Message to the Congress Reporting Budget Rescissions and Deferrals

March 20, 1986 

To the Congress of the United States:

In accordance with the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, I herewith report two revised rescission proposals totaling $54,920,475, two new deferrals of budget authority totaling $2,026,462, and one revised deferral of budget authority totaling $10,238,000.

• The rescissions affect programs in Funds Appropriated to the President and in the Department of Energy.
• The deferrals affect programs in the Departments of Commerce, Interior, and Transportation.
• The details of these rescission proposals and deferrals are contained in the attached report.

Ronald Reagan
The White House,
March 20, 1986.

Note: The attachment detailing the proposed rescissions and deferrals was printed in the ``Federal Register'' of March 26.