Financial Services and General Government
Appropriations: FY2012 Budget Request Fact
Sheet
Garrett Hatch
Analyst in American National Government
February 24, 2011
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FSGG Appropriations: FY2012 Budget Request Fact Sheet
Overview
The Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) appropriations bill includes funding for
the Department of the Treasury, the Executive Office of the President (EOP), the judiciary, the
District of Columbia, and 26 independent agencies. Among the independent agencies funded by
the bill are the General Services Administration (GSA), the Office of Personnel Management
(OPM), the Small Business Administration (SBA), the Security and Exchange Commission
(SEC), and the United States Postal Service (USPS).
On February 14, 2011, President Obama issued his FY2012 budget request. The request included
a total of $49.68 billion for agencies funded through the Financial Services and General
Government (FSGG) appropriations bill, an increase of $3.25 billion, or 7.0%, over FY2010
enacted appropriations. For each title of the regular FSGG appropriations bill, Table 1 lists the
enacted amounts for FY2010 and the President’s FY2011 and FY2012 requests. Throughout this
fact sheet, FY2011 enacted data are not provided, because the government is operating on a short-
term continuing resolution (CR), and full-year data are not available.1 This fact sheet will be
updated to reflect full-year FY2011 appropriations when they are enacted.
Table 1.Financial Services and General Government Appropriations, FY2010-FY2012
(in millions of dollars)
FY2010
FY2011
FY2011
FY2012
Title
Enacted
Request
Enacted
Request
Title I: Department of the Treasury
$13,465
$13,937
$14,038
Title II: Executive Office of the President
772
760
740
Title III: The Judiciary
6,871
7,330
7,294
Title IV: District of Columbia
752
730
717
Title V: Independent Agencies
24,585
25,430
26,893
Total $46,444
$48,187
$49,682
Sources: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (Div. C, P.L. 111-117); Appendix, U.S. Government Budget,
FY2011; S.Rept. 111-238; Appendix, U.S. Government Budget, FY2012.
Note: Totals include funding for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The CFTC is funded in
the House through the Agriculture appropriations bill and in the Senate through the Financial Services and
General Government bill.
1 Funding under the current continuing resolution, P.L. 111-322, generally provides funding for FSGG agencies at the
FY2010 enacted rate.
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FY2012 Budget Request by Title
Title I: The Department of the Treasury
The President requested $14.04 billion for the Treasury Department for FY2012, an increase of
4.2% over FY2010 enacted funding. The request included $13.28 billion for the Internal Revenue
Service (IRS), a 9.4% increase from FY2010 enacted levels. Table 2 shows the enacted amounts
for FY2010, the President’s budget request for FY2011, and the President’s budget request for
FY2012.
Table 2.Department of the Treasury Appropriations, FY2010-FY2012
(in millions of dollars)
FY2010
FY2011
FY2011
FY2012
Enacted
Request
Enacted
Request
Departmental Offices
$305
$346
$325
Department-wide Systems and
10 22
0
Capital Investments
Office of Inspector General
30
30
30
Treasury Inspector General for
152 155
158
Tax Administration
Special Inspector General for
23 50
47
TARP
Community Development Financial
247 250
227
Institutions Fund
Financial Crimes Enforcement
111 100
114
Network
Financial Management Service
244
235
219
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and
103 0a 98
Trade Bureau
Bureau of the Public Debt
182
176
166
Internal Revenue Service (total)
12,146
12,633
13,284
Taxpayer Services
2,279
2,322
2,345
Enforcement 4,904
5,797
5,967
Enhanced Tax Enforcement
600
NA
NA
Operations Support Activities
4,084
4,108
4,620
Business Systems Modernization
264
387
334
Health Insurance Tax Credit
16 19
18
Administration
Rescissions: Treasury Forfeiture
(-90) (-62)
(-630)b
Fund
Total $13,465
$13,937
$14,038
Sources: Appendix, Budget of the US Government, FY2012; Treasury budget documents.
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a. New proposed user fees would offset requested appropriations for the bureau of $106 million.
b. Represents a $600 million permanent cancellation and a $30 million transfer to FinCEN.
Title II: Executive Office of the President
The President’s FY2012 budget request included $740 million for the Executive Office of the
President, a decrease of $32 million, or 4.1%, from the $772 million enacted for FY2010. The
budget request would increase funding for several accounts relative to FY2010 enacted levels,
including the National Security Council and Homeland Security Council (+6.9%). The request
would reduce funding for the White House Repair and Restoration (-60%) account, and the Office
of Management and Budget (-1.3%). Table 3 shows the enacted amounts for FY2010, the
President’s budget request for FY2011, and the President’s budget request for FY2012.
