2001 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Recovery from and Response to Terrorist Attacks on the United States
PL 107-38 (H.R.2888), enacted 09/18/2001

115 STAT. 220 
PUBLIC LAW 107-38—SEPT. 18, 2001 
Public Law 107-38 
107th Congress 
Sept. 18, 2001 
[H.R. 2888] 
2001 Emergency 
Supplemental 
Appropriations 
Act for Recovery 
from and 
Response to 
Terrorist Attacks 
on the United 
States. 
An Act 
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 Representatives 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 provide 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 attacks, and to deal with 
other consequences of the attacks, $40,000,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, including 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 pros-
ecute domestic or international terrorism; (3) providing increased 
transportation security; (4) repairing public facilities and transpor-
tation systems damaged by the attacks; and (5) supporting national 
security: Provided, That these funds may be transferred to any 
authorized 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 avail-
able only to the extent 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: Pro-
vided further. That the President shall consult with the chairmen 
and ranking minority members of the Committees on Appropria-
tions 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 Appropria-
tions a proposed allocation and plan for use of the funds for that 
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115 STAT. 221 
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: Provided further. That 
the President shall transmit an amended budget request proposing 
an allocation of funds: Provided 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 authorized by law: 
Provided further, That the Director of the Office of Management Reports. 
and Budget shall provide quarterly 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 specified in 
this Act. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made available 
by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence activities are 
deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes 
of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
414). 
SEC. 102. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made available 
by the transfer of funds in this Act, may be obligated and expended 
notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91-672, section 313 of 
the Foreign Relations Authorization 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 Supplemental 
Appropriations Act for Recovery from and Response to Terrorist 
Attacks on the United States". 
Approved September 18, 2001. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2888 (S. 1426): 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 147 (2001): 
Sept. 14, considered and passed House and Senate.