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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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May 22, 2003.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered
to be printed
The White House,
Washington, May 22, 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 from damaging winter storms on the East Coast and
recent tornado disasters in the Midwest. 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. 11, 108th Cong., 1st Sess.]
Executive Office of the President,
Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC, May 21, 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, $1.25 billion of these funds have been made
available. Your approval of this request would make available
the remaining $0.25 billion for disaster relief for any
previously declared disasters, including the recovery from
damaging winter storms on the East Coast and recent tornado
disasters in the Midwest. 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).) To
date, $1.25 billion of these funds have been made available.
The President recently declared disasters in many Eastern
States due to severe winter storms and some Midwestern States
due to tornadoes. DHS is playing a large role in the response
and recovery and is working with State and local authorities to
provide assistance to the affected areas. This request would
make available the remaining $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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