To the Congress of the United States:
In accordance with the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, I herewith propose rescission of $75,000 in unneeded funds appropriated to the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission.
In addition, I and reporting four new deferrals of budget authority totalling $889 million and two revisions to previously transmitted deferrals increasing the amount deferred by $21.4 million in budget authority. These items involve the military assistance program and programs in the Departments of Commerce, Defense, Justice, and State.
The details of the rescission proposal and the deferrals are contained in the attached reports.
JIMMY CARTER
The White House,
November 30, 1978.
Note: The attachments detailing the rescission and deferrals are printed in the FEDERAL REGISTER of December 6, 1978.
Jimmy Carter, Budget Rescission and Deferrals Message to the Congress. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/244392