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      "id": 105323,
      "date": "1999-02-25",
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      "title": "Appropriations Supplemental for FY1999: Emergency Funding in P.L. 105-277 for Agriculture, Embassy Security, Y2K Problems, Defense, and Other Issues",
      "summary": "During the final days of the 105th Congress, the House and Senate considered a series of\nemergency\nsupplemental initiatives providing funds for American farmers affected by natural disasters and low\ncommodity prices, embassy security and counter-terrorism programs in the wake of the August\nembassy bombings, year 2000 (Y2K) computer requirements, the costs of maintaining U.S. troops\nin Bosnia, defense readiness, counter-narcotics interdiction initiatives, and domestic natural disaster\nrelated needs.\n Supplementals officially requested by the President totaled about $8.9 billion. Following the\naddition of several new congressional initiatives, some of which were endorsed by the White House,\nthe final amount included in the omnibus supplemental appropriation measure ( P.L. 105-277 ;\n H.R. 4328 ) climbed to $20.76 billion.\n Congress initially considered the emergency farm relief aid separate from other supplemental\nrequests, adding $4.26 billion to the regular FY1999 Agriculture Appropriations bill\n( H.R. 4101 ). President Clinton vetoed  H.R. 4101 , however, on October\n7 saying he regarded the amount of emergency agriculture spending as inadequate.\n  Congress considered the vetoed agriculture funding measure plus all remaining supplemental\nspending packages as part of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental\nAppropriations Act, 1999 ( H.R. 4328 ), that includes eight regular appropriation bills\nand other legislative initiatives. Congress cleared the measure and the President signed\n H.R. 4328  on October 21.\n All supplementals, with the exception of the $1 billion defense readiness request, were\ndesignated by the President as \"emergency\" spending, which under the 1985 Balanced Budget and\nEmergency Deficit Control Act means that if Congress agrees, the costs would not require\ncorresponding reductions in existing expenditures.\n Some Members, however, challenged the \"emergency\" status, arguing that the entire amount\nshould be offset by the cancellation of previously enacted funds. As passed, all but about $100\nmillion of the $20.76 billion supplemental is designated as an \"emergency.\" Congress included one\noffset in the bill a $67 million rescission of DOD fuel costs.\n As signed into law, the omnibus spending measure included $5.9 billion for agriculture disaster\nrelief; $2.44 billion for antiterrorism and embassy security; $3.35 billion for Y2K conversion costs;\n$1.44 billion for domestic natural disasters; $943 million for counter-drug and interdiction activities;\n$6.59 billion for military readiness, troops in Bosnia, and other national defense needs; and $103\nmillion for other emergencies.",
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    "Appropriations",
    "Foreign Affairs",
    "Intelligence and National Security",
    "National Defense"
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