to reimburse the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust
for prior releases: Provided, That the limitation in 7 U.S.C.
1736f-1(b)(2)(B)(i) shall not apply to these funds: Provided
further, That
This proposal would provide additional funds under the
Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, to
be made available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation
as required under the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act.
The request would decrease FY 2006 outlays by $7 million.
FY 2006 Budget Amendment
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Departmental Management
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY FUND
FY 2006 Budget Appendix Pages: 467-469.
FY 2006 Pending Request: $2,427,833,000.
Proposed Amendment: $150,000,000.
Revised Request: $2,577,833,000.
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
delete ``$2,427,833,000'' and substitute $2,577,833,000; delete
``$600,000,000'' and substitute $750,000,000.)
This proposal would increase the Strategic National
Stockpile (SNS) funding in the Public Health and Social
Services Fund by $150 million for a total funding level of $750
million. Of this total, $254 million would finance the
procurement of pandemic influenza countermeasures, composed
predominantly of H5N1 vaccine and antiviral pharmaceutical
stockpiles.
This funding would be fully offset by proposed reductions
and a cancellation of funds, as described in accompanying
amendments.
The request would increase FY 2006 outlays by $92 million.
FY 2006 Budget Amendment
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE
FY 2006 Budget Appendix Pages: 460.
FY 2006 Pending Request: $552,040,000.
Proposed Amendment: $19,100,000.
Revised Request: $571,140,000.
This proposal would increase the funding for the Refugee
Transitional and Medical Services (TAMS) program by $4.1
million and the Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) program by
$15.0 million.
The increase for the TAMS program will maintain access to
eight months of cash and medical assistance for an increasing
number of refugees and other entrants accessing the program in
FY 2006. The increase for the UAC program will support shelter
and services for a projected 20-percent increase of children
beyond estimates assumed in the FY 2006 Budget.
This funding would be fully offset by proposed reductions
and a cancellation of funds, as described in accompanying
amendments.
The request would increase FY 2006 outlays by $6 million.
FY 2006 Budget Amendment
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS
FY 2006 Budget Appendix Pages: 462-464.
FY 2006 Pending Request: $8,386,293,000.
Proposed Amendment: -$9,000,000.
Revised Request: $8,377,293,000.
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
delete ``$8,386,293,000'' and substitute $8,377,293,000; and
delete ``$31,846,000'' and substitute $22,846,000.)
The Administration for Children and Families has
reestimated the amount that will be needed for adoption
incentive bonus payments to States in FY 2006. A total of $22.8
million will be sufficient for grants to States for adoption
incentive payments, as authorized by section 473A of the Social
Security Act. This is $9 million less than that requested in
the President's FY2006 Budget.
This reduction would partially offset increased funding
needed for the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund
and the Refugee and Entrant Assistance program, as described in
accompanying amendments.
The request would decrease FY 2006 outlays by $9 million.
FY 2006 Budget Amendment
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
GENERAL PROVISIONS
FY 2006 Budget Appendix Pages: 475.
FY 2006 Pending Request: --
Proposed Amendment: Language.
Revised Request: --
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
insert the following new sections immediately after section
217:)
Sec. 218. The unobligated balance, including any recoveries
that become available for obligation in fiscal year 2006, of
the Health Professions Student Loan program authorized by
Subpart II, Federally-Supported Student Loans Funds, of title
VII of the Public Health Services Act is cancelled: Provided,
That no part of such balance may be obligated during fiscal
year 2006.
Sec. 219. The unobligated balance, including any recoveries
that become available for obligation in fiscal year 2006, of
the Nursing Student Loan program authorized by section 835 of
the Public Health Services Act is cancelled: Provided, That no
part of such balance may be obligated during fiscal year 2006.
This proposal would cancel an estimated $21 million in
unobligated balances and anticipated recoveries in the Health
Resources and Services Administration's Health Professions
Student Loan and Nursing Student Loan programs.
This cancellation would partially offset increased funding
needed for the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund
and the Refugee and Entrant Assistance program, as described in
accompanying amendments.
The request would decrease FY 2006 outlays by $21 million.
FY 2006 Budget Amendment
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT (LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL, NOT
SUBJECT TO PAYGO)
FY 2006 Budget Appendix page: 966.
FY 2006 Pending Request: $50,000,000.
Proposed Amendment: Language.
Revised Request: $50,000,000.
(In the appropriations language under this heading, delete
``Such'' and replace with In addition to amounts made available
in the paragraph above, as follows: such;
Delete ``registration. In addition, such'' and replace with
registration: such;
Insert and Test Rule after ``Pre-Manufacture Notice'' and
before ``account'';
Delete ``activities. In addition, such'' and replace with
and test rule activities: and such)
This proposal amends appropriations language to reflect
correctly the intent of the EPA fee proposals contained in the
FY 2006 Budget. Fees collected under the FY 2006 Budget
proposals are intended to be in addition to general fund
appropriations made available for the pesticide registration
and tolerance, and pre-manufacture notice and test rule
activities. The amendment also clarifies that fees can be used
for all authorized purposes. Authorizing language for these
proposals will be forthcoming.
The proposed budget totals would not be affected by this
technical language amendment.
FY 2006 Budget Amendment
INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
U.S. Agency for International Development
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
FY 2006 Budget Appendix Page: 1024.
FY 2006 Pending Request: $1,103,233,000.
Proposed Amendment: Language.
Revised Request: $1,103,233,000.
(Under the above heading, add the following new sentence at
the end:)
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading at
the beginning of fiscal year 2006, $5,000,000 is hereby
canceled.
This proposal would cancel a portion of the unobligated
balance in the Development Assistance account of the U.S.
