Budget Rescission and Deferrals Message to the Congress Transmitting the Rescission and Deferrals.
To the Congress of the United States:
In accordance with the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, I herewith propose rescission of $126.2 million appropriated for the Patrol Hydrofoil Missile program of the Department of Defense. In addition, I am reporting a deferral of $31.8 million for the Energy Research and Development Administration, Clinch River Breeder Reactor project, and revisions to two deferrals previously transmitted.
The details of the proposed rescission and the deferrals are contained in the attached reports.
JIMMY CARTER
The White House,
May 18, 1977.
Note: The attachments detailing the rescission and deferrals are printed in the FEDERAL REGISTER of May 23, 1977.
The message was not issued in the form of a White House press release.
Jimmy Carter, Budget Rescission and Deferrals Message to the Congress Transmitting the Rescission and Deferrals. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/244382