[House Document 107-262]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
107th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 107-262
REQUESTS FOR FY 2003 BUDGET AMENDMENTS
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COMMUNICATION
FROM
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
TRANSMITTING
HIS REQUESTS FOR FY 2003 BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF
AGRICULTURE, ENERGY, INTERIOR, AND TRANSPORTATION; INTERNATIONAL
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS; AND THE NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION
September 17, 2002.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and
ordered to be printed
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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
99-012 WASHINGTON : 2002
The White House,
Washington, September 13, 2002.
Hon. J. Dennis Hastert,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
Dear Mr. Speaker: I ask the Congress to consider the
enclosed requests for FY 2003 budget amendments for the
Departments of Agriculture, Energy, Interior, and
Transportation; International Assistance Programs; and the
National Capital Planning Commission.
In total, these amendments would not affect the budgetary
resources proposed in my FY 2003 Budget.
The details of these requests 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.
Enclosure.
[Estimate No. 24, 107th Cong., 2d Sess.]
Executive Office of the President,
Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC, September 12, 2002.
The President,
The White House.
Submitted for your consideration are requests for FY 2003
budget amendments for the Departments of Agriculture, Energy,
Interior (DOI), and Transportation; International Assistance
Programs; and the National Capital Planning Commission. The
proposals contained in this transmittal would not affect the
budgetary resources contained in your FY 2003 Budget.
As described below and in more detail in the enclosures,
the requests include the following:
Department of Agriculture
$60 million is proposed for salary and expense
costs of the Farm Service Agency for administering and
implementing programs established under P.L. 107-171, the Farm
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002. This increase is
fully offset by a $45 million reduction to the Small Watershed
Rehabilitation Program and a $15 million reduction to the Rural
Strategic Investment Program. This proposal is necessary to
reflect the increased costs of administering and implementing
the programs in P.L. 107-171 not anticipated in the FY 2003
Budget.
Department of Energy
$10 million is proposed in the Energy Conservation
account, fully offset by a corresponding reduction in the
Fossil Energy Research and Development account. This proposal
would establish a competitive solicitation program in support
of your National Climate Change Technology Initiative (NCCTI).
In total, the proposal would provide $20 million for the NCCTI
program funded by $10 million from the Fossil Energy Research
and Development account, and an additional $10 million
redirected from the Industry Sector program within the Energy
Conservation account.
Department of Transportation
Language is proposed to provide $5 million for the
Federal Highway Administration from the Transportation
Infrastructure Finance and Innovation program to conduct a
study, including necessary planning and environmental reviews
and engineering designs, to examine the impact of the
Pennsylvania Avenue and E Street closures to traffic in the
vicinity of the White House and to develop transportation
alternatives to alleviate congestion in that area.
Language is proposed to allow the Secretary of
Transportation flexibility to fund the appropriate mix of
transportation projects for the Borough of Manhattan in
response to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
International Assistance Programs
Language is proposed to allow the Administration
to complete modification of loans and guarantees for Pakistan
and Jordan.
Language is also proposed to provide authorization
to implement a new, no subsidy-cost Foreign Military Financing
15-year loan to the government of Poland for the purchase of 48
F-16 aircraft, weapons, and related logistics support. As a
member of NATO, Poland is an essential component in our effort
to strengthen the Trans-Atlantic Alliance and promote a robust
round of enlargement at the NATO summit in Prague.
The National Capital Planning Commission/DOI
$6.1 million is proposed for the National Capital
Planning Commission for expenses related to the planning,
design and initial construction activities of the project at
Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House. The proposed
amendment would provide $2.8 million to the Commission to
complete the design of Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the
White House, as proposed in the Commission's Urban Design and
Security Plan. The amendment would also provide $0.8 million
for structural testing of streetscape components and $2.5
million for initial surveying and utility relocation. These
last two activities would not be conducted by the National
Capital Planning Commission, but the funds would be transferred
to the Federal Highway Administration, which will be the
construction manager for the project.
To offset the $6.1 million described above,
reductions are proposed in three accounts within the DOI that
are projected to have amounts of unobligated funds carried into
FY 2003. These reductions would not affect program goals or
objectives in these agencies.
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
that you transmit the amendments to the Congress.
Sincerely,
Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr.,
Director.
