[House Document 105-213]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



105th Congress, 2d Session  - - - - - - - - - - House Document 105-213


 
             FY 1998 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS REQUESTS

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

HIS REQUESTS FOR FY 1998 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT 
  OF STATE AND THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND, PURSUANT TO 31 U.S.C. 
                                  1107





  February 11, 1998.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and 
                         ordered to be printed


                                           The White House,
                                      Washington, February 2, 1998.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives
    Sir: I ask Congress to consider the enclosed requests for 
FY 1998 supplemental appropriations for the Department of State 
and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). For the Department 
of State, advance appropriations for fiscal years 1999 and 2000 
totaling $921 million are requested to pay U.S. arrears to the 
United Nations and other international organizations.
    For the IMF, an appropriation of approximately $14.5 
billion is requested for an increase in the U.S. quota, and an 
appropriation of approximately $3.4 billion is requested for 
the New Arrangements to Borrow. The IMF requests do not result 
in outlays and therefore will not increase the deficit or 
reduce the surplus.
    Each of these requests is necessary to maintain American 
international and financial world leadership and was provided 
for in P.L. 105-33, the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. The 
details of these requests 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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