[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 104 (Wednesday, July 29, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H6705-H6706]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FISCAL YEAR 1999 BUDGET REQUEST ACT--MESSAGE FROM 
        THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 105-294)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following message 
from the President of the United

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States; which was read and, together with 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 section 202(c) of the District of Columbia 
Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995, I am 
transmitting the District of Columbia's Fiscal Year 1999 Budget Request 
Act.
  This proposed Fiscal Year 1999 Budget represents the major 
programmatic objectives of the Mayor, the Council of the District of 
Columbia, and the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and 
Management Assistance Authority. It also meets the financial stability 
and management improvement objectives of the National Capital 
Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997. For Fiscal 
Year 1999, the District estimates revenues of $5.230 billion and total 
expenditures of $5.189 billion resulting in a $41 million budget 
surplus.
  My transmittal of the District of Columbia's budget, as required by 
law, does not represent an endorsement of its contents.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, July 28, 1998.

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