On the recordJune 6, 2002
Let me state to the Senate the real precedent. It was enacted by this Congress when it was under the control of the Republican Party--both Houses--in 2001. It was in title I of the bill making appropriations for Kosovo and other national security matters. Here is what the provision said at that time: Section 126. Any amount appropriated in this chapter that 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, shall not be available for obligation unless all-- Not just part-- unless all such amounts are designated by the President upon enactment of this Act as emergency requirements pursuant to such section. That was the precedent, and I voted for it, and the Senator from Texas voted for it.
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