    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2006, Book I)]
    [April 6, 2006]
    [Page 676]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives Transmitting
    Budget Amendments
    April 6, 2006

    Dear Mr. Speaker:
        I ask the Congress to consider the enclosed FY 2007 Budget
    amendments for the Departments of Agriculture, and State and Other
    International Programs; the Federal Communications Commission; and the
    Smithsonian Institution. Overall, the discretionary budget authority in
    my FY 2007 Budget would not be increased by these requests.
        This transmittal also contains FY 2007 Budget amendments for the
    legislative branch. As a matter of comity, appropriations requests for
    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