[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 151 (Monday, November 3, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11598-S11599]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 REPORT OF THE CANCELLATION OF DISCRETIONARY BUDGET AUTHORITY (97-65)--
                   MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT--PM 78

  The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message 
from the President of the United States, received on November 1, 1997, 
together with an accompanying report, referred jointly, pursuant to 
Public Law 93-344, to the Committee on Appropriations and to the 
Committee on the Budget.

To the Congress of the United States:
  In accordance with the Line Item Veto Act, I hereby cancel the dollar 
amounts of discretionary budget authority, as specified in the attached 
reports, contained in the ``Departments

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of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998'' (Public Law 105-65; H.R. 2158). I 
have determined that the cancellation of these amounts will reduce the 
Federal budget deficit, will not impair any essential Government 
functions, and will not harm the national interest.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, November 1, 1997.

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