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EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS REQUEST
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COMMUNICATION
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT FOR RECOVERY FROM AND
RESPONSE TO TERRORIST ATTACKS ON THE UNITED STATES
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September 24, 2001.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and
ordered to be printed
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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
89-012 WASHINGTON : 2001
The White House,
Washington, September 21, 2001.
Hon. J. Dennis Hastert,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
Dear Mr. Speaker: In accordance with provisions of Public
Law 107-38, the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for
Recovery from and Response to Terrorist Attacks on the United
States, FY 2001, today I have authorized transfers from the
Emergency Response Fund totaling $5.1 billion for emergency
recovery and response and national security activities listed
in the enclosed letter from the Deputy Director of the Office
of Management and Budget.
Our country mourns for the loss of life and for those whose
lives have been so deeply affected by this despicable act of
terror. None of us could have envisioned the barbaric acts of
these terrorists. These funds will allow Federal agencies to
continue providing immediate assistance to victims of the
deliberate and deadly attacks against our country.
The details of this action are set forth in the enclosed
letter from the Deputy Director of Management and Budget. I
concur with his comments and observations.
Sincerely,
George W. Bush.
Enclosure.
[Estimate No. 15, 107th Cong., 1st Sess.]
Executive Office of the President,
Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC, September 21, 2001.
The President,
The White House.
Submitted for your consideration are requests to make
available by transfer previously appropriated funds provided in
P.L. 107-38, the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for
Recovery from and Response to Terrorist Attacks on the United
States, FY 2001. As required by that Act, on September 18th you
designated the $40 billion provided as an emergency funding
requirement.
Your approval of these requests would transfer $5.1 billion
from the Emergency Response Fund to the Departments of
Commerce, Defense, Energy, Health and Human Services, the
Interior, Justice, Labor, State, Transportation, and the
Treasury; the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA);
General Services Administration; International Assistance
Programs; Small Business Administration; Commodity Futures
Trading Commission; District of Columbia; Export-Import Bank of
the United States; National Transportation Safety Board; the
Executive Office of the President; and the Legislative and
Judicial Branches. The funding would provide assistance to the
victims of the attacks and would address other consequences of
the attacks, including funding for: debris removal, search and
rescue efforts, and victim assistance efforts of FEMA;
emergency grants to disaster-affected metropolitan area health
providers; investigative expenses of the FBI; increased airport
security and sky marshals; initial repair of the Pentagon;
evacuation of high threat embassies abroad; additional funding
for the Small Business Administration disaster loan program;
and initial crisis and recovery operations of the Department of
Defense and other national security operations.
These requests represent the initial transfers from the
Emergency Response Fund to respond swiftly to urgent
requirements and to alleviate human endangerment and suffering.
We will continue to work with the agencies to determine
additional needs. No further congressional action is required
for these initial transfers.
I have carefully reviewed these proposals and am satisfied
that they are necessary at this time. Therefore, I join the
heads of the affected Departments and agencies in recommending
your approval of the transfers described in the enclosure.
Cordially,
Sean O'Keefe,
Deputy Director.
Enclosure.
Emergency Appropriations: Amounts Previously Appropriated Now Being
Transferred by the President From the Emergency Response Fund
Department of Commerce:
International Trade Administration (ITA): Operations
and Administration................................ $100,000
These funds will enable ITA to relocate six Foreign and
Commercial Service officers who were located in 6 World Trade
Center, which was damaged beyond repair, and purchase new
equipment and furniture.
Department of Defense--Military......................... $2,548,000,000
These funds will provide the Department of Defense with the
funds necessary to begin the following activities: upgrading
intelligence and security, enhancing force protection,
improving command and control, increasing full readiness,
supporting initial crisis response, repairing the Pentagon, and
providing for other needs.
Department of Energy:
National Nuclear Security Administration: Weapons
Activities........................................ $5,000,000
These funds will support the heightened security needs at
the Department of Energy's national laboratories.
Department of Health and Human Services:
Departmental Management: Public Health and Social
Services Emergency Fund........................... $126,150,000
These funds will provide assistance for the health-related
needs of the disaster-affected areas of the New York
metropolitan area, Virginia, Maryland, and the District of
Columbia. Activities that would be supported include: emergency
grants for health care providers; related to environmental
hazards, enhancements to the physical security of pathogenic
agents and toxins in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
and Food and Drug Administration facilities; and social
services including services for the disabled, home-delivered
meals and transportation for senior citizens in affected areas.
Department of the Interior:
National Park Service (NPS):
Operation of the National Park System........... $1,713,000
United States Park Police....................... 1,400,000
These amounts will provide funding for NPS and U.S. Park
Police emergency response costs in New York City and
Washington, D.C., as well as increased security patrols in both
cities.
