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        104th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House 
Document 104-38


 
               MAKING AVAILABLE EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS

                               __________

                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

    HIS REQUEST TO MAKE AVAILABLE EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS TOTALING 
  $145,000,000 IN BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 
  URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, AND TO DESIGNATE 
      THESE AMOUNTS AS EMERGENCY REQUIREMENTS PURSUANT TO SECTION 
 251(b)(2)(D)(i) OF THE BALANCED BUDGET AND EMERGENCY DEFICIT CONTROL 
          ACT OF 1985, AS AMENDED, PURSUANT TO 31 U.S.C. 1107


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  February 21, 1995.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and 
                         ordered to be printed

                                           The White House,
                                 Washington, DC, February 17, 1995.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
    Sir: In accordance with provisions of P.L. 103-327, the 
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995, 
and P.L. 103-317, the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and 
State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1995, I hereby make available appropriations totaling 
$145,000,000 in budget authority for the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development and the Department of Commerce. These 
funds will be used to assist communities in recovering from the 
flooding and associated damage caused by Tropical Storm Alberto 
and will be available immediately.
    I designate the amounts made available as emergency 
requirements pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
amended.
    The details of this action are set forth in the enclosed 
letter from the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget. I concur with her comments and observations.
            Sincerely,
                                                William J. Clinton.