[House Document 105-118]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



105th Congress, 1st Session  - - - - - - - - - - House Document 105-118


 
             AMENDMENTS TO FISCAL YEAR 1998 APPROPRIATIONS

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

   AMENDMENTS TO FISCAL YEAR 1998 APPROPRIATIONS REQUESTS THAT WOULD 
   PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL 
REVITALIZATION AND SELF-GOVERNMENT IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1997, PURSUANT TO 
                             31 U.S.C. 1107





  September 3, 1997.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and 
                         ordered to be printed.


                                           The White House,
                                       Washington, August 14, 1997.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
    Sir: I ask the Congress to consider amendments to FY 1998 
appropriations requests that would provide resources for the 
implementation of the National Capital Revitalization and Self-
Government Improvement Act of 1997.
    The Act authorizes, and I am now requesting funding for: 
the assumption by the Federal Government of the financial and 
administrative responsibility for the District of Columbia's 
adult felony offenders; the Federal Government's assumption of 
responsibility for the funding of the District Court System; a 
Federal contribution towards the operating costs of the 
government of the District of Columbia and, at the option of 
the District of Columbia, to pay the costs of financing the 
District of Columbia's accumulated deficits. The Act also 
eliminates the Federal payment to the District of Columbia and 
the contribution for the District's retirement systems.
    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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