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113th Congress, 1st Session – – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 113–53 

OMB FINAL SEQUESTRATION REPORT TO THE 

PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013 

COMMUNICATION 

FROM

THE ACTING DIRECTOR, 

THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND 

BUDGET 

TRANSMITTING

OMB’S FINAL SEQUESTRATION REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013 

AUGUST 2, 2013.— Referred to the Committee on the Whole House on 

the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, 

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, 

Washington, DC, April 9, 2013. 

Hon. JOHN A. BOEHNER, 

Speaker of the House of Representatives, 

Washington, DC. 

DEAR MR. SPEAKER: Enclosed please find the OMB Final Sequestration Report to the President and Congress for Fiscal Year 2013. 

It has been prepared pursuant to section 254 of the Balanced 

Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (BBEDCA), as 

amended. 

As required by law, the report provides current estimates of the 

discretionary spending limits for each category in BBEDCA, the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) scoring of the enacted 

2013 discretionary appropriations bills compared to those limits, 

and comparisons with the estimates provided by the Congressional 

Budget Office in its Final Sequestration Report for Fiscal Year 

2013. 

As noted in my letter of March 27, 2013, OMB has evaluated 

whether spending reductions (known as ‘‘sequestration’’) pursuant 

to section 251 of BBEDCA are required for fiscal year 2013. This 

concerns a sequestration that is distinct from the Joint Committee 

sequestration pursuant to Section 251A of BBEDCA. Based on the 

estimates in this report, which are consistent with the determinations in my letter of March 27, enacted appropriations are within 

the discretionary spending limits for 2013, and a sequestration of 

discretionary budget authority pursuant to section 251 of BBEDCA 

is not required. 

Sincerely, 

JEFFREY D. ZIENTS, 

Acting Director. 

Enclosure. 


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to the President and Congress 

for Fiscal Year 2013 

April 9, 2013 
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I. INTRODUCTION 

The Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA), PL. 

112-25, amended the Balanced Budget and 

Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (BBEDCA) 

by reinstating the discretionary spending limits on budget authority that had expired after 

2002. These limits were further revised by the 

American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (ATRA), 

PL. 112-240, section 901(d). 

Section 254 of BBEDCA requires the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to issue a final 

sequestration report 15 days after the Congress 

ends a session to determine whether a sequestration of discretionary budget authority is required, 

based on OMB's scoring of enacted discretionary 

appropriations against the applicable discretionary spending limits. Such a sequestration is 

distinct from the Joint Committee sequestration 

required by section 251A of BBEDCA. Section 

901(b) of ATRA effectively postponed this report 

by delaying the evaluation and implementation 

of any sequestration for fiscal year 2013 pursuant to section 251(a)(l) of BBEDCA to March 

27, 2013. OMB issued a letter on March 27th 

determining that such a sequestration was not 

required because section 3004 in Division G 

of the Consolidated and Further Continning 

Appropriations Act, 2013 (PL. 113-6) requires 

OMB to calculate a rescission to eliminate any 

amount by which the new budget authority provided in that Act exceeded the 2013 spending 

limits. 

As required, OMB's scoring estimates rely 

on the same economic and technical assumptions used in the President's 2013 Budget, which 

the President transmitted to the Congress on 

February 13, 2012. This report covers appropriations legislation enacted through April 4, 

2013, and indicates that no sequestration of 

discretionary budget authority is required. 

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II. DISCRETIONARY FINAL 

SEQUESTRATION REPORT 

BBEDCA requires OMB to issue reports containing OMB's scoring of individual appropriations bills within seven days of their enactment 

and, three times a year, on the overall status 

of discretionary legislation. Any discretionary 

appropriations that OMB estimates to exceed 

the discretionary spending limits trigger an 

across-the-board reduction (i.e., sequestration) 

to eliminate the excess funding. This report 

meets the requirement for OMB to issue a final 

sequestration report for 2013, including a final 

estimate of the adjustment to the discretionary 

spending limits as a result of disaster funding. 

As BBEDCA requires, the estimates rely on 

the same economic and technical assumptions 

as used in the President's 2013 Budget, which 

the President transmitted to the Congress on 

February 13,2012. 

