To the Congress of the United States:
In accordance with the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, I herewith report 6 new proposals to rescind a total of $321.0 million in budget authority previously provided by the Congress. In addition, I am reporting 13 new deferrals totalling $220.1 million, and revisions to five previously reported deferrals increasing the amount deferred by $78.1 million.
The rescission proposals affect programs in the Departments of Agriculture, Education, Health and Human Services, and Housing and Urban Development as well as the Environmental Protection Agency. The deferrals affect programs in the Departments of Agriculture, Defense, Health and Human Services, Interior, and State as well as the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities.
The details of each rescission proposal and deferral are contained in the attached reports.
RONALD REAGAN
The White House,
June 19, 1981.
Note: The attachments detailing the rescission proposals and deferrals are printed in the Federal Register of July 1, 1981.
Ronald Reagan, Message to the Congress Reporting Budget Rescissions and Deferrals Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/247274