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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1426

Making emergency supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2001 for additional disaster assistance, for anti-terrorism initiatives, and for assistance

in the recovery from the tragedy that occurred on September 11, 2001,

and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 14, 2001

Mr. DASCHLE (for himself and Mr. LOTT) introduced the following bill; which

was read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed

A BILL

Making emergency supplemental appropriations for fiscal

year 2001 for additional disaster assistance, for antiterrorism initiatives, and for assistance in the recovery

from the tragedy that occurred on September 11, 2001,

and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pro5 vide emergency supplemental appropriations for fiscal year

6 2001, namely:
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1 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND

2 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

3 EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

5 For emergency expenses to respond to the terrorist

6 attacks on the United States that occurred on September

7 11, 2001, to provide assistance to the victims of the at8 tacks, and to deal with other consequences of the attacks,

9 $40,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, in10 cluding for the costs of (1) providing Federal, State, and

11 local preparedness for mitigating and responding to the

12 attacks, (2) providing support to counter, investigate, or

13 prosecute domestic or international terrorism, (3) pro14 viding increased transportation security, (4) repairing

15 public facilities and transportation systems damaged by

16 the attacks, and (5) supporting national security; Pro17 vided, That these funds may be transferred to any author18 ized Federal Government activity to meet the purposes of

19 this Act: Provided further, That the Congress designates

20 the entire amount as an emergency requirement pursuant

21 to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and

22 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further,

23 That $40,000,000,000 shall be available only to the extent

24 that an official budget request, that includes designation

25 of the $40,000,000,000 as an emergency requirement as
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1 defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit

2 Control Act of 1985, is transmitted by the President to

3 the Congress: Provided further, That the President shall

4 consult with the chairmen and ranking minority members

5 of the Committees on Appropriations prior to the transfer

6 of these funds: Provided further, That of the

7 $40,000,000,000 made available herein, $10,000,000,000

8 shall not be available for transfer to any Department or

9 Agency until 15 days after the Director of the Office of

10 Management and Budget has submitted to the House and

11 Senate Committees on Appropriations a proposed alloca12 tion and plan for use of the funds for that Department

13 or Agency; $20,000,000,000 may be obligated only when

14 enacted in a subsequent emergency appropriations bill, in

15 response to the terrorist acts on September 11, 2001: Pro16 vided further, That the President shall transmit an amend17 ed budget request proposing an allocation of funds: Pro18 vided further, That not less than one-half of the

19 $40,000,000,000 shall be for disaster recovery activities

20 and assistance related to the terrorist acts in New York,

21 Virginia, and Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001, as au22 thorized by law: Provided further, That the Director of the

23 Office of Management and Budget shall provide quarterly

24 reports to the Committees on Appropriations on the use

25 of these funds, beginning not later than January 2, 2002:
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1 Provided further, That the President shall submit to the

2 Congress as soon as practicable detailed requests to meet

3 any further funding requirements for the purposes speci4 fied in this Act.

5 GENERAL PROVISIONS

6 SEC. 1. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made

7 available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intel8 ligence activities are deemed to be specifically authorized

9 by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the Na10 tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414).

11 SEC. 2. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made

12 available by the transfer of funds in this Act, may be obli13 gated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public

14 Law 91–672, section 313 of the Foreign Relations Author15 ization Act, fiscal years 1994 and 1995, and section 15

16 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956.

17 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘2001 Emergency Sup18 plemental Appropriations Act for Recovery from and Re19 sponse to Terrorist Attacks on the United States’’.

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