[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 39, Number 2 (Monday, January 13, 2003)]
[Page 38]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives Transmitting 
Requests for Budget Amendments

January 7, 2003

Dear Mr. Speaker:

    I ask the Congress to consider the enclosed requests for Fiscal Year 
2003 budget amendments for the Departments of Agriculture, Health and 
Human Services, the Interior, Labor, and the Treasury; the Corps of 
Engineers; as well as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and 
the Federal Trade Commission.
    The details of these requests are set forth in the enclosed letter 
from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. I concur with 
his comments and observations.
     Sincerely,
                                                George W. Bush