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Information on Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2013 and the Effect on Those Appropriations of the Automatic Spending Reductions 1 (March 4, 2013)

handle is hein.congrec/cbo10988 and id is 1 raw text is: CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE                            Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director
U.S. Congress
Washington, DC 20515
March 4, 2013
Honorable Paul Ryan
Chairman
Committee on the Budget
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
Dear Mr. Chairman:
As you requested, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is providing
information in this letter on appropriations for fiscal year 2013 and the
effect on those appropriations of the automatic spending reductions (known
as sequestration) that were implemented on March 1.
If H.R. 933, the Department of Defense, Military Construction and
Veterans Affairs, and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (as
introduced on March 4) is enacted, appropriations for 2013 for programs
limited by the statutory caps will total $1,043 billion.' In addition, the
proposed appropriations and previously enacted legislation include funding
for certain activities that are not constrained by the caps; together, H.R. 933
and Public Law 113-2, the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013, would
provide a total of $153 billion in such funding.2 Both appropriations limited
by the caps and those that are not constrained include resources that are
subject to the automatic spending reductions. All told, appropriations for
2013 will total $1,196 billion if H.R. 933 is enacted.
In OMB Report to the Congress on the Joint Committee Sequestration for
Fiscal Year 2013 (March 1, 2013), the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) provided details on the automatic spending reductions for 2013.
Specifically, those reductions will lower the $1,043 billion in
appropriations limited by the caps (as well as unobligated balances for
defense programs) by $59 billion, resulting in an annual total of
1. The caps were initially established by the Budget Control Act of 2011 and later amended by
the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012.
2. Those activities include overseas contingency operations, disaster relief, program integrity
efforts, and emergency requirements.

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