President's First Special Message for Fiscal Year 1979 Containing 30 Deferral Proposals

The President's first special message for fiscal year 1979 pursuant to the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 contains 30 deferral proposals affecting a total of $1,178.2 million in budget authority for the Departments of Agriculture; Commerce; Defense; Health, Education, and Welfare; Interior; Justice; State; Transportation; and Treasury; the General Services Administration; the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission; and the Interstate Commerce Commission. The information provided was correct and actions proposed were clearly and accurately stated with the following exceptions: the justification for deferral of authority for the Department of the Interior's Office of Territorial Affairs incorrectly indicated that a transportation-needs survey for a proposed airport in the Kosrae District of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands had not yet been performed; the amount shown as deferred for Buildings and Facilities for the Department of Justice's Federal Prison System should be $37,165,000 instead of $25,300,000; and amounts reported under "Type of account or fund" for the Federal Highway Administration's Trust Fund Share of Other Highway Programs should be corrected.