July 29, 1988
To the Congress of the United States:
In accordance with the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, I herewith report two revised deferrals of budget authority now totalling $610,581,549.
The deferrals affect programs in the Department of Defense—Civil and Funds Appropriated to the President.
The details of these deferrals are contained in the attached report.
RONALD REAGAN
The White House,
July 29, 1988.
Note: The attachment detailing the deferrals was printed in the "Federal Register" of August 4.
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/254475