To the Congress of the United States:
In accordance with the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, I herewith report two new deferrals of Energy Research and Development Administration funds totaling $127.2 million. The deferrals have no effect on budgetary outlays for fiscal year 1977 or subsequent years. In addition, I am reporting a revision to a previously transmitted Department of Commerce deferral.
The details of each deferral are contained in the attached reports.
JIMMY CARTER
The White House,
April 4, 1977.
Note: The attachment detailing the deferrals is printed in the FEDERAL REGISTER Of April 8, 1977.
The message was not issued in the form of a White House press release.
Jimmy Carter, Budget Deferrals Message to the Congress Transmitting the Deferrals. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/243009