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A REQUEST FOR FUNDING FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
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COMMUNICATION
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
A REQUEST TO MAKE AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR THE DISASTER RELIEF PROGRAM OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
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April 29, 2003.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and
ordered to be printed
The White House,
Washington, April 15, 2003.
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 $250 million for the
disaster relief program of the Department of Homeland Security
(DHS).
These funds would allow DHS to continue providing
assistance for disasters in several States, including the
recovery of the Columbia space shuttle and the damaging winter
storms on the East Coast. These funds also would be available
for ongoing response to prior disasters and to ensure that DHS
has resources on hand to provide timely response to future
disasters.
I designate these 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 the Office of Management and
Budget. I concur with his comments and observations.
Sincerely,
George W. Bush.
[Estimate No. 8, 108th Cong., 1st Sess.]
Executive Office of the President,
Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC, April 14, 2003.
The President,
The White House.
Submitted for your consideration is a request to make
available previously appropriated contingent emergency funds
for the Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate (EP&R)
of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). These funds were
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 the Federal Emergency
Management Agency's disaster relief program, which is now part
of DHS. To date, $1.0 billion of these funds have been made
available. Your approval of this request would make available
$0.25 billion of the remaining $0.5 billion for disaster relief
for any previously declared disasters, including the recovery
of the Columbia space shuttle and the damaging winter storms on
the East Coast. The funds also would be available for ongoing
response to prior disasters and to ensure that EP&R has
resources on hand to provide timely response to future
disasters.
I recommend that you designate this request for $0.25
billion 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.
I have carefully reviewed this proposal and am satisfied
that it is necessary at this time. Therefore, I join the
Secretary of DHS 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
Department of Homeland Security:
Emergency Preparedness and Response: Disaster Relief $250,000,000
Title III of P.L. 107-73, the Departments of Veterans
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent
Agencies Appropriation Act, 2002, provided $1.5 billion in
emergency funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA), contingent upon the President submitting a budget
request to the Congress and designating the amount requested as
an emergency requirement. (FEMA's disaster relief program is
now part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).)
The President recently declared disasters in Texas and
Louisiana in response to the Columbia space shuttle, as well as
in many Eastern States due to severe winter storms. DHS has
been working with State and local authorities to provide
assistance to the affected areas. This request would make
available $0.25 billion of 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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