Table 3.Executive Office of the President, FY2010-FY2012
(in millions of dollars)
FY2010
FY2011
FY2011
FY2012
Enacted
Request
Enacted
Request
The White House (total)
$208
$210
$207
Compensation of the President
0.5
0.5
0.5
The White House Office (salaries
59 60
58
and expenses)
Executive Residence, White House
14 14
14
(operating expenses)
White House Repair and
3 2
1
Restoration
Council of Economic Advisers
4
4
4
National Security Council and
12 14
13
Homeland Security Council
Office of Administration
115
115
116
Office of Management and Budget
93
93
92
Federal Drug Control Programs
428 401
356
(total)
Office of National Drug Control
30 26
23
Policy
High Intensity Drug Trafficking
239 210
200
Areas Program
Other Federal Drug Control
154 165
144
Programs
Counterdrug Technology
5 0
(11)
Assessment Center
Unanticipated Needs
1
1
1
Partnership Fund for Program
38 0
20
Integrity Innovation
Integrated, Efficient and Effective
— 50
60
Uses of Information Technology
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FY2010
FY2011
FY2011
FY2012
Enacted
Request
Enacted
Request
Special Assistance to the President
5 5
4
(salaries and expenses)
Official Residence of the Vice
0.3 0.3
0.3
President (operating expenses)
Total: EOP and Funds
$ 772
$760
$740
Appropriated to the President
Sources: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (Div. C, P.L. 111-117), FY2011 Budget, Appendix, pp. 1145-1156
and 1267-1269, U.S. Executive Office of the President, Fiscal Year 2011 Congressional Budget Submission
(Washington: February 2010), FY2012 Budget Appendix, pp. 1107-1118 and pp. 1235-1237, and U.S. Executive
Office of the President, Fiscal Year 2012 Congressional Budget Submission (Washington: February 2011).
Other Federal Drug Control Programs
The President’s FY2012 budget request included $356 million for Federal Drug Control
Programs, a decrease of $72 million, or 16.9%, below FY2010 enacted funding. The President’s
request included $144 million for the Other Federal Drug Programs account, a decrease of $10
million, or 6.5%, from FY2010 enacted funding. The FY2012 budget justification states that the
proposed reduction in funding “reflects a reprioritization of resources.”2 Table 4 shows the
enacted amounts for FY2010, the President’s budget request for FY2011, and the President’s
FY2012 budget request for the Other Federal Drug Control Programs account.
Table 4.Other Federal Drug Control Programs Accounts, FY2011- FY2012
(in millions of dollars)
Other Federal Drug Control Programs
FY2010
FY2011
FY2012
FY2012
Account
Enacted
Request
Enacted
Request
National media campaign
$45 $67 $45
Drug Free Communities Program
95 86 89
National Drug Court Institute
1 1 -
Anti-Doping Activities
10 9 8
World Anti-Doping Agency dues
2 2 2
National Alliance for Model State Drug Laws
1 1 -
National Drug Control Program performance
0.2 0.2 -
measuresa
Total
$154 $165 $144
Source: FY2011 Budget, Appendix, pp. 1267-1268 and FY2012 Budget Appendix, p. 1236.
a. Appropriation is for evaluations and research, and may be transferred to other federal departments and
agencies.
2 Ibid., p. ONDCP-7.
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Title III: The Judiciary
As a co-equal branch of government, the judiciary presents its budget to the President, who
transmits it to Congress unaltered. The FY2012 budget request for $7.29 billion is an increase of
6.2% above the FY2010 enacted amount of $6.87 billion. The budget request would increase
funding for court security (+13.4%) and defender services (+12.4%) above FY2010 enacted
levels, and would decrease funding fees of jurors and commissioners (-3.6%) and maintenance of
the Supreme Court building and grounds (-41.4%). Table 5 shows the enacted amounts for
FY2010, the President’s budget request for FY2011, and the President’s budget request for
FY2012.
Table 5.The Judiciary Appropriations, FY2010-FY2012
(in millions of dollars)
FY2010
FY2011
FY2011
FY2012
Enacted
Request
Enacted
Request
Total: Supreme Court (total)a $89
$93
$84
Salaries and Expenses
74
78
76
Building and Grounds
15
15
9
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal
33 36
35
Circuit
U.S. Court of International Trade
21
22
23
Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and
6,519 6,955
6,913
Other Judicial Services (Subtotal)
Salaries and Expenses
5,011
5,310
5,236
Vaccine Injury Trust Fund
5
5
5
Defender Services
978
1,081
1,097
Fees of Jurors and Commissioners
62
64
59.7
Court Security
453
495
513
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
83
87
89
Federal Judicial Center
27
29
29
United States Sentencing Commission
17
18
18
Judicial Retirement Funds
82
90
104
Total: The Judiciary
$6,871a $7,330
$7,294
Sources: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (Division C, P.L. 111-117); The Judiciary Fiscal Year 2011
Congressional Budget Summary ; The Judiciary Fiscal Year 2012 Congressional Budget Summary.
a. Total for the FY2010 enacted amount reflects $10 million (to remain available until September 30, 2011) to
assist the federal courts along the southwest border with increased workload, as part of P.L. 111-230
(FY2010 emergency supplemental appropriations for border security, and for other purposes).
