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REQUEST TO USE PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED FUNDS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
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COMMUNICATION
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
A REQUEST TO MAKE AVAILABLE PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED EMERGENCY FUNDS FOR
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES PURSUANT TO SECTION
251(b)(2)(A) OF THE BALANCED BUDGET AND EMERGENCY DEFICIT CONTROL ACT
OF 1985, AS AMENDED.
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January 3, 2001.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and
ordered to be printed
The White House,
Washington, December 18, 2000.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Sir: In accordance with provisions of the FY 2000 Emergency
Supplemental Act, as included in Public Law 106-246, I hereby
request and make available appropriations of $155,650,000 in
budget authority for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance
Program of the Department of Health and Human Services. These
funds will enable the Department to address the needs of all
States due to continuing, substantial increases in heating fuel
prices.
I designate the $155,650,000 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 enclosed
letter from the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget. I concur with his comments and observations.
Sincerely,
William J. Clinton.
Enclosure.
[Estimate No. 27, 106th Cong., 2d Sess.]
Executive Office of the President,
Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC, December 18, 2000.
ThePresident,
The White House.
Submitted for your consideration is a request to make
available $155.6 million in emergency appropriations for the
Department of Health and Human Services. Your approval of this
request would make available previously appropriated funds to
the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) to help
all States address the needs of low-income households that are
facing continuing, substantial increases in heating fuel
prices, with a majority of funds distributed to the colder
weather States of the Northeast and Midwest.
The FY 2000 Emergency Supplemental Act, as included in
Public Law 106-246, provided $600.0 million for LIHEAP,
contingent upon the President submitting a budget request to
the Congress and designating the entire amount requested as an
emergency requirement. To date, you have released a total of
$444.4 million of this emergency funding. In September, you
released $400.0 million to all States to respond to increases
in heating fuel prices. In July and August, you released $44.4
million to address the needs of low-income households in eight
southern States arising from extremely hot weather conditions;
low-income households in Alaska needing assistance with fuel
costs in light of the fisheries disaster; and, low-income
households in California facing extremely high electricity
prices.
I recommend that you designate this request for $155.6
million as an emergency funding 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
Secretary of Health and Human Services in recommending that you
make the requested funds available by signing the enclosed
letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Sincerely,
Jacob J. Lew,
Director.
Enclosure.
Emergency Appropriations: Amounts Previously Appropriated Made Available
by the President
Department of Health and Human Services
Administration for Children and Families:
Low income home energy assistance program........... $155,650,000
The FY 2000 Emergency Supplemental Act, as included in
Public Law 106-246, provided $600,000,000 for the Low Income
Home Energy Assistance Program, contingent upon the President
submitting a budget request to the Congress and designating the
entire amount requested as an emergency requirement.
Of the $600,000,000 in contingent emergency appropriations
provided by Public Law 106-246, $444,350,000 has been
designated as an emergency requirement and made available. At
this time, the remaining $155,650,000 in contingent funding is
required to support the needs of low-income households
throughout the United States arising from continuing,
substantial increases in heating fuel prices. These funds will
enable all States to assist low-income households affected by
price increases that have occurred throughout the country and
will provide additional assistance to the States in proportion
to their usage of heating oil, natural gas, and propane.
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