[House Document 107-150]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
107th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 107-150
EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS REQUEST
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MESSAGE
From
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
NOTIFICATION TO MAKE AVAILABLE BY TRANSFER PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED
FUNDS
November 13, 2001.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the
Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed
The White House,
Washington, November 9, 2001.
Hon. J. Dennis Hastert,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
Dear Mr. Speaker: In accordance with provisions of Public
Law 107-38, the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for
Recovery from and Response to Terrorist Attacks on the United
States, FY 2001, today I have authorized transfers from the
Emergency Response Fund totaling $9.3 billion for emergency
recovery and response and national security activities listed
in the enclosed letter from the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget. As provided in Public Law 107-38, $1.7
billion will be made available immediately and $7.5 billion of
these funds will be made available 15 days from the date of
this transmittal.
These funds are in addition to the $9.7 billion that I
previously authorized for transfer and will allow our
Government to continue to address the consequences arising from
the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
With this action, I have transferred all but $1 billion of
the funds that were made available to me. It is now time for
the Congress to act without delay on the final $20 billion in
critical defense and domestic needs that I requested on October
17. My Administration does not intend to seek additional
supplemental funding for either domestic or defense needs for
the remainder of this session of Congress.
The details of these actions 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.
[Estimate No. 22, 107th Cong., 1st Sess.]
Executive Office of the President,
Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC, November 8, 2001.
The President,
The White House.
Submitted for your consideration are requests to make
available by transfer previously appropriated funds provided in
P.L. 107-38, the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for
Recovery from and Response to Terrorist Attacks on the United
States, FY 2001. You have previously authorized the transfer of
$9.7 billion from the Emergency Response Fund (ERF).
Your approval of these additional requests would transfer a
total of $9.3 billion from the ERF to the Department of
Agriculture, Defense, Justice, State, Transportation, and the
Treasury; International Assistance Programs; and the
Broadcasting Board of Governors. The funding would address
consequences of the attacks, including funding for: food and
refugee assistance to Afghanistan, Pakistan, and other
neighboring countries; economic and security assistance to
Afghanistan, Pakistan, and other neighboring countries;
economic and security assistance to Uzbekistan, Turkey and
other countries in the region; additional sky marshals;
purchase of additional security equipment for the Nation's
airports; repair of the Pentagon; and national security
operations.
These requests represent the sixth round of transfers from
the ERF to respond to urgent requirements arising from the
September 11th terrorist attacks. Pursuant to P.L. 107-38, $1.7
billion will be made available immediately without further
congressional review and an additional $7.5 billion of these
funds will be made available 15 days after this designation is
forwarded to Congress.
Under the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, $20
billion of the $40 billion was appropriated without further
action by Congress. With this latest transfer, you will have
made $19 billion of this $20 billion available to agencies to
meet national security, homeland security, and domestic
recovery purposes.
The final $20 billion is only available once Congress
enacts another law making these funds available for obligation.
On October 17th, you requested that Congress enact approval of
the $20 billion and we will continue to work with the Congress
to ensure the quick enactment of your request so that recovery
and response from the attacks can continue without
interruption.
I have carefully reviewed these proposals and am satisfied
that they are necessary at this time. Therefore, I join the
heads of the affected Departments and agencies in recommending
your approval of the transfers described in the enclosure.
Sincerely,
Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr.,
Director.
Enclosure.
Emergency Appropriations: Amounts Previously Appropriated To Be
Transferred by the President From the Emergency Response Fund
Available Immediately:
Department of Agriculture: Foreign Agricultural Service
P.L. 480 Grants (Title II).......................... $23,000,000
These funds will be used to provide U.S. food to
Afghanistan and other countries in the region to mitigate the
impact of the ongoing conflict and drought. The United Nations'
World Food Program, private voluntary organizations, and
possibly commercial traders will distribute these commodities.
Department of Defense--Military......................... $930,494,000
These resources will provide funding for: increased
situational awareness ($392.5 million); repair of the Pentagon
($339.0 million); improved command and control ($71.0 million);
increased worldwide posture ($50.0 million); initial crisis
response ($43.0 million); and enhanced force protection ($35.0
million).
