To the Congress of the United States:
In accordance with the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, I herewith report a proposal to rescind $9.0 thousand in budget authority previously provided by the Congress and two new deferrals of budget authority totalling $19.8 million.
The rescission proposal affects the National Alcohol Fuels Commission. The deferrals involve the Departments of Commerce and Justice.
The details of the rescission proposal and the deferrals are contained in the attached reports.
JIMMY CARTER
The White House,
May 13, 1980.
Note: The attachments detailing the rescission and deferrals are printed in the FEDERAL REGISTER of May 16, 1980.
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/250248