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A REQUEST FOR EMERGENCY FUNDING
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COMMUNICATION
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
Transmitting
HIS REQUEST TO MAKE AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR THE DISASTER RELIEF PROGRAM OF
THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
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July 15, 2002.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered
to be printed
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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
99-012 WASHINGTON : 2002
The White House,
Washington, July 12, 2002.
Hon. J. Dennis Hastert,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
Dear Mr. Speaker: In accordance with provisions of Public
Law 107-73, the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and
Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act,
2002, I hereby request and make available $500 million for the
disaster relief program of the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA).
These funds would allow FEMA to continue providing
assistance to victims of disasters in several States, including
victims of recent flooding in Texas and wild fires in Arizona
and Colorado. These funds would also be available for ongoing
response to prior disasters and to ensure that FEMA has
resources on hand to provide timely response to future
disasters.
I designate the funds made available today as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
The details of this action are set forth in the attached
letter from the Director of Management and Budget. I concur
with his comments and observations.
Sincerely,
George W. Bush.
[Estimate No. 16, 107th Cong., 2d Sess.]
Executive Office of the President,
Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC, July 11, 2002.
The President,
The White House.
Submitted for your consideration is a request to make
available previously appropriated contingent emergency funds
for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The funding
provided was made contingent upon your submission of a budget
request to the Congress that includes designation of the amount
requested as an emergency requirement.
Title III of P.L. 107-73, the Departments of Veterans
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002, provided $1.5 billion in
contingent emergency appropriations for FEMA disaster relief.
On May 15, 2002, you made $500 million of this funding
available to FEMA to address needs associated with tornadoes in
Maryland and storms and flooding in Kentucky, Tennessee, and
Virginia. Your approval of this request would make available
another $500 million for disaster relief for previously
declared disasters, including recent flooding in Texas and
wildfires in Arizona and Colorado. FEMA has been working with
State and local authorities to provide assistance to the
affected areas. These funds also would be available for ongoing
response to prior disasters and to ensure that FEMA has
resources on hand to provide timely response to future
disasters.
I recommend that you designate this request for $500
million as an emergency requirement in accordance with section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended. No further congressional
action will be required.
I have carefully reviewed this proposal and am satisfied
that it is necessary at this time. Therefore, I join the
Director of FEMA in recommending that you make the requested
funds available by signing the enclosed letter to the Speaker
of the House of Representatives.
Sincerely,
Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr.,
Director.
Enclosure.
Emergency Appropriations: Amounts Previously Appropriated Made
Available by the President
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA):
Disaster Relief..................................... $500,000,000
Title III of P.L. 107-73, the Departments of Veterans
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002, provided $1.5 billion in
emergency funding for FEMA disaster relief, contingent upon the
President submitting a budget request to the Congress and
designating the amount requested as an emergency requirement.
On May 15, 2002, the President made available $500 million of
the $1.5 billion to address tornado damage in Maryland and
storms and flooding in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia.
The President recently declared disasters in Texas for
flooding and in Arizona and Colorado for wildfires. FEMA has
been working with State and local authorities to provide
assistance to the affected areas. This request would make
available $500 million of the $1.0 billion in remaining
contingent emergency funding for disaster relief activities
associated with these recent disasters, as well as continuing
response to prior disasters, and other disaster relief
activities.
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