Message to the Congress Reporting Budget Deferrals

To the Congress of the United States:

In accordance with the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, I herewith report 10 deferrals of budget authority now totalling $2,024,171,278.

The deferrals affect programs in Funds Appropriated to the President, and the Departments of Agriculture, Defense, Energy, Health and Human Services, Justice, State, and Transportation.

The details of these deferrals are contained in the attached report.

Ronald Reagan

The White House,

September 30, 1988.

Note: The attachment detailing the deferrals was printed in the "Federal Register'' of October 14.