    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2004, Book II)]
    [August 5, 2004]
    [Page 1515]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting the District of Columbia's
    Fiscal Year 2005 Budget Request
    August 5, 2004

    Dear Mr. Speaker:  (Dear Mr. President:)
        Consistent with my constitutional authority and section 446 of the
    District of Columbia Self-Governmental Reorganization Act, as amended, I
    am transmitting the District of Columbia's Fiscal Year 2005 Budget
    Request Act.
        The proposed Fiscal Year 2005 Budget Request Act reflects the major
    programmatic objectives of the Mayor and
    the Council of the District of Columbia. For Fiscal Year 2005, the
    District estimates total revenues and expenditures of $6.26 billion.
             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.