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 1985 totaling $11,000,000 and five revised deferrals now totaling $5,405,581,139. The deferrals affect International Security Assistance, the Departments of Defense, Health and Human Services, State, Transportation, and the United States Institute of Peace.
The details of these deferrals are contained in the attached report.
RONALD REAGAN
The White House,
January 4, 1985.
Note: The attachment detailing the deferrals was printed in the Federal Register of January 10.
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/259653