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B-324723 1 (2013-07-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpqv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AComptroller General U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 B-324723 July 31, 2013 The Honorable Paul Ryan Chairman Committee on the Budget House of Representatives Subject: March 1 Joint Committee Sequestration for Fiscal Year 2013 Dear Mr. Chairman: The failure of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to propose, and Congress and the President to enact, legislation to reduce the deficit by $1.2 trillion triggered the sequestration process in section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (BBEDCA), as amended. Section 251A required the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to calculate, and the President to order, a sequestration of discretionary and direct spending on March 1, 2013. BBEDCA also required OMB to submit a report to Congress on that same date. You requested that GAO review several aspects of sequestration including the President's March 1 sequestration order and OMB's March 1 report; agencies' planning and implementation of sequestration and what alternatives were considered; and the effects of sequestration on agency operations and on services to the public. As agreed with your staff, this opinion responds to your request that we review whether the March 1 actions-OMB's calculations, the President's sequestration order, and OMB's report-complied with section 251A of BBEDCA.1 As explained below, we conclude that OMB's calculations, the March 1 sequestration order, and the March 1 report satisfied the BBEDCA requirements. BACKGROUND Sequestration is the cancellation of budgetary resources under a presidential order. GAO, A Glossary of Terms Used in the Federal Budget Process, 1 Forthcoming GAO reports will address the remaining questions and examine how agencies planned for and implemented sequestration. The reports also plan to discuss the effects of sequestration on agency operations and on services for the public.

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