Message to the Congress Reporting Budget Deferrals

October 1, 1987

To the Congress of the United States:

In accordance with the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, I herewith report 13 deferrals of budget authority totaling $1,776,737,627.

The deferrals affect programs in the Funds Appropriated to the President and the Departments of Agriculture, Defense (Military and Civil), Health and Human Services, State, Transportation, and Treasury.

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

Ronald Reagan
The White House,
October 1, 1987.

Note: The attachments detailing the proposed deferrals were printed in the Federal Register'' of October 8.