[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 152 (Tuesday, November 4, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H9872]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




CANCELLATION OF SPECIFIC DISCRETIONARY BUDGET AUTHORITY WITH RESPECT TO 
 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
         1998--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, pursuant to section 
1025(a) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 
1974, referred to the Committee on the Budget and the Committee on 
Appropriations and ordered to be printed.

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 ``Department of Transportation and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998'' (Public Law 105-66; H.R. 2169). 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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