[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 16 (Tuesday, February 6, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S915]
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 REPORT OF THE BUDGET OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 
                1997--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT--PM 117

  The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message 
from the President of the United States, together with an accompanying 
report; referred jointly, pursuant to the order of January 30, 1975, as 
modified by the order of April 11, 1986, to the Committee on 
Appropriations and to the Committee on the Budget.

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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