To the Congress of the United States:
In accordance with the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, I herewith report nineteen new deferrals of budget authority totaling $1,909,569,000 and one new deferral of outlays totaling $15,209,000.
The deferrals affect programs in the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense (Civil and Military), Energy, Health and Human Services, Interior, State, Transportation, Treasury, and the Appalachian Regional Commission, Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation, Railroad Retirement Board, Tennessee Valley Authority, and the U.S. Railway Association.
The details of the deferrals are contained in the attached reports.
RONALD REAGAN
The White House,
October 3, 1983.
Note: The attachments detailing the deferrals are printed in the Federal Register of October 6, 1983.
Ronald Reagan, Message to the Congress Reporting Budget Deferrals Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/261465