Discretionary programs are funded annually 

through the appropriations process. BBEDCA, 

as amended by the BCA and theATRA, limits-or 

caps-budget authority available for discretionary programs each year through 2021. BBEDCA 

does not require that the Congress appropriate 

the full amount available under the discretionary limits. For 2012 and 2013, BBEDCA originally specified separate "security" and "nonsecurity" categories for discretionary programs. The 

security category included discretionary appropriations for budget accounts in the Department 

of Defense, the Department of Homeland 

Security, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the 

National Nuclear Security Administration, the 

Intelligence Community Management Account, 

and all discretionary budget accounts in budget 

function 150 (international affairs). The nonsecurity category included all budget accounts 

that do not fall into the security category. After 

2013, BBEDCA specified a single category for 

all discretionary spending referred to as the 

"discretionary" category. 

However, section 302 of the BCA provided for 

revisions to the caps if legislation proposed by 

the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, 

established in Title IV of the BCA, to reduce the 

deficit by more than $1.2 trillion was not enacted 

by January 15, 2012. Because the Joint Select 

Committee on Deficit Reduction failed to propose any legislation, and thus, no such legislation was enacted, the caps were revised in OMB's 

Final Sequestration Report for FY 2012, which 

was issued on January 18, 2012. The revised 

security ("defense") category included only the 

discretionary programs in the national defense 

budget function (050), which mainly consists of 

the Department of Defense and significant portions of agency budgets for the Department of 

Energy (including the National Nuclear Security 

Administration) and the Federal Bureau of 

Investigation. The revised nonsecurity ("non-defense") category contained all discretionary programs not in the defense category-essentially 

all non-defense (or non-050) budget functions. 

The cap amounts were adjusted to reflect the revised categories, but, the total cap for discretionary spending remained unchanged. The overall 

discretionary category for 2014 through 2021 

was essentially eliminated, replaced by caps for 

the defense and non-defense categories. 

The caps were revised further by section 901(d) 

of ATRA, which reinstated the original security 

and nonsecurity categories for 2013, and reduced 

the caps by $4 billion, evenly split between the 

security and nonsecurity categories. ATRA left 

the defense and non-defense caps in place for 

2014 through 2021, but lowered the 2014 caps by 

$8 billion, evenly split between the defense and 

non-defense categories. Table 1 summarizes the 

original caps enacted in the BCA and all changes 

to date that have been made to those caps. Table 

2 shows the current law caps, including the 

changes necessitated by section 901(d) of ATRA. 

Table 2 also shows further adjustments to the 

caps, which are discussed in the next section. 

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Table 1. OVERVIEW OF CHANGES TO DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS (Discretionary budget authority in billions of dollal'S) 

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 

Originallituits set in Title I of the Budget Control Act of201}: 

Security Category .... 684.0 686.0 

Nonseeurity Categury.". 359.0 361.0 

DiscretionaIyCategory .... NIA NIA 

2012 Enacted adjustments p\U'$uant to section 251{b)(2) ofBBEDCA: 

OCOIGWOT: 

Security Category .... 

Prog:ramintegrity: 

Nonsecurity Categl)ry .... 

Di3asterRelief: 

SecllrityCategory." .. 

NonsecurityCategury" .. 

+126.5 

....5 

+6A 

+4.1 

Redefinition oflimita: pursuant to section 25lA ofBBEDCA: 

Security Category........ NfA 

NonooeurityCategm-y..... NfA 

-686.0 

·361.0 

NIA NIA 

NIA NIA 

1,066.0 1,086.0 

NIA N/A 

NIA NIA 

NIA NIA NIA NIA NIA NIA 

NIA NIA NIA NIA NIA NIA 

1,107.0 1,13LO 1,156.0 1,182.0 1,208.0 1,234-.0 

NIA NIA NIA NIA NIA NfA 

NIA NIA NIA NlA NIA NlA 

Discretionary-Category..... NfA NIA -1,066.0 -1.086.0 ·1,107.0 -1,13l.0 -1,156.0 ·1,182.() -1.208.0 ·1.234.0 

Defense Category.................... . N/A +546.0 

Non-De£enae Category.... N/A +501.0 

.Adjustments pursu.ant to section 90 l(d) of the ATRA: 

SecurityCategm:'y .... . 

