    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2001, Book II)]
    [July 2, 2001]
    [Pages 821-822]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting the District of Columbia
    Fiscal Year 2002 Budget Request and Fiscal Year 2001 Supplemental Budget
    Request
    July 2, 2001

    Dear Mr. Speaker:  (Dear Mr. President:)
        Pursuant to my constitutional authority and consistent with sections
    202(c) and (e) 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 in 1989, I am
    transmitting the District of Columbia's Fiscal Year 2002 Budget Request
    Act and Fiscal Year 2001 Supplemental Budget Request.
        The proposed FY 2002 Budget Request Act reflects the major
    programmatic objectives of the Mayor and the Council of the District of
    Columbia. For FY 2002, the District estimates total revenues and
    expenditures of $5.3 billion, resulting in an adjusted surplus of $85.8
    million.
        The FY 2001 Supplemental Budget Request seeks approval for the
    District to use

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    $92.5 million in surplus local revenues to address FY 2001 budget
    pressures, and approval for the Water and Sewer Authority (an enterprise
    fund) to spend $2.2 million of its own revenue.
             Sincerely,

                                                              George W. Bush

    Note: Identical letters were sent to J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the
    House of Representatives, and Richard B. Cheney, President of the
    Senate. This letter was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on
    July 3.