U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

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39–012 2005

109th Congress, 1st Session – – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 109–53 

REQUESTS FOR FY 2005 BUDGET AMENDMENTS 

COMMUNICATION 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

REQUESTS FOR EMERGENCY FY 2005 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND 

DEFENSE AND THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS 

SEPTEMBER 7, 2005.—Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and 

ordered to be printed 


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THE WHITE HOUSE, 

Washington, September 7, 2005 

Hon. J. DENNIS HASTERT, 

Speaker of the House of Representatives, 

Washington, DC. 

DEAR MR. SPEAKER: On September 2nd, I signed into law Public 

Law 109–61, the ‘‘Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act to 

Meet Immediate Needs Arising From the Consequences of Hurricane Katrina, 2005,’’ which provided $10.5 billion in emergency 

supplemental funds for hurricane-related disaster relief. 

Due to the catastrophic nature of Hurricane Katrina, I am asking the Congress to consider the enclosed request, for an additional 

$51.8 billion, for emergency FY 2005 supplemental resources for 

the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security and the Army 

Corps of Engineers. 

I hereby designate this proposal in the amount requested herein 

as an emergency requirement. This request responds to urgent 

needs associated with immediate response and recovery efforts associated with Hurricane Katrina in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and other affected areas. 

I urge the Congress to act expeditiously on this request to ensure 

that the Federal response to this disaster continues uninterrupted. 

I anticipate making a further request that will provide for additional response and recovery efforts after further assessing the impact of the hurricane. 

The details of this request are set forth in the enclosed letter 

from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. 

Sincerely, 

GEORGE W. BUSH. 

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[Estimate No. 12, 109th Cong., 1st Sess.] 

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, 

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, 

Washington, DC, September 7, 2005. 

The PRESIDENT, The White House. 

On September 2nd, you signed into law Public Law 109–61, the 

Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act to Meet Immediate 

Needs Arising From the Consequences of Hurricane Katrina, which 

provided $10.5 billion in emergency supplemental funds for hurricane-related disaster relief. 

Submitted for your consideration are additional FY 2005 emergency supplemental proposals, totaling $51.8 billion, for the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security, and the Army Corps 

of Engineers. These funds are being requested to provide for immediate emergency response and recovery needs associated with this 

disaster. 

The size, scope, and complexity of this disaster are unprecedented and the immediate Federal response and recovery efforts to 

date have been extensive. There is still great uncertainty regarding 

the extent of the damage and the full cost of emergency response 

and recovery efforts. This proposed emergency supplemental request is based on agencies’ commitments to date and the Administration’s best assessment of additional requirements to ensure 

agencies are fully funded to continue immediate response and recovery efforts. 

The request would provide additional funds for Federal, State 

and local responders to continue life-saving and life-sustaining missions by providing ongoing search and rescue, water, food, and 

medicine, while also taking appropriate actions to prevent exposure, crime and disease. More than 75,800 response, rescue, recovery and law enforcement personnel are working around the clock 

to bring critical aid and support to the Gulf Coast region. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is working with Federal and State partners and voluntary organizations to ensure victims of Hurricane Katrina are relocated to safe shelters with lifesustaining commodities. Housing Task Forces are taking extraordinary measures to address transitional housing needs for disaster 

victims. 

In coordination with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), FEMA is providing mass care to disaster victims at 

shelters and medical units, and distributing vital medications and 

supplies, tetanus vaccines, and maintenance medications for diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, and other conditions. 

The Department of Defense (DOD) has moved significant military resources into the Gulf States to aid in rescue and recovery. 

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uation efforts and deliver relief in a timely and effective manner. 

There are 15,000 active duty military personnel committed to this 

effort in addition to more than 42,000 National Guard troops, nearly 4,000 Coast Guard, and additional Federal law enforcement personnel in Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi. 

As described below and in more detail in the enclosures, the requests include the following: 

Department of Homeland Security 

• $50.0 billion for the Department of Homeland Security to enable FEMA to continue ongoing response and recovery efforts, including assistance to families and individuals so that they can be 

sheltered, fed, and provided with medical care. These funds will 

also support public assistance and debris removal in the affected 

areas, and response activities performed by other Federal agencies 

as assigned by FEMA pursuant to the Stafford Act. The request 

also includes the authority to transfer $100 million to FEMA’s National Disaster Medical System in support of immediate hospital 

care for hurricane victims. 

Department of Defense 

• $1.4 billion for DOD to enable the Department to continue to 

cover the costs associated with deployment of military personnel to 

assist communities, save lives, and provide relief supplies. DOD’s 

immediate crisis response costs include immediate facilities repairs 

of critical DOD property to restore functionality, evacuation of 

DOD personnel, debris clean-up, transportation costs, and emergency utility costs. Authority is also requested to transfer up to $6 

million to the Armed Forces Retirement Home system to pay for 

costs associated with evacuating residents of retirement homes in 

affected areas. 

Corps of Engineers 

• $400 million to restore navigation locks and channels in the 

Gulf States and to continue repairs to pump stations and levees in 

the affected areas. 

Language is also proposed that would allow Federal agencies to 

use the emergency procurement authorities specified in the Office 

of Federal Procurement Policy Act for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts and would increase the micro-purchase threshold to $250,000. 

