[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 16 (Tuesday, February 6, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H1230]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 BUDGET OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, FISCAL 1997--MESSAGE FROM THE 
                     PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

  The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following message 
from the President of the United States; which was read and, together 
with the accompanying papers, without objection, referred to the 
Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed:

To the Congress of the United States:
  In accordance with 31 U.S.C. Sec. 1105(a), I am transmitting my 1997 
Budget to Congress.
  This budget provides a thematic overview of my priorities as we 
continue to discuss how to balance the budget over the next seven 
years. It also includes the Administration's new economic assumptions.
  Because of the uncertainty over 1996 appropriations as well as 
possible changes in mandatory programs and tax policy, the Office of 
Management and Budget was not able to provide, by today, all of the 
material normally contained in the President's budget submission. I 
anticipate transmitting that material to Congress the week of March 18, 
1996.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, February 5, 1996.

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