Enclosures.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Farm Service Agency
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 102
FY 2003 Pending Request: $1,062,712,000
Proposed Amendment: $60,000,000
Revised Request: $1,122,712,000
This request would provide an additional $60 million in
funds for salary and expense costs of the Farm Service Agency
for administering and implementing programs established under
the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (the ``Farm
Bill''). This increase is fully offset by reductions to the
Small Watershed Rehabilitation Program and the Rural Strategic
Investment Program, as proposed in an accompanying budget
amendment.
This proposal is necessary to reflect the increased costs
of administering and implementing the Farm Bill programs not
anticipated in the FY 2003 Budget. This additional funding
would ensure that programs are delivered to customers in a
timely and efficient fashion.
This proposal would increase FY 2003 outlays by $54
million.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
TITLE VII--GENERAL PROVISIONS
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 195-201
FY 2003 Pending Request: --
Proposed Amendment: Language
Revised Request: --
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
insert after Sec. 722 the following new provisions:)
Sec. 723. Funds provided under subsection (h)(1)(A) of
section 14 of the Watershed Protection and Flood Protection Act
(16 U.S.C. 1012), as amended, are hereby cancelled.
Sec. 724. Section 385E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (7 U.S.C. et seq.), as amended, is further
amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ``$100,000,000''
and inserting ``$85,000,000''; and
(2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``$87,000,000''
and inserting ``$72,000,000''.
Sec. 723 would cancel $45 million in FY 2003 mandatory
funding for the Natural Resources Conservation Service for the
Small Watershed Rehabilitation Program. In an accompanying
proposal, the $45 million would be reallocated to the Farm
Service Agency.
Sec. 724 would reduce funding made available by the Farm
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 for the Rural
Strategic Investment Program by $15 million. In an accompanying
proposal, the $15 million would also be reallocated to the Farm
Service Agency.
Taken together, these amendments would decrease FY 2003
outlays by $32 million.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Programs
FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 400
FY 2003 Pending Request: $534,155,000
Proposed Amendment: -$10,000,000
Revised Request: $524,155,000
This proposal would reduce the pending request for the
Fossil Energy Research and Development account for the
Sequestration (R&D) program by $10 million. In an accompanying
proposal, the $10 million would be provided to the Energy
Conservation account, to support the Administration's National
Climate Change Technology Initiative competitive solicitation
program. This program would fund R&D projects to explore novel
technologies or technical approaches that could contribute in
significant ways to future reductions or avoidances of so-
called ``greenhouse gas'' emissions, and/or their capture and
sequestration (permanent storage).
This proposal would not impact the current Sequestration
R&D program. Even with the $10 million reduction, the growth in
the program's budget request would be 37 percent over the FY
2002 level.
This amendment would decrease outlays in this account by $4
million.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Programs
ENERGY CONSERVATION
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 402
FY 2003 Pending Request: $904,304,000
Proposed Amendment: $10,000,000
Revised Request: $914,304,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
delete ``$904,304,000'' and substitute $914,304,000; and insert
the following before the colon after ``until expended'', of
which $20,000,000 shall be used to support research and
development contracts on technological approaches to reduce,
avoid, or capture greenhouse gas emissions, to be awarded
pursuant to competitive solicitations.)
This proposal would provide $10 million to the Energy
Conservation account to establish a competitive solicitation
program in support of the President's National Climate Change
Technology Initiative (NCCTI). The proposal would also redirect
$10 million in this account from Industry Sector activities ($8
million from the Industries of the Future (Specific) subprogram
and $2 million from the Cooperative Programs with States
subprogram) to provide a total of $20 million for the NCCTI
competitive solicitation program.
The competitive solicitation is intended to complement and
enrich the existing research and development portfolio and help
ensure that all possible technology options are explored.
Projects funded by the NCCTI competitive solicitation program
would be consistent with projects typically supported by the
Department's Energy Conservation account (e.g., a new approach
to increasing the energy efficiency of a common industrial
process), Energy Supply account (e.g., a renewable energy or
nuclear energy project), or the Fossil Energy account (e.g., a
new approach to sequestering carbon emissions from power
plants). The NCCTI competitive solicition program would require
these diverse types of projects to compete for funding based on
their potential to reduce, avoid, or capture greenhouse gas
emissions, which would foster novel concepts to address climate
change that may not comport with established research and
development program plans.
The competitive solicitation program would be administered
by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. The
Department would make competitive awards based on the
recommendations of the NCCTI Interagency Working Group, who
would seek external peer evaluation of proposals for advice on
project selection.
