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December 8, 1998
The Speaker of the
House of Representatives
Sir:
In accordance with provisions of Public Law 105-277, the Omnibus Consolidated and
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999, I hereby request the following transfers from
the Information Technology Systems and Related Expenses account:
Department of Agriculture
Executive Operations, Office of the Chief Information Officer: $28,731,000
Department of Commerce
General Administration, Salaries and Expenses: $5,350,000
Economic Development Administration, Salaries and Expenses: $694,000
Bureau of the Census, Salaries and Expenses: $10,000,000
Bureau of the Census, Periodic Censuses and Programs: $10,900,000
Export Administration, Operations and Administration: $330,000
National Technical Information Service, NTIS Revolving Fund: $1,000,000
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Industrial Technology Services:
$21,000,000
Department of Education
Office of Postsecondary Education, Federal Direct Student Loan Program,
Program Account: $531,000
Office of Postsecondary Education, Federal Family Education Loan Program
Account: $794,000
Departmental Management, Program Administration: $960,000
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Management and Administration, Salaries and Expenses: $12,200,000
Department of the Interior
Departmental Management, Working Capital Fund: $17,701,200
Department of Labor
Employment and Training Administration, Training and Employment Services:
$804,000
Mine Safety and Health Administration, Salaries and Expenses: $2,259,000
Departmental Management, Salaries and Expenses: $1,170,000
Departmental Management, Office of the Inspector General: $1,000,000
Department of State
Administration of Foreign Affairs, Capital Investment Fund: $10,000 ,000
Department of Transportation
Office of the Secretary, Salaries and Expenses: $7,054,000
Coast Guard, Operating Expenses: $20,505,000
Federal Aviation Administration, Operations: $9,699,000
Federal Aviation Administration, Facilities and Equipment: $86,612,000
Federal Aviation Administration, Research, Engineering, and Development:
$147,000
Research and Special Programs Administration, Research and Special Programs:
$182,000
Research and Special Programs Administration, Pipeline Safety: $150,000
Maritime Administration, Operations and Training: $530,000
Overseas Private Investment Corporation Program Account: $1,260,000
African Development Foundation, African Development Foundation: $137,485
Small Business Administration
Salaries and Expenses: $890,000
District of Columbia
District of Columbia Courts, Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts:
$2,248,660
National Archives and Records Administration
Operating Expenses: $6,662,000
Office of Special Counsel
Salaries and Expenses: $100,000
Railroad Retirement Board
Federal Payment to the Railroad Retirement Accounts: $340,000
Smithsonian Institution
Salaries and Expenses: $4,700,000
This funding will support efforts to make Federal information technology systems Year 2000
compliant and outreach to non-Federal entities in support of the Year 2000 Conversion Council.
I hereby designate all of the above requests as emergency requirements pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
The details of these actions are set forth in the enclosed letter from the Director of the Office
of Management and Budget. I concur with his comments and observations.
Enclosure
Estimate No. 25
105th Congress, 2nd Session
December 8, 1998
The President
The White House
Submitted for your consideration are requests to transfer $338 million from the Information
Technology Systems and Related Expenses Account for year 2000 (Y2K) compliance to 20
Federal agencies. This is the second release of contingent emergency funding for Y2K from funds
appropriated in P.L. 105-277, the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 1999. On November 6, 1998, you allocated $891 million to 17 Federal
Agencies.
These transfers will support a range of activities to ensure that important computer systems
will operate smoothly through the year 2000 and beyond. Contingent emergency funding would
be allocated both for activities that were included in your FY 1999 Budget but were not funded in
the FY 1999 appropriations process, and for critical Y2K requirements that have been identified
since the FY 1999 Budget was transmitted. Federal agencies would use this funding for
additional remediation for information technology systems, testing to ensure that systems are Y2K
compliant, replacement of embedded computer chips, creation and verification of continuity of
operations and contingency plans, and outreach to non-Federal entities by agencies in support of
the Year 2000 Conversion Council.
Your FY 1999 Budget anticipated that Y2K requirements would emerge over the course of
the year and included an allowance to provide flexible funding to address emerging needs. As you
requested, P.L. 105-277, the FY 1999 Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations Act, provided contingent emergency funding for Y2K computer conversion
activities -- $1.1 billion for defense-related activities and $2.25 billion for non-defense activities.
The enclosed requests for transfers are for non-defense agencies; therefore, the funds would be
transferred from the Information Technology Systems and Related Expenses account established
by P.L. 105-277.
OMB continues its oversight of Federal agency progress toward fixing the Y2K problem.
We are working to ensure that Federal agencies have sufficient FY 1999 resources to address
Y2K and that flexible contingent emergency funding remains available to address emerging needs.
Pursuant to the requirements of Public Law 105-277, OMB will prepare and submit reports to
Congress on the proposed allocation and plan for each affected agency to achieve year 2000
compliance for technology information systems before funds can be released to the agency. The
report for agencies represented in this second release of Y2K contingent emergency funds will be
transmitted to the congressional committees specified in P.L. 105-277 concurrent with this
request for release of the funds. In addition, OMB has directed each affected agency to provide
detailed justification materials in support of its plan and allocation to the relevant appropriations
subcommittees. OMB will continue to monitor agency requirements and will address additional
funding needs as they emerge.
