    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2007, Book I)]
    [March 9, 2007]
    [Page 274]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives Transmitting
    Proposed Budget Cancellations
    March 9, 2007

    Dear Madam Speaker:
        I ask the Congress to consider the enclosed FY 2007 request to
    cancel $3.1 billion of funding from lower-priority Federal programs and
    excess funds. This request would offset fully the funds needed to
    address the $3.1 billion FY 2007 funding shortfall for the Department of
    Defense to implement the recommendations of the 2005 Base Realignment
    and Closure Commission. The proposed cancellations would affect the
    Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Education, Energy, Health and
    Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, the Interior, and
    Transportation, as well as the Corps of Engineers.
        The details of this request are set forth in the enclosed letter
    from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
             Sincerely,

                                                              George W. Bush

    Note: This letter was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on
    March 10.