    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 44, Number 23 (Monday, June 16, 2008)]
    [Page 808]
    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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

    June 9, 2008

    Dear Madam Speaker:

        I ask the Congress to consider the enclosed amendments to my FY 2009
    Budget requests for the Departments of Agriculture, Energy, Homeland
    Security, Housing and Urban Development, the Interior, Labor,
    Transportation, and the Treasury; as well as the Corps of Engineers, the
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Office of
    Personnel Management. These amendments will decrease by $3 million the
    overall discretionary budget authority in my FY 2009 Budget.
        These amendments are necessary to correctly reflect policies
    proposed in my FY 2009 Budget. The details of these amendments are set
    forth in the enclosed letter from the Director of the Office of
    Management and Budget.
         Sincerely,
                                                    George W. Bush

    Note: This letter was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on
    June 10.