[House Document 104-63]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]





                                     

        104th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House 
Document 104-63


 
        AMENDMENTS TO THE FISCAL YEAR 1996 APPROPRIATIONS REQUESTS

                               __________

                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

  AMENDMENTS TO THE FISCAL YEAR 1996 APPROPRIATIONS REQUESTS FOR THE 
DEPARTMENTS OF AGRICULTURE, ENERGY, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, JUSTICE, 
  LABOR, AND TRANSPORTATION; THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; THE 
 INFORMATION SECURITY OVERSIGHT OFFICE; THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION; 
   THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION; AND THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND 
         RECORDS ADMINISTRATION, PURSUANT TO 31 U.S.C. 1106(b)




 May 2, 1995.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered 
                             to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                           Washington, May 2, 1995.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
    Sir: I ask the Congress to consider amendments to the FY 
1996 appropriations requests for the Departments of 
Agriculture, Energy, Health and Human Services, Justice, Labor, 
and Transportation; the Environmental Protection Agency; the 
Information Security Oversight Office; the Federal Trade 
Commission; the Interstate Commerce Commission; and the 
National Archives and Records Administration.
    Included in this transmittal are budget amendments totaling 
$3.1 billion in savings from our effort to Reinvent Government. 
These savings are assumed in the FY 1996 budget. The budget 
amendments submitted for consideration today relate to the 
establishment of Performance Partnerships with States and local 
governments by the Departments of Agriculture and Health and 
Human Services, and the Environmental Protection Agency; the 
reinvention of the Departments of Energy and Transportation; 
and the termination of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
    In addition, I am requesting that the Information Security 
Oversight Office be moved to the National Archives and Records 
Administration.
    This transmittal also contains three FY 1996 amended 
appropriations requests for the Legislative Branch. As required 
by law, appropriations requests for the Legislative Branch are 
transmitted without change.
    The details of these actions are set forth in the enclosed 
letter from the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget. I concur with her comments and observations.
            Sincerely,
                                                William J. Clinton.
    Enclosure.