Congress has received several messages from the President allocating funds from the Emergency Response Fund by P.L. (3) In summary, the proposed budgetwould fund the accounts in the Treasury andGeneral Government appropriations legislation at $16.6 billion (discretionary). Those allocations are subject to change. For accounts covered in this billthe House allocated, on October 9, $17.022 billion and the Senate, on October 11, allocated $17.118billion. The conference agreement would provide$17.069 billion in discretionary funding. This falls between the House and Senate allocations. Appropriations for the Executive Office of the President provide salaries and expenses for the White House Office, operations of the residences of the President and Vice President, and most otheragencies within the Executive Office of the President (EOP). (8)
The budget documents submitted to Congress April 9, 2001 provide account-by-account details on the rescission. 107-67 , the accounts in the Treasury and GeneralGovernment Appropriation were no longer subject to the continuing resolutions. By comparison, the Senate-passed measure would have provided ATF with $821,421,000, a 6.5% increase over the agency's FY2001 appropriation. Postal Service. Drawing upon funds made available to him by the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Recovery from and Response to Terrorist Attacks on the United States, FY2001, PresidentBush, on October 16, 2001, allocated $7 million to NARA, $4.8 million for the operating expensesaccount for additional guard services at NARA-owned facilities, and $2.2 million for the repairs andrestoration account. Terrorism

According to the Office of Management and Budget, several accounts under this appropriation(Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, U.S. Customs Service, U.S.Secret Service, and the General Services Administration) receive funding for functions related tocountering terrorism. (57) P.L.107-38 also authorized the emergency supplementalenactment of an additional $20 billion. The ECI calculationsdictate a pay adjustment in January 2002 of 3.4%. Those costs are not included in this budget presentation. Department of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of thePresident, and General Government Appropriations (in thousands of dollars)
Note: Funds allocated to these accounts through the Emergency Response Fund pursuant to P.L. 107-38 and P.L.107 117 are included in the Supplemental column. 1. Budget Authority. Direct Spending. Outlays.
The Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and General Government FY2002 appropriation, P.L. 107-67 , totals $32.4 billion. Congressional Budget Office scorekeepingputs the totals at $32.8 billion ($15.7 billion mandatory and $17.1 discretionary. The House passedan appropriation totaling $32.7 billion. The Senate-passed bill would have funded the accounts at$32.8 billion. The conference agreement would provide a 4.6% pay adjustment in January 2002 forfederal civilian employees. Several of the accounts within the bill are also receiving funding throughthe Emergency Response Fund under P.L. 107-38 and P.L. 107-117 .
On April 9, 2001, President George W. Bush submitted his FY2002 budget to Congress. The budget documents show, for accounts funded through the Treasury, Postal Service, and GeneralGovernment appropriations bill, a proposed FY2002 discretionary budget authority of $16.6 billionand proposed outlays of $16.3 billion. This represents a $1 billion increase over the FY2001 enactedestimates (estimates do not reflect the enacted FY2001 supplemental). Realistically, the estimateswhich were offered earlier in the year are no longer current. Several of the covered accounts fundactivities affected either directly by, or as a consequence of response to, the attacks of September 11.
Accounts in the Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, U.S. Customs Service, U.S. Secret Service, and the General Services Administration usually receivefunding for functions related to countering terrorism. Emergency Response Fund allocations, asprovided by P.L. 107-38 , the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Recovery from andResponse to Terrorist Attacks on the United States, FY2001, have gone to accounts in theDepartment of the Treasury, the Executive Office of the President and the General ServicesAdministration. To date, those accounts have been allocated $147.5 million from the EmergencyResponse Fund. Those allocations are not included in the totals above.
Pursuant to recent negotiations, between the White House and Congress, on new overall funding levels, the October 9 House allocation for the spending allocations for the Treasury andGeneral Government accounts remain at $17.022 billion. The Senate Appropriations Committeeallocated $17.118 billion on October 11.
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