Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:)
In accordance with the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, I herewith report seven new deferrals of budgetary resources, totaling $3.5 billion.
These deferrals affect programs of the Department of State, the Social Security Administration, and International Security Assistance.
Sincerely,
WILLIAM J. CLINTON
NOTE: Identical letters were sent to Newt Gingrich, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Albert Gore, Jr., President of the Senate. This letter was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on December 5. The report detailing the deferrals was published in the Federal Register on December 16.
William J. Clinton, Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting a Report on Budget Deferrals Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/222401