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      "id": 101056,
      "date": "2002-09-27",
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      "title": "Combating Terrorism: 2001 Congressional Debate on Emergency Supplemental Allocations",
      "summary": "Within days of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon,\nCongress approved a $40 billion emergency supplemental appropriations ( P.L.\n107-38 / H.R. 2888 ) to aid victims of the terrorist attacks, to bolster security at airports\nand other sites, to pursue the investigation and prosecution of those responsible, and to support\nnational security. The appropriation measure partitioned the $40 billion into three clusters. The first\n$10 billion was available immediately for allocation by the President. The second $10 billion was\navailable 15 days after the President notified Congress about how he would distribute the funds. The\nfinal $20 billion would be allocated within an enacted FY2002 appropriation bill.\n  Through notifications beginning on September 21, the Administration fully allocated the first\n$20 billion over the following five months. Between February and August 2002, the White House\nhas made some adjustments to these earlier distributions, primarily to provide additional funds for\nthe Transportation Security Administration. Congress allocated the final $20 billion as a separate\ntitle in the FY2002 Defense Department Appropriation ( P.L. 107-117 ;  H.R. 3338 ),\ncleared for the White House on December 20.\n  Of the $40 billion total, the White House proposed $21.1 billion for the Defense Department\n(53%); $18.9 billion for non-defense agencies (47.3%). Among non-defense programs, recovery\nactivities, including debris removal, efforts to repair damaged equipment and infrastructure, and\nrelocation of dislocated offices and workers, would receive the largest share -- roughly $6.2 billion,\nor 15% of the total. Victim relief represented an 8.3% share, or $3.3 billion, and physical security\n-- for both infrastructure and aviation -- totaled about $4.1 billion or 10%. Resources to combat\nbioterrorism totaled $1.6 billion, or about 4.4% of the total.\n  There was broad bipartisan support for the enactment of significant additional resources for\nrecovery and response to the September 11 terrorism attacks. Nevertheless, sharp differences\nemerged as to whether the original $40 billion package was sufficient, whether the allocations\nmatched the most critical priorities, especially regarding homeland security needs, and whether New\nYork and other jurisdictions directly affected by the attacks were receiving adequate funds. Many\nassumed that New York would receive about half, or $20 billion of the total emergency\nsupplemental. President Bush said he would veto any spending measure enacted in 2001 that went\nbeyond the $40 billion approved in  P.L. 107-38 .\n  On January 10, 2002, the President signed into law  P.L. 107-117  ( H.R. 3338 ), the\nDefense Appropriations bill that includes the \"second\" $20 billion in emergency supplemental\nspending for homeland security, increased defense needs, and other efforts to combat terrorism. As\nenacted,  P.L. 107-117  differs significantly from the plan President Bush proposed. The legislation\nroughly doubles the request for bioterrorism, law enforcement, and infrastructure security activities,\nwhile reducing by more than half the $7.3 billion proposed for defense.",
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    "Appropriations",
    "Foreign Affairs",
    "Intelligence and National Security",
    "National Defense"
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