To the Congress of the United States:
In accordance with the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, I herewith propose three rescissions of 1977 budget authority totalling $134.1 million. The rescission proposals affect programs of the Corps of Engineers and the Departments of the Interior and Transportation.
In addition, I am reporting an increase of $133,000 to a 1976 and transition quarter deferral involving the wildlife conservation, etc., military reservations programs.
The details of the proposed rescissions and the revised deferral are contained in the attached reports.
GERALD R. FORD
The White House,
September 22, 1976.
Note: The attachments detailing the rescissions and deferral are printed in the Federal Register of September 27, 1976 (41 FR 42346).
Gerald R. Ford, Special Message to the Congress Reporting on Budget Rescissions and Deferrals Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/242803