Budget "Sequestration" and Selected Program Exemptions and Special Rules

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Budget--United States.

Budget.

Expenditures, Public.

Finance--Law and legislation.

Finance.

Fiscal policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[United States] [publisher not identified] 2012

Summary:

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

Notes:

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Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Budget "Sequestration" and Selected Program Exemptions and Special Rules

Publisher Number:

CRS-2012-DSP-0385

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