    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2003, Book II)]
    [July 9, 2003]
    [Page 854]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Congress Transmitting the District of Columbia's Fiscal
    Year 2004 Budget Request
    July 9, 2003

    To the Congress of the United States:
        Consistent with my constitutional authority and 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 2004 Budget Request Act.
        The proposed Fiscal Year 2004 Budget Request Act reflects the major
    programmatic objectives of the Mayor and the Council of the District of
    Columbia. For Fiscal Year 2004, the District estimates total revenues
    and expenditures of $5.6 billion.

                                                              George W. Bush

    The White House,

    July 9, 2003.