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89–012 2001

107th Congress, 1st Session – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 107–117

REQUESTS TO USE PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED

CONTINGENT EMERGENCY FUNDS

COMMUNICATION

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

TRANSMITTING

REQUESTS TO MAKE AVAILABLE PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED

CONTINGENT EMERGENCY FUNDS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF

AGRICULTURE AND THE INTERIOR

SEPTEMBER 5, 2001.—Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and

ordered to be printed

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THE WHITE HOUSE,

Washington, August 30, 2001.

The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

SIR: In accordance with provisions of P.L. 106–291, the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,

2001, I hereby request and make available $100 million in emergency appropriations provided under Title I for the Department of

the Interior and $150 million in emergency appropriations provided

under Title II for the Department of Agriculture. These emergency

funds were provided for wildland and firefighting suppression and

rehabilitation activities and will be used to combat wildfires in the

western United States.

In addition, Estimate Number 26 for the 106th Congress, 2nd

Session, transmitted on December 4, 2000, is amended as follows:

Department of Agriculture

Farm Service Agency, Commodity Credit Corporation Fund:

Dairy income assistance: such sums as may be necessary, estimated at ....................................................................................... $675,000,000

Honey nonrecourse loans such sums as may be necessary, estimated at ....................................................................................... 60,000,000

Amortization of recapture payments: such as may be necessary, estimated at .................................................................... 3,000,000

Loan deficiency payments: such sums as may be necessary estimated at .................................................................................... 35,000,000

Rice loan deficiency payments eligibility: such sums as may be

necessary estimated at ............................................................... 5,500,000

Tobacco quota holder assistance; such sums as may be necessary estimated at ..................................................................... 10,000,000

The details of these actions are set forth in the attached letter

from the Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

I concur with his comments and observations.

Sincerely,

GEORGE W. BUSH.

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[Estimate No. 11, 107th Cong., 1st Sess.]

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT,

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET,

Washington, DC, August 30, 2001.

The PRESIDENT, The White House.

Submitted for your consideration are requests to make available

previously appropriated contingent emergency funds for the Departments of Agriculture and the Interior. The funding provided

was made contingent upon your submission of a budget request to

the Congress that includes designation of the amount requested as

an emergency requirement. Your approval of these requests would

make available a total of $250 million for firefighting activities to

combat wildfires in the Western States. These funds will be used

for fire suppression activities, including firefighter mobilization and

aerial and ground operations, as well as for rehabilitation of environmentally sensitive burned areas.

Title I of P.L. 106–291, the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations act, 2001, provided for $200 million

in contingent emergency funding for the Department of the Interior

to address wildland firefighting needs, of which $100 million was

designated as an emergency and released on January 19, 2001.

This request would make available the remaining $100 million for

emergency firefighting needs in the Western States.

In addition, Title II of P.L. 106–291 provided $426 million in contingent emergency funding to the Department of Agriculture to address wildland firefighting needs, of which $276 million was designated as an emergency and released on January 19, 2001. this

request would make available the remaining $150 million for emergency firefighting needs in the Western States.

The transmittal also contains technical corrections to the Department of Agriculture materials transmitted on December 4, 2000.

The details of the corrections are listed in the enclosure to this letter.

I have carefully reviewed these proposals and am satisfied that

they are necessary at this time. I join the Secretaries of Agriculture

and the Interior in recommending that you sign the enclosed letter

to the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Cordially,

SEAN O’KEEFE,

Deputy Director.

Enclosure.

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EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS: AMOUNTS PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED

MADE AVAILABLE BY THE PRESIDENT

Department of Agriculture

In millions

Forest Service: Wildland Fire Management (appropriated in Title

II of P.L. 106–291). ............................................................................ $150

Title II of P.L. 106–291, the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, provided $426 million in

contingent emergency funding to the Department of Agriculture to

address wildland firefighting needs, of which $276 million was designated as an emergency and released on January 19, 2001. This

request would make available the remaining $250 million for emergency firefighting needs in the Western States.

Department of the Interior

In millions

Bureau of Land Management: Wildland Fire Management (appropriated in Title I of P.L. 106–291) .................................................... $100

Title I of P.L. 106–291 provided $200 million in contingent emergency funding to the Department of the Interior to address

wildland firefighting needs, of which $100 million was designated

as an emergency and released on January 19, 2001. This request

would make available the remaining $100 million for emergency

firefighting needs in the Western States.

Department of Agriculture

Farm Service Agency, Commodity Credit Corporation Fund: (Corrections to materials transmitted on December 4, 2000.)

Dairy income assistance: such sums as may be necessary, estimated at ....................................................................................... $675,000,000

Honey nonrecourse loans: such sums as may be necessary, estimated at ....................................................................................... 60,000,000

Amortization of recapture payments: such sums as may be necessary, estimated at .................................................................... 3,000,000

Loan deficiency payments: such sums as may be necessary, estimated at .................................................................................... 35,000,000

Rice loan deficiency payments eligibility: such sums as may be

necessary, estimated at .............................................................. 5,500,000

Tobacco quota holder assistance: such sums as maybe necessary, estimated at .................................................................... 10,000,000

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