FY2012 Appropriations Overview: Status of Discretionary Appropriations Legislation

January 30, 2012 (R42082)

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Summary

This report presents an overview of proposed and enacted FY2012 appropriations legislation. The report consists primarily of a table showing discretionary appropriations, by bill title, for each of the proposed and enacted appropriations bills, together with the comparable figures enacted for FY2011. The product is intended to allow for broad comparison between the House and Senate FY2012 proposals, the Administration's FY2012 request, and the FY2011 and FY2012 enacted appropriations. The figures do not necessarily reflect budget scorekeeping adjustments allowable under the Budget Control Act.

With action now completed on FY2012 appropriations, there will be no further updates to this report.


FY2012 Appropriations Overview: Status of Discretionary Appropriations Legislation

Introduction

As of December 23, 2011, Congress completed action on and the President signed into law all 12 of the regular appropriations bills for FY2012, which began on October 1, 2011. Regular appropriations bills were consolidated into two laws, P.L. 112-55 and P.L. 112-74. In addition, Congress enacted supplemental FY2012 funding for disaster relief activities in P.L. 112-77. This report, consisting primarily of a table showing proposed and enacted discretionary appropriations by bill title, is intended to allow for broad comparison between the House and Senate FY2012 proposals, the Administration's FY2012 request, and the FY2011 and FY2012 enacted appropriations. FY2012. For detailed information and CRS analysis specific to each individual appropriations bill, use the report links on the CRS Appropriations Status Table, at http://www.crs.gov/Pages/AppropriationsStatusTable.aspx?source=QuickLinks.

A Note on the Budget Control Act of 2011

The FY2012 appropriations bills are the first that are impacted by the Budget Control Act of 2011 (P.L. 112-25), which established discretionary spending caps for FY2012 and FY2013. The BCA distinguishes between security and non-security spending, setting different caps for the two categories. For FY2012, the cap is $1,043 billion, of which $684 billion is designated for security spending and $359 billion for non-security. However, the BCA allows for adjustments to the statutory cap, essentially exempting overseas contingency funds, emergency spending, and, to a limited extent, disaster relief funds and appropriations for continuing disability reviews and for controlling health care fraud and abuse.1 This report does not reflect all of the scorekeeping adjustments that may bring the total budget authority provided in the appropriations legislation in line with the BCA caps and the 302(a) and 302(b) allocations.

FY2012 Appropriations Legislation

Table 1 displays discretionary appropriations as provided in proposed and enacted FY2012 appropriations legislation, by bill title, together with the appropriations enacted for FY2011. In most cases, totals are provided for both new discretionary budget authority as well as budget authority net of rescissions of prior year funding.

Footnotes attached to each section heading note the legislation the data in that section is drawn from. As noted above, the figures do not necessarily reflect all budget scoring adjustments and adjustments allowable under the Budget Control Act of 2011. Readers should be aware that the numbers in this table reflect, to a great extent, the appropriations conventions and assumptions of each individual subcommittee and that these conventions and assumptions are not always comparable across subcommittees. Security spending is listed only for proposals in which it was specifically designated, excluding most House proposals, which were drafted and saw committee action prior to enactment of the Budget Control Act of 2011 on August 2, 2011.

Table 1. FY2012 Appropriations Side-by-Side: Discretionary Appropriations by Subcommittee and Bill Title

(in billions of U.S. $)

FY2011 Enacted

FY2012 Request

FY2012 House

FY2012 Senate

FY2012 Enacted

AGRICULTUREa

 

 

 

 

 

Title I: Agricultural Programs

6.885

7.140

6.145

6.658

6.677

Title II: Conservation

0.889

0.900

0.784

0.837

0.844

Title III: Rural Development

2.638

2.444

2.238

2.421

2.405

Title IV: Domestic Food Programs

7.128

7.862

6.322

6.967

7.001

Title V: Foreign Assistance

1.891

2.130

1.391

1.935

1.836

Title VI: FDA and CFTC

2.457b

3.052

2.327

2.506b

2.711

Title VII: General Provisions

0.003

0.000

0.000

0.379

0.377

Subtotal, Discretionary Appropriation

21.892

23.526

19.207

21.703

21.851

Rescissions of prior year funds

-1.961

-1.246

-1.986

-1.556

-1.723

Total, net of prior year rescissions

19.931

22.280

17.221

20.147

20.128

of which, amount designated as security spending

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

1.750

1.650

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIESc

 

