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 $10,438,657 and two revised deferrals now totaling $1,433,548,866. The deferrals affect accounts in Funds Appropriated to the President and the Departments of Health and Human Services and State.
The details of these deferrals are contained in the attached report.
RONALD REAGAN
The White House,
October 1, 1985.
Note: The attachment detailing the deferrals was printed in the Federal Register of October 8.
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/258566