NOlI$:l(!urityCategory .... . 

Defense Category ...... . 

Non·Defense Category .... 

N/A +684.0 

N/A +359.0 

N/A -546.0 

N/A ·SOu) 

2013 Enacted adjUlitmenta: pursuant to section 251(bX2) ofBBEDCA: 

OCOIGWOT: 

SeeurityCategory ... 

Emugency Requirements: 

Secu.rityCategory .... 

NOU$eCUrity Category .... 

Program Integrity: 

Nonaecurity Categmy .... 

Diaastel'Relief: 

&>curityCategory .... 

+98.7 

~7.0 

+346 

"'.5 

+11.8 

+556.0 

+510.0 

NIA 

NIA 

·4.0 

..... 

+566.0 

+520.0 

NIA 

NIA 

+577.0 

+530.0 

NIA 

NIA 

+590,0 

+541.0 

NIA 

NIA 

+6U3.0 

+553.0 

NIA 

NIA 

~16.0 

+566.0 

NIA 

NIA 

+630.0 

+578.0 

NIA 

NIA 

+644.0 

+590.0 

NIA 

NIA 

Revised Limits Included in the OMS 2013 Final Sequestration Report: 

Security Category .... 

NonsecurityCate&ory ... , Disaetionaxy Categol:y .............................. 

Revised Security Categol'Y ({)efemeL. .. 

Revised Non.seeurity Category (Non·Defense) .... 

N/A = Not Applicable 

Section 251(6)(2) Adjustments to 

Discretionary Limits 

816.9 801.5 

363.5 394.1 

WA NlA 

NIA NIA 

NiA NIA 

Table 2 shows how adjustments pursuant to 

section 251(b) ofBBEDCA affect the discretionary 

limits for 2013. Section 251(b)(1) allows adjustments for concepts and definitions in the Preview 

Report, which is transmitted with the President's 

Budget, and section 251(b)(2) authorizes certain 

adjustments after the enactment of appropriations. With final appropriations for 2013 enacted, 

the following adjustments are now made to the 

2013 security and nonsecurity caps in Table 2: 

NIA NIA NIA NIA NIA NIA NIA NIA 

NIA NIA NIA NIA NIA NIA NIA NIA WA NIA NiA N/A NiA WA NiA NiA 

552.0 566.0 577.0 590.0 603.0 616.0 630.0 644.0 

5<16.0 520.0 530.0 541.0 553<0 566.0 578.0 590.0 

Emergency Appropriations and Overseas 

Contingency Operations I Global War on Terrorism 

(OCOIGWOT).-These adjustments are authorized in section 251(bX2)(A) of BBEDCA and 

include funding for amounts that Congress designates in law as being either an emergency 

requirement or for OCOIGWOT activities on an 

account-by-account basis and that the President 

subsequently so designates. The 2013 Disaster 

Relief Appropriations Act (P.L. 113 2), which 

was enacted for response and recovery efforts 

to Hurricane Sandy, included a total of $41,669 

million in appropriations that were designated as 
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Table 2. DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS (Discretionary budget authority in millions of dollara) 

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 

5&CIlSIII ctWiir-DRl: 

Preview Report Spending Limit. ...... 816,943 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 

Adjustments in the Update &port; 

No Adjustments 

Update Report Spending Limit. ... 816,943 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 

Changes enacted pUl'8uant to section 901(d) of the ATRA: 

Reinstate Security Cap for 2013 ..... +684,000 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 

Adjustments fur the Final Sequestration Report: 

Overseas Contingency OperationsfGlobal 

War on Terrorism ... +98,682 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 

Emergency Requirements .. " +7,042 N/A N/A N/A N/A NlA N/A N/A N/A 

Disaster Relief.... +11779 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A" N/A 

Subtotal. Seeurity Category Adjustments .... +117,503 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 

