    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2002, Book I)]
    [March 14, 2002]
    [Page 414]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives Transmitting
    Budget Amendments for Fiscal Year 2003
    March 14, 2002

    Dear Mr. Speaker:
        I ask the Congress to consider the enclosed requests for FY 2003
    budget amendments for the Departments of Commerce, Defense, Labor,
    Transportation, and the Treasury; the Environmental Protection Agency;
    and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The discretionary budget
    authority proposed in my FY 2003 Budget would not be increased by these
    requests. However, the total budgetary resources available to the
    Department of Transportation would increase by $596 million.
        This transmittal also contains FY 2003 budget amendments for the
    Legislative Branch. As a matter of comity, appropriations requests of
    the Legislative Branch are transmitted without change. These additional
    amendments would increase discretionary resources for the Legislative
    Branch by $40.4 million.
        The details of these requests are set forth in the enclosed letter
    from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. I concur with
    his comments and observations.
             Sincerely,

                                                              George W. Bush

    Note: This letter was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on
    March 15. An original was not available for the verification of the
    content of this letter.