[House Document 110-147]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                     

110th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 110-147


 
                  FISCAL YEAR 2009 BUDGET REQUEST ACT

                               __________

                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                     THEPRESIDENTOFTHEUNITEDSTATES

                              transmitting

    THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA'S FISCAL YEAR 2009 BUDGET REQUEST ACT, 
          PURSUANT TO PUB. L. 93-198, SEC. 446 (87 STAT. 806)




 September 11, 2008.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
         Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed
                                            The White House
                                     Washington, September 2, 2008.
Hon. Nancy Pelosi,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Madam Speaker: Pursuant to my contutional authority 
and as contemplated by section 446 of the District of Columbia 
Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act as amended 
in 1989, I am transmitting the District of Columbia's 2009 
Budget Request Act. This transmittal does not represent an 
endorsement of the contents of the D.C. government's requests.
    The proposed 2009 Budget Request Act reflects the major 
programmatic objectives of the Mayor and the Council of the 
District of Columbia. For 2009, the District estimates total 
revenues and expenditures of $10.1 billion.
            Sincerely,
                                                    George W. Bush.


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