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REQUESTS FOR EMERGENCY FY 2002 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
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COMMUNICATION
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
REQUESTS FOR EMERGENCY FY 2002 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS, PURSUANT TO
SECTION 251(b)(2)(A) OF THE BALANCED BUDGET AND EMERGENCY DEFICIT
CONTROL ACT OF 1985
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April 9, 2002.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered
to be printed
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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
78-608 WASHINGTON : 2002
The White House,
Washington, March 21, 2002.
Hon. J. Dennis Hastert,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
Dear Mr. Speaker: I ask the Congress to consider
expeditiously the enclosed requests, totaling $27.1 billion,
for emergency FY 2002 supplemental appropriations. The requests
provide for emergency expenses to support the war on terrorism,
homeland security, and economic revitalization activities as
the Nation continues to recover and rebuild following the
September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
I hereby designate specific requests contained in the
accompanying material as emergency requirements pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. By category, these
emergency requests total:
<bullet> Defense: $14.0 billion
<bullet> International: $1.6 billion
<bullet> Homeland Security: $3.3 billion (excludes
$1.9 billion in a contingent appropriation for the
Department of Transportation)
<bullet> Assistance to New York: $5.5 billion
The emergency funding requests include a total of $2.7
billion in budget authority that would be made available
contingent upon my transmittal of later budget requests to the
Congress designating the specific amounts requested as an
emergency requirement. This contingent budget authority
includes $1.9 billion allocated to the Department of
Transportation for the Transportation Security Administration
and $750.0 million allocated to the Department of Labor for
economic recovery and assistance to dislocated workers.
This transmittal also contains $240.0 million in non-
emergency requests that are fully offset by proposed
reductions.
All of the requests in this transmittal are for the purpose
of fulfilling a known and urgent FY 2002 requirement and are
unable to reasonably be met through the use of existing agency
funds.
The details of these requests 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.
Enclosure.
[Estimate No. 5, 107th Cong., 2d Sess.]
Executive Office of the President,
Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC, March 20, 2002.
The President,
The White House.
Submitted for your consideration are emergency funding
requests, totaling $27.1 billion, for various Federal
Departments and agencies, as well as the Legislative and
Judicial Branches and the U.S. Postal Service. The proposals
for emergency funding would provide critical resources to
support the war on terrorism, homeland security, and economic
revitalization activities as the Nation continues to recover
and rebuild following the September 11, 2001, terrorist
attacks. Of this amount, $2.7 billion for the Departments of
Labor and Transportation would be provided on a contingent
basis.
Also included in this transmittal are non-emergency
requests for FY 2002 supplemental appropriations for the
Department of Agriculture, the Department of Veterans Affairs,
the Office of the United States Trade Representative, and the
Securities and Exchange Commission. The requests for non-
emergency resources are fully offset by reductions in the
Departments of Agriculture, Health and Human Services, Housing
and Urban Development, the Interior, and Veterans Affairs and
International Assistance Programs. In addition, this
transmittal contains language proposals for the Departments of
Commerce and Transportation.
All of the requests in this transmittal are for the purpose
of fulfilling a known and urgent FY 2002 requirement and are
unable to reasonably be met through the use of existing agency
funds.
As described below and in more detail in the enclosures,
the requests include the following:
Defense
<bullet> $14.0 billion for the Department of Defense (DoD)
and the intelligence community to prosecute the global war on
terrorism for the balance of FY 2002 and to enable DoD to
fulfill other national security responsibilities. Expeditious
approval of this emergency supplemental request is critical for
the Department to continue the global war on terrorism and to
ensure the readiness of the U.S. military forces to support
this and other missions in the months ahead. The $14.0 billion
request includes:
<bullet> $6.7 billion to conduct military operations;
<bullet> $4.1 billion to pay reserve and national
guard personnel who are on active duty to support
military operations on a full-time basis;
<bullet> $1.4 billion to fund critical command,
control, communications, and intelligence support to
military operations and classified programs including
the National Foreign Intelligence Program;
<bullet> $0.5 billion to procure precision munitions,
unmanned aerial vehicles, and unique special operations
weapons;
<bullet> $0.4 billion for coalition support; and
<bullet> $0.9 billion for various programs critical
to the war effort (e.g., Guantanamo Bay, information
operations, and Special Operations Command
requirements).
Without the additional funds, the Department will be unable
to respond to the evolving military requirements of the global
war on terrorism and would have to curtail other operations,
cancel training, defer maintenance, and ultimately take other
drastic measures to fulfill the President's charge to combat
international terrorism aggressively. The Department has
already agreed to offset additional operational costs from
earlier supplemental funding provided for activities now judged
as lower priorities.
International
<bullet> $436.0 million to support the State Department's
emergency expenses in support of the United States' efforts to
respond to, deter, or prevent acts of international terrorism.
This request would provide funding of $201.0 million for
Embassy Security, Construction and Maintenance, which includes
construction and renovation costs of the United States'
missions in Kabul and Dushanbe, as well as $20.0 million in
additional funding to reopen those missions. The request also
includes: $114.0 million for urgent counter-narcotics and law
enforcement support; $43.0 million for the Contributions
International Peacekeeping Activities account; $20.0 million
for State Department domestic security requirements; and $15.0
million for public diplomacy and exchange accounts.
