Skip to main content

President's Special Message for Fiscal Year 1978 Pursuant to the Impoundment Control Act of 1974

B-115398 Published: Nov 30, 1977. Publicly Released: Nov 30, 1977.
Jump To:
Skip to Highlights

Highlights

On November 10, 1977, GAO received copies of the President's third special message for fiscal year 1978 that was transmitted to the Congress pursuant to the Impoundment Control Act of 1974.

The special message includes four new deferral proposals totaling $908.6 million in budget authority affecting the Departments of Defense and Energy, the National Science Foundation, and the Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund. The message includes revisions to five previously transmitted deferrals.

Full Report

Office of Public Affairs

Topics

AppropriationsBudget authorityBudget functionsImpoundmentPresidential messagesImpoundment controlForensic auditsPower plantsFinancial assistanceBreeder reactors