Supplemental Appropriations for Fy2002: Combating Terrorism and Other Issues

By Belasco, Amy

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Title:	Supplemental Appropriations for Fy2002: Combating Terrorism and Other Issues
Author:	Belasco, Amy
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Language:	English
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Citation APA MLA Chicago Belasco, B. A. (n.d.). Supplemental Appropriations for Fy2002: Combating Terrorism and Other Issues. Retrieved from http://self.gutenberg.org/

Excerpt
Summary: On March 21, 2002, President Bush requested $27. billion in emergency supplemental funding to continue the war on terrorism and provide additional assistance for New York City and aviation security as well as other homeland security needs. With the $1. billion FY2002 supplemental request for Pell grants in the President’s February budget, the Administration’s request was $28. billion. Although there was broad congressional support for the new supplemental, Congress debated the total spending level, the amount for homeland security, and inclusion of budget ceilings for FY2003, as well as other issues from the time that the bill was submitted in the spring to its final passage in late July. Resolving differences between the two houses and between Congress and the Administration proved to be difficult. The initial draft conference version developed by the appropriators was rejected by the White House. A compromise package designed by Senate appropriators was then rejected by the House. House appropriators then put together a final $28.9 billion spending package that was acceptable to both houses and the Administration.

Table of Contents
Contents Most Recent Developments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Composition of FY2002 Emergency Supplemental Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 The Distribution of Funds by Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Policy Priorities in the Administration’s Request and the Enacted Verison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Similarities Between FY2002 Request and ETR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Differences Between FY2002 Request and ETR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Proposed and Final Congressional Funding by Policy Priorities . . . . . . . . . 6 Congressional Issues Raised by the President’s Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Status of H.R. 4775 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Conference Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Resolution of Major Funding Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Designating Funds as Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Change to the Highway Trust Fund Formula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Releasing Funding for International Family Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Change to Rural Medicare Formulas and Textile Trading Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 House Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 House Markup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 House Floor Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Senate Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Senate Markup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Senate Floor Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Conference Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Funding Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Policy Issues for Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Areas of Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Administration’s Request for the Department of Defense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 The Cost of the War in Afghanistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Mobilizing Reservists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Increasing Munitions Stockpiles and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles . . . 37 Command, Control, Communications, and Classified Programs . . . . 38 Coalition Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 House Action on the Administration’s Defense Request . . . . . . . . . . 39 Senate Action on the Administration’s Defense Request . . . . . . . . . . 40 Foreign Aid to “Front-Line” States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Funding Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Policy Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Congressional Action on the Administration’s Foreign Aid Request . 47 Aviation Security Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 New Security Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . .