U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

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99–012 2002

107th Congress, 2d Session – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 107–241

REQUEST FOR AN FY 2003 BUDGET AMENDMENT

COMMUNICATION

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

TRANSMITTING

HIS REQUEST FOR AN FY 2003 BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

JULY 8, 2002.—Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered 

to be printed 


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THE WHITE HOUSE

Washington, July 3, 2002. 

Hon. J. DENNIS HASTERT, 

Speaker of the House of Representatives, 

Washington, DC. 

DEAR MR. SPEAKER: I ask the Congress to consider the enclosed 

request for an FY 2003 budget amendment for the Department of 

Defense. This package reflects my decision to request, by program, 

$10 billion in the Defense Emergency Response Fund for expenses 

relating to the war against terrorism. The budget totals proposed 

in my FY 2003 budget would not be affected by this amendment. 

This request is vital to protecting U.S. national security options. 

An essential component in the success of the global war on terrorism is sustaining our investment in intelligence capabilities. 

This request will improve collection, analysis, coordination, and 

execution of intelligence priorities and plans, as we expand into 

new theaters of operations and build new relationships. 

This reserve will also enable the Nation to meet developing operational requirements of a fluid war environment. Under any scenario, needs associated with the operation and mobilization of 

guard and reserve units and operations and maintenance costs to 

support U.S. troops will be high. It is imperative that I have the 

flexibility to merge or transfer these funds as needed to meet shifting threats or emerging contingencies in the year ahead. I appreciate your support of these important provisions. 

The details of this request 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. 

Enclosure.

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[Estimate No. 15, 107th Cong. 2d Ses.] 

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, 

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, 

Washington, DC., July 2, 2002. 

The PRESIDENT, The White House. 

Submitted for your consideration is a request for an FY 2003 

budget amendment for the Department of Defense (DoD). The 

budget totals proposed in your FY 2003 Budget would not be affected by this amendment. The amendment reflects your decision 

to remove the contingent appropriation request and identify by defense program the allocation of $10.0 billion from the Defense 

Emergency Response Fund (DERF) to respond to, and/or protect 

against, acts of terrorism directed against the United States and its 

citizens. 

This amendment will help ensure the security of the United 

States in the war against terrorism. These programs will support 

the expansion of Operation Enduring Freedom, military training, 

financing the National Guard and Reserve, procurement of additional weapons, and support for classified programs. For this reason, we recommend the attached allocation of the $10.0 billion 

within the Defense Emergency Response Fund (DERF) to prosecute 

the war on terrorism in an effective manner. 

Specifically, the proposal would request: up to $2.550 billion for Military Personnel accounts; up to $5.570 billion for Operation and 

Maintenance accounts, as well as Military Construction or working 

capital funds; and, up to $1.880 billion for Procurement or Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation accounts. 

I have carefully reviewed this proposal and am satisfied that it 

is necessary at this time. Therefore, I join the Secretary of Defense 

in recommending that you transmit the proposal to the Congress. 

Sincerely, 

MITCHELL E. DANIELS, Jr., 

Director. 

Enclosure.

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

DEFENSE EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND

FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 276–277

FY 2003 Pending Request: $20,055,000,000

Proposed Amendment: Language 

Revised Request: $20,055,000,000

Delete the appropriations language under the above heading and 

substitute the following: 

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For expenses relating to activities to respond to or protect against acts or threatened acts of terrorism, $20,055,000,000, to remain 

available until expended: Provided, That funds appropriated under 

this heading may be used to reimburse other appropriations or 

funds of the Department of Defense, including activities of the National Foreign Intelligence Program, funded in defense appropriations Acts for fiscal year 2003, for costs incurred for such purposes: 

Provided further, That after consultation with the Director of the office of Management and Budget, the Secretary of Defense may transfer these funds to any appropriations or fund of the Department of 

Defense, to be merged with and available for the same purposes and 

for the same time period as the appropriations to which transferred: 

Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 

$10,000,000,000 may be transferred to, merged with, and available 

for the same purposes and for the same time period as the appropriation to which transferred, pursuant to the following allocations: 

Not to exceed $2,550,000,000 to accounts for military personnel; Not 

to exceed $5,570,000,000 to accounts for operation and maintenance 

(including Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster and Civic Aid and the 

Defense Health Program), military construction, or working capital 

funds; Not to exceed $1,880,000,000 to accounts for procurement or 

research, development, test, and evaluation: Provided further, That 

the allocations set forth in the previous proviso may be increased or 

decreased, within the $10,000,000,000 provided, by the Secretary of 

Defense after consultation with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and 15 days after providing notification to the 

Congressional defense committees: Provided further, That upon a 

determination that all or part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 

amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: Provided 

further, That the transfer authority provided in this paragraph is 

in addition to any other transfer authority contained elsewhere in 

this Act.

This proposal amends the budget requests for the FY 2003 Defense Emergency Response Fund (DERF) appropriation. The original request contained a provision specifying that $10.0 billion of 

DERF funds would be available only after an official budget request designating the amount of the request as essential to respond 

to, or protect against, acts or threatened acts of terrorism was 

transmitted by the President to the Congress. 

The President has determined that these funds are necessary to 

support DoD military operations in the Global War on Terrorism 

and vital to protecting U.S. national security options. This amendment deletes the contingent provision and substitutes a provision 

permitting the $10.0 billion to be transferred to various DoD appropriations as follows: up to $2.550 billion to military personnel accounts, up to $5.570 billion to operation and maintenance accounts 

(including the Defense Health Program; and Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster and Civic Aid), military construction or working 

capital funds; and, up to $1.880 billion to appropriations for procurement or research development, test and evaluation accounts. 

The foregoing allocations, within the $10.0 billion, may be increased or decreased after consultations with the Director of the 

Office of Management and Budget and 15 days after notification to 

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the Congressional defense committees. These funds will finance operations, mobilization and procurement (including classified programs and procurement of munitions) that are above and beyond 

baseline costs for training, operations, personnel, and investment. 

The $10.0 billion justified in this document is complementary to 

the $10.1 billion of costs already detailed in the DERF justification 

material provided to support the original request in February 2002. 

The amounts requested will: 

Support the follow on operations in the war. The proposal includes funding to cover the cost to operate units that conduct 

or support new contingency operations, and funding to cover 

the cost of materials and services including: petroleum; spares, 

reparable and consumable parts; maintenance required to prepare equipment for deployment and to maintain equipment 

during contingency operations; establishment, maintenance, 

and operation of billeting, camps, airfields, staging areas, relief 

centers; and leases and utilities to operate bases, camps, relief 

centers, airfields, and additional civilian support for contingency operations; 

Finance the pay of the National Guard and Reserve members mobilized to conduct operations, as well as for those active 

personnel deployed in support of the war on terrorism and in 

the areas of security and force protection, infantry, special operations, transportation, chemical and biological, intelligence, 

civil affairs, combat air patrols overseas, communications, strategic and tactical airlift, air refueling operations, and aeromedical staging capabilities; 

Procure additional precision guided weapons and conventional munitions (e.g., Hellfire, small arms and general purpose bombs) necessary for tactical operations sufficient for Operation Enduring Freedom or follow-on operations; and 

Support classified programs. 

This amendment would not affect the proposed budget totals.

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