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107th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2888
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 14, 2001
Received
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AN ACT
Making emergency supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2001 for
additional disaster assistance, for anti-terrorism initiatives, and for
assistance in the recovery from the tragedy that occurred on September
11, 2001, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums
are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, to provide emergency supplemental appropriations for
fiscal year 2001, namely:
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE
PRESIDENT
Emergency Response Fund
(including transfers of funds)
For emergency expenses to respond to the terrorist attacks on the
United States that occurred on September 11, 2001, to provide
assistance to the victims of the attacks, and to deal with other
consequences of the attacks, $40,000,000,000, to remain available until
expended, including for the costs of: (1) providing Federal, State, and
local preparedness for mitigating and responding to the attacks; (2)
providing support to counter, investigate, or prosecute domestic or
international terrorism; (3) providing increased transportation
security; (4) repairing public facilities and transportation systems
damaged by the attacks; and (5) supporting national security: Provided,
That these funds may be transferred to any authorized Federal
Government activity to meet the purposes of this Act: Provided further,
That the Congress designates the entire amount as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That
$40,000,000,000 shall be available only to the extent that an official
budget request, that includes designation of the $40,000,000,000 as an
emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, is transmitted by the President to the
Congress: Provided further, That the President shall consult with the
chairmen and ranking minority members of the Committees on
Appropriations prior to the transfer of these funds: Provided further,
That of the $40,000,000,000 made available herein, $10,000,000,000
shall not be available for transfer to any Department or Agency until
15 days after the Director of the Office of Management and Budget has
submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a
proposed allocation and plan for use of the funds for that Department
or Agency; $20,000,000,000 may be obligated only when enacted in a
subsequent emergency appropriations bill, in response to the terrorist
acts on September 11, 2001: Provided further, That the President shall
transmit an amended budget request proposing an allocation of funds:
Provided further, That not less than one-half of the $40,000,000,000
shall be for disaster recovery activities and assistance related to the
terrorist acts in New York, Virginia, and Pennsylvania on September 11,
2001, as authorized by law: Provided further, That the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget shall provide quarterly reports to the
Committees on Appropriations on the use of these funds, beginning not
later than January 2, 2002: Provided further, That the President shall
submit to the Congress as soon as practicable detailed requests to meet
any further funding requirements for the purposes specified in this
Act.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 101. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made available by the
transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence activities are deemed
to be specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of section
504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414).
Sec. 102. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made available by the
transfer of funds in this Act, may be obligated and expended
notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91-672, section 313 of the
Foreign Relations Authorization Act, fiscal years 1994 and 1995, and
section 15 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956.
This Act may be cited as the ``2001 Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations Act for Recovery from and Response to Terrorist Attacks
on the United States''.
Passed the House of Representatives September 14, 2001.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
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