The increase of $10 million in budget authority would be
offset by a corresponding decrease in the Fossil Energy
Research and Development account, as proposed in an
accompanying budget amendment.
This amendment would increase FY 2003 outlays in this
account by $3 million.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 563
FY 2003 Pending Request: $91,000,000
Proposed Amendment: -$2,100,000
Revised Request: $88,900,000
This proposal would reduce the pending request for the Fish
and Wildlife Service's Cooperative Endangered Species
Conservation Fund by $2.1 million. The account is projecting
over $100 million in unobligated balances to be carried over
from FY 2002 to FY 2003. The proposed reduction would not
affect program goals or objectives.
This amendment would not affect FY 2003 outlays.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
CONSTRUCTION AND MAJOR MAINTENANCE
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 572
FY 2003 Pending Request: $323,901,000
Proposed Amendment: -$2,000,000
Revised Request: $321,901,000
This proposal would reduce the pending request for the
National Park Service's Construction and Major Maintenance
account by $2.0 million. This amount would be derived from the
$12.5 million requested for the employee housing replacement
program, which is expected to carry over $20 million in
unobligated balances from FY 2002 into FY 2003. The reduction
would not affect program goals or objectives.
This amendment would not affect FY 2003 outlays.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 579
FY 2003 Pending Request: $1,858,986,000
Proposed Amendment: -$2,000,000
Revised Request: $1,856,986,000
This proposal would reduce the pending request for the
Bureau of Indian Affair's (BIA's) Operations of Indian Programs
(OIP) account by $2.0 million. OIP funds most of BIA's non-
construction activities, including education, social welfare,
and natural resource management. The account received $1.8
billion in FY 2002, of which $436 million is forward funding
for the school year beginning in September 2002. The Department
of the Interior estimates that this account will carry over
significant non-education unobligated balances from FY 2002
into FY 2003. This reduction would not affect program goals or
objectives.
This amendment would not affect FY 2003 outlays.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 744-745
FY 2003 Pending Request: --
Proposed Amendment: $5,000,000
Revised Request: --
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
insert the following before the period at the end:)
: Provided further, That from the funds available pursuant to
section 188 of title 23, U.S.C., $5,000,000 shall be available
until expended to conduct transportation planning studies
environmental studies, and engineering design to alleviate
congestion resulting from street closures in the District of
Columbia in the vicinity of the White House.
This proposal would provide $5 million for the Federal
Highway Administration from the Transportation Infrastructure
Finance and Innovation program to conduct a study, including
necessary planning and environmental reviews and engineering
designs, to examine the impact of the Pennsylvania Avenue and E
Street closures to traffic in the vicinity of the White House
and to develop transportation alternatives to alleviate
congestion in that area. The study would examine the
alternatives of constructing a tunnel under E Street and/or
Pennsylvania Avenue; transit options, including a mass transit
``connector''; and traffic management options related to the
street closures due to increased security concerns.
This amendment would not affect FY 2003 outlays.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 787-794
FY 2003 Pending Request: --
Proposed Amendment: Language
Revised Request: --
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
insert after Sec. 225 the following new section:)
Sec. 336. From funds made available under the heading,
``Capital Investment Grants,'' Federal Transit Administration,
in Public Law 107-206, the Secretary of Transportation is
authorized to transfer such sums as may be necessary to
``Federal-aid Highways,'' Federal Highway Administration, for
surface transportation projects serving the Borough of
Manhattan, eligible under section 133(b) of title 23, United
States Code: Provided, That the Federal share for any such
project shall be 100 percent: Provided further, That these
projects must be developed and selected in accordance with the
comprehensive transit and public transportation plan adopted by
the locally designated planning and decision-making body.
This proposal would allow the Secretary of Transportation
flexibility to fund the approximate mix of transportation
projects for the Borough of Manhattan in response to the
September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The transportation
system, including transit and roads, were badly damaged by the
attacks. As local planning agencies and transportation
providers continue to refine the rebuilding plan for lower
Manhattan, several transportation projects may require
different funding levels. This amendment would allow the
Secretary to alter the funding mix among eligible highway and
transit projects.
This amendment would not affect FY 2003 outlays.
