[House Document 107-281]
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107th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 107-
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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 DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE AND THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
November 14, 2002.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and
ordered to be printed
The White House,
Washington, November 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
Department of Justice and the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration.
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. 26, 107th Congress, 2d Session]
Executive Office of the President,
Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC, November 7, 2002.
The President,
The White House.
Submitted for your consideration are requests for FY 2003
budget amendments for the Department of Justice and the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The amendments
in this transmittal would not affect the budgetary resources
proposed in your FY 2003 Budget.
As described below and in more detail in the enclosures,
the requests include the following:
Department of Justice
$49 million is proposed for the Foreign Terrorist
Tracking Task Force (FTTTF) to support its operations. In
October 2001, you directed the Department of Justice to create
this Task Force to serve an essential function in the war on
terrorism. Pursuant to this directive (Homeland Security
Presidential Directive-2), the FTTTF is charged with ensuring
that Federal agencies, including the Department of State, law
enforcement components, and the intelligence community, have
the best available information with which to keep foreign
terrorists and their supporters out of the United States, and
put under surveillance, locate, prosecute, detain, or deport
such aliens already present in the country.
To offset the $49 million requested for the FTTTF, the
following reductions are proposed: $35 million from the
Counterterrorism Fund; $5 million from the Immigration and
Naturalization Service, including $2 million originally
requested for a pay and compensation study; and $9 million from
salaries and expense costs of the U.S. Marshals Service. The
reallocation of these resources to support the FTTTF is the
most effective use of these resources.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Two amendments in this transmittal reflect your
decision to restructure and improve NASA's Space Launch
Initiative (SLI) and to ensure that the International Space
Station can achieve the agreed upon U.S. ``core complete''
configuration and better address research priorities. The
proposals would incorporate, in FY 2003, $120 million in
funding from the Third Generation Reusable Launch Vehicle
program into the SLI budget. In addition, within the SLI
budget, $165 million would be reallocated from other SLI
projects into NASA Unique Systems (renamed Orbital Space
Plane). The proposals also make changes to NASA's five-year
plan to bolster Space Station reserves and ensure the U.S. core
complete configuration; extend the Space Shuttle's operational
life and add launches to increase the Space Station's
scientific utilization; aggressively pursue the Orbital Space
Plane to assure crew transfer to and from the Space Station;
and develop the technologies that will enable future launch
systems.
I have carefully reviewed these proposals and am satisfied
that they are necessary at this time. Therefore, I join the
Attorney General and the NASA Administrator in recommending
that you transmit the amendments to the Congress.
Sincerely,
Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr.,
Director.
Enclosures.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Federal Bureau of Investigation
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 631
FY 2003 Pending Request: $4,322,662,000
Proposed Amendment: $49,000,000
Revised Request: $4,371,662,000
This proposal would provide $49 million for the operations
of the Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force (FTTTF). This
increase in budgetary resources is fully offset by reductions
to several accounts within the Department of Justice (DOJ), as
proposed in accompanying budget amendments.
The President directed DOJ to create the FTTTF, pursuant to
Homeland Security Presidential Directive-2. The FTTTF is
charged with ensuring that Federal agencies, including the
Department of State, law enforcement components, and the
intelligence community, have the best available information
with which to keep foreign terrorists and their supporters out
of the United States, and put under surveillance, locate,
prosecute, detain, or deport such aliens already present in the
country.
Because of the timing of the directive establishing the
FTTTF and the planning activities necessary for its activation,
DOJ was unable to include resources for the FTTTF in the FY
2003 Budget request.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
General Administration
COUNTERTERRORISM FUND
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 613
FY 2003 Pending Request: $35,000,000
Proposed Amendment: -$35,000,000
Revised Request: --
(Under the above heading, all appropriations language should be
deleted.)
This proposal would eliminate the pending request for the
Counterterrorism Fund. In an accompanying proposal, the $35,
million originally requested for the Counterterrorism Fund is
now requested to be provided to the Foreign Terrorist Tracking
Task Force (FTTTF) to support its operations.
The $35 million was requested in the Counterterrorism Fund
for the Drug Enforcement Administration's Special Operation
Division prior to the creation of the FTTTF. With the
capabilities being developed by the FTTTF, reallocating these
resources to support Task Force operations is the most
effective use of these resources in the Department of Justice's
efforts to combat terrorism.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Legal Activities and U.S. Marshals
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 622-623
FY 2003 Pending Request: $722,193,000
Proposed Amendment: -$9,000,000
Revised Request: $713,193,000
This proposal would reduce the pending request for the
United States (USMS) by $9 million. In an accompanying
proposal, the $9 million is now requested to be provided to the
Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force to support its
operations.
