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      "id": 101796,
      "date": "2000-07-05",
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      "title": "Supplemental Appropriations for FY2000: Plan Colombia, Kosovo, Foreign Debt Relief, Home Energy Assistance, and Other Initiatives",
      "summary": "Early in each new session of Congress, the Administration routinely submits requests for\nsupplemental appropriations for the current fiscal year. By late April 2000, through several\nsubmissions to Congress, President Clinton had requested $5 billion in FY2000 supplemental\nappropriations, including $955 million for a counternarcotics initiative in Colombia and the Andean\nregion, about $2 billion for DOD peacekeeping operations in Kosovo, $600 million for diplomatic\nsupport and economic aid related to Kosovo and the Balkans, $210 million for poor country debt\nrelief, $600 million for home energy assistance to low income American families affected by high\nhome heating oil prices and weather emergencies, and $426 million for domestic disaster relief that\nmostly involves ongoing post-1999 hurricane cleanup efforts. The Administration designated nearly\nall as emergency requirements for FY2000, thereby eliminating the need to reduce existing\nappropriations to offset the costs of additional spending. The White House proposed a limited\nnumber of offsets, rescissions, transfers, and delays in funding obligations totaling about $750\nmillion.\n  The FY2000 supplemental request continues a pattern of the past few years in which the\nPresident has asked, and Congress has approved large supplementals generally focusing on defense,\nforeign policy, and domestic natural disasters and farm relief initiatives. In most cases, Congress\nhas increased the President's proposed supplementals, adding funds especially for domestic\nprograms and defense. A continuing controversy, however, has been the extent to which new\nappropriations should be offset by cuts in existing funds. Since FY1997, Congress has agreed to\ndeclare most supplementals as emergencies, adding a small amount of offsets.\n  The House and Senate tool different legislative approaches during consideration of the\nsupplemental requests. On March 30, 2000, the House passed a $12.8 billion FY2000 supplemental\nappropriation measure ( H.R. 3908 ), about $7.5 billion higher than the President's $5\nbillion request. Senate leaders decided not to consider  H.R. 3908 , but to attach portions\nof it to regular FY2001 appropriations for Military Construction ( S. 2521 ), Foreign\nOperations ( S. 2522 ), and Agriculture ( S. 2536 ). As reported in mid-May,\nthese bills provided about $8.6 billion in supplemental funding, well below the amount in\n H.R. 3908 .\n  In June, congressional leaders agreed to merge all House and Senate-passed FY2000\nsupplemental funds into the pending FY2001 Military Construction measure ( H.R. 4425 ) and resolve differences during conference committee negotiations on  H.R. 4425 . \nAs approved on June 30, FY2000 supplemental funding totals $11.2 billion, more than double the\nPresident's request. The enacted bill increases the Colombia counternarcotics initiative to $1.3\nbillion, fully funds peacekeeping costs in Kosovo and low-income home energy assistance, adds\nabout $4.6 billion for other Defense Department requirements, and triples the amount requested for\nU.S. natural disaster relief and other domestic programs.  H.R. 4425 , however, rejects\nfunding for poor country debt relief and most Balkan assistance.",
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    "Appropriations",
    "Domestic Social Policy",
    "Foreign Affairs",
    "Health Policy",
    "National Defense"
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