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INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
International Security Assistance
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 963
FY 2003 Pending Request: $2,490,000,000
Proposed Amendment: Language
Revised Request: $2,490,000,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
after the phrase, ``: Provided, That'', insert the following:)
not to exceed $200,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this
heading in this Act for foreign operations, export financing,
and related programs, may be made available for the cost, as
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974,
of modifying direct loans and guarantees for Pakistan: Provided
further, That not to exceed $15,000,000 of the funds
appropriated under this heading in P.L. 107-206, the
Supplemental Appropriations Act for Further Recovery From and
Response To Terrorist Attacks on the United States, FY 2002,
may be made available for the cost, as defined in section 502
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying direct
loans and guarantees for Jordan: Provided further, That.
This proposal would allow the Administration to complete
modification of loans and guarantees for Pakistan and Jordan,
consistent with the President's commitment to provide
assistance to these countries.
This amendment would not affect FY 2003 outlays.
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INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
International Security Assistance
FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 964-965
FY 2003 Pending Request: $4,107,200,000
Proposed Amendment: Language
Revised Request: $4,107,200,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading,
insert the following new paragraph after the first paragraph:)
During fiscal year 2003, direct loans under section 23 of
the Arms Export Control Act may be made available for Poland,
gross obligations for the principal amounts of which shall not
exceed $3,800,000,000: Provided, That such loan shall be repaid
in not more than fifteen years, including a grace period of up
to eight years on repayment of principal: Provided further,
That no funds are available for the subsidy costs of these
loans: Provided further, That the Government of Poland shall
pay the full cost, as defined in section 502 of the Federal
Credit Reform Act of 1990, as amended, associated with the
loans, including the cost of any defaults: Provided further,
That any fees associated with these loans shall be paid by the
Government of Poland prior to any disbursement of loan
proceeds: Provided further, That no funds made available to
Poland under this or any other Act may be used for payment of
any fees associated with these loans.
This proposal would provide appropriate legislative
authorization to implement a new, no subsidy-cost $3.8 billion
Foreign Military Financing (FMF) 15-year loan to the government
of Poland for the purchase of 48 F-16 aircraft, weapons, and
related logistics support. The FMF loan financing is essential
to ensure that Poland is able to purchase the combat-proven F-
16 aircraft, rather than European competitors. Poland's
acquisition of the F-16 would greatly improve the
interoperability of its air force with NATO and the U.S., an
important objective of the United States for Central Europe.
The F-16 acquisition would also promote stronger strategic ties
between our militaries and our aircraft industries. As a valued
partner in NATO, Poland is essential to our efforts to
strengthen the Trans-Atlantic Alliance and promote a robust
round of enlargement at the NATO summit in Prague.
Under the proposal, the government of Poland would assume
all the costs or fees associated with the loan, including any
associated with non-payment exposure risks. Thus, there will be
no U.S. subsidy costs, and this request entails no new
appropriations.
This amendment would not affect FY 2003 outlays.
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NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE RESTORATION FUND
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 1148
FY 2003 Pending Request: --
Proposed Amendment: $6,100,000
Revised Request: $6,000,000
(Insert the above heading and the appropriations language
that follows immediately after the material under the heading
``Salaries and Expenses'':)
For planning and design activities and initiation of
construction of the project at Pennsylvania Avenue in front of
the White House, as proposed in the National Capital Planning
Commission's Urban Design and Security Plan, $6,100,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2005, of which $2,800,000
is for planning and design of the project: Provided, That
$3,300,000 shall be transferred to ``Federal-aid Highways,''
Federal Highway Administration, to conduct structural testing
of streetscape components and initial surveying and utility
relocation for the project.
This proposal would provide $6.1 million for the National
Capital Planning Commission for expenses related to the
planning, design and initial construction activities of the
project at Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House. The
proposed amendment would provide $2.8 million to the Commission
to complete the design of Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the
White House as proposed in the Commission's Urban Design and
Security Plan. The proposal would also provide $800,000 for
structural testing of streetscape components and $2.5 million
for initial surveying and utility relocation. These last two
activities would not be conducted by the National Capital
Planning Commission, but would be transferred to the Federal
Highway Administration, which will be the construction manager
for the project.
The proposed increase in budget authority would be offset
by corresponding decreases in the Bureau of Indian Affairs'
Operations of Indian Programs account, the Fish and Wildlife
Service's Cooperative Endangered Species Fund account, and the
National Park Service's Construction account, as proposed in
accompanying budget amendments.
This amendment would increase FY 2003 outlays by $3.7
million.