Department of Justice:
Legal Activities and U.S. Marshals (USMS): Salaries
and Expenses, U.S. Marshals Service............... $3,900,000
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): Salaries
and Expenses.................................. 36,900,000
These funds will support the FBI's extraordinary expenses
incurred in investigating the attacks and will provide
assistance to the USMS for increased airport and courthouse
security and other activities.
Department of Labor (DOL):
Employment and Training Administration:
Training and Employment Services................ $25,000,000
State Unemployment Insurance and Employment
Service Operations............................ 3,500,000
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA): Salaries and Expenses..................... 500,000
These amounts will provide funding for: DOL's Dislocated
Workers program to provide temporary jobs to assist in clean-up
and restoration efforts in New York; assistance to cover
immediate information technology and other costs of disaster
recovery for unemployment insurance claims taking that need to
be relocated; and OSHA's monitoring of health and safety at the
disaster sites.
Department of State:
Administration of Foreign Affairs:
Diplomatic and Consular Programs................ $390,000
Capital Investment Fund......................... 7,500,000
Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular
Service....................................... 41,000,000
Approximately half of these funds will be used to provide
rewards for information to help apprehend terrorists. The State
Department will also use these funds to improve emergency
communications at domestic facilities and embassies abroad and
to have funding available to evacuate personnel at high-threat
embassies, should it be required.
Department of Transportation:
Coast Guard: Operating Expenses..................... $18,000,000
Federal Aviation Administration: Operations......... 123,000,000
These funds will support increased airport security
measures and expenses for additional Federal law enforcement
officials to perform Sky Marshal functions and increased Coast
Guard New York Harbor patrols and the related recall of Coast
Guard reservists.
Department of the Treasury:
Departmental Offices:
Salaries and Expenses........................... $6,100,000
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network............ 60,000
Financial Management Service: Salaries and Expenses. 110,000
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms: Salaries
and Expenses...................................... 1,530,000
United States Customs Service:
Salaries and Expenses........................... 21,000,000
Operation, Maintenance, and Procurement Air and
Marine Interdiction Programs.................. 14,700,000
Internal Revenue Service:
Processing, Assistance, and Management.......... 1,920,000
Tax Law Enforcement............................. 2,170,000
Information Systems............................. 450,000
These funds will support the immediate response and
recovery needs of the approximately 1,000 Treasury employees
who were located in or near the World Trade Center complex,
most of whose offices were destroyed. These funds will also be
used to establish a Foreign Terrorist Assets Tracking Center,
as well as fund Customs Service air support for
counterterrorism activities.
Executive Office of the President:
Office of Administration, Salaries and Expenses..... $500,000
These funds will be used to install protective window film
for the Executive Office of the President.
Federal Emergency Management Agency:
Disaster Relief..................................... $2,000,000,000
These funds will support overall emergency assistance in
New York and other affected jurisdictions. This includes costs
associated with debris removal and emergency protective
measures, as well as individual and family assistance, search
and rescue, and other disaster assistance efforts.
General Services Administration:
Real Property Activities: Federal Buildings Fund.... $8,600,000
These funds will support increased security coverage of
Federal buildings; purchase of security equipment; structural
studies of seven Federal locations affected by the New York
City disaster; overtime and travel costs for law enforcement
personnel; and other security costs.
International Assistance program:
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID):
Operating Expenses................................ $2,400,000
Peace Corps......................................... 2,600,000
These funds are primarily to cover the costs of the
evacuation of Peace Corps volunteers in nine Peace Corps posts;
improved overseas emergency communications; and the potential
evacuation for high-risk USAID and Peace Corps posts.
Small Business Administration: Disaster Loans Program... $100,000,000
These funds will support $400 million in low interest
disaster loans for renters, homeowners, and businesses in
designated disaster areas.
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): Commodity
Futures Trading Commission.......................... $200,000
The CFTC's New York Office, which was located in the World
Trade Center, will use these funds to purchase computers and
office equipment for its temporary space.
District of Columbia:
District of Columbia General and Special Payments:
Federal Support for Economic Development and
Management Reform in the District................. $5,988,000
These funds will be used for short-term response
activities, including personnel and overtime costs of the
Metropolitan Police Department, Fire Department, and the Public
Works Department of the District of Columbia.
Export-Import Bank of the United States:
Export-Import Bank Loans Program Account:
Administrative Expenses........................... $75,000
These funds will be used to relocate the office of the
Export-Import Bank previously located at the World Trade
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