Source: https://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/california/candce/4:2019cv00872/338455/215
Timestamp: 2019-12-12 18:56:38
Document Index: 45988582

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 284', '§ 284', '§ 284', '§ 284', '§ 284', '§ 284', '§ 8005', '§ 1001', '§ 9002', '§ 1512', '§ 284', '§ 284', '§ 284', '§ 284', '§ 284', '§ 284', '§ 284', '§ 284', '§ 284']

Justia Dockets & Filings Ninth Circuit California Northern District State of California et al v. Trump et al Filing 215
NOTICE Regarding Funding of Border Barrier Projects Pursuant to 10 U.S.C. § 284 in Fiscal Year 2020 by Department of Defense, David Bernhardt, Mark T. Esper, Kevin K. McAleenan, Ryan D. McCarthy, Steven T. Mnuchin, Richard V. Spencer, Donald J. Trump, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Department of the Treasury, United States of America, Heather Wilson (Attachments: # 1 Declaration)(Warden, Andrew) (Filed on 9/30/2019) Modified on 10/1/2019 (jjbS, COURT STAFF).
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 JAMES M. BURNHAM Deputy Assistant Attorney General ALEXANDER K. HAAS Director, Federal Programs Branch ANTHONY J. COPPOLINO Deputy Director, Federal Programs Branch ANDREW I. WARDEN (IN #23840-49) Senior Trial Counsel KATHRYN C. DAVIS MICHAEL J. GERARDI LESLIE COOPER VIGEN RACHAEL WESTMORELAND Trial Attorneys U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch 1100 L Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20530 Tel.: (202) 616-5084 Fax: (202) 616-8470 Attorneys for Defendants 13 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA OAKLAND DIVISION 14 15 16 STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., 17 18 19 20 Plaintiffs, v. DONALD J. TRUMP, et al., Defendants. 21 22 No. 4:19-cv-00872-HSG No. 4:19-cv-00892-HSG NOTICE REGARDING FUNDING OF BORDER BARRIER PROJECTS PURSUANT TO 10 U.S.C. § 284 IN FISCAL YEAR 2020 23 24 SIERRA CLUB, et al., Plaintiffs, 25 26 27 28 v. DONALD J. TRUMP, et al., Defendants. State of California, et al. v. Donald J. Trump, et al., 4:19-cv-00872-HSG –Notice re § 284 Projects in FY 2020 Sierra Club et. al. v. Donald J. Trump, et al., 4:19-cv-00892-HSG – Notice re § 284 Projects in FY 2020 1 Defendants hereby notify the Court and parties in the above-captioned cases that the 2 Department of Defense (DoD) has approved making additional appropriated funds available for 3 use on the existing border barrier projects undertaken pursuant to 10 U.S.C. § 284. 4 As explained in Defendants’ prior submissions in these cases, in fiscal year 2019 DoD 5 authorized $2.5 billion in border barrier construction support to the Department of Homeland 6 Security under 10 U.S.C. § 284(b)(7). See, e.g., Third Declaration of Kenneth P. Rapuano ¶ 3 7 (May 15, 2019) (ECF No. 151-2 in 19-cv-872; ECF No. 131-2 in 19-cv-892). The funding for 8 these projects was provided using DoD’s general transfer authority under § 8005 of the DoD 9 Appropriations Act, 2019 (Pub. L. 115-235), and § 1001 of the John S. McCain National Defense 10 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (NDAA) (Pub. L. 115-232), as well as DoD’s special 11 transfer authority under § 9002 of the DoD Appropriations Act and § 1512 of the NDAA. See 12 Declaration of Kenneth P. Rapuano ¶ 5 (April 25, 2019) (ECF No. 89-10 in 19-cv-872; ECF No. 13 64-8 in 19-cv-892); Second Declaration of Kenneth P. Rapuano ¶ 7 (May 13, 2019) (ECF No. 143- 14 1 in 19-cv-872; ECF No. 118-1 in 19-cv-892); Third Rapuano Decl. ¶ 4. None of these funds were 15 drawn from direct appropriations to the counter-narcotics support line of the Drug Interdiction and 16 Counter-Drug Activities, Defense, account (counter-narcotics account). See Defs.’ Response to 17 the Court’s May 13, 2019 Order at 4 (ECF No. 151 in 19-cv-00872; ECF No. 131 in 19-cv-892); 18 see also Sierra Club v. Trump, 379 F. Supp. 3d 883, 918 n.17 (N.D. Cal. 2019). 