To the Congress of the United States:
In accordance with the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, I herewith report 14 new deferrals of budget authority for 1985 totaling $5,266,251,741 and three revised deferrals now totaling $6,114,100,232. The deferrals affect International Security Assistance, the Departments of Defense, Energy, Interior and Labor, the General Services Administration, and the Panama Canal Commission.
The details of these deferrals are contained in the attached report.
Ronald Reagan
The White House,
November 29, 1984.
Note: The attachment detailing the deferrals is printed in the Federal Register of December 6.
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/261063