Agency for International Development. The reduction would
partially offset a proposed increase to reimburse the Bill
Emerson Humanitarian Trust through the P.L. 480 Title I
Account, as described in an accompanying amendment.
The request would decrease FY 2006 outlays by $500,000.
FY 2006 Budget Amendment
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
SCIENCE, AERONAUTICS AND EXPLORATION
FY 2006 Budget Appendix Pages: 1073-1075.
FY 2006 Pending Request: $9,661,000,000.
Proposed Amendment: $168,400,000.
Revised Request: $9,829,400,000.
This proposal would redirect $168 million to the Science,
Aeronautics and Exploration account from the Exploration
Capabilities account. This would result from a reallocation of
$168 million for ISS Crew/Cargo Services from the Space
Operations Mission Directorate in the Exploration Capabilities
account to the Constellation Systems Theme of the Exploration
Systems Mission Directorate. In addition, $135 million would be
realigned within the Science, Aeronautics and Exploration
account. This would result from a reallocation of $135 million
for the Lunar Robotic Exploration Program from the Science
Mission Directorate to the Exploration Systems Mission
Directorate. Both changes would be made in order to better
align budget and management responsibility.
The proposal would also make programmatic changes within
the Science Mission Directorate in the Science, Aeronautics and
Exploration account. These changes would reallocate funds
totaling $98 million across major program areas (known as
``Themes'') within the Science Mission Directorate to focus
resources on near-term requirements while deferring investments
in longer-term activities.
The Solar System Exploration Theme would be reduced
by $98 million by deferring investments in long-term
Mars missions and preparation for human missions to
Mars while also increasing investment in near-term Mars
exploration needs. These reductions would be made
available by cancellation of the Mars
Telecommunications Orbiter and the Optical
Communications demonstration, and deferral of the
planned Mars Sample Return Mission, while increases
would be made to fund extended operations of the Mars
Exploration Rovers, and to maintain a 2009 launch date
for the Mars Science Laboratory.
The Universe Theme would be increased by $10 million,
with $30 million provided to preserve the option of
servicing the Hubble with a Space Shuttle mission until
a decision can be made following successful return to
flight missions. Most funds for Hubble would come by
reducing the Terrestrial Planet Finder investment.
The Earth-Sun System Theme would be increased by
$88.3 million to fully fund a standalone Glory mission,
provide additional funding for extending the missions
of currently operating satellites, and maintain the
launch schedule for the Solar Dynamics Observatory.
The proposal would also make programmatic changes within
the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate in the Science,
Aeronautics and Exploration account, to accelerate development
of the Crew Exploration Vehicle and Crew Launch Vehicle. This
would be achieved by increasing funding for these activities by
$292 million in the Constellation Systems Theme. The source of
funds for this increase would be within the Exploration Systems
Mission Directorate and would be provided by reducing funding
for longer-term technologies to focus on near-term priorities.
Specific reductions include $122 million less in the
Exploration Systems Research and Technology Theme, $140 million
less in the Prometheus Nuclear Systems and Technology Theme,
and $30 million less in the Human Systems Research and
Technology Theme.
Taken together with the accompanying NASA amendment, the
proposed budget totals would not be affected.
FY 2006 Budget Amendment
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
EXPLORATION CAPABILITIES
FY 2006 Budget Appendix Pages: 1075-1078.
FY 2006 Pending Request: $6,763,000,000.
Proposed Amendment: -$168,400,000.
Revised Request: $6,594,600,000.
This proposal would redirect $168 million from the
Exploration Capabilities account to the Science, Aeronautics
and Exploration account. This would result from a reallocation
of $168 million in funding for ISS Crew/Cargo Services from the
International Space Station Theme of the Space Operations
Mission Directorate in the Exploration Capabilities account, to
the Constellation Systems Theme of the Exploration Systems
Mission Directorate in the Science, Aeronautics and Exploration
account.
This redirection would better integrate decisions related
to future transportation capabilities for crew and cargo to ISS
and for exploration missions by consolidating development
activities within the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate,
to develop the Crew Exploration Vehicle in order to ferry the
next generation of astronauts to the Space Station, Moon, and
Mars. The International Space Station requires cargo
transportation to supplement the Space Shuttle and to conduct
operations after retirement of the Space Shuttle, and future
human exploration will require cargo transportation separate
from the Crew Exploration Vehicle. Realignment will improve
NASA's ability to address these common requirements.
Taken together with the accompanying NASA amendment, the
proposed budget totals would not be affected.
FY 2006 Budget Amendment
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
FY 2006 Budget Appendix Pages: 1103-1104.
FY 2006 Pending Request: $83,335,000 in credit subsidy;
$56,000,000 in administrative funds.
Proposed Amendment: -$83,335,000 in credit subsidy;
-$56,000,000 in administrative funds.
Revised Request: $0 in credit subsidy; $0 in administrative
funds.
(Under the above heading, delete all appropriations
language and substitute From unobligated balances under this
heading, in fiscal year 2006: (1) not to exceed $9,000,000 may
be transferred to ``Salaries and Expenses,'' Small Business
Administration, for indirect administrative expenses; and (2)
not to exceed $900,000 may be transferred to ``Office of the
Inspector General,'' Small Business Administration, for audits
and reviews of disaster loans and the disaster loan program.)
This proposal would reduce the FY 2006 request for the
Small Business Administration's (SBA) Disaster Loans Program.
Due to significant carryover credit subsidy and administrative
balances, no new budget authority is required to respond to
projected disaster events during FY 2006. The proposal would
also allow SBA to use unobligated balances in this account for
indirect administrative expenses and for SBA's Office of
Inspector General.
This reduction would partially offset the additional
funding proposed for the Department of Health and Human Service
in accompanying amendments.
The request would have no effect on FY 2006 outlays.