This reduction is possible due to an inadvertent $9 million
overstatement of the USMS rent estimates in the FY 2003 Budget
request.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Immigration and Naturalization Service
IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 636-637
FY 2003 Pending Request: $3,241,798,000*
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* Appropriations language in the FY 2003 Budget Appendix for this
account inadvertently omitted ``,000'' from the pending request.
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Proposed Amendment: -$5,000,000
Revised Request: $3,236,798,000
(In the appropriations language under the above heading, delete
``$3,241,798'' and substitute $3,236,798,000).
This proposal would reduce the pending request for
Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) salaries and
expenses by $5 million. In an accompanying proposal, the $5
million is now requested to be provided to the Foreign
Terrorist Tracking Task Force (FTTTF) to support its
operations.
Of the $5 million proposed reduction, $3 million is derived
from recurring intelligence program resources that were
appropriated as part of P.L. 107-206, the FY 2002 Emergency
Supplemental. This amendment provides the most effective use of
these funds given the unique terrorist tracking capabilities
being developed by the FTTTF. The $2 million originally
requested for INS's pay and compensation study, addressed by
INS in FY 2002, provides the balance of the reduction.
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 1023
FY 2003 Pending Request: $6,172,900,000
Proposed Amendment: --
Revised Request: $6,172,900,000
This proposal reflects the President's decision to
restructure NASA's Space Launch Initiative and ensure that the
International Space Station can achieve the agreed upon U.S.
``core complete'' configuration and better address scientific
research priorities. For the five-year plan (FY 2003-2007), the
proposal, in aggregate, transfers $1.2 billion to the Human
Space Flight account and allocates these funds by:
Adding $706 million to bolster Space Station
reserves and maintain items requiring long-lead
development items for potential enhanced research in
response to recently completed independent cost
estimates and program reviews; and
Adding $470 million for the Space Shuttle to
ensure its extended viability for supporting Space
Station research and operations needs, as well as
additional Space Shuttle flights to increase scientific
utilization of the Space Station.
This amendment would not affect the FY 2003 budgetary
resources proposed in the FY 2003 Budget.
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
SCIENCE, AERONAUTICS AND TECHNOLOGY
FY 2003 Budget Appendix Page: 1025-1026
FY 2003 Pending Request: $8,918,500,000
Proposed Amendment: --
Revised Request: $8,918,500,000
This proposal reflects the President's decision to
restructure and improve NASA's Space Launch Initiative (SLI)
and ensure that the International Space Station can achieve the
agreed upon U.S. ``core complete'' configuration and better
address research priorities. NASA has developed a new
Integrated Space Transportation Plan that provides a systematic
approach to its space transportation needs. The plan will:
extend the Space Shuttle's operational life through at least
the middle of the next decade; aggressively pursue a crew
transfer vehicle called the Orbital Space Plane; and develop
the technologies that will enable future launch systems,
especially reusable launch vehicles. Some of these activities
would be conducted under a revamped and more effectively
focused SLI program.
For FY 2003, the proposal would:
Transfer $165 million within the SLI budget
from other SLI projects into NASA Unique Systems
(renamed Orbital Space Plane); and
Shift $120 million into the SLI budget due
to incorporation of the Third Generation Reusable
Launch Vehicle program.
The above changes for FY 2003 will result in significant
modifications to the outyear budget, but remain within NASA's
annual budget totals. Compared with NASA's five-year plan (FY
2003-2007) contained in the FY 2003 Budget, the proposal would:
Add $882 million for the SLI Orbital Space
Plane to aggressively pursue this critical new
capability for Space Station;
Add $75 million for Biological and Physical
Research to enable processing and transportation of
scientific payloads to the Space Station on the
additional Shuttle flights;
Add $1,176 million to the Human Space Flight
account;
Offset all the above by reducing other SLI
projects from $3,899 million to $1,766 million, a
reduction of $2,133 million. These reductions would be
achieved by delaying consideration for full-scale
development of a new reusable launch vehicle pending
further study of long-term launch requirements; and
transfer $661 million from the Third Generation
Reusable Launch Vehicle program into the SLI budget for
the next Generation Launch Technology Program.
This proposal would not affect the FY 2003 budgetary
resources proposed in the FY 2003 Budget.