 

 

 

 

Title I: Commerce

7.579

8.802

7.161

8.192

7.808

Title II: Justice

27.058

28.724

26.323

26.593

27.076

Title III: Science

25.315

26.498

23.649

24.643

24.838

Title IV: Related Agencies

0.918

0.991

0.815

0.903

0.857

Subtotal, Discretionary Appropriations

60.868

65.016

57.949d

60.331

60.578

Rescissions of prior year funds

-2.416

-0.840

-1.053

-0.830

-0.906

Total, net of prior year rescissions

58.452

64.176

56.896

59.501

59.672

of which, amount designated as security spending

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

0.078

0.078

 

 

 

 

 

 

DEFENSEe

 

 

 

 

 

Title I: Military Personnel

126.740

132.097

132.092

131.001

131.09

Title II: Operation and Maintenance

165.56

170.759

169.975

162.550

163.07

Title III: Procurementf

102.122

111.153

107.581

102.118

104.58

Title IV: Research and Development

74.957

75.325

72.983

71.034

72.42

Title V: Revolving and Management Funds

2.909

2.701

2.676

2.263

2.68

Title VI: Defense Health Program and other DOD Programs

34.313

35.520

35.678

35.628

35.59

Title VII: Related Agencies

0.942

1.106

0.972

1.107

1.06

Title VIII: General Provisions
(not including rescissions)

-3.104

0.029

-1.103

-0.621

-0.02

Title IX: Overseas Contingency Operations

157.680

117.726

119.147

117.846

114.97

Subtotal, Discretionary Appropriations

662.119

646.416

640.001

622.926

625.44

Rescissions of prior year funds

-2.014

0

-1.675

-2.685

-2.96

Total, net of prior year rescissions

660.106

646.416

638.326

620.241

622.48

of which, amount designated as security spending

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

620.241

622.48

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENERGY-WATERg

 

 

 

 

 

Title I: Corps of Engineers

4.857

4.631

4.813

4.864

6.726h

Title II: CUP & Reclamation

1.094

1.051

1.000

1.067

1.076

Title III: Department of Energy

25.591

30.925

24.892

25.931

26.639

Title IV: Independent Agencies

0.247

0.268

0.277

0.241

0.254

Emergency Spending (disaster relief, Corps of Engineers (Title I)

1.029

1.045

__

Subtotal, Discretionary Appropriations

31.790

36.875

32.011

33.148

34.696

Rescissions of prior year fundsi

-0.299

-1.314

-0.313

-0.891

Total, net of prior year rescissions

31.790

36.576

30.697

32.835

33.805

of which, amount designated as security spendingj

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

11.050

11.000

 

 

 

 

 

 

FINANCIAL SERVICES – GENERAL GOVERNMENTk

 

 

 

 

 

Title I: Department of the Treasury

13.495

14.638

12.796

12.987

13.163

Title II: Executive Office of the President

0.710

0.750

0.651

0.671

0.670

Title III: The Judiciary

6.478

6.856

6.326

6.496

6.532

Title IV: The District of Columbia

0.699

0.717

0.637

0.658

0.665

Title V: Independent Agencies

2.716

5.044

2.048

3.262

2.809

Subtotal, Discretionary Appropriations

24.098

28.005

22.458

24.074

23.839

Rescissions of Prior Year Funds

-0.435

-0.611

-0.647

-0.767

-0.967

Total, Net of prior year rescissions

23.663

27.394

21.811

23.307

22.872

of which, amount designated as security spending

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

0.000

0.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOMELAND SECURITYl

 

 

 

 

 

Title I: Management and Operations

1.210

1.447

0.811

1.156

1.132

Title II: Security, Enforcement and Investigationsm

31.785

31.772

31.452

31.410

31.527

Title III: Protection, Preparedness, Response and Recovery

8.557

8.244

7.079

11.194n

12.08o

Title IV: Research, Development, Training Assessments and Services

1.586

2.154

1.283

1.461

1.332

Title V: General Provisions

0.085

__

__

0.082p

0.133q

Title VI: Emergency Supplemental Funding for Disaster Reliefr

__

__

[1,000]

