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CongressionalResearchService

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CRSREPORT

PreparedforMembersand

CommitteesofCongress

SequestrationasaBudgetEnforcementProcess:FrequentlyAskedQuestions

Contents

WhatlsaSequester?I

WhatIsthePurposeofaSequester?I

WhatCurrentBudgetRequirementsAreEnforcedbySequestration?.….．l

WhenWillaSequesterOccur?2

HowIsaSequesterAd血nistered?3

灿atProgramsAreExemptfromaSequester?3

Whe11WasSequestrationFirstEnacteda11dWhatPastBudgetaryGoalsHas

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equestrationBeenUsedtoEnforce?4

Contacts

AuthorTufonnation一．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．4

CongressionalResearchService

SequestrationasaBudgetEnforcementProcess:FrequentlyAskedQuestions

hisreportprovidesbasicinformationonsequestersgenerally.Thereportassumesabasic

familiaritywiththecongressionalbudgetprocess.Formoreinformationonthe

Tcongressionalbudgetprocess,seeCRSReportR46240,Int,-od11ctio11totheFederal

BudgetProcess,byJamesV.Satumo.

Thisrepo11focusesongeneralprocessesassociatedwithsequesters.Readerswithquestionsabout

howapotentialfoturesequestermightaffectaspecificprogramoragency,orhowanactual

sequesterisaffectingaspecificprogramoragency,shoul