[House Document 113-106]
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113th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 113-106
REQUESTS FOR FY 2015 BUDGET AMENDMENTS
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COMMUNICATION
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
FY 2015 BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF AGRICULTURE, DEFENSE,
ENERGY, HOMELAND SECURITY, THE INTERIOR, AND STATE, AS WELL AS THE
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION AND THE COURT SERVICES AND OFFENDER
SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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May 2, 2014.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered
to be printed
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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
39-012 WASHINGTON : 2014
The White House,
Washington, DC, May 1, 2014.
Hon. John A. Boehner,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
Dear Mr. Speaker: I ask the Congress to consider the
enclosed Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 Budget amendments for the
Departments of Agriculture, Defense, Energy, Homeland Security,
the Interior, and State, as well as the National Science
Foundation and the Court Services and Offender Supervision
Agency for the District of Columbia. These amendments do not
affect the proposed FY 2015 Budget totals.
These amendments are necessary to reflect correctly
policies assumed in the FY 2015 Budget. The details of these
amendments are set forth in the enclosure from the Deputy
Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
Sincerely,
Barack Obama.
Enclosure.
[Estimate No. 1, 113th Cong., 2nd Session]
Executive Office of the President,
Office of Management and Budget
Washington, DC, May 1, 2014.
The President,
The White House.
Submitted for your consideration are amendments to your
Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 Budget for the Departments of
Agriculture, Defense, Energy, Homeland Security, the Interior,
and State, as well as the National Science Foundation and the
Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District
of Columbia. These amendments do not affect the proposed FY
2015 Budget totals. These amendments are necessary to reflect
correctly policies assumed in your FY 2015 Budget.
Recommendation
I reviewed these amendments and am satisfied that they are
necessary at this time. Therefore, I join the heads of the
affected Departments and agencies in recommending that you
transmit the amendments to the Congress.
Sincerely,
Brian C. Deese,
Deputy Director.
Enclosures.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE
FY 2015 Budget Appendix Page: 173
FY 2015 Pending Request: --
Proposed Amendment: Language
Revised Request: --
(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete
``2014'' and substitute 2015.)
This amendment would revise the fiscal year referenced in
the language to reflect correctly the policy assumed in the FY
2015 Budget. Without this amendment, funding for the forest
roads and trails activity becoming available in FY 2015 under
the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 501) would not be
transferred to the General Fund of the Treasury.
The proposed FY 2015 Budget totals would not be affected by
this technical language amendment.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
TITLE VII--GENERAL PROVISIONS
FY 2015 Budget Appendix Page: 192
FY 2015 Pending Request: --
Proposed Amendment: Language
Revised Request: --
(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete
section 716 and renumber the subsequent sections accordingly.)
This amendment would remove a General Provision that was
inadvertently retained in the FY 2015 Budget. Without this
amendment, the Denali Commission, which is estimated to receive
into its trust fund approximately $7 million in FY 2015 in
interest payments on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Liability Fund,
would have access to these funds limited to a maximum of $4
million in that year.
The proposed FY 2015 Budget totals would not be affected by
this technical language amendment.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--MILITARY PROGRAMS
Operation and Maintenance
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
FY 2015 Budget Appendix Page: 252
FY 2015 Pending Request: --
Proposed Amendment: Language
Revised Request: --
(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete
the opening bracket after ``2017'' and insert a new opening
bracket after ``procurement'' and before the colon.)
This amendment would reinstate language inadvertently
deleted in the FY 2015 Budget that is necessary to specify that
a portion of the funds is available for procurement.
The proposed FY 2015 Budget totals would not be affected by
this technical language amendment.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Programs
NUCLEAR ENERGY
FY 2015 Budget Appendix Page: 393
FY 2015 Pending Request: --
Proposed Amendment: Language
Revised Request: --
(In the appropriations language under the above heading, add
the following new language after ``direction'' and before the
period:)
including official reception and representation expenses not to
exceed $10,000
The proposed language would provide $10,000 in reception
and representation funding within the Nuclear Energy account to
support the Gen IV International Forum Policy Group Meeting, a
nuclear energy-specific event that will be hosted by the United
States in the first quarter of FY 2016. Planning and funds
obligation would need to occur in FY 2015 to support the
meeting schedule.
The proposed FY 2015 Budget totals would not be affected by
this technical language amendment.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
GENERAL PROVISIONS
FY 2015 Budget Appendix Page: 566
FY 2015 Pending Request: --
Proposed Amendment: Language
Revised Request: --
(In the appropriations language under the above heading, in
section 543, paragraph (a)(1), delete ``37'' and substitute
67.)
