    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2005, Book I)]
    [May 5, 2005]
    [Page 752]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives Transmitting
    Budget Amendments
    May 5, 2005

    Dear Mr. Speaker:
        I ask the Congress to consider the enclosed FY 2006 budget
    amendments for the Departments of Agriculture, Education, Health and
    Human Services, Justice, and the Treasury; and the United States-Canada
    Alaska Rail Commission. Overall, the discretionary budget authority
    proposed in my FY 2006 Budget would not be increased by these requests.
        This transmittal also contains FY 2006 budget amendments and an FY
    2005 proposal 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