Department of the Treasury: Departmental Offices--
Salaries and Expenses............................... $9,400,000
On October 17th, the Administration requested $9.4 million
in appropriations to fund the administrative expenses of the
Air Transportation Stabilization Board, which was created
pursuant to the Air Transportation Safety and System
Stabilization Act. To date, Congress has not yet acted upon the
Administration's request. Due to Congress' clear desire to
ensure timely action by the Board on the $10 billion airline
loan guarantee program, this transfer would provide the
necessary resources for staff, facilities, equipment, and other
support for the Board to administer the guaranteed loan program
for the airline industry.
International Assistance Programs:
Agency for International Development (AID):
Operating Expenses.............................. $13,000,000
International Disaster Assistance (IDA)......... 76,000,000
Assistance for the Independent States of the
former Soviet Union........................... 46,500,000
International Security Assistance:
Economic Support Fund (ESF)..................... 500,000,000
Foreign Military Financing Program (FMF)........ 45,000,000
Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and
Related (NADR)................................ 97,700,000
These funds include:
for AID's operating expenses, $13.0 million
to relocate overseas staff to more secure facilities,
provide immediate security upgrade for existing
overseas facilities, and implement the expanded
humanitarian assistance program for Afghanistan;
for IDA, $76.0 million to procure non-U.S.
food for distribution, support winterization, health,
and nutritional programs, and improve the United
Nations' World Food Program's capacity to deliver food
in Afghanistan;
for the Independent States of the former
Soviet Union, $40.5 million in economic and law
enforcement assistance for Uzbekistan and $6.0 million
for a Central Asia regional program on conflict
prevention;
for ESF, $500.0 million in economic
assistance for Pakistan to provide immediate budget
assistance for priority sectors, including health,
education and infrastructure projects, and district-
based rural works employment programs;
for FMF, $45.0 million in grants for defense
services and equipment for Turkey and Uzbekistan; and
for NADR, $45.5 million for specialized
training and equipment for foreign governments to
prevent and respond to terrorist incidents, $42.2
million for training and equipment for border security
forces in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey,
Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, and Kazakhstan, $4.0 million
for the Terrorist Interdiction Program, $3.0 million
for international counterterrorism engagement, and $3.0
million to carry out critical humanitarian demining
projects in Afghanistan.
Available after 15 days:
Department of Defense--Military......................... $7,005,300,000
These resources will provide funding for: increased
worldwide posture ($2,643.3 million); National Guard personnel
providing airport security ($23.0 million); increased
situational awareness ($1,909.0 million); offensive
counterterrorism ($1,067.0 million); enhanced force protection
($714.0 million); improved command and control ($527.0
million); initial crisis response ($72.0 million); and repair
of the Pentagon ($50.0 million).
Department of Justice: Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI)--Salaries and Expenses........................ $39,700,000
These funds will be used to help the FBI in its on-going
effort to upgrade its information technology infrastructure in
light of the increased demands of the investigation into the
terrorist attacks of September 11th.
Department of State:
Administration of Foreign Affairs:
Diplomatic and Consular Programs................ $80,600,000
Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance. 52,850,000
Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular
Service....................................... 10,000,000
Other: Migration and Refugee Assistance............. 50,000,000
These resources include: for Diplomatic and Consular
Programs, $66.7 million for security enhancements at State
Department facilities, $10.0 million for diplomatic security
improvements and mail safety, $3.7 million for additional
medical services requirements, including providing health units
in all overseas posts that currently do not have them, and $0.2
million for staff at the Intelligence Community's
Counterterrorism Center; for Embassy Security, Construction,
and Maintenance, $34.9 million for security improvements at
U.S. embassy compounds and $18.0 million for emergency egress
projects; for Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular
Service, $10.0 million to reimburse the Department of Defense
for transporting specialized equipment to assist U.S.
operations and host governments or to evacuate U.S. personnel;
and for Migration and Refugee Assistance, $50.0 million to
provide assistance to potential new refugees in Pakistan and
other neighboring countries.
Department of Transportation:
Federal Aviation Administration:
Operations...................................... $170,000,000
Facilities and Equipment........................ 87,500,000
These funds will provide for additional Federal Air
Marshals and necessary management and support personnel to
increase U.S. aviation security ($170.0 million), as well as
support the accelerated purchase of planned security equipment
for airport baggage and passenger screening, including
explosives detection systems, trace detection devices, threat-
image projection x-rays, and computer-based training modules
($87.5 million).
Broadcasting Board of Governors: Broadcasting Capital
Improvements........................................ $16,400,000
These funds will be used to establish two, high-powered, AM
transmitting facilities in the Middle East and additional FM
capability to reach audiences in the region.