U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON : 

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29–012 2004

108th Congress, 2d Session – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 108–219 

REQUEST FOR FY 2005 BUDGET AMENDMENT 

COMMUNICATION 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

A REQUEST FOR A FY 2005 BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

SEPTEMBER 24, 2004.—Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and 

ordered to be printed 


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THE WHITE HOUSE, 

Washington, September 24, 2004. 

Hon. J. DENNIS HASTERT, 

Speaker of the House of Representatives, 

Washington, DC. 

DEAR MR. SPEAKER: I ask the Congress to consider the enclosed 

FY 2005 budget amendment for the Department of Energy. This 

amendment replaces a previous amendment transmitted September 7, 2004 and would not increase the discretionary budget authority proposed in my FY 2005 Budget. 

The details of this proposal are set forth in the enclosed letter 

from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. 

Sincerely, 

GEORGE W. BUSH. 

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[Estimate No. 12, 108th Cong., 2d Sess.] 

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, 

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, 

Washington, DC, September 22, 2004. 

The PRESIDENT, The White House. 

Submitted for your consideration is a request for a FY 2005 

budget amendment for the Department of Energy. This amendment 

replaces a previous amendment transmitted September 7, 2004, as 

a partial offset for the proposed increase to the Corps of Engineers’ 

Construction account. The prior amendment addressed the Defense 

Site Acceleration Completion account which is subject to pending 

litigation. 

This alternate offset would reduce funding for Environmental 

Management overhead activities by $7.0 million and restore funding proposed for site cleanup. Necessary funding for planned FY 

2005 activities in this program would be available from unobligated 

carryover balances resulting from delayed preparatory activities 

leading to the establishment of the Environmental Management 

Consolidated Business Center in FY 2005. 

In conjunction with the requests previously transmitted on September 7th, the discretionary budget authority proposed in your FY 

2005 Budget would not be increased by this amendment. 

I have carefully reviewed this proposal and am satisfied that it 

is necessary at this time. Therefore, I join the Secretary of Energy 

in recommending that you transmit this amendment to the Congress. 

Sincerely, 

JOSHUA B. BOLTEN, 

Director. 

Enclosure. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES

DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES

FY 2005 Budget Appendix Page: 386 

FY 2005 Pending Request: $982,470,000 

FY 2005 Proposed Amendment: ¥$7,000,000 

Revised Request: $975,470,000 

This amendment would reduce program direction funding for the 

Environmental Management program. Necessary funding for 

planned FY 2005 activities in this program would be provided 

through the use of unobligated carryover balances resulting from 

delayed activities leading to the establishment of the Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center in FY 2005. 

This amendment replaces the previous amendment transmitted 

September 7th for the Defense Site Acceleration Completion account, as a partial offset for the proposed increase to the Corps of 

Engineers’ Construction account. 

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