Final Sequestration Report: Spending Limit .... 816,943 8Ol.503 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 

HOHS.ECllBlD: CA'l'EOOB..Y 

Preview Report Spending Limit... . 363,536 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 

Adjustments in the Update Report: 

No Adjustments 

Update Report Spending Limit .. ,' $63,536 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 

. Changes enacted pursuant to section 901{d) of the ATRA: 

Reinl;tate Nonseeurity Cap fur 2013 .... +359,000 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A NfA 

Adjustments fur the Final Sequestration Report: 

Emergency Requirements .. " .. +34,627 NfA NfA NfA NfA NfA N/A N/A NfA 

CDRs and Redeterminations .... +483 N/A N/A NfA NfA NfA NfA N/A N/A 

Subtotal, Noneeeurity Category Adjustments .... +35,110 N/A NJA NfA N/A NfA NfA NfA N/A 

Final Sequestration Report Spending Limit. ... 363,536 394,110 NfA NfA NfA N/A N/A N/A NfA N/A 

I.lISCRElI21'iABI: CAmr~BX 

Preview Report Spending Limit .... N/A N/A NfA N/A NfA NfA NfA NfA NfA NfA 

Adjustments in the Update Report: 

No Arljustments 

Update Report Spending Limit. .... NfA NfA NfA N/A NfA NfA N/A NfA N/A NfA 

Adjustments for the Final Sequestration Report; 

No Adjustments 

Final Sequestration Report Spending Limit. ... NfA NfA NfA NfA NfA NfA N/A NfA N/A N/A 

DEt:ENSE fQB "REl'lSm SE£llBI:fi:l CAllir-..mu: 

Preview Report Spending Limit ...... NfA 546,000 556,000 566,000 577,000 590,000 603,000 616,000 630,000 6«,000 

Adjustments in the Update Report: 

No Adjustments 

Update Report Spending Limit. ...... NfA 54S,000 566.000 566,000 577,000 590,000 603,000 616,000 630,000 644,000 

Changes enacted pursuant to section 901(d) of the ATRA: 

Eliminate Defense Category for 2013 .... NfA ·546,000 

Reduce Defense Category for 2014 .... NfA ·4,000 

Subtotal, changes pursuant to the ATM. ... NfA ·546,000 -4,000 

Final Sequestration Report Spending Limit .... NfA N/A 552,000 566,000 577,000 590,000 603,000 616,000 630,000 644,000 

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Table 2. DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS-Continued (D.isc.retionary budget authority in millions of dollars) 

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 

NON-QEFENSE lOB '1UW1SEp NQNSECtrRITn Cr\TEf'..osy 

Preview Report Spending Limit..., 

Adjustments in the Update Report: 

N/A 501,000 510,000 520,000 530,000 541,000 553,000 566,000 578,000 590,000 

No Adjustments 

Update Report Spending LimiL. .. N/A 501,000 510,000 520,000 530,000 541,000 553,000 566,000 578,000 590,000 

Changes enactedpunnumt to ooct:ion 901(d) of the ATRA.: 

EliminateMen.seCategoxyf0l'2013...... N/A ,501,000 

Reducc Defense Categotyfor 2014".," .. _-"N/",~_=~-= .. ""OOO",,-~=~~~~=~~=~=~~=_=~ 

Subtotal, changes pursuant to the A TRA.. ... . N/A ·501,000 -4,000 

Final Sequ.estration Report Spending Limit ... , N/A N/A 5OO,00{l 520,000 530,000 541,000 553,000 566,000 578,000 590,000 

TOTAl DISCRETIONARY SPENDING 

Previ(!W Report, TotalDisocretionary Spending_ ... 1,180,479 1.047,000 1,066.000 1,086,000 1,l(l7.000 1,131,000 1,156,000 1,182,000 1,208,000 1,234,000 

Update Report, Total Di8cretionazy Spending ..... 1,180,479 1,047,000 1,066,000 1,086,000 1,167,000 1,131,000 1,156,000 1,182,000 1,208,000 1,234,000 

Final Sequestration Report, 

TQtaiDiscretionarySpending ............................ 1,180,479 1,195,613 1,058,000 1,006,000 1,107,000 1,131,000 1,156,000 1,182,000 1,208,000 1,234,000 

N/A'" Not Applicable 

emergency requirements pursuant to BBEDCA. 