I anticipate recommending to you an additional request to provide for further response to this disaster, once more detailed estimates can be developed on the extent of damage and recovery 

needs. 

All of the requests in this transmittal fulfill known and urgent 

requirements that cannot reasonably be met under the current FY 

2005 funding levels. I recommend that you designate the proposals 

contained in this transmittal as emergency requirements. 

I have carefully reviewed this proposal and am satisfied that it 

is necessary at this time. Therefore, I join the heads of the affected 

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Departments and agencies in recommending you transmit the proposal to the Congress. 

Sincerely, 

JOSHUA B. BOLTEN, Director. 

Enclosure. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

In addition to amounts provided under this heading in the 

‘‘Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act to Meet Immediate 

Needs Arising From the Consequences of Hurricane Katrina, 2005’’ 

and subject to the same terms and conditions, $1,400,000,000, of 

which not to exceed $6,000,000 may be transferred to ‘‘Armed Forces 

Retirement Home’’ for emergency hurricane expenses, notwithstanding any other provision of law. 

The $500 million already appropriated will support the Department of Defense’s (DOD) efforts that have not been reimbursed by 

FEMA for the first two weeks of relief operations. Additional funds 

requested will support the continuation of DOD’s immediate crisis 

response costs beyond the first two weeks. Funds would cover additional costs associated with deployment of military personnel to assist communities, save lives, and provide relief supplies as well as 

additional facilities repairs of critical DOD property to restore 

functionality, evacuation of DOD personnel, debris clean-up, transportation costs, and emergency utility costs. 

Authority is also requested to transfer up to $6 million to the 

Armed Forces Retirement Home system to pay for costs associated 

with evacuating residents of retirement homes in affected areas 

and providing them medical care, food, and lodging in temporary 

locations or at the Armed Forces Retirement Home—Washington 

facility. 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE

DISASTER RELIEF FUND

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 

For an additional amount for necessary expenses under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 

U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $50,000,000,000. to remain available until expended. of which up to $100,000,000 may be transferred to and 

merged with ‘‘Public Health Programs,’’ Emergency Preparedness 

and Response, for the National Disaster Medical System to support 

medical care as authorized by the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002, as amended (42 

U.S.C. 300hh–11): Provided, That Congress designates the amounts, 

provided herein as an emergency requirement for this specific purpose. 

This request would provide an additional $50.0 billion for the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management 

Agency (FEMA) for disaster relief associated with Hurricane 

Katrina. This funding will support continuing response efforts, including assistance to families and individuals so that they can be 

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sheltered, provided with emergency medical care, and receive other 

FEMA disaster assistance benefits. Additionally, the funding will 

support public assistance and debris removal in the affected areas, 

and response activities performed by other Federal agencies pursuant to mission assignments from FEMA under the Stafford Act. 

The request also includes the authority to transfer $100 million to 

FEMA’s National Disaster Medical System in support of shortterm, definitive medical care for hurricane victims transferred to 

hospitals, an activity that falls outside of the Stafford Act. This request ensures that Federal disaster response and relief efforts will 

continue uninterrupted. 

ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS 

CIVIL WORKS

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, GENERAL

For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, General’’ to dredge navigation channels and repair other Corps projects 

in the Gulf States affected by Hurricane Katrina, $200,000,000, to 

remain available until expended: Provided, That Congress designates this amount as an emergency requirement for this specific 

purpose. This request would provide an additional $200 million to the 

Army Corps of Engineers to restore navigation locks and channels 

and other projects in the Gulf States that the Corps is authorized 

to maintain. The Corps would use these funds to dredge channels 

back to their operating depths existing prior to Hurricane Katrina, 

and repair flood and other projects. 

ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS 

CIVIL WORKS

FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES

For an additional amount for ‘‘Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies,’’ as authorized by section 5 of the Flood Control Act of August 16, 1941, as amended (33 U.S.C. 701), for emergency response 

to and recovery from coastal storm damages and flooding in the 

Gulf states caused by Hurricane Katrina, $200,000,000, to remain 

available until expended: Provided, That Congress designates this 

amount as an emergency requirement for this specific purpose. 

This request would provide $200 million for the Flood Control 

and Coastal Emergencies account of the Army Corps of Engineers 

in order to continue repairs to pump stations and levees in southern Louisiana, Mississippi and other affected Gulf States. These 

emergency repairs are needed to facilitate the continued drainage 

of flooded areas, particularly in New Orleans. 

GENERAL PROVISION

Sec.ll. Emergency Procurement Authority to Support Hurricane Rescue and Relief Operations. For procurements of property 

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or services determined by the head of an executive agency to be 

used in support of Hurricane Katrina rescue and relief operations— 

(a) the emergency procurement authority in subsection 32A(c) of 

the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 428a(c)) 

may be used; and 

(b) the amount specified in subsections (c), (d) and (f) of section 

32 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 428(c)) 

shall be $250,000. 

This proposal would allow all Federal agencies to use the emergency procurement authorities specified in the Office of Federal 

Procurement Policy Act for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts and 

would increase the micro-purchase threshold to $250,000. 

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