    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2005, Book II)]
    [July 18, 2005]
    [Page 1240]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Congress Transmitting the District of Columbia's Fiscal
    Year 2006 Budget Request Act
    July 18, 2005

    To the Congress of the United States:
        Pursuant to my constitutional authority and consistent with section
    446 of The District of Columbia Self-Governmental Reorganizational Act
    as amended in 1989, I am transmitting the District of Columbia's Fiscal
    Year 2006 Budget Request Act.
        The proposed FY 2006 Budget Request Act reflects the major
    programmatic objectives of the Mayor and the Council of the District of
    Columbia. For FY 2006, the District estimates total revenues and
    expenditures of $7.35 billion.

                                                              George W. Bush

    The White House,

    July 18, 2005.

    Note: This message was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on
    July 19.