    [House Document 105-294]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

    105th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 105-294

                         D.C. BUDGET REQUEST, FY 1999

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                                    MESSAGE

                                      from

                       THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                                  transmitting

         THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA'S FISCAL YEAR 1999 BUDGET REQUEST ACT

        July 29, 1998.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the
             Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed

    To the Congress of the United States:
        In accordance with section 202(c) of the District of
    Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act
    of 1995, I am transmitting the District of Columbia's Fiscal
    Year 1999 Budget Request Act.
        This proposed Fiscal Year 1999 Budget represents the major
    programmatic objectives of the Mayor, the Council of the
    District of Columbia, and the District of Columbia Financial
    Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority. It also
    meets the financial stability and management improvement
    objectives of the National Capital Revitalization and Self-
    Government Improvement Act of 1997. For Fiscal Year 1999, the
    District estimates revenues of $5.230 billion and total
    expenditures of $5.189 billion resulting in a $41 million
    budget surplus.
        My transmittal of the District of Columbia's budget, as
    required by law, does not represent an endorsement of its
    contents.

                                                    William J. Clinton.
        The White House, July 28, 1998.