19 In fiscal year 2020, which begins on October 1, 2019, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 20 (USACE) requires up to $90 million in fiscal year 2020 funds from the counter-narcotics account 21 to cover its operating costs, such as labor and travel costs, for the oversight and management of 22 the § 284 construction contracts during fiscal year 2020. See Sixth Declaration of Kenneth P. 23 Rapuano ¶¶ 3-4 (Sept. 30, 2019) (attached as Exhibit 1).1 In fiscal year 2019, these operating costs 24 were funded by the $2.5 billion transferred to the counter-narcotics account. Id. ¶ 5. In fiscal 25 year 2020, these costs will be covered by funds appropriated to the counter-narcotics account. Id. 26 27 28 1 On September 27, 2019, the President signed into law H.R. 4378, the “Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Health Extenders Act of 2019,” which provides fiscal year 2020 appropriations to federal agencies through November 21, 2019. State of California, et al. v. Donald J. Trump, et al., 4:19-cv-00872-HSG –Notice re § 284 Projects in FY 2020 Sierra Club et. al. v. Donald J. Trump, et al., 4:19-cv-00892-HSG – Notice re § 284 Projects in FY 2020 1 1 The funds will be disbursed to USACE in increments, subject to the availability of funds, as needed 2 over the course of the fiscal year. Id. ¶ 4. The first increment of up to $12 million will be available 3 for USACE’s use beginning on October 7, 2019. Id. 4 Additionally, DoD is making available $129.085 million of expiring fiscal year 2019 funds 5 from the counter-narcotics account to address any unanticipated, within-scope contract costs 6 associated with fiscal year 2019 counter-narcotics projects, including the § 284 construction 7 contracts. Id. ¶¶ 4, 7. The Military Departments returned $129.085 million to the counter- 8 narcotics account at the end of fiscal year 2019 because they determined those funds to be excess 9 to need in fiscal year 2019. Id. ¶ 7. None of the excess fiscal year 2019 funds made available for 10 contingency costs will be obligated unless (1) a contractor first makes a request for equitable 11 adjustment, or the government identifies the need for an adjustment and makes a request for 12 proposal to address that need, due to an unanticipated additional expense in performing the 13 contract; (2) the contracting officer determines that the expense constitutes an antecedent liability 14 under the terms of the contract (e.g., changed site condition); and (3) the relevant official approves 15 an upward obligation adjustment for the contract. Id. ¶ 8. USACE does not anticipate using any 16 of these funds for upward obligation adjustments on the existing § 284 contracts before October 17 7, 2019. Id. 18 For both the operating costs and contingency costs, the additional amounts of appropriated 19 funds made available will not be used for any additional border barrier projects or to expand the 20 scope of any existing projects. Id. ¶ 3. Further, funds for the Drug Demand Reduction program, 21 the National Guard Counter-drug program, or the National Guard Counter-drug Schools program 22 were not made available for these costs. Id. ¶¶ 6, 9. 23 24 25 26 27 28 State of California, et al. v. Donald J. Trump, et al., 4:19-cv-00872-HSG –Notice re § 284 Projects in FY 2020 Sierra Club et. al. v. Donald J. Trump, et al., 4:19-cv-00892-HSG – Notice re § 284 Projects in FY 2020 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 DATE: September 30, 2019 Respectfully submitted, JAMES M. BURNHAM Deputy Assistant Attorney General ALEXANDER K. HAAS Director, Federal Programs Branch ANTHONY J. COPPOLINO Deputy Director, Federal Programs Branch /s/ Andrew I. Warden ANDREW I. WARDEN (IN #23840-49) Senior Trial Counsel U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch 1100 L Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20530 Tel.: (202) 616-5084 Fax: (202) 616-8470 Attorneys for Defendants 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 State of California, et al. v. Donald J. Trump, et al., 4:19-cv-00872-HSG –Notice re § 284 Projects in FY 2020 Sierra Club et. al. v. Donald J. Trump, et al., 4:19-cv-00892-HSG – Notice re § 284 Projects in FY 2020 3