[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 35, Number 5 (Monday, February 8, 1999)]
[Pages 166-167]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Letter to Congressional Leaders Reporting Budget Rescissions and 
Deferrals

February 1, 1999

Dear Mr. Speaker:  (Dear Mr. President:)

    In accordance with the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control 
Act of 1974, I herewith report three rescissions of

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budget authority, totaling $35 million; one new deferral of $185 million 
of budget authority; and, two revised deferrals of budget authority, 
totaling $1.5 billion.
    The proposed rescissions affect the programs of the Department of 
Interior, Unanticipated Needs for Natural Disasters, and International 
Assistance Programs. The proposed deferrals affect programs of the 
Department of State and International Assistance Programs.
    Sincerely,
                                            William J. Clinton

Note: Identical letters were sent to J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the 
House of Representatives, and Albert Gore, Jr., President of the Senate. 
An original was not available for verification of the content of this 
letter.