March 19, 1981
To the Congress of the United States:
In accordance with the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, I herewith report 33 proposals to rescind a total of $2.8 billion in budget authority previously provided by the Congress, and one new deferral of $8.0 million. The details of the recission proposals and the deferral are contained in the attached reports.
RONALD REAGAN
The White House,
March 19, 1981.
Note: The attachments detailing the rescission proposals and the deferral are printed in the Federal Register of March 24, 1981.
Ronald Reagan, Message to the Congress Reporting Budget Rescissions and a Deferral Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/247407