PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 112 STAT. 2681-574 shall be in addition to funds available in this or any other Act making appropriations for the Department of Defense for Year 2000 compliance and related activities: Provided further, That the entire amount made available under this heading is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That the entire amount made available under this heading shall be available only to the extent that an official budget request for a specific dollar amount, that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress. TITLE IV—OTHER EMERGENCIES CHAPTER 1 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES In addition to the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for this purpose, $5,000,000 is appropriated to the Department of Commerce to remain available until expended to provide emergency disaster assistance to persons or entities in the Northeast multispecies fishery who have incurred losses from a commercial fishery failure under section 308(b) of the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act of 1986, as amended: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That the entire amount shall be avsdlable only to the extent an official budget request, for a specific dollar amount, that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted to the Congress. RELATED AGENCY SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT For an additional amount for the cost of direct loans, $71,000,000, to remain available until expended to subsidize additional gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressiongil Budget Act of 1974; and for administrative expenses to carry out the disaster loan program, an additional $30,000,000 to remain available until expended, which may be transferred to and merged with appropriations for "Salaries and Expenses": Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
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