A total of $7,042 million was provided for agencies in the security category and $34,627 million was provided for agencies in the nonsecurity 

category. The Congress designated the amounts 

in P.L. 113-2 as emergency requirements, and 

the President transmitted to the Congress his 

designation of these amounts on January 29, 

2013. In addition, the Consolidated and Further 

Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (P.L. 113-6) 

provided a total of $98,682 million (including rescissions) for OCO/GWOT purposes for 2013. The 

component amounts were appropriated in the 

2013 Department of Defense Appropriations Act; 

the 2013 Homeland Security Appropriations Act; 

the 2013 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, 

and Related Agencies Appropriations Act; and 

the 2013 Further Continuing Appropriations Act 

for Department of State, Foreign Operations and 

Related Programs appropriations (Divisions C, D 

and E, and Title VII of Division F of P.L. 113-6, 

respectively). The adjustment for these amounts 

is allocated entirely to the security category. The 

Congress in P.L. 113-6 designated these amounts 

for OCO/GWOT activities, and the President 

transmitted to the Congress his designation of 

these amounts on March 26, 2013. Presidential 

designations of emergency requirements and 

OCO/GWOT amounts can be found on OMB's 

website: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget amendments. 

Continuing Disability Reviews (CDRs) and 

Redeterminations.-Section 251(b)(2)(B) of 

BBEDCA authorizes adjustment of the caps by 

the amounts appropriated for CDRs and redeterminations. CDRs are periodic reevaluations conducted to determine if recipients of Social Security 

disability insurance benefits and Supplemental 

Security Income (SSI) for persons with disabilities are still disabled. Redeterminations 

are periodic reviews of non-medical factors of 

eligibility, such as income and resources, for the 

means-tested SSI program, and generally result 

in a revision of the individual's benefit level. The 

maximum cap adjustment in each year is limited to the levels of budget authority specified in 

BBEDCA, provided that a base level of $273 million is provided for these purposes in the underlying appropriations bill. 2013 appropriations for 

the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 

Services (HHS), Education, and Related Agencies 

in the Further Continuing Appropriations Act 

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base level of $273 million and $483 million as a 

cap adjustment for these purposes-$268 million below the maximum allowable adjustment 

of $751 million specified for 2013 in BBEDCA, 

and the same as the 2012 enacted level included 

in the 2012 Departments of Labor, Health and 

Human Services (HHS), Education, and Related 

Agencies Appropriations Act (Division E of P.L. 

112-74). By not providing the full cap adjustment authorized by BBEDCA for these activities, the Congress is forgoing the opportunity to 

achieve net deficit savings of approximately $1.9 

billion. This adjustment is allocated entirely to 

the nonsecurity category. 

Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control 

(HCFAC).-Section 251(b)(2)(C) of BBEDCA authorizes adjustment of the caps by amounts appropriated for HCFAC activities, which include 

efforts to reduce the Medicare improper payment 

rate by 50 percent and strengthen the Health 

Care Fraud Prevention & Enforcement Action 

Team (HEAT) initiative. The maximum HCFAC 

cap adjustment in each year is limited to the levels of budget authority specified in BBEDCA, provided that a base level of $311 million for these 

purposes is provided in the underlying appropriations bill. However, 2013 appropriations for 

the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 

Services (HHS), Education, and Related Agencies 

in the Further Continning Appropriations Act 

(Title V of Division F of P.L. 113-6) provided a 

base level of ouly $310 million (before the acrossthe-board rescission in section 3004 of Division 

G in that Act) and no funding for the cap adjustment, despite the fact that BBEDCA provided 

for a maximum allowable adjustment of $299 

million. As for CDRs and redeterminations, the 

2013 enacted level for HCFAC activities is nearly the same as the 2012 enacted level included 

in the 2012 Departments of Labor, Health and 

Human Services (HHS), Education, and Related 

Agencies Appropriations Act (Division E of P.L. 

