[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 40, Number 32 (Monday, August 9, 2004)]
[Page 1471]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting the District of Columbia's 
Fiscal Year 2005 Budget Request

August 5, 2004

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

    Consistent with my constitutional authority and section 446 of the 
District of Columbia Self-Governmental Reorganization Act, as amended, I 
am transmitting the District of Columbia's Fiscal Year 2005 Budget 
Request Act.
    The proposed Fiscal Year 2005 Budget Request Act reflects the major 
programmatic objectives of the Mayor and the Council of the District of 
Columbia. For Fiscal Year 2005, the District estimates total revenues 
and expenditures of $6.26 billion.
     Sincerely,
                                                George W. Bush

Note: Identical letters were sent to J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the 
House of Representatives, and Richard B. Cheney, President of the 
Senate.