<bullet> $1.2 billion to support the United States
International Assistance Programs in order to deter, or prevent
acts of international terrorism. These funds would be used
immediately to strengthen the forces of our friends and allies
in the fight against terrorism, by providing vitally needed
military equipment and training and economic assistance. The
request for the Foreign Military Financing Program is $373.0
million, and the Economic Support Fund request is $525.0
million.
<bullet> $7.4 million for the Broadcasting Board of
Governors to allow Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty to continue
to provide the people of Afghanistan news and information about
events within Afghanistan and the surrounding region.
Homeland Security
<bullet> $4.7 billion for the Department of Transportation.
The requested funds include: $2.4 billion to implement and
operate the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for
the remainder of FY 2002; $255.0 million for homeland security
activities for the United States Coast Guard; $19.3 million for
implementation and homeland security activities of the new
Border Enforcement Program within the Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration; and, $3.5 million to upgrade the current
Crisis Management Center into a new Transportation Information
Operations Center. The request includes $1.9 billion for TSA,
to be made available contingent upon your submission of a later
budget request to the Congress designating the entire amount
requested as an emergency requirement.
<bullet> $327.0 million to enable the Federal Emergency
Management Agency to provide equipment and training grants to
States and localities to improve terrorism and chemical-
biological response capabilities.
<bullet> $87.0 million for the U.S. Postal Service to
continue its efforts to protect employees and postal customers
from exposure to biohazardous material and to sanitize and
screen the mail for such material, making use of the most cost
effective technology possible.
<bullet> $55.0 million for the General Services
Administration. Of the funds requested, $51.8 million would be
used to increase security services at Federal buildings
nationwide and for additional security equipment and $2.5
million would be used to help protect against potential
disruptions in information technology infrastructure.
<bullet> $51.0 million for the Department of Justice. The
requested funds include: $35.0 million to enable the
Immigration and Naturalization Service to fully implement
increased air and sea port security initiatives; $10.0 million
for the Federal Bureau of Investigation to support a multi-
agency terrorist tracking task force; and $5.8 million for
deployment of the Automated Biometrics Identification System/
Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System to 30
additional ports of entry.
<bullet> Other amounts include: $26.0 million for the
Department of Energy to improve emergency response assets and
for critical energy security and assurance activities; $19.3
million to the National Science Foundation to provide
additional funds for the Cybercorps/Scholarships for Service
program; $14.0 million to the Judicial Branch for perimeter
security enhancements of the Supreme Court building and grounds
and for physical security measures at Federal courthouses and
at the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit;
$13.0 million for the Department of Commerce to begin the
Homeland Security Information Technology and Evaluation Program
and for standards development for chemical/biological/nuclear/
radioactive explosive threat detection equipment; $12.5 million
for the Environmental Protection Agency for additional expenses
incurred for anthrax investigations and cleanup actions at the
United States Capitol and Congressional office building
complex; $7.5 million for the Legislative Branch for the
Copyright Office of the Library of Congress; and $5.0 million
for the Office of Administration within the Executive Office of
the President.
Assistance to New York
<bullet> $2.8 billion to enable the Federal Emergency
Management Agency to support additional disaster relief efforts
in response to the September 11th terrorist attacks.
<bullet> $2.0 billion for the Department of Transportation.
Of the funds requested, $1.8 billion would be used for Capital
Investment Grants to replace, rebuild, or enhance mass
transportation systems serving the Borough of Manhattan, New
York City, New York and $167.0 million would be used for the
restoration and reconstruction of Federal-aid Highways-eligible
State and local roads in New York City damaged by the September
11th terrorist attacks.
<bullet> $750.0 million for the Department of Housing and
Urban Development for Community Development Block Grants to be
provided to the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC)
to rebuild utility infrastructure destroyed as a result of the
September 11th terrorist attacks and to assist LMDC's efforts
to rebuild Lower Manhattan.
Economic Recovery
<bullet> $750.0 million for the Department of Labor to
assist dislocated workers, to be made available contingent upon
your submission of a later budget request to the Congress
designating the entire amount requested as an emergency
requirement. Of the total request, at least $550.0 million
would be available for National Emergency Grants to provide
employment and training and related assistance to dislocated
workers.
Non-emergency
<bullet> $142.0 million for the Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA) to ensure that all veterans are able to enroll and
seek treatment in the VA medical system.
<bullet> $75.0 million for the Department of Agriculture to
provide resources to finance rising participation in the
Special Supplemental Nutrition program for Women, Infants and
Children (WIC) and increased costs of WIC food and
administration.
<bullet> $20.0 million for the Securities and Exchange
Commission to fund 100 new positions in the Division of
Enforcement to deal with financial fraud and reporting, in the
Division of Corporate Finance, and in other divisions as
necessary.
<bullet> $3.3 million for Office of the United States Trade
Representative to provide payment to the European Communities
to cover a three-year period for nullification or impairment of
benefits from Section 110 (5) of the U.S. Copyright Act.
Offsets and Legislative Proposals
<bullet> Proposed offsets include the following reductions:
$157.0 million in International Assistance Programs; $50.0
million in the Department of Health and Human Services; $20.0
million in the Department of Housing and Urban Development;
$10.0 million in the Department of the Interior; $9.0 million
in the Department of Agriculture; and $5.0 million in the
Department of Veterans Affairs.
<bullet> Legislative proposals include no-cost language
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