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Title IV: District of Columbia
The President’s FY2012 budget request includes $717 million for special federal payments to the
District, a 4.7% decrease from FY2010 enacted levels. Funding for District courts would be
reduced by 12.3% under the President’s budget request, and funding for the school improvement
account would decrease by 10.6%. The proposed budget would provide no funding for several
accounts that received appropriations in FY2010, including permanent supportive housing and
disconnected youth. The budget request included funding for projects that did not receive funding
in FY2010, including $18 million for redevelopment of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, $5 million for
arts and humanities, and $5 million for HIV/AIDS prevention. Table 6 shows the enacted
amounts for FY2010, the President’s budget request for FY2011, and the President’s budget
request for FY2012.
Table 6.District of Columbia Special Federal Payments, FY2010-FY2012
(in millions of dollars)
FY2010
FY2011
FY2011
FY2012
Enacted
Request
Enacted
Request
Resident Tuition Support
$35
$35
$35
Emergency Planning and Security
15
15
15
District of Columbia Courts
261
247
229
Defender Services
55
55
55
Court Services and Offender
212
218 217
Supervision Agency
Public Defender Service
37
41
42
Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
2
2
2
Judicial Commissions
0.5
0.5
0.3
St. Elizabeth Hospital Campus
0
2
18
HIV/AIDS
Prevention
0 5 5
Water and Sewer Authority
20
25
25
Office of the Chief Financial Officer
2
0
0
School Improvement
75
52
67
Jump Start Public School Reform
0
20 0
Consolidated
Laboratory
Facility 15 0 0
D.C. National Guard
0.4
2
2
Perm. Supportive Housing
17
10
0
Disconnected
Youth
4 0 0
Arts and Humanities
0
0
5
Total: Special Federal Payments
$752
$730
$717
Sources: H.Rept. 111-202; Appendix, Budget of U.S. Government Budget, Fiscal Year 2011; S.Rept. 111-238;
Appendix, Budget of the U.S. Government, FY2012.
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Title V: Independent Agencies
The President’s FY2012 budget request included $26.89 billion for independent agencies that
receive their funding through the FSGG appropriations bill, an increase of $2.31 billion, or 9.4%,
over FY2010 enacted levels. Funding for the Commodities Futures Trading Commission
increased by 82.2% from FY2010 enacted levels, largely due to the new responsibilities assigned
to the agency under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010
(P.L. 111-203). Funding also increased for several other agencies, including the Securities and
Exchange Commission (+28.6%) and the Office of Personnel Management (+8.9%). Funding
decreased for the United States Postal Service ( -11.3%) and the General Services Administration
(-5.5%), among other agencies. Table 7 shows the enacted amounts for FY2010, the President’s
budget request for FY2011, and the President’s budget request for FY2012.
Table 7.Independent Agencies Appropriations, FY2010-FY2012
(in millions of dollars)
FY2010
FY2011
FY2011
FY2012
Enacted
Request
Enacted
Request
Administrative Conference of the United
$2 $3 $3
States
Christopher Columbus Fel owship Foundation
1
0
0
Commodity Futures Trading Commissiona 169 261
308
Consumer Product Safety Commission
118
119
122
Election Assistance Commission
93
17
14
Federal Communications Commission
0
1
0
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation:
38 48 45
Office of Inspector General (by transfer)b
Federal Election Commission
67
69
67
Federal Labor Relations Authority
25
26
26
Federal Trade Commission
169
199
197
General Services Administration
653
675
617
Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation
1
0
0
Merit Systems Protection Board
43
44
42
Morris K. Udal Foundation
6
6
6
National Archives and Records Administration
457
446
408
National Credit Union Administration
1
2
2
Office of Government Ethics
14
14
14
Office of Personnel Management (total)
20,378
20,834
22,193
Office of Special Counsel
18
19
19
Postal
Regulatory
Commission
14 14 14
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
2
2
2
Securities and Exchange Commission
1,095
1,258
1,408
Selective Service System
24
25
25
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FY2010
FY2011
FY2011
FY2012
Enacted
Request
Enacted
Request
Smal Business Administration
824
994
985
United States Postal Service
363
348
322
United States Tax Court
49
52
60
Total: Independent Agencies
$24,585
$25,430
$26,893
Sources: Consolidated Appropriations Act, FY2010 (Div. C, P.L. 111-117); Appendix, Budget of the U.S.
Government, FY2011; H.Rept. 111-181; S.Rept. 111-238; Appendix, Budget of the U.S. Government, FY2012.
Notes: All figures are rounded, and columns also may not equal the total due to rounding.
a. The CFTC is funded in the House through the Agriculture appropriations bill and in the Senate through
the Financial Services and General Government bill.
b. Budget authority transferred to FDIC is not included in total FSGG appropriations; it is counted as part of
the budget authority in the appropriation account from which it came.
Author Contact Information
Garrett Hatch
Analyst in American National Government
ghatch@crs.loc.gov, 7-7822
Key Policy Staff
Area of Expertise
Name
Phone
E-mail
Department of the Treasury
Gary Guenther
7-7742
ggunther@crs.loc.gov
Executive Office of the President
Barbara Schwemle
7-8655
bschwemle@crs.loc.gov
Judiciary Lorraine
Tong
7-5846
ltong@crs.loc.gov
District of Columbia
Eugene Boyd
7-8689
eboyd@crs.loc.gov
Independent Agencies
Garrett Hatch
7-7822
ghatch@crs.loc.gov
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