__

__

Subtotal, Discretionary Appropriations

42.223

43.617

40.624

45.303

46.204

Rescissions of Prior Year Funds

-0.557

-0.042

-0.033

-0.103s

-0.204

Total, net of prior year rescissions

41.667

43.576

40.591

45.200

46.000

of which, amount designated as security spending

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

45.200

46.000

 

 

 

 

 

 

INTERIORt

 

 

 

 

 

Title I: Department of the Interior

10.860

11.084

9.885

10.376

Title II: Environmental Protection Agency

8.822

9.023

7.289

8.513

Title III: Related Agencies

10.699

11.451

10.458

10.496

Title IV: General Provisions

0.002

-0.047

Subtotal, Discretionary Appropriations

30.383

31.558

27.632

29.338

Rescissions of Prior Year Funds

-0.826

-0.272

-0.170

-0.166

Total, net of prior year rescissions

29.558

31.286

27.462

29.172

of which, amount designated as security spending

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

0.000

 

 

 

 

 

 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATIONu

 

 

 

 

 

Title I: Department of Labor

12.667

12.824

10.403

12.688

12.573

Title II: Department of Health and Human Services

70.444

73.116

70.246

70.183

69.751

Title III: Department of Education

68.345

77.400

65.910

68.426

68.155

Title IV: Related Agencies

13.847

15.178

13.174

14.088

13.859v

Subtotal, Discretionary Appropriations

165.304

178.519

159.733

165.385

164.339

Rescissions of Prior Year Fundingw

-8.054

-0.025

-5.787

-6.831

-6.768

Total, net of prior year rescissions

157.250

178.494

153.946

158.554

157.571

of which, amount designated as security spending

n.a.

n.a.

0.000

0.299

0.000

 

 

 

 

 

 

LEGISLATIVE BRANCHx

 

 

 

 

 

Title I: Legislative Branch

4.559

4.857

3.320

4.208

4.307

Subtotal, Discretionary Appropriations

4.559

4.857

3.320

4.208

4.307

Rescissions of prior year fundingy

-0.015

__

__

-0.017

__

Total, net of prior year rescissions

4.544

4.857

3.320

4.191

4.307

of which, amount designated as security spending

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

0.010

0.010

 

 

 

 

 

 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION - VETERANSz

 

 

 

 

 

Title I: Military Construction

17.449

14.766

14.452

13.717

13.596

Title II: Veterans Affairsaa

56.336

58.775

58.300

58.594

58.461

Title III: Other Related Agencies

0.228

0.246

0.221

0.221

0.236

Title IV: Military Construction, Overseas Contingency Operations

1.222

__

Subtotal, Discretionary Appropriations

75.235

73.787

72.973

72.532

72.293

Rescissions of prior year funds

-0.827

0.000

-0.388

__

-0.547

Total, net of prior year rescissions

74.408

73.787

72.585

72.532

71.747

of which, amount designated as security spending

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

13.717

13.596

 

 

 

 

 

 

STATE-FOREIGN OPERATIONSbb

 

 

 

 

 

Title I: State Department & Relatedcc

15.792

19.363

16.286

17.678

17.831

Title II: USAID Admin.

1.527

1.744

1.124

1.545

1.528

Title III: Bilateral Economic Assistance

21.209

23.744

18.899

21.060

21.533

Title IV: Military/Security Assistance

8.117

11.323

9.970

10.715

10.407

Title V: Multilateral Assistance

2.303

3.668

1.574

3.219

2.971

Title VI: Export Aiddd

-0.131

-0.345

-0.429

-0.409

-0.413

Subtotal, Discretionary Appropriations

48.817

59.497

47.424

53.808

53.857

Rescissions of prior year funds

-0.646

-0.252

-0.464

-0.514

Total, net of prior year rescissions

48.171

59.497

47.172

53.344

53.343

of which, amount designated as security spending

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

53.208

53.207

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRANSPORTATION - HUDee

 

 

