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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FISCAL YEAR 2003 BUDGET REQUEST ACT--MESSAGE FROM 
         THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 107- )

  The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following message 
from the President of the United States; which was read and, together 
with the accompanying papers, without objection, referred to the 
Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed:

To the Congress of the United States:
  Pursuant to my constitutional authority and consistent with sections 
202(c) and (e) of the The District of Columbia Financial Management and 
Responsibility Assistance Act of 1995 and section 446 of The District 
of Columbia Self-Governmental Reorganization Act as amended in 1989, I 
am transmitting the District of Columbia's Fiscal Year 2003 Budget 
Request Act.
  The proposed FY 2003 Budget Request Act reflects the major 
programmatic objectives of the Mayor and the Council of the District of 
Columbia. For FY 2003, the District estimates total revenue and 
expenditures of $5.7 billion.
                                                      George W. Bush.  
The White House, July 11, 2002.

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