To the Congress of the United States:
In accordance with the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, I herewith report two new deferrals of budget authority for 1984 totaling $299,000,000, and fourteen new deferrals of budget authority totaling $1,298,662,275 and one new deferral of outlays totaling $19,900,000 for 1985. The 1984 deferrals affect the Funds Appropriated to the President. The 1985 deferrals affect the Funds Appropriated to the President; the Departments of Agriculture, Defense, Health and Human Services, Interior, Transportation, and Treasury; the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation, and the Railroad Retirement Board.
The details of these deferrals are contained in the attached report.
RONALD REAGAN
The White House,
October 1, 1984.
Note: The attachment detailing the deferrals is printed in the Federal Register October 5.
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/261790