 

 

 

Title 1: Dept. of Transportationff

13.726gg

32.504hh

16.693

19.807

19.505

Title II: Dept. of Housing and Urban Developmentff

41.111ii

42.080

38.076

37.319

37.434

Title III: Related Agenciesff

0.539

0.377

0.371

0.353

0.373

Rescissions of prior year funds (non-add)jj

[3.927]

[0.064]

[0.112]

[0.571]

[0.531]kk

Total, Net of prior year rescissions

55.376

74.961

55.150

57.479ll

57.312mm

of which, amount designated as security spending

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

0.000

0.000

Source: See footnotes correlating with each section header for source data.

Notes: Numbers may not add due to rounding. Numbers in brackets are non-adds. Security funding has been identified only for proposals in which such funding is specifically designated in the bill or report, which are those which were introduced after enactment of the Budget Control Act on August 2, 2011. N.A. indicates proposals pre-date the BCA, so the security designation in not applicable.

a. This section prepared by [author name scrubbed]. The House amounts are from H.R. 2112, as passed by the House on June 16, 2011. The Senate amounts are from H.R. 2112, as passed by the Senate on November 1, 2011. The enacted amounts are from P.L. 112-55.

b. The FY2011 and Senate FY2012 amounts do not include the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), which was not included because CFTC is not in the jurisdiction of the Senate Agriculture appropriations subcommittee. To make totals comparable with the House and Requested amounts, one would add $0.202 billion in FY2011 and $0.240 billion in the Senate FY2012 columns to account for CFTC appropriations that are in Financial Services appropriations.

c. This section prepared by [author name scrubbed]. House data was taken from H.R. 2596, which was approved by the House Committee on Appropriations on July 13, 2011. Senate data was taken from the Senate-passed version of H.R. 2112, which was approved by the Senate on November 1, 2011. Enacted amounts are from P.L. 112-55.

d. The House committee-reported amounts include a 0.1% rescission of all discretionary accounts in the bill, except the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Operations, Research, and Facilities (ORF) account, per Section 543 of the bill. The rescission, which was included to offset a $0.048 billion increase in NOAA's ORF account, is not reflected in the amounts included in H.R. 2596 and H.Rept. 112-169.

e. This section prepared by [author name scrubbed]. House and Senate data is from S.Rept. 112-77, Report of the Senate Appropriations Committee on H.R. 2219, the FY2012 DOD Appropriations Bill, pp. 282-89. FY2012 enacted data is from H.Rept. 112-331/P.L. 112-74. Scorekeeping adjustments reflect chiefly permanent appropriations such as the Tricare for Life accrual payment to the military retirement fund.

f. The Administration's FY2012 DOD budget request for procurement included $3.212 billion in "advanced appropriations" intended to be expended in FY2013-17 for communications satellites. None of the congressional defense committees approved this request and the funds are not reflected in this table, which includes only FY2012 funding.

g. This section prepared by Carl Behrens. House amounts are from H.R. 2354, which passed the House on July 15, 2011, and was reported by the Senate committee on September 7, 2011. Senate amounts are from H.Rept. 112-75. FY2012 enacted data is from H.Rept. 112-331/P.L. 112-74 and P.L. 112-77.

h. Includes $1.724 billion in emergency funding appropriated in P.L. 112-77.

i. The difference between the House and Senate rescissions total is that the House bill would pay for the emergency spending by a rescission from Title XII of the ARRA (P.L. 111-5).

j. Security spending includes the total funding for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) in the Department of Energy (Title III).

k. This section prepared by [author name scrubbed]. House data is from H.R. 2434, which was approved by the House Appropriations Committee on June 23, 2011 (see H.Rept. 112-136); Senate data is from S. 1573, approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee on September 15, 2011 (see S.Rept. 112-79). FY2012 enacted data is from H.Rept. 112-331/P.L. 112-74.

l. This section prepared by William Painter. Numbers represent discretionary budget authority (appropriations) as reflected in the Comparative Statements of Budget Authority contained in H.Rept. 112-91 and S.Rept. 112-74, in the titles in which it was requested by the Administration or recommended by the House or Senate. House numbers are adjusted to reflect floor action. Funding eligible for a BCA cap adjustment is included in the totals by title. Rescissions are only reflected in the second to last line of the section—not in the titles in which they appear. FY2012 enacted data is from H.Rept. 112-331/P.L. 112-74 and P.L. 112-77.

