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[House Document 108-62]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

108th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 
108-62
 
        REQUEST FOR THE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

                               __________

                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

    A REQUEST FOR THE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION (EEOC)

   April 29, 2003.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and 
                         ordered to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                        Washington, April 11, 2003.
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 the Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission (EEOC). This request would provide an additional 
$18.3 million to the EEOC in FY 2003. It is needed for the EEOC 
to avoid furloughing its entire workforce for as many as 19 
days in FY 2003, which would significantly disrupt its ability 
to conduct its enforcement responsibilities.
    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.
                [Estimate No. 7, 108th Cong., 1st Sess.]

                 Executive Office of the President,
                           Office of Management and Budget,
                                    Washington, DC, April 11, 2003.
The President,
The White House.
    Submitted for your consideration is a request for the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
    This request would provide an additional $18.3 million to 
EEOC in FY 2003. The request is needed for EEOC to avoid 
furloughing its entire workforce for as many as 19 days in FY 
2003, which would significantly disrupt its ability to conduct 
its enforcement responsibilities. Your Administration 
recognized late last year that certain costs, such as rent, and 
compensation and related expenses were going to exceed the 
levels requested for FY 2003. To address this issue, on January 
7, 2003, you transmitted to the Congress a request for EEOC in 
your proposal to amend the FY 2003 Budget. Unfortunately, the 
Congress did not support that request in the FY 2003 Omnibus 
Appropriations Act that was enacted on February 20, 2003.
    I have carefully reviewed this proposal and am satisfied 
that it is necessary at this time. Therefore, I join the Chair 
of EEOC in recommending that you transmit the proposal to the 
Congress.
            Sincerely,
                                  Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr.,
                                                          Director.
    Enclosure.

                Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For an additional amount for ``Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission, Salaries and Expenses,'' $18,321,000.
    This request would provide an additional $18.3 million for 
the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The request 
is needed for EEOC to avoid furloughing its entire workforce 
for as many as 19 days in FY 2003, which would significantly 
disrupt its ability to conduct its enforcement 
responsibilities.
    An estimated $16.3 million of the request would cover 
compensation and benefits costs that exceed the levels financed 
within the FY 2003 appropriation of $306.8 million, and is 
necessary to avoid furloughs. Another $2.0 million of the 
request would restore funding for other administrative and 
program activities for which reductions were necessary due to 
the across-the-board rescission.

                                
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