Budget "Sequestration" and Selected Program Exemptions and Special Rules [electronic resource].

Corporate Author: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2013.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (29 pages), digital, PDF file

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Explains budget "sequestration," which is a process of automatic, largely across-the-board spending reductions to meet or enforce certain budget policy goals. Examines sequestration triggers under P.L. 112-25, the Budget Control Act of 2011, and P.L. 111-139, the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. Provides overview of exemptions and special rules found in Sections 255 and 256 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 13-R4-2050 in the 2013 issue.

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