Fourteenth and Fifteenth Special Presidential Messages for Fiscal Year 1977

The President's 14th special message for fiscal year 1977 transmitted to the Congress pursuant to the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 proposed two rescissions, $21.09 million concerning the foreign military credit sales program and $75 million concerning the General Services Administration's (GSA's) Federal Buildings Fund. This message also proposed the deferral of $12.465 million in budget authority that had been provided to the Department of Defense (DOD) for military personnel and operation and maintenance activities. The 15th special message proposed two rescissions, one involving DOD procurement funds of $462 million resulting from the President's decision to terminate the B-1 bomber program and a second of $1.4 million for the SRAM-B missile.