m. Does not include $1.440 billion in mandatory funding for Coast Guard retired pay, or offsetting collections for TSA. Coast Guard's OCO activity is requested in the Department of Defense's budget, but is provided in both House and Senate versions of the Homeland Security appropriations bill. As it does not register against the 302(b) it is not included in this line.

n. Includes $4.200 billion in DRF funding "paid for" by an increase to the discretionary budget cap as allowed by the BCA.

o. Includes $6.400 billion in emergency supplemental appropriations for the Disaster Relief Fund provided in P.L. 112-77, the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2012.

p. Does not count $0.018 billion in emergency funding for Coast Guard helicopter replacement.

q. Includes $0.070 billion for data center migration, $0.056 billion for headquarters consolidation, and $0.008 billion for National Special Security Event cost reimbursement.

r. Included for reference only—the House bill included a transfer of $1.000 billion in emergency funds from the Department of Energy to the Disaster Relief Fund. It also included a further rescission of $0.0005 billion in emergency funds from the same Department of Energy account to provide adequate outlays.

s. Does not count $0.018 in rescissions of prior-year emergency funding to pay for Coast Guard helicopter replacement.

t. This section prepared by Carol Hardy-Vincent. House data is from H.R. 2584, approved by the House Appropriations Committee on July 12, 2011 (see H.Rept. 112-151). The Senate did not approve an Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies proposal prior to enactment of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, though a draft bill released by the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies on October 14, 2011 is available at http://appropriations.senate.gov/news.cfm?method=news.view&id=3f4832f4-6adb-4be8-9c6f-eabff62cc056. FY2012 enacted data is from H.Rept. 112-331/P.L. 112-74 and P.L. 112-77.

u. This section prepared by Karen Lynch. FY2011 amounts reflect adjustments for comparability, as reported in H.Rept. 112-331. FY2012 House amounts are based on H.R. 3070, which was introduced on September 29, 2011. FY2012 Senate amounts are based on S. 1599, which was reported by the Senate Committee on Appropriations on September 22, 2011 (see S.Rept. 112-84). FY2012 enacted amounts are based on the FY2012 "megabus" (P.L. 112-74, H.Rept. 112-331) and an FY2012 disaster relief law (P.L. 112-77). Note that these FY2012 enacted amounts do not reflect the 0.189% rescission of current year funding required for most (but not all) discretionary accounts, per P.L. 112-74. Amounts shown for the FY2012 request were estimated by CRS using a draft table from the House Committee on Appropriations and various President's Budget materials. Title totals include advance appropriations for subsequent years, but not prior year advances. That is, amounts represent total funding provided in the bill, regardless of the year in which the funding becomes available. Except as noted, these amounts have not been adjusted for scorekeeping or comparability. Funds eligible for BCA cap adjustments (e.g., certain funds for continuing disability reviews and for health care fraud and abuse control) are included in the totals.

v. This amount includes $0.484 billion from P.L. 112-77 for program integrity activities at the Social Security Administration.

w. For the purposes of this table, amounts shown as rescissions of prior year funds include rescissions of FY2012 advance funds that were appropriated as part of the FY2011 process. In general, the amounts in this table do not reflect scorekeeping adjustments of proposed or required rescissions. However, the amounts shown do include proposed or required rescissions of mandatory appropriations.

x. This section prepared by Ida Brudnick. The House data reflects the bill (H.R. 2551) which passed the House, as amended, on July 22, 2011 (Roll no. 629; 252-159), but without scorekeeping. The House, by tradition, does not include funding for the Senate or for the Senate Office Buildings heading for the Architect of the Capitol. The Senate Appropriations Committee reported the bill on September 15, 2011, and the data reflect the levels in S.Rept. 112-80. The report (p. 54) indicates that $0.010 billion of the Senate total is for security discretionary spending. This report also included a FY2012 budget request for the Joint Committee on Inaugural Activities, which the House did not. FY2012 enacted data is from H.Rept. 112-331/P.L. 112-74.

