    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2004, Book I)]
    [May 6, 2004]
    [Pages 790-791]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives Transmitting
    Fiscal Year 2005 Budget Amendments
    May 6, 2004

    Dear Mr. Speaker:
        I ask the Congress to consider the enclosed FY 2005 budget
    amendments for the Departments of Agriculture, Defense, Education,
    Energy, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, the Interior,
    Labor, and the Treasury; the Corps of Engineers; the National
    Aeronautics and Space Administration; and the Securities and Exchange
    Commission. In addition, I ask the Congress to consider the enclosed FY
    2004 language proposals for the Departments of Health and Human Services
    and the Treasury. Overall, the discretionary
    budget authority proposed in my FY 2005 Budget would not be increased by
    these requests.
        This transmittal also contains FY 2005 budget amendments for the
    legislative branch. As a matter of comity, appropriations requests of
    the legislative branch are commonly transmitted without change.
        The details of these proposals are set forth in the enclosed letter
    from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
             Sincerely,

                                                              George W. Bush

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