[House Document 107-117]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
107th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 107-117
REQUESTS TO USE PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED CONTINGENT EMERGENCY FUNDS
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COMMUNICATION
From
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
Transmitting
REQUESTS TO MAKE AVAILABLE PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED CONTINGENT EMERGENCY
FUNDS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF AGRICULTURE AND THE INTERIOR
September 5, 2001.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and
ordered to be printed
The White House,
Washington, August 30, 2001.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Sir: In accordance with provisions of P.L. 106-291, the
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 2001, I hereby request and make available $100 million in
emergency appropriations provided under Title I for the
Department of the Interior and $150 million in emergency
appropriations provided under Title II for the Department of
Agriculture. These emergency funds were provided for wildland
and firefighting suppression and rehabilitation activities and
will be used to combat wildfires in the western United States.
In addition, Estimate Number 26 for the 106th Congress, 2nd
Session, transmitted on December 4, 2000, is amended as
follows:
Department of Agriculture
Farm Service Agency, Commodity Credit Corporation Fund:
Dairy income assistance: such sums as may be
necessary, estimated at........................... $675,000,000
Honey nonrecourse loans such sums as may be
necessary, estimated at........................... 60,000,000
Amortization of recapture payments: such as may be
necessary, estimated at........................... 3,000,000
Loan deficiency payments: such sums as may be
necessary estimated at............................ 35,000,000
Rice loan deficiency payments eligibility: such sums
as may be necessary estimated at.................. 5,500,000
Tobacco quota holder assistance; such sums as may be
necessary estimated at............................ 10,000,000
The details of these actions are set forth in the attached
letter from the Deputy Director of the Office of Management and
Budget. I concur with his comments and observations.
Sincerely,
George W. Bush.
[Estimate No. 11, 107th Cong., 1st Sess.]
Executive Office of the President,
Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC, August 30, 2001.
The President,
The White House.
Submitted for your consideration are requests to make
available previously appropriated contingent emergency funds
for the Departments of Agriculture and the Interior. The
funding provided was made contingent upon your submission of a
budget request to the Congress that includes designation of the
amount requested as an emergency requirement. Your approval of
these requests would make available a total of $250 million for
firefighting activities to combat wildfires in the Western
States. These funds will be used for fire suppression
activities, including firefighter mobilization and aerial and
ground operations, as well as for rehabilitation of
environmentally sensitive burned areas.
Title I of P.L. 106-291, the Department of the Interior and
Related Agencies Appropriations act, 2001, provided for $200
million in contingent emergency funding for the Department of
the Interior to address wildland firefighting needs, of which
$100 million was designated as an emergency and released on
January 19, 2001. This request would make available the
remaining $100 million for emergency firefighting needs in the
Western States.
In addition, Title II of P.L. 106-291 provided $426 million
in contingent emergency funding to the Department of
Agriculture to address wildland firefighting needs, of which
$276 million was designated as an emergency and released on
January 19, 2001. this request would make available the
remaining $150 million for emergency firefighting needs in the
Western States.
The transmittal also contains technical corrections to the
Department of Agriculture materials transmitted on December 4,
2000. The details of the corrections are listed in the
enclosure to this letter.
I have carefully reviewed these proposals and am satisfied
that they are necessary at this time. I join the Secretaries of
Agriculture and the Interior in recommending that you sign the
enclosed letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Cordially,
Sean O'Keefe,
Deputy Director.
Enclosure.
Emergency Appropriations: Amounts Previously Appropriated Made
Available by the President
Department of Agriculture
In millions
Forest Service: Wildland Fire Management (appropriated
in Title II of P.L. 106-291)........................ $150
Title II of P.L. 106-291, the Department of the Interior
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, provided $426
million in contingent emergency funding to the Department of
Agriculture to address wildland firefighting needs, of which
$276 million was designated as an emergency and released on
January 19, 2001. This request would make available the
remaining $250 million for emergency firefighting needs in the
Western States.
Department of the Interior
In millions
Bureau of Land Management: Wildland Fire Management
(appropriated in Title I of P.L. 106-291)........... $100
Title I of P.L. 106-291 provided $200 million in contingent
emergency funding to the Department of the Interior to address
wildland firefighting needs, of which $100 million was
designated as an emergency and released on January 19, 2001.
This request would make available the remaining $100 million
for emergency firefighting needs in the Western States.
Department of Agriculture
Farm Service Agency, Commodity Credit Corporation Fund:
(Corrections to materials transmitted on December 4,
2000.)
Dairy income assistance: such sums as may be
necessary, estimated at........................... $675,000,000
Honey nonrecourse loans: such sums as may be
necessary, estimated at........................... 60,000,000
Amortization of recapture payments: such sums as may
be necessary, estimated at........................ 3,000,000
Loan deficiency payments: such sums as may be
necessary, estimated at........................... 35,000,000
Rice loan deficiency payments eligibility: such sums
as may be necessary, estimated at................. 5,500,000
Tobacco quota holder assistance: such sums as maybe
necessary, estimated at........................... 10,000,000