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79–012 2009

111th Congress, 1st Session – – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 111–44 

A REQUEST FOR FY 2009 SUPPLEMENTAL 

APPROPRIATIONS 

MESSAGE 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

A REQUEST FOR $1.5 BILLION TO ENHANCE THE NATION’S CAPABILITY TO RESPOND TO THE POTENTIAL SPREAD OF THE 2009 

H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK 

JUNE 8, 2009.—Message and accompanying papers referred to the 

Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed 


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THE WHITE HOUSE, 

Washington, April 30, 2009. 

Hon. NANCY PELOSI, 

Speaker of the House of Representatives, 

Washington, DC. 

DEAR MADAM SPEAKER: This week, as reports of the 2009 H1N1 

flu outbreak around the world were made public, my Administration has been carefully monitoring the situation, coordinating State 

and local responses, assessing the risks here in the United States, 

and cooperating with international organizations and health officials around the globe. 

Out of an abundance of caution, I asked the Congress earlier this 

week to consider a proposal to provide $1.5 billion to enhance our 

Nation’s capability to respond to the potential spread of this outbreak. As the attached detailed request reflects, these funds should 

be provided with maximum flexibility to allow us to address this 

emerging situation. Among the uses of these funds could be: 

supplementing anti-viral stockpiles; developing a vaccine; supporting monitoring, diagnostic, and public health response capabilities; assisting international efforts to stem this outbreak and to address related international needs. 

Already, Federal, State, and local public health officials are 

working day and night to respond quickly and effectively wherever 

cases of this flu may be found and to prepare the entire country 

for any potential progression of this outbreak. 

I urge the Congress to act expeditiously in considering this important request, the details of which are set forth in the enclosed 

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

Sincerely, 

BARACK OBAMA. 

Enclosure. 


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[Estimate No. 2, 111th Cong., 1st Sess.] 

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, 

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, 

Washington, DC, April 30, 2009. 

The PRESIDENT, The White House. 

DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: Submitted for your consideration is a request for $1.5 billion to enhance our Nation’s capability to respond 

to the potential spread of the 2009–H1N1 influenza outbreak. 

This proposal would provide maximum flexibility to allow your 

Administration to target its responses and resources as this emerging and unpredictable situation evolves. It is necessary to have this 

flexibility to respond in a manner that is most appropriate to the 

path of this outbreak. Immediate activities may include 

supplementing anti-viral stockpiles; developing a vaccine; supporting monitoring, diagnostic, and public health response capabilities; assisting international efforts to stem this outbreak and to address related international needs. The request also includes the 

flexibility to adjust the preparations for a recurrence in the fall or 

winter or for future pandemics. 

This requested FY 2009 supplemental appropriation would be 

provided to a proposed new account, Unanticipated Needs for Influenza, in the Executive Office of the President. These funds would 

be available for transfer by the Office of Management and Budget 

to Departments and Agencies, including the Departments of Agriculture, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, and 

State, and the U.S. Agency for International Development, and others, for the purposes stated and only upon congressional notification. 

I have carefully reviewed this request and am satisfied that it is 

necessary at this time. 

Sincerely, 

PETER R. ORSZAG, 

Director. 

Enclosures. 


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