    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2002, Book I)]
    [March 21, 2002]
    [Page 471]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives Transmitting
    Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Requests
    March 21, 2002

    Dear Mr. Speaker:
        I ask the Congress to consider expeditiously the enclosed requests,
    totaling $27.1 billion, for emergency FY 2002 supplemental
    appropriations. The requests provide for emergency expenses to support
    the war on terrorism, homeland security, and economic revitalization
    activities as the Nation continues to recover and rebuild following the
    September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
        I hereby designate specific requests contained in the accompanying
    material as emergency requirements pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of
    the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
    amended. By category, these emergency requests total:

         Defense: $14.0 billion
         International: $1.6 billion
         Homeland Security: $3.3 billion (excludes $1.9 billion in a
                contingent appropriation for the Department of
                Transportation)
         Assistance to New York: $5.5 billion

        The emergency funding requests include a total of $2.7 billion in
    budget authority that would be made available contingent upon my
    transmittal of later budget requests to the Congress designating the
    specific amounts requested as an emergency requirement. This contingent
    budget authority includes $1.9 billion allocated to the Department of
    Transportation for the Transportation Security Administration and $750.0
    million allocated to the Department of Labor for economic recovery and
    assistance to dislocated workers.
        This transmittal also contains $240.0 million in non-emergency
    requests that are fully offset by proposed reductions.
        All of the requests in this transmittal are for the purpose of
    fulfilling a known and urgent FY 2002 requirement and are unable to
    reasonably be met through the use of existing agency funds.
        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