81 FR 971 - OMB Final Sequestration Report to the President and Congress for Fiscal Year 2016

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 5 (January 8, 2016)

OMB is issuing its Final Sequestration Report to the President and Congress for FY 2016 to report on compliance of enacted 2016 discretionary appropriations legislation with the discretionary caps. The report finds that enacted appropriations are within the current law defense and non-defense discretionary limits for 2016; therefore, a sequestration of discretionary budget authority is not required.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 5 (Friday, January 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 971-972]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-00087]


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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET


OMB Final Sequestration Report to the President and Congress for 
Fiscal Year 2016

AGENCY: Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and 
Budget.

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ACTION: Notice of availability of the OMB Final Sequestration Report to 
the President and Congress for FY 2016.

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SUMMARY: OMB is issuing its Final Sequestration Report to the President 
and Congress for FY 2016 to report on compliance of enacted 2016 
discretionary appropriations legislation with the discretionary caps. 
The report finds that enacted appropriations are within the current law 
defense and non-defense discretionary limits for 2016; therefore, a 
sequestration of discretionary budget authority is not required.

DATES: Effective Date: January 4, 2016. Section 254 of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, requires 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue its Final 
Sequestration Report 15 calendar days after the end of a congressional 
session. With regard to this final report and to each of the three 
required sequestration reports, section 254(b) specifically states the 
following:

    SUBMISSION AND AVAILABILITY OF REPORTS.--Each report required by 
this section shall be submitted, in the case of CBO, to the House of 
Representatives, the Senate and OMB and, in the case of OMB, to the 
House of Representatives, the Senate, and the President on the day 
it is issued. On the following day a notice of the report shall be 
printed in the Federal Register.


ADDRESSES: The OMB Sequestration Reports to the President and Congress 
is available on-line on the OMB home page at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/legislative_reports/sequestration

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Tobasko, 6202 New Executive 
Office Building, Washington, DC 20503, Email address: 
[email protected], telephone number: (202) 395-5745, FAX number: 
(202) 395-4768. Because of delays in the receipt of regular mail 
related to security screening, respondents are encouraged to use 
electronic communications.

Shaun Donovan,
Director.
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