U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON : 

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89–012 2000

106th Congress, 2d Session – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 106–317

REQUEST TO USE PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED

EMERGENCY FUNDS

COMMUNICATION

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

TRANSMITTING

A REQUEST TO MAKE AVAILABLE PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED

EMERGENCY FUNDS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF AGRICULTURE

AND TRANSPORTATION, INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, AND THE APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 251(b)(2)(A) OF THE BALANCED BUDGET AND

EMERGENCY DEFICIT CONTROL ACT OF 1985, AS AMENDED

DECEMBER 4, 2000.—Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and

ordered to be printed

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THE WHITE HOUSE,

Washington, December 4, 2000.

The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

SIR: In accordance with provisions of P.L. 106–387, P.L. 106–377,

P.L. 106–429, P.L. 106–291, and P.L. 106–346, I hereby request

and make available each of the emergency appropriations listed in

the enclosed letter from the Director of the Office of Management

and Budget. I designate these funds as emergency requirements

pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

These resources will support a variety of emergency activities of

critical importance to our Nation.

Sincerely,

WILLIAM J. CLINTON.

Enclosure.

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[Estimate No. 26, 106th Cong., 2d Sess.]

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT,

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET,

Washington, DC, December 4, 2000.

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 Transportation, International Assistance Programs, and the Appalachian Regional Commission. All of

the emergency 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 $2,839.1 million for a variety of purposes, outlined below.

P.L. 106–387, the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and

Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,

2001, provided contingent emergency funding for agricultural disaster assistance. This request will support emergency assistance to

the Nation’s farmers, ranchers, and rural communities, by making

available $1,424.9 million for rural development, crop and animal

losses, livestock disease control, flood prevention, and income assistance.

P.L. 106–377, the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2001, provided $214.5 million in contingent emergency

funds for repair of the Department of Energy’s nuclear laboratories

damaged by wildfires and for continuing construction of the Appalachian Regional Commission’s Ritchie Dam project. These funds

will be used both to help rebuild damaged nuclear laboratories and

to fulfill the Appalachian Regional Commission’s contractual obligations for the Ritchie Dam project, which have recently increased

in cost due to litigation over environmental concerns. This request

would make available the entire $214.5 million for these purposes.

P.L. 106–429, the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2001, provided $467.7 million

in contingent emergency funding to support assistance for international disaster, development, and security needs. This funding

will provide essential resources for humanitarian programs in the

former Yugoslavia, disaster relief in southern Africa, debt reduction

for poorer countries, and international military assistance in the

Balkan region. This request would make available the entire

$467.7 million for these purposes.

P.L. 106–291, the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, provided $12.0 million in contingent

emergency funding to address invasive species infestation. These

funds will be used to fight plagues of invasive insect species and

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prevent severe tree and timber losses. This request would make

available the entire $12.0 million for this purpose.

P.L. 106–346, the Department of Transportation and Related

Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, provided $720.0 million in contingent emergency funding to reimburse States for emergency highway repairs. These resources will improve the Nation’s transportation infrastructure by providing essential funding for emergency

repairs on Federal-aid highways and roads damaged by natural

disasters or catastrophic failures. This request would make available the entire $720.0 million for this purpose.

I recommend that you designate the above requests totaling

$2,839.1 million, which are detailed in the enclosure to this letter,

as emergency requirements in accordance with section 251(b)(2)(A)

of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,

as amended. No further congressional action will be required.

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

make the requested funds available by signing the enclosed letter

to the Speaker of the House of Representatives. We will continue

to review the additional contingent emergency funds provided in

FY 2001 appropriations bills and plan to submit other recommendations as needs arise.

Sincerely,

JACOB J. LEW, Director.

Enclosure.

EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS: AMOUNTS PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED MADE

AVAILABLE BY THE PRESIDENT

Department of Agriculture

Executive Operations: Common Computing Environment ................. $19,500,000

Departmental Administration, Departmental Administration:

Transfer to the Small Business Administration .............................. 200,000

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Salaries and Expenses: Rabies control ........................................................................ 4,100,000

Risk Management Agency: Federal Crop Insurance Corporation

Fund .................................................................................................... 13,000,000

Farm Service Agency: Emergency Conservation Program ................. 80,000,000

Farm Service Agency, Commodity Credit Corporation Fund:

Dairy income assistance ................................................................. 675,000,000

Wetlands reserve program: such sums as may be necessary, estimated at .................................................................................... 101,000,000

Sheep losses .................................................................................... 2,400,000

Citrus crop losses ............................................................................ 58,000,000

Honey nonrecourse loans ............................................................... 20,000,000

Livestock indemnity payments ...................................................... 10,000,000

Payments to producers of wool and mohair ................................. 20,000,000

Cranberry crop losses ..................................................................... 20,000,000

Amortization of recapture payments ............................................ 3,000,000

Payments to South Carolina grain dealers .................................. 2,500,000

Payments to the State of Hawaii .................................................. 7,200,000

Tobacco quota holder assistance ................................................... 3,000,000

State of California crop losses ....................................................... 20,000,000

Loan deficiency payments .............................................................. 35,000,000

Loan deficiency payments eligibility ............................................. 1,000,000

Natural Resources Conservation Service: Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations ............................................................................. 110,000,000

Rural Development: Rural Community Advancement Program ........ 210,000,000

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Rural Business—Cooperative Service: Rural Cooperative Development Grants ....................................................................................... 10,000,000

P.L. 106–387, the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and

Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,

2001, included emergency funding contingent upon the President

submitting a budget request to the Congress and designating the

amount requested as an emergency requirement. The amounts listed above have been so designated by the President.

Department of Energy

National Nuclear Security Administration, Weapons Activities:

Cerro Grande fire activities ............................................................... $203,460,000

Appalachian Regional Commission

Appalachian Regional Commission: Ritchie Dam project .................. 11,000,000

P.L. 106–377, the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2001, included emergency funding contingent upon the

President submitting a budget request to the Congress and designating the amount requested as an emergency requirement. The

amounts listed above have been so designated by the President.

International Assistance Programs

International Security Assistance:

International Military Education and Training ........................... $2,875,000

Foreign Military Financing Credit Program ................................ 31,000,000

Multilateral Assistance: Debt Restructuring ....................................... 210,000,000

International Development Assistance, Agency for International

Development:

Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States ................. 75,825,000

International Disaster Assistance ................................................. 135,000,000

Operating Expenses of the Agency for International Development ............................................................................................. 13,000,000

P.L. 106–429, the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2001, included emergency

funding contingent upon the President submitting a budget request

to the Congress and designating the amount requested as an emergency requirement. The amounts listed above have been so designated by the President.

Department of Agriculture

Forest Service: State, Private, and International Forestry ................ $12,000,000

P.L. 106–291, the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, included emergency funding contingent upon the President submitting a budget request to the congress and designating the amount requested as an emergency requirement. The amounts listed above have been so designated by

the President.

Department of Transportation

Federal Highway Administration, Federal-aid Highways: Emergency relief program .......................................................................... $720,000,000

P.L. 106–346, the Department of Transportation and Related

Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, included emergency funding

contingent upon the President submitting a budget request to the

Congress and designating the amount requested as an emergency

requirement. The amounts listed above have been so designated by

the President.

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