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Message to the Congress Reporting a Budget Deferral and Proposed Rescission

July 24, 1991

To the Congress of the United States:

In accordance with the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, I herewith report one proposed rescission totaling $5,000,000 and one revised deferral of budget authority now totaling $127,036,000. Including the revised deferral, funds reported as withheld now total $10.3 billion.

The proposed rescission affects the Department of Defense. The deferral affects the Department of State. The details of the deferral and proposed rescission are contained in the attached report.

George Bush

The White House,

July 24, 1991.

Note: The attachment detailing the deferral and proposed rescission was printed in the "Federal Register" of July 31.

George Bush, Message to the Congress Reporting a Budget Deferral and Proposed Rescission Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/265424

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