112-74). Because the base was not fully funded 

and no additional funding was provided pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(C), no cap adjustment for 

HCFAC funding is reflected. By not providing the 

full base funding and cap adjustment authorized 

by BBEDCA for these activities, the Congress is 

forgoing the opportunity to achieve deficit savings 

of approximately $450 million. 

Adjustments for Disaster Funding.-Section 

251(b)(2)(D) of BBEDCA authorizes an adjustment to the caps for appropriations that are designated by the Congress as being for disaster 

relief. BBEDCA sets a limit for the adjustment 

equal to the total of the average funding provided for disaster relief over the previous 10 years 

(excluding the highest and lowest years) plus 

any portion of the allowable adjustment (funding 

ceiling) for the previous year that was not appropriated. "Disaster relief" is defined as activities 

carried out pursuant to a determination under 

section 102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford 

Act) (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)). 

Section 103(2) of the BCA requires OMB to 

include in its Augnst update report a preview 

estimate of the adjustment for disaster funding for the upcoming fiscal year. As required by 

law, OMB included in its Sequestration Update 

Report for FY 2013, released on Augnst 20, 2013, 

a preview estimate of the 2013 adjustment for disaster relief. The ceiling for the disaster relief 

adjustment in 2013 was calculated to be $11,779 

million. The Congress subsequently enacted appropriations in 2013 designated for disaster relief up to that ceiling in the Federal Emergency 

Management Agency's Disaster Relief Fund 

(DRF). Exactly $6,400 million was included for 

the DRF in the 2013 Consolidated and Further 

Continuing Appropriations Act (P.L. 113-6), and 

$5,379 million was included for the DRF in the 

2013 Disaster Relief Appropriations Act (P.L. 

113-2) for Hurricane Sandy response and recovery. Accordingly, Table 2 reflects 2013 disaster 

relief cap adjustments totaling $11,779 million, 

entirely to the security category. 

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Summary of Current Year (FY 2012) 

Discretionary Appropriations 

Section 254(f)(2) of BBEDCA, as amended, 

requires the final sequestration report to summarize the status of enacted "current year" discretionary appropriations, relative to the discretionary caps. Table 3 summarizes the status 

of enacted 2012 discretionary appropriations, 

relative to the discretionary caps for 2012. The 

caps include all adjustments made in the Final 

Sequestration Report for FY 2012. No further 

supplemental appropriations were enacted in 

2012, so the scoring for enacted budget authority 

for both categories for 2012 remains within the 

specified cap levels. 

OMB FINAL SEQUESTRATION REPORT 

Summary of Budget Year (FY 2013) 

Discretionary Appropriations 

Section 254(1)(2) ofBBEDCA requires the final 

sequestration report to summarize the status of 

enacted "budget year" discretionary appropriations, relative to the discretionary caps. Table 4 

summarizes OMB scoring of the fiscal year 2013 

appropriations bills as measured against the 

2013 spending limits. 

In its March 27th letter, OMB stated that a 

sequestration of discretionary budget authority 

was not required since section 3004 in Division G 

ofP.L. 113-6, the 2013 Consolidated and Further 

Continuing Appropriations Act, required OMB 

Table 3. STATUS OF 2012 DISCRETIONARY 

APPROPRIATIONS 

(In millions of dollars) 

BA Outlays 

Security Category 

Adjusted discretionary spending limits ........ . 

Total enacted appropriations1 •••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Spending over (+)/under (-) limits 

Nonsecurity Category 

Adjusted discretionary spending limits .... 

Total enacted appropriations., ....................... , ........ . 

Spending over (+)/under (-) limits ...................... . 

