[House Document 108-207]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                     

108th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 108-207


 
                  FISCAL YEAR 2005 BUDGET REQUEST ACT

                               __________

                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

    THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA'S FISCAL YEAR 2005 BUDGET REQUEST ACT, 
          PURSUANT TO PUB. L. 93-198, SEC. 446 (87 STAT. 806)




  September 7, 2004.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
         Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                        Washington, August 5, 2004.
Hon. J. Dennis Hastert,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: Consistent with my constitutional 
authority and section 446 of the District of Columbia Self-
Governmental Reorganization Act, as amended, I am transmitting 
the District of Columbia's Fiscal Year 2005 Budget Request Act.
    The proposed Fiscal Year 2005 Budget Request Act reflects 
the major programmatic objectives of the Mayor and the Council 
of the District of Columbia. For Fiscal Year 2005, the District 
estimates total revenues and expenditures of $6.26 billion.
            Sincerely,
                                                    George W. Bush.


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