[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 39, Number 7 (Monday, February 17, 2003)]
[Page 195]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives Transmitting a 
Subsidy Budget Request for Frontier Airlines

February 12, 2003

Dear Mr. Speaker:

    In accordance with provisions of Public Law 107-42, the Air 
Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act, 2001, I hereby 
request the subsidy budget authority necessary to support a $70 million 
Federal credit instrument for Frontier Airlines.
    I hereby designate this subsidy budget authority, currently 
estimated at $12.7 million, as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 252(e) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985.
    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