    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: WILLIAM J. CLINTON (1999, Book II)]
    [July 12, 1999]
    [Page 1189]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Congress Transmitting the District of Columbia Budget
    Request
    July 12, 1999

    To the Congress of the United States:
        In accordance with section 202(c) of the District of Columbia
    Financial Management and Responsibility Assistance Act of 1995 and
    section 446 of the District of Columbia Self-Governmental Reorganization
    Act, as amended, I am transmitting the District of Columbia's Fiscal
    Year 2000 Budget Request Act.
        This proposed Fiscal Year 2000 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. For Fiscal Year 2000, the District
    estimates revenue of $5.482 billion and total expenditures of $5.482
    billion, resulting in a budget surplus of $47,000.
        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 12, 1999.