83 FR 16129 - OMB Final Sequestration Report to the President and Congress for Fiscal Year 2018

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 72 (April 13, 2018)

OMB is issuing its Final Sequestration Report to the President and Congress for FY 2018 to report on compliance of enacted 2018 discretionary appropriations legislation with the discretionary caps. The report includes adjustments to the 2018 and 2019 caps for changes in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 and it finds that enacted appropriations are within those discretionary caps for 2018. As a result, a sequestration of discretionary budget authority is not required in 2018. The report also finds that enacted supplemental appropriations for 2017 are within the 2017 caps.

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 72 (Friday, April 13, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16129-16130]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-07653]


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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET


OMB Final Sequestration Report to the President and Congress for 
Fiscal Year 2018

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

ACTION: Notice of availability of the OMB Final Sequestration Report to 
the President and Congress for FY 2018.

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SUMMARY: OMB is issuing its Final Sequestration Report to the President 
and Congress for FY 2018 to report on compliance of enacted 2018 
discretionary appropriations legislation with the discretionary caps. 
The report includes adjustments to the 2018 and 2019 caps for changes 
in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 and it finds that enacted 
appropriations are within those discretionary caps for 2018. As a 
result, a sequestration of discretionary budget authority is not 
required in 2018. The report also finds that enacted supplemental 
appropriations for 2017 are within the 2017 caps.

DATES: 
    Release Date: April 6, 2018. Section 254 of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, requires the Office of 
Management and

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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.
    However, a provision in the 2018 Continuing Resolution delayed the 
release of this report until 15 days after the 2018 Continuing 
Resolution expired on March 23, 2018.

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

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.

John Mulvaney,
Director.
[FR Doc. 2018-07653 Filed 4-12-18; 8:45 am]
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