Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations and Transfers for Relief from the Effects of Natural Disasters, for Other Urgent Needs, and for Incremental Costs of "Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm" Act of 1992
Public Law 102-229 · H.J.Res. 157 · 102nd Congress · began in the House
Signed by George H. W. Bush (R) on Dec 12, 1991 · Economics and Public Finance
Sponsor: Rep. Jamie Whitten (D-MS-1)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votesYeaNay
- HouseRecorded vote: 303 yea, 114 nay303–114
- SenateVoice vote
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations and Transfers for Relief from the Effects of Natural Disasters, for Other Urgent Needs, and for Incremental Costs of "Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm" Act of 1992 - Makes dire emergency supplemental appropriations to the Department of Defense for FY 1992 for specified military procurement.
Title I: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations - Chapter I: Department of Defense - Military - Makes supplemental appropriations to the Department of Defense, the Department of Transportation, and the Department of Veterans Affairs for additional costs associated with operations in and around the Persian Gulf known as Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, including the authorized transfer during FY 1992 of amounts from either the Defense Cooperation Account, or the Persian Gulf Regional Defense Fund.
Provides for the procurement of AH-64 Apache attack helicopters.
Makes funds available for costs arising from the cancellation of the Alaskan Over-The-Horizon-Backscatter Radar (OTH-B) program and powerplant lease.
Makes funds available by transfer for expenses resulting from U.S. participation through February 1992 with the Kurdish Protection or Ready Protection Force.
Restricts the use of funds to conduct, support, or administer any sale of defense articles or defense services to Saudi Arabia or Kuwait until that country has paid in full commitments made to support Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Requires the notification of the United States with regard to the transfer of any of its military equipment to other NATO countries under the provisions of the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty.
Makes funds available for the prepositioning of relief supplies in the Middle East to meet emergency Kurdish and other Iraqi-related humanitarian needs and related transportation costs. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to transfer funds to meet such needs.
Prohibits the use of FY 1992 funds to procure four-ton dolly jacks outside the United States unless the Secretary determines such procurement is necessary in the interest of national security.
Allows the transfer of funds to assist the Soviet Union and/or emerging political structures on the territory of the former Soviet Union in dismantling nuclear weapons.
Allows the transfer of funds, at the direction of the President, to provide humanitarian assistance to the Soviet Union, or its Republics, or localities, in order to address emergency conditions which may arise.
Chapter II: Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to reserve specified HOME investment partnerships assistance for Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa (insular areas).
Amends the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992 to increase funding for personal services and travel for specified offices of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Provides for the use of funds available to the Court of Veterans Appeals for the Legal Services Corporation for grants or contracts to organizations that provide legal assistance to veterans in pro se cases before the Court. Requires a report to the Congress on such demonstration program.
Requires the use of funds available to the Environmental Protection Agency for direct grants to Indian tribes for construction of wastewater treatment facilities.
Makes supplemental appropriations to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for emergency disaster assistance payments in presidentially-declared disasters.
Amends the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990 to repeal the development cost limitation on the Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby/Cassini mission.
Makes funds available to the National Commission on Severely Distressed Public Housing to be derived from the salaries and expenses account of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Chapter III: Department of Agriculture - Makes supplemental appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for disaster payments for recent natural disasters.
Provides for the use of funds available to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service for a grant to the State of Maine Department of Agriculture for potato disease control efforts.
Title II: General Provisions - Declares the findings of the Congress with respect to dire emergency conditions.
Designates all funds in this Act as "emergency requirements" for all purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act).
Prohibits appropriations in this Act from being available for obligations beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided.
Prohibits foreign assistance to Kenya unless it takes significant steps toward allowing for the freedom to advocate the establishment of political parties and organizations. Limits any such assistance during FY 1992 to new projects: (1) that promote basic human needs, directly address poverty, enhance employment generation, and address environmental concerns; or (2) that are designed to improve the perfomance of democratic institutions.
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States should recognize Ukrainian independence, take steps toward establishing full diplomatic relations, and use U.S. assistance, trade, and other programs to support the development of democracy and a free market in Ukraine.
Amends Federal law to increase the limitation for the loan guarantee program for certain fishing vessels.
Requires the deposit of funds received by the United States from the Exxon settlement with the United States and Alaska into the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Fund.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to permit the waiver of recovery rights to Federal funds used for construction of community mental health facilities if the facility is sold or transferred.
Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 to authorize the Architect of the Capitol to construct a National Garden and to solicit and accept gifts to benefit the Botanic Garden.
Amends Federal law to impose penalties for the unauthorized use of the seal of the United States Senate.
Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 to delay until May 1, 1992, certain mail fund regulations.
Directs the Secretary of Defense to continue the construction of a composite medical replacement facility located at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.
Makes funds available for certain bridge safety repair projects in Vermont.
Amends the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to define the accountable owner of a certain airline.
Who voted for it
Every House member of the 102nd Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 303 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.
303 yea114 nay17 present or did not vote
Democrats who voted yea(203)
- Rep. Ronald DellumsD-CA-8
- Rep. Henry GonzálezD-TX-20
Rep. Donald PayneD-NJ-10- Rep. Louis StokesD-OH-21
- Rep. Edward RoybalD-CA-25
Rep. John LewisD-GA-5- Rep. David BoniorD-MI-12
Rep. José SerranoD-NY-18
Rep. James OberstarD-MN-8- Rep. Alan WheatD-MO-5
Rep. Nancy PelosiD-CA-5- Rep. James ScheuerD-NY-8
- Rep. Norman MinetaD-CA-13
- Rep. Carl PerkinsD-KY-7
- Rep. Julian DixonD-CA-28
Rep. Jim McDermottD-WA-7- Rep. Michael KopetskiD-OR-5
- Rep. William FordD-MI-15
- Rep. Jolene UnsoeldD-WA-3
- Rep. Martin SaboD-MN-5
- Rep. Esteban TorresD-CA-34
- Rep. William CoyneD-PA-14
- Rep. Bruce VentoD-MN-4
- Rep. Patsy MinkD-HI-2
Rep. Bernie SandersD-VT- Rep. Victor FazioD-CA-4
Rep. Dale KildeeD-MI-7- Rep. Meldon LevineD-CA-27
- Rep. Allan SwiftD-WA-2
Rep. Henry WaxmanD-CA-24- Rep. Howard WolpeD-MI-3
- Rep. Robert MatsuiD-CA-3
Rep. George MillerD-CA-7
Rep. Gary AckermanD-NY-7
Rep. Ed MarkeyD-MA-7
Rep. William JeffersonD-LA-2- Rep. Dick GephardtD-MO-3
- Rep. Dante FascellD-FL-19
- Rep. Gerry StuddsD-MA-10
- Rep. John MoakleyD-MA-9
Rep. Barney FrankD-MA-4- Rep. Bill AlexanderD-AR-1
Rep. Howard BermanD-CA-26
Rep. John OlverD-MA-1- Rep. Lane EvansD-IL-17
Rep. Dave ObeyD-WI-7- Rep. Neal SmithD-IA-4
- Rep. Lawrence SmithD-FL-16
Rep. John DingellD-MI-16- Rep. Thomas DowneyD-NY-2
Rep. Steny HoyerD-MD-5
Rep. Nita LoweyD-NY-20- Rep. Frank AnnunzioD-IL-11
- Rep. Thomas MantonD-NY-9
Rep. Barbara BoxerD-CA-6
Rep. Richard NealD-MA-2- Rep. Francis McCloskeyD-IN-8
- Rep. Jerry KleczkaD-WI-4
- Rep. George BrownD-CA-36
- Rep. Michael SynarD-OK-2
- Rep. Albert BustamanteD-TX-23
- Rep. Jack BrooksD-TX-9
- Rep. Robert MrazekD-NY-3
- Rep. Robert BorskiD-PA-3
- Rep. David NagleD-IA-3
- Rep. Albert EspyD-MS-2
- Rep. John LaFalceD-NY-32
- Rep. Matthew McHughD-NY-28
- Rep. William NatcherD-KY-2
- Rep. Ronald ColemanD-TX-16
Rep. Eliot EngelD-NY-19
Rep. Benjamin CardinD-MD-3
Rep. Sander LevinD-MI-17- Rep. Thomas AndrewsD-ME-1
- Rep. Stephen SolarzD-NY-13
- Rep. Henry NowakD-NY-33
- Rep. Thomas SawyerD-OH-14
- Rep. Robert RoeD-NJ-8
- Rep. Robert WiseD-WV-3
- Rep. Anthony BeilensonD-CA-23
- Rep. George HochbruecknerD-NY-1
Rep. Richard DurbinD-IL-20- Rep. Matthew MartínezD-CA-30
Rep. Louise SlaughterD-NY-30- Rep. Bernard DwyerD-NJ-6
Rep. Michael McNultyD-NY-23- Rep. Nicholas MavroulesD-MA-6
- Rep. Daniel RostenkowskiD-IL-8
- Rep. Peter KostmayerD-PA-8
Rep. Rick BoucherD-VA-9- Rep. Barbara KennellyD-CT-1
Rep. Ron WydenD-OR-3- Rep. Ray ThorntonD-AR-2
