To the Congress of the United States:
In accordance with the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, I herewith propose one rescission of $30,000,000 in contract authority for the Department of the Interior and two new deferrals of budget authority totaling $72,164,000 for the Department of Energy.
The details of the proposed rescission and the deferrals are contained in the attached reports.
RONALD REAGAN
The White House,
November 17, 1983.
Note: The attachments detailing the proposed rescission and deferrals are printed in the Federal Register of November 23, 1983.
Ronald Reagan, Message to the Congress Reporting a Budget Rescission and Deferrals Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/262369