y. Does not include offsetting collections.

z. This section prepared by Daniel Else. House data is from H.R. 2055, as passed by the House on June 16, 2011 (H.Rept. 112-94) and Senate data is from H.R. 2055 as amended and passed by the Senate on July 20, 2011(S.Rept. 112-29). FY2012 enacted data is from H.Rept. 112-331/P.L. 112-74.

aa. Does not include either mandatory appropriations or advance appropriations for FY2013.

bb. This section was prepared by Marian Lawson. Senate data is from S. 1610, approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee on September 21, 2011 (see S.Rept. 112-85); House data is from un-numbered legislation approved by the House State-Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee on July 21, 2011 (see un-numbered report at http://appropriations.house.gov/UploadedFiles/FY12-SFOPSCombinedReport-CSBA.pdf). FY2012 enacted data is from H.Rept. 112-331/P.L. 112-74.

cc. Does not include $0.159 billion in each proposal for mandatory contributions to the Foreign Service Retirement account.

dd. Reflect offsetting collections of the Export-Import Bank and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, which exceed appropriated funds for these accounts..

ee. This section prepared by [author name scrubbed] and D. Randy Peterman. Information taken from H.Rept. 112-284 (for FY2011 enacted, FY2012 request, and FY2012 enacted), S.Rept. 112-83 (for FY2012 Senate), and draft documents available on the House Appropriations Committee website (for FY2012 House Draft). "Total" represents net total budgetary resources. Totals may not add up due to rounding and scorekeeping adjustments. Totals include emergency funding. Figures include advance appropriations provided in the bill, rather than advance appropriations that will become available in the fiscal year. The former are the amounts generally shown in committee press releases; the latter are the amounts against which the committee is generally "scored" for purposes of budget enforcement.

ff. Rescissions of prior year unobligated balances are reflected in the title totals, as are offsetting receipts, offsetting collections, and advance appropriations provided in the bill.

gg. $17.612 billion prior to rescission of prior-year funding.

hh. The House and Senate Committees on Appropriation counted a portion of the $50 billion "up-front" funding requested as part of the Administration's surface transportation reauthorization proposal—virtually all of which was requested from trust funds (which typically is not included under discretionary funding totals)—in their calculation of the Administration's FY2012 discretionary request total. CBO estimated the FY2012 discretionary request at $13.47 billion.

ii. Amount does not match amount from S.Rept. 112-83 because of a difference in the treatment of advance appropriations.

jj. Rescissions of prior year unobligated balances (including rescissions of contract authority) are already reflected in the title totals, so they are identified in this line but not subtracted out again.

kk. Amount does not include rescission of $0.650 billion of current year funding taken from prior year advance in the tenant-based rental assistance account. The "savings" from that rescission in reflected in the Title II total.

ll. Totals include $2.30 billion in emergency funding for disaster relief ($1.90 billion in Title I and $0.40 billion in Title II) provided by S. 1596.

mm. Totals include $1.8 billion in emergency funding for disaster relief ($1.662 billion for Transportation and $0.100 billion for HUD).

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[author name scrubbed], Specialist in American National Government ([email address scrubbed], [phone number scrubbed])
[author name scrubbed], Analyst in Crime Policy ([email address scrubbed], [phone number scrubbed])
[author name scrubbed], Specialist in Social Policy ([email address scrubbed], [phone number scrubbed])
[author name scrubbed], Specialist in Housing Policy ([email address scrubbed], [phone number scrubbed])
[author name scrubbed], Specialist in Agricultural Policy ([email address scrubbed], [phone number scrubbed])
[author name scrubbed], Analyst in Emergency Management and Homeland Security Policy ([email address scrubbed], [phone number scrubbed])
[author name scrubbed], Analyst in Transportation Policy ([email address scrubbed], [phone number scrubbed])
[author name scrubbed], Specialist in U.S. Defense Policy and Budget ([email address scrubbed], [phone number scrubbed])

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For more information on the Budget Control Act of 2011, see CRS Report R41965, The Budget Control Act of 2011, by [author name scrubbed], [author name scrubbed], and [author name scrubbed].