Following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States, the Senate and House approved $40 billion in emergency aid to help the victims and locate the perpetrators of the attacks. President George W. Bush also received Senate approval for the use of force against those responsible for the attacks.

At presstime, Bush had released the first installment, $5.1 billion, of the emergency spending to assist in the humanitarian, recovery and national security needs related to the attack. Additional installments will be released in the coming weeks.

FEMA will receive $2 billion of the first installment to support overall emergency assistance in New York and other affected areas. Costs include debris removal, search and rescue efforts, individual and family assistance, emergency grants to disaster-affected metropolitan-area health providers, and other disaster assistance efforts.

Other funding will provide for Federal Bureau of Investigation expenses, increased airport security, initial repair of the Pentagon, evacuation of high-risk embassies abroad, Small Business Administration disaster loans, and initial crisis and recovery operations of the Department of Defense and other national security operations.