[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 35, Number 18 (Monday, May 10, 1999)]
[Page 777]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting a Report on International 
Travel by Executive Branch Agencies

April 30, 1999

Dear __________:

    I am transmitting the following information on international travel 
in accordance with provisions of section 2505(g) of the Foreign 
Relations Authorization Act, FYs 1998 and 1999, as included in Public 
Law 105-277, the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 1999.
    The estimated total obligations for international travel by 
executive branch agencies in FY 1998 were $311,261,371. This number 
excludes obligations for civilian/military relocation expenses due to a 
permanent change of work station and the deployment of military units. 
Of that amount, the Department of State accounted for $112,000,000 or 36 
percent. Additionally, the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, 
Defense, Health and Human Services, Justice, and the Treasury, as well 
as the U.S. Information Agency and the Agency for International 
Development all reported obligations close to or in excess of 
$10,000,000. In total, these eight agencies account for 51 percent of 
obligations for international travel during FY 1998. The estimated total 
number of individuals who traveled was 57,142.
    The details of this report are set forth in the enclosed letter from 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
    Sincerely,
                                            William J. Clinton

Note:  Identical letters were sent to C.W. Bill Young, chairman, and 
David R. Obey, ranking member, House Committee on Appropriations; 
Benjamin A. Gilman, chairman, and Sam Gejdenson, ranking member, House 
Committee on International Relations; Jesse Helms, chairman, and Joseph 
R. Biden, Jr., ranking member, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; 
and Ted Stevens, chairman, and Robert C. Byrd, ranking member, Senate 
Committee on Appropriations. This item was not received in time for 
publication in the appropriate issue.