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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2888
Making emergency supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2001 for addi-
tional 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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 14, 2001
Mr. YOUNG of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the
Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned
SEPTEMBER 14, 2001
Committees on Appropriations and the Budget discharged; which was
considered and passed
A BILL
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pro-
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vide emergency supplemental appropriations for fiscal year
2001, namely:
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For emergency expenses to respond to the terrorist
attacks on the United States that occurred on September
11, 2001, to provide assistance to the victims of the at-
tacks, and to deal with other consequences of the attacks,
$40,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, in-
cluding for the costs of (1) providing Federal, State, and
local preparedness for mitigating and responding to the
attacks, (2) providing support to counter, investigate, or
prosecute domestic or international terrorism, (3) pro-
viding increased transportation security, (4) repairing
public facilities and transportation systems damaged by
the attacks, and (5) supporting national security; Pro-
vided, That these funds may be transferred to any author-
ized Federal Government activity to meet the purposes of
this Act: Provided further, That the Congress designates
the entire amount as an emergency requirement pursuant
to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further,
That $40,000,000,000 shall be available only to the extent
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that an official budget request, that includes designation
of the $40,000,000,000 as an emergency requirement as
defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, is transmitted by the President to
the Congress: Provided further, That the President shall
consult with the chairmen and ranking minority members
of the Committees on Appropriations prior to the transfer
of 
these 
funds: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
of 
the
$40,000,000,000 made available herein, $10,000,000,000
shall not be available for transfer to any Department or
Agency until 15 days after the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget has submitted to the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations a proposed alloca-
tion and plan for use of the funds for that Department
or Agency; $20,000,000,000 may be obligated only when
enacted in a subsequent emergency appropriations bill, in
response to the terrorist acts on September 11, 2001: Pro-
vided further, That the President shall transmit an amend-
ed budget request proposing an allocation of funds: Pro-
vided further, That not less than one-half of the
$40,000,000,000 shall be for disaster recovery activities
and assistance related to the terrorist acts in New York,
Virginia and Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001, as au-
thorized by law: Provided further, That the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget shall provide quarterly
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reports to the Committees on Appropriations on the use
of these funds, beginning not later than January 2, 2002:
Provided further, That the President shall submit to the
Congress as soon as practicable detailed requests to meet
any further funding requirements for the purposes speci-
fied in this Act.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 1. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made
available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intel-
ligence activities are deemed to be specifically authorized
by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the Na-
tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414).
SEC. 2. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made
available by the transfer of funds in this Act, may be obli-
gated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public
Law 91–672, section 313 of the Foreign Relations Author-
ization Act, fiscal years 1994 and 1995, and section 15
of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘2001 Emergency Sup-
plemental Appropriations Act for Recovery from and Re-
sponse to Terrorist Attacks on the United States.’’
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