July 24, 1979
To the Congress of the United States:
In accordance with the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, I herewith report a new deferral of $6.2 million in budget authority for the Bureau of Prisons in the Department of Justice.
The details of this deferral are contained in the attached report.
JIMMY CARTER
The White House,
July 24, 1979.
Note: The attachment detailing the deferral is printed in the FEDERAL REGISTER of July 30, 1979.
Jimmy Carter, Budget Deferral Message to the Congress. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/249737