816,943 

816,871 

·72 

363,536 

361,544 

·1,992 

Total Discretionary Spen'ding-All Categories 

Adjusted discretionary spending limits. ........ 1,180,479 

NIA 

862,749 

NIA 

NIA 

482,053 

NIA 

N/A 

Total enacted appropriationsl .................................. 1,178,415 1,344,802 

Spending over (+)lunder (-) limits ....... . ·2,064 NIA 

IThe enacted security appropriations total excludes scored rescissions of 

~$30 million taken from balances of previous congressionally~designated 

emergency funding. Since these rescissions were not designated as an 

emergency pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the BBEDCA. as 

amended, they are not counted as offsets toward the discretionary caps. 
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to calculate a rescission to eliminate the amount 

by which the new budget authority provided in 

that Act exceeded the security and nonsecurity 

discretionary spending limits for 2013 due to estimating differences between CBO and OMB. This 

provision ensured that no budget-year breach 

within either category would occur and that a 

sequestration of discretionary budget authority 

would not be required. OMB calculated that this 

provision required an across-the-board rescission 

for all security programs of 0.032 percent and an 

across-the-board rescission of 0.200 percent for 

all nonsecurity programs. 

Due to these across-the-board reSCISSIons, 

OMB estimates that discretionary spending in 

the security and nonsecurity discretionary categories is below the budget authority linIits 

set in BBEDCA by $3 million and $1 million, 

respectively. As a result, OMB estimates that sequestration will not be required for either of the 

discretionary categories. The across-the-board 

rescission calculations produce totals that are 

slightly under the spending limits both because 

appropriations are estimated in whole millions of 

dollars, thereby producing minor rounding differences, and because the across-the-board rescission is only carried out to the thousandth of a 

percent, which is consistent with the most number of digits for an across-the-board reduction 

enacted by the Congress over the past decade. 

Table 4. SUMMARY OF 2013 APPROPRIATIONS ACTION' 

(Discretionary budget authority and outlays in millions of dollars) 

BA Outlays 

SECURITY CATEGORY 

Security Appropriations: 

Agriculture and Rural Development ................•..................................................... 1.616 1,656 

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies ............................................. . 81 81 

Defense ................................................................................................................... . 604.673 644,915 

Energy and Water Development ......................................................•..................... 11,497 11,889 

Homeland Security ................................................................................................ . 46,488 55,541 

Legislative Branch .....................................................................•....•....................... 8 9 

Military Construction and Veterans Affairs .......................................•.................. 71,565 81.766 

State and Foreign Operations ............................................................................... . 53.151 55,985 

Disaster Relief Appropriations Act .................................................................. __ ... . 12,421 4.396 

Total, Security Appropriations ....•.............................................................................. ----:::::-::-::-=---::::-::-:=:- 801,500 856,238 

Final Sequestration Report Security Category Limit ....................................... . 

I CONGRESSIONAL ACTION OVER(+)IUNDER(-) IJMIT ................................ . 

NONSECURITY CATEGORY 

Nonsecurity Appropriations: 

Agriculture and Rural Development ..................................................................... . 

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies ............................................•. 

Energy and Water Development ........................................................................... . 

Financial Services and General Government ...................................................... .. 

Interior and Environment ..................................................................................... . 

Labor, HHS, and Education. ................................................................................. . 

Legislative Branch ................................................................................................. . 

801,503 

·3 

18,783 

50,076 

21,724 

21,418 

29,770 

157,034 

4,268 

N/A 

N/A 

22,049 

58,072 

33,177 

24,343 

31.803 

166,266 

4,327 

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Table 4. SUMMARY OF 2013 APPROPRIATIONS ACTION'-Continued 

(Discretionary budget authority and outlays in millions of dollars) 

BA Outlays 

Military Construction and Veterans Affairs.......................................................... 338 288 

State and Foreign Operations................................................................................ 130 136 

Transportation and Housing and Urban Development......................................... 52,482 119,612 

Disaster Relief Appropriations Act........................................................................ 38,086 5,276 

Total, Nonsecurity Appropriations .......................................................................... ---39"-4-,1-0'"9---4""6-5,-3-49 

Final Sequestration Report Nonsecurity Category Limit................................... 394,110 N/A 

ICONGRESSIONAL ACTION OVER(+)IUNDER(-) UMIT............................. ·1 N/A 

TOTAL DISCRETIONARY 

Total" Discretionary ................................................................................................. . 1,195,609 

1,195,613 

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1,321,587 

N/A 

N/A 

Final Sequestration Report Total Category Limits ......................................... .. 

