To the Congress of the United States:
In accordance with the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, I herewith report 8 new deferrals of budget authority for 1986 totaling $2,023,327,275. The deferrals affect accounts in Funds Appropriated to the President, the Departments of Commerce, Defense-Military, Health and Human Services, Transportation, and Treasury.
The details of these deferrals are contained in the attached report.
RONALD REAGAN
The White House,
November 25, 1985.
Note: The attachment detailing the deferrals was printed in the Federal Register of December 2.
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/259062