[House Document 105-109]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



105th Congress, 1st Session  - - - - - - - - - - House Document 105-109


 
             AMENDMENTS TO THE FISCAL YEAR 1998 APPROPRIATIONS

                               __________

                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

  AMENDMENTS TO THE FISCAL YEAR 1998 APPROPRIATIONS REQUESTS FOR THE 
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, AND THE ARMS CONTROL AND 
           DISARMAMENT AGENCY, PURSUANT TO 31 U.S.C. 1106(b)





July 22, 1997.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered 
                             to be printed


                                           The White House,
                                          Washington, July 17, 1997
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
    Sir: I ask Congress to consider the enclosed amendments to 
the FY 1998 appropriations requests for the Department of 
Labor, the Department of State, and the Arms Control and 
Disarmament Agency. The Department of Labor proposal would 
provide $6.2 million to administer the ``Welfare-to-Work Jobs'' 
program. An additional $13 million is requested for the Arms 
Control and Disarmament Agency for implementation of the 
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. Finally, a technical 
budget amendment is submitted to adjust the user fee treatment 
proposed in the FY 1998 budget for the Department of State.
    These requests would not increase the budget totals. The 
$13 million increase for the Arms Control and Disarmament 
Agency is offset by a reduction to a Department of State 
account. Budgetary resources for the Department of Labor 
request and the user fee proposals for the Department of State 
are already assumed in the pending request.
    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 his comments and observations.
            Sincerely,
                                                William J. Clinton.
    Enclosure.




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