I recommend that you designate the amounts listed on the enclosure as emergency
requirements in accordance with section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. No further congressional action will be required.
Pursuant to P.L. 105-277, funds will be made available to agencies 15 days after this designation
is forwarded to Congress.
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
that you make the requested funds available by
signing the enclosed letter to the Speaker of the
House of Representatives.
Enclosure
EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS: AMOUNTS PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED
MADE AVAILABLE BY THE PRESIDENT
YEAR 2000 (Y2K) CONVERSION
Department of Agriculture
Executive Operations, Office of the Chief Information Officer...........
$28,731,000
Department of Commerce
General Administration, Salaries and Expenses.................................
$5,350,000
Economic Development Administration, Salaries and Expenses.........
$694,000
Bureau of the Census:
Salaries and Expenses....................................................................
Periodic Censuses and Programs....................................................
$10,000,000
$10,900,000
Export Administration, Operations and Administration........................
$330,000
National Technical Information Service, NTIS Revolving Fund...........
Salaries and Expenses.....................................................................
$100,000
Railroad Retirement Board
Federal Payment to the Railroad Retirement Accounts.....................
$340,000
Smithsonian Institution
Salaries and Expenses.....................................................................
$4,700,000
The funds made available will enable these agencies to address the Y2K problem by
supporting additional remediation for information technology systems, testing to ensure that
systems are indeed Y2K compliant, replacement of embedded computer chips, creation and
verification of continuity of operations and contingency plans, and outreach to non-Federal
entities by agencies in support of the Year 2000 Conversion Council.
The Honorable Bob Livingston
Chairman
Committee on Appropriations
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Mr. Chairman:
In accordance with provisions of Public Law 105-277, the Omnibus Consolidated and
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999, I am transmitting a proposed allocation and
plan for the following agencies to achieve Year 2000 (Y2K) compliance for technology
information systems:
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Department of Education [revision]
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of the Interior [revision]
Department of Labor [revision]
Department of State [revision]
Department of Transportation
Department of the Treasury [revision]
Federal Emergency Management Agency
General Services Administration [revision]
Agency for International Development
Overseas Private Investment Corporation
African Development Foundation
Small Business Administration
District of Columbia Courts
National Archives and Records Administration
Office of Special Counsel
Railroad Retirement Board
Smithsonian Institution
As noted, for six of the agencies listed above, the materials transmitted revise the allocations
and plans for these agencies that were submitted on November 6, 1998.
In monitoring Federal agency progress towards Y2K compliance, OMB has directed
agencies to estimate the total FY 1999 resources necessary for Y2K compliance and related
expenses. Further, OMB and the agencies have worked together to determine whether resource
requirements associated with Y2K can be accommodated within appropriated levels, or whether
contingent emergency funds should be allocated.
For the agencies listed above, the allocation of contingent emergency funds required at this
time is displayed on the enclosed table. The table indicates which agencies will be receiving a
second allocation of emergency funding -- those allocations and plans that are being revised -- to
demonstrate how their resource requirements have been addressed over time.
In addition, all of the agencies listed above have been directed to provide detailed
justification materials for these requirements to the committees specified in Public Law 105-277,
as well as to the relevant appropriations subcommittees, concurrent with the transmittal of this
allocation and plan. These materials detail agency funding requirements associated with systems
remediation, and discuss how that funding -- both base funding and emergency supplemental
funding -- will assist an agency in achieving Y2K compliance. In addition, funding for activities in
support of the President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion is discussed. OMB will continue to
monitor agency requirements and will address additional funding needs as they emerge.
OMB's strategy to ensure agency Y2K compliance is predicated on agency accountability.
We have systematically monitored agency progress through agency goals for: compliance of
mission critical systems, progress on the status of mission critical systems, status of mission
critical systems being repaired, and agency Y2K cost estimates.
These performance measures have proved useful in ensuring agency accountability without
diverting vital resources from Y2K compliance activities to reporting requirements. Provided
with this package is OMB's November 1998 Y2K Quarterly Report to the House and Senate
Appropriations Committees, which includes an assessment of these performance measures and the
Government's overall progress. In assessing agency progress towards compliance, OMB has
focused on the four measures described above. The report also details other initiatives -- such as
our work with the States on data exchanges -- that are part of the Administration's overall plan for
achieving Y2K compliance.
For most of the agencies listed in this transmittal, the following constitutes the agency plan
as required by Public Law 105-277:
OMB Quarterly Report; and,
The justification materials provided by the agencies concurrent with the transmittal of this
letter.
For several small, independent agencies included in this transmittal -- Overseas Private
Investment Corporation, African Development Foundation, District of Columbia Courts, Office of
Special Counsel, Railroad Retirement Board, and Smithsonian Institution -- the justification
materials provided serve as the agency plan. OMB has been monitoring the progress of these
small agencies, and will ask them to report back on their status early next year.
Thank you again for your cooperation on this important issue.
Identical Letter Sent To:
The Honorable Bob Livingston
The Honorable David R. Obey
The Honorable Ted Stevens
The Honorable Robert C. Byrd
The Honorable Robert F. Bennett
The Honorable Christopher J. Dodd
The Honorable F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.
The Honorable George E. Brown, Jr.
The Honorable Dan Burton
The Honorable Henry A. Waxman
The Honorable Stephen Horn
The Honorable Dennis J. Kucinich
