To the Congress of the United States:
In accordance with the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, I herewith propose rescission of $2.7 million in general criminal justice and corrections grant funds appropriated to the Department of Justice.
The details of the proposed rescission are contained in the attached report.
JIMMY CARTER
The White House,
September 23, 1977.
Note: The attachment detailing the rescission is printed in the FEDERAL REGISTER of September 29, 1977.
The message was announced by the White House Press Office. It was not issued in the form of a White House press release.
Jimmy Carter, Budget Rescission Message to the Congress. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/242298