- Rep. Edward FeighanD-OH-19
- Rep. James JontzD-IN-5
- Rep. David SkaggsD-CO-2
Rep. John MurthaD-PA-12- Rep. Walter JonesD-NC-1
Rep. Rosa DeLauroD-CT-3- Rep. Brian DonnellyD-MA-11
- Rep. Tom LantosD-CA-11
- Rep. John BryantD-TX-5
Rep. Marcy KapturD-OH-9- Rep. Martin FrostD-TX-24
Rep. Peter ViscloskyD-IN-1- Rep. Jamie WhittenD-MS-1
- Rep. Glenn AndersonD-CA-32
Rep. Jack ReedD-RI-2- Rep. Kika de la GarzaD-TX-15
- Rep. Romano MazzoliD-KY-3
- Rep. William RichardsonD-NM-3
Rep. Alan MollohanD-WV-1- Rep. John CoxD-IL-16
- Rep. Dennis EckartD-OH-11
Rep. David PriceD-NC-4- Rep. Harry JohnstonD-FL-14
- Rep. Martin RussoD-IL-3
- Rep. Gerald SikorskiD-MN-6
- Rep. Jim MoodyD-WI-5
- Rep. Tony HallD-OH-3
Rep. Norm DicksD-WA-6- Rep. Joan HornD-MO-2
- Rep. Leon PanettaD-CA-16
- Rep. Joseph KolterD-PA-4
Rep. Paul KanjorskiD-PA-11- Rep. Leslie AspinD-WI-1
- Rep. Bill HefnerD-NC-8
Rep. Bart GordonD-TN-6- Rep. Robert TorricelliD-NJ-9
Rep. Jim MoranD-VA-8- Rep. Joseph GaydosD-PA-20
- Rep. Peter HoaglandD-NE-2
- Rep. Harley StaggersD-WV-2
- Rep. Ben JonesD-GA-4
- Rep. Gus YatronD-PA-6
- Rep. Terry BruceD-IL-19
- Rep. Beryl AnthonyD-AR-4
- Rep. Jill Long ThompsonD-IN-4
- Rep. Charles HatcherD-GA-2
- Rep. Jim ChapmanD-TX-1
- Rep. Butler DerrickD-SC-3
- Rep. Tom BevillD-AL-4
- Rep. Pete PetersonD-FL-2
- Rep. George SangmeisterD-IL-4
- Rep. Sam GibbonsD-FL-7
- Rep. Larry LaRoccoD-ID-1
- Rep. Buddy DardenD-GA-7
Rep. John SprattD-SC-5- Rep. James BacchusD-FL-11
- Rep. Ed JenkinsD-GA-9
Rep. Collin PetersonD-MN-7- Rep. John WilliamsD-MT-1
Rep. Chet EdwardsD-TX-11- Rep. Douglas OwensD-UT-2
- Rep. Philip SharpD-IN-2
Rep. Jerry CostelloD-IL-21- Rep. Cal DooleyD-CA-17
- Rep. James BilbrayD-NV-1
- Rep. Robert ClementD-TN-5
- Rep. Richard LehmanD-CA-18
Rep. Tim JohnsonD-SD-1- Rep. Bob CarrD-MI-6
- Rep. Charles McMillenD-MD-4
- Rep. James OlinD-VA-6
- Rep. Glenn PoshardD-IL-22
- Rep. John BrowderD-AL-3
- Rep. Charles WilsonD-TX-2
- Rep. William BrewsterD-OK-3
- Rep. William LipinskiD-IL-5
- Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
Rep. Byron DorganD-ND- Rep. Robin TallonD-SC-6
- Rep. Daniel GlickmanD-KS-4
- Rep. Michael AndrewsD-TX-25
- Rep. Robert ThomasD-GA-1
Rep. Bud CramerD-AL-5- Rep. Stephen NealD-NC-5
Rep. Jim CooperD-TN-4- Rep. Harold VolkmerD-MO-9
- Rep. David McCurdyD-OK-4
- Rep. Martin LancasterD-NC-3
- Rep. Lewis PayneD-VA-5
Rep. John TannerD-TN-8- Rep. James RowlandD-GA-8
- Rep. Richard StallingsD-ID-2
- Rep. Claude HarrisD-AL-7
- Rep. Norman SisiskyD-VA-4
- Rep. Austin MurphyD-PA-22
- Rep. Charles BennettD-FL-3
Rep. Ike SkeltonD-MO-4- Rep. Elizabeth PattersonD-SC-4
- Rep. Glenn EnglishD-OK-6
- Rep. Beverly ByronD-MD-6
- Rep. Carroll HubbardD-KY-1
- Rep. Gary ConditD-CA-15
- Rep. James HayesD-LA-7
- Rep. Thomas HuckabyD-LA-5
- Rep. Druie BarnardD-GA-10
- Rep. Sonny MontgomeryD-MS-3
- Rep. Mike ParkerD-MS-4
- Rep. Billy TauzinD-LA-3
Rep. Gene TaylorD-MS-5
Rep. Ralph HallD-TX-4
Republicans who voted yea(100)
- Rep. Bill GreenR-NY-15
- Rep. Constance MorellaR-MD-8
- Rep. Sherry BoehlertR-NY-25
- Rep. Frank HortonR-NY-29
- Rep. Hamilton FishR-NY-21
- Rep. Ronald MachtleyR-RI-1
Rep. Olympia SnoweR-ME-2- Rep. Sidney MorrisonR-WA-4
- Rep. Raymond McGrathR-NY-5
- Rep. Nancy JohnsonR-CT-6
Rep. Chris SmithR-NJ-4- Rep. Marge RoukemaR-NJ-5
- Rep. Jim LeachR-IA-1
- Rep. Arthur RavenelR-SC-1
- Rep. Joseph McDadeR-PA-10
- Rep. Amo HoughtonR-NY-34
- Rep. Robert DavisR-MI-11
Rep. Jim WalshR-NY-27- Rep. Steven SchiffR-NM-1
Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16- Rep. Dean GalloR-NJ-11
- Rep. Scott KlugR-WI-2
- Rep. Thomas RidgeR-PA-21
- Rep. Robert CoughlinR-PA-13
- Rep. Joseph SkeenR-NM-2
- Rep. Susan MolinariR-NY-14
- Rep. Paul GillmorR-OH-5
Rep. Wayne GilchrestR-MD-1- Rep. William ClingerR-PA-23
- Rep. Jan MeyersR-KS-3
- Rep. Herbert BatemanR-VA-1
- Rep. Helen BentleyR-MD-2
- Rep. Norman LentR-NY-4
- Rep. John MillerR-WA-1
- Rep. John MyersR-IN-7
Rep. Don YoungR-AK- Rep. Doug BereuterR-NE-1
- Rep. Earl ColemanR-MO-6
- Rep. David MartinR-NY-26
Rep. W. Bill YoungR-FL-8- Rep. William BroomfieldR-MI-18
- Rep. Willis GradisonR-OH-2
Rep. Fred UptonR-MI-4- Rep. James QuillenR-TN-1
- Rep. John KasichR-OH-12
- Rep. Chalmers WylieR-OH-15
Rep. Hal RogersR-KY-5
Rep. Dave HobsonR-OH-7- Rep. Rodney ChandlerR-WA-8
Rep. Frank WolfR-VA-10- Rep. Bill EmersonR-MO-8
- Rep. Frank RiggsR-CA-1
- Rep. Guy Vander JagtR-MI-9
- Rep. William GoodlingR-PA-19
- Rep. Floyd SpenceR-SC-2
Rep. Jerry LewisR-CA-35- Rep. Richard SchulzeR-PA-5
- Rep. Frederick GrandyR-IA-6
- Rep. Alex McMillanR-NC-9
- Rep. William LoweryR-CA-41
- Rep. Henry HydeR-IL-6
- Rep. John HammerschmidtR-AR-3
Rep. Dave CampR-MI-10
Rep. Jim McCreryR-LA-4- Rep. Robert LivingstonR-LA-1
- Rep. Robert MichelR-IL-18
- Rep. Thomas EwingR-IL-15
- Rep. John WeberR-MN-2
- Rep. Michael OxleyR-OH-4
- Rep. Donald SundquistR-TN-7
Rep. Lamar SmithR-TX-21- Rep. William PaxonR-NY-31
- Rep. James LightfootR-IA-5
- Rep. Mickey EdwardsR-OK-5
- Rep. Toby RothR-WI-8
- Rep. Newton GingrichR-GA-6
- Rep. Denny HastertR-IL-14
- Rep. Richard NicholsR-KS-5
- Rep. George GekasR-PA-17
- Rep. Bill BarrettR-NE-3
- Rep. Robert LagomarsinoR-CA-19
Rep. Elton GalleglyR-CA-21- Rep. Barbara VucanovichR-NV-2
- Rep. Robert SmithR-OR-2
- Rep. Clarence MillerR-OH-10
- Rep. Ronald MarleneeR-MT-2
- Rep. Larry CombestR-TX-19
- Rep. Larry HopkinsR-KY-6
- Rep. George AllenR-VA-7
- Rep. Charles TaylorR-NC-11
Rep. Pat RobertsR-KS-1- Rep. Richard BakerR-LA-6
Rep. John BoehnerR-OH-8
Rep. Howard CobleR-NC-6
Rep. Jon KylR-AZ-4
Rep. Jim BunningR-KY-4- Rep. Clyde HollowayR-LA-8
Rep. Wayne AllardR-CO-4
Rep. Dana RohrabacherR-CA-42- Rep. Tom DeLayR-TX-22
Data notes
The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 422 in Voteview), matched to the vote the record cites and checked against its totals. Positions are each member’s DW-NOMINATE score for that Congress, as on the Ideology page; left to right is more liberal to more conservative. Paired and announced yea votes count as yea. Lists follow the compass, most liberal first. A name links to a profile only for members of the current Congress. A law passed by voice vote or unanimous consent has no member list, and neither does a vote Voteview has not yet recorded.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Data notes
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 77 actions.
- Dec 12, 1991Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 102-229.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Dec 3, 1991PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Nov 27, 1991Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference papers: Senate report and managers' statement and message on House action held at the desk in Senate.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by recorded vote: 303 - 114 (Roll no. 438).House roll call 438
