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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document 09/21/01 FRI 17:07 FAX 202 456 2577 WHITE HOUSE f?j003

Estimate No. 15 107th Congress, 1st Session EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET WASHINGTON. D.C. JCE93

THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR

The President SEP 21 2001

The White House

Submitted for your consideration are requests to make available by transfer previously appropriated funds provided in P.L. 107-38, the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Recovery from and Response to Terrorist Attacks on the United States, FY 2001. As required by that Act, on September 18th you designated the $40 billion provided as an emergency funding requirement.

Your approval of these requests would transfer $5.1 billion from the Emergency Response Fund to the Departments of Commerce, Defense, Energy, Health and Human Services, the Interior, Justice, Labor, State, Transportation, and the Treasury; the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); General Services Administration; International Assistance Programs; Small Business Administration; Commodity Futures Trading Commission; District of Columbia; Export-Import Bank of the United States; National Transportation Safety Board; the Executive Office of the President; and the Legislative and Judicial Branches. The funding would provide assistance to the victims of the attacks and would address other consequences of the attacks, including funding for: debris removal, search and rescue efforts, and victim assistance efforts of FEMA; emergency grants to disaster-affected metropolitan area health providers; investigative expenses of the FBI; increased airport security and sky marshals; initial repair of the Pentagon; evacuation of high threat embassies abroad; additional funding for the Small Business Administration disaster loan program; and initial crisis and recovery operations of the Department of Defense and other national security operations.

These requests represent the initial transfers from the Emergency Response Fund to respond swiftly to urgent requirements and to alleviate human endangerment and suffering. We will continue to work with the agencies to determine additional needs. No further congressional action is required for these initial transfers.

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 your approval of the transfers described in the enclosure.

Cordially,

Sean O'Keefe Deputy Director

Enclosure

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