To the Congress of the United States:
In accordance with the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, I herewith report three new deferrals of budget authority totaling $3,570,665,449 and ten revised deferrals of budget authority now totaling $4,973,643,337.
The deferrals affect programs in the Departments of Agriculture, Defense-Military, Defense-Civil, Energy, Health and Human Services, and Transportation.
The details of these deferrals are contained in the attached report.
RONALD REAGAN
The White House,
February 19, 1988.
Note: The attachment detailing the deferrals was printed in the "Federal Register" of March 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/253674