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Motions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in House: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by recorded vote: 303 - 114 (Roll no. 438).House roll call 438
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · The previous question was ordered without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Whitten brought up conference report H. Rept. 102-394 for consideration under the provisions of H. Res. 309.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report H. Rept. 102-394 filed.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed: Conference report H. Rept. 102-394 filed.
- FloorFloor · Rule H. Res. 309 passed House.
- FloorFloor · Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 309 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of the conference report to H.J. Res. 157. Waiving all points of order against the conference report on the joint resolution and against its consideration. The conference report shall be co…
- Nov 26, 1991Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conferees agreed to file conference report.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
- Nov 25, 1991Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference held.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference committee actions: Conference held.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · The Chair appointed conferees: Whitten, Natcher, Smith (IA), Yates, Obey, Bevill, Murtha, Traxler, Lehman (FL), Fazio, Hefner, McDade, Myers, Miller (OH), Pursell, Green, and Skeen.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House instruct conferees Agreed to by voice vote.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · The previous question was ordered without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. McDade moved that the House instruct conferees.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House disagree to the Senate amendments, and agree to a conference Agreed to without objection.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Whitten asked unanimous consent that the House disagree to the Senate amendments, and agree to a conference.
- FloorFloor · By unanimous consent, the Speaker reserved the authority to make additional appointments of conferees.
- FloorFloor · DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the McDade motion to instruct conferees. The instructions state that if there is a choice between a cleaned-up Desert Storm and dire emergency package that offers substantial assistance to those affected by natural and farm…
- Nov 22, 1991Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate insists on its amendment, asks for a conference, appoints conferees Byrd; Inouye; Hollings; Johnston; Burdick; Leahy; Sasser; DeConcini; Bumpers; Lautenberg; Harkin; Mikulski; Reid; Adams; Fowler; Kerrey; Hatfield; Stevens; Garn; Cochran; Kasten; D'Amato; Rudman; Specter;…
- FloorFloor · Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Yea-Nay Vote. 75-17. Record Vote No: 270.Senate roll call 270
Data notes
Shows the introduction, each committee and subcommittee step the source dates (referral, hearings, markup, report, discharge), and the floor, conference, presidential and became-law steps. Calendar placements, messages between the chambers, amendments and committee report numbers are not shown for laws before the 108th Congress. Two entries the source lists twice are shown once.
Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.