CONGRESSIONAL ACTION OVER(+)/UNDERH TOTAL OF LIMITS ............ .. 

I OMB scoring includes funds provided in each bill that have been designated as being for Overseas Contingeney 

Operations/Global War on Terrorism, Emergency Requirements, Disaster Relief, or Program Integrity. 

Comparison ofOMB and CBO 

Discretionary Limits 

Section 254(!)( 4) ofBBEDCA requires that this 

report explain the differences between OMB and 

CBO estimates for the discretionary spending 

limits. Table 5 compares OMB and CBO limits 

for fiscal years 2013 through 2021. CBO uses the 

discretionary limits from OMB's Sequestration 

Update Report for FY 2013 as a starting point for 

adjustments in its Final Sequestration Report for 

FY 2013, and includes changes enacted in ATRA. 

For 2013, CBO's estimate of the security category 

cap is $1 million higher than OMB's estimate, 

which is attributable to a rounding difference in 

the OCO/GWOT adjustment under section 251(b) 

(2)(A) of BBEDCA. There are no differences between OMB and CBO estimates for the 2013 nonsecurity category cap. For 2014 through 2021, 

CBO begins with the same levels as OMB for the 

defense and non-defense caps. However, CBO 

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includes approximate adjustments to the 2014· 

2021 caps to account for the automatic enforce· 

ment procedures in section 251A of BBEDCA. 

OMB does not include these reductions to the 

revised limits because they are not required in 

this report. 

Although OMB and CBO have virtually the 

same estimate of the 2013 caps, differences do 

exist in the amount of enacted 2013 discretionary budget authority that is scored against the 

caps. Detailed explanations of these differences 

are available in the separate seven-day-after reports issued subsequent to enactment of each discretionary appropriations bill (see these ·Seven· 

Day-After Reports" on OMB's website: hJJJl;.11 

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Table 5. COMPARISON OF OMB AND CBO 

DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS 

(Discretionary budget authority in millions of dollars) 

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 

CBO Final Report Limit ........ 801,504 N/A NIA N/A NIA N/A NIA NIA N/A 

OMB Final Report Limit ...•... 801,503 NIA N/A NIA NIA NIA NIA NIA N/A 

Difference +/~ ....................•...... ·1 N/A NIA N/A NIA N/A NIA NIA NIA 

CBO Final Report Limit ..•..... 394,110 NIA NIA NIA NIA NIA NIA NIA NIA 

OMB Final Report Limit ....... 394,110 N/A N/A NIA N/A N/A NIA N/A NIA 

Difference +1-........................... NIA NIA N/A N/A NIA NIA NIA N/A 

CBO Final Report Limit ........ NIA 497.352 511,351 522,351 535,350 548,350 561,350 575,349 589,349 

OMB Final Report Limit ....... NIA 552,000 566,000 577,000 590,000 603,000 616,000 630,000 644,000 

Difference +1-........................... NIA +54,648 +54,649 +54,649 +54,650 +54,650 +54,650 +54,651 +54,651 

CBO Final Report Limit ......•. NIA 469,023 483,313 493,502 505,018 517,622 531,517 545,021 557,777 

OMB Final Report LimiL. .... N/A 506,000 520,000 530,000 541,000 553,000 566,000 578,000 590,000 

Difference +1· ........................... NIA +36,977 +36,667 +36,498 +35,982 +35,378 +34,483 +32,979 +32,223 

CBO Final Report, 

Total Discretionary ............. 1,195,614 966,375 994,664 1,015,853 1,040,368 1,065,972 1,092,867 1,120,370 1,147,126 

OMB Final Report, 

Total Discretionary ............. 1,195,613 1,058,000 1,086,000 1,107,000 1,131,000 1,156,000 1,182,000 1,208,000 1,234,000 

Difference +1· ........................... ·1 +91,625 +91,336 +91,147 +90,632 +90,028 +89,133 +87,630 +86,874 

NIA = Not Applicable 

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