This amendment corrects the citation to the Bipartisan
Budget Act of 2013. The proposed FY 2015 Budget totals would
not be affected by this technical language amendment.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
INDIAN WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENTS
FY 2015 Budget Appendix Page: 653
FY 2015 Pending Request: --
Proposed Amendment: Language
Revised Request: --
(In the appropriations language under the above heading, in the
second proviso delete ``111-390'' and substitute 110-390.)
This amendment corrects the citation to the White Mountain
Apache Tribe Rural Water System Loan Authorization Act. The
proposed FY 2015 Budget totals would not be affected by this
technical language amendment.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS
FY 2015 Budget Appendix Page: 692
FY 2015 Pending Request: --
Proposed Amendment: Language
Revised Request: --
(In the appropriations language under the above heading, in the
fifth proviso delete ``2013'' and substitute 2014.)
This amendment would revise the fiscal year referenced in
the language. Without this amendment, funds would be prohibited
from being spent in FY 2015.
The proposed FY 2015 Budget totals would not be affected by
this technical language amendment.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
GENERAL PROVISIONS
FY 2015 Budget Appendix Page: 732
FY 2015 Pending Request: --
Proposed Amendment: Language
Revised Request: --
(In the appropriations language under the above heading, add at
the end the following new section:)
REAUTHORIZE THE FOREST ECOSYSTEM HEALTH AND RECOVERY FUND
Sec. 421. Provided further, That the language under the
heading ``Forest Ecosystem Health and Recovery Fund'' in the
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-88) is amended by
striking ``2015'' each place it appears and inserting ``2020''.
This amendment would extend from FY 2015 to FY 2020 the
authority for the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Forest
Ecosystem Health and Recovery Fund to initiate forest ecosystem
health and recovery projects, such as release from competing
vegetation and density control treatments. The reauthorization
allows receipts derived from these activities to be deposited
back to the Fund and makes the receipts available for those
purposes. If the authority were to lapse in FY 2015, the scope
of the permanent authority from the FY 1993 Department of the
Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (Public Law
102-381) would only permit BLM to plan and prepare salvage
timber sales and to complete subsequent site reforestation.
The proposed FY 2015 Budget totals would not be affected by
this technical language amendment.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS
GENERAL PROVISIONS
FY 2015 Budget Appendix Page: 938
FY 2015 Pending Request: --
Proposed Amendment: Language
Revised Request: --
(In the appropriations language under the above heading, in
section 7062, after ``$160,000,000'' insert of unobligated
balances; after ``under'' insert titles I, III, and IV of; and
after ``title I of this Act'' insert no later than the end of
the fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal year for which such
funds were made available.)
This amendment would revise the special transfer language
relating to Contributions to International Organizations that
was included in the FY 2015 Budget to allow the appropriations
provided in FY 2015 to be utilized more fully. The proposed
language prospectively permits the capture of expired
unobligated balances of FY 2015 appropriations prior to
cancellation when it is certain that the original obligations
will have been fully paid and closed out. This language would
reflect more accurately the intent to associate accrued costs
of U.S. membership in international organizations to the
relevant fiscal year. This would be applicable in cases where
U.S. financial participation is restricted.
The proposed FY 2015 Budget totals would not be affected by
this technical language amendment.
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT
FY 2015 Budget Appendix Page: 1218
FY 2015 Pending Request: --
Proposed Amendment: Language
Revised Request: --
(In the appropriations language under the above heading, add
the following new proviso before the period:)
: Provided further, That, of the amount provided for costs
associated with the acquisition, occupancy, and related costs
of new headquarters space, not more than $27,370,000 shall
remain available until expended
This amendment would provide the National Science
Foundation flexibility to implement its headquarters relocation
and is similar to authority the agency possesses for other
major projects.
The proposed FY 2015 Budget totals would not be affected by
this technical language amendment.
COURT SERVICES AND OFFENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OFFENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
FY 2015 Budget Appendix Page: 1281
FY 2015 Pending Request: --
Proposed Amendment: Language
Revised Request: --
(In the appropriations language under the above heading, after
``2002;'' insert the following new language:)
of which $6,990,000, to remain available until September 30,
2017, is for relocation of an offender supervision field
office;
This amendment would modify the appropriations language to
make $6.99 million from the requested budget authority
available for a three-year period, to be used only for the
relocation expenses of an offender supervision field office.
Subsequent to transmittal of the FY 2015 Budget, the agency
learned from the General Services Administration that the
relocation and expansion of the field office may not occur in
FY 2015 as originally planned.
The proposed FY 2015 Budget totals would not be affected by
this technical language amendment.