P.L. 111-242 , the initial Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, was amended twice more in March 2011 to provide more time for Congress to resolve differences on final federal funding for FY2011. Interim funding was provided by P.L. 112-4 ( H.J.Res. 44 ) through March 18, 2011 (two weeks), and by P.L. 112-6 ( H.J.Res. 48 ) through April 8, 2011 (three weeks). In contrast to the four CRs enacted in 2010, which largely continued funding at FY2010 rates of operations, the two CRs enacted in March 2011 cut overall discretionary budget authority for FY2011 by selectively terminating or reducing funding for some programs and some earmarks. The two-week CR, P.L. 112-4 , reduced FY2011 annualized funding by $4 billion overall compared to FY2010 levels, and the three-week CR, P.L. 112-6 , cut another $6 billion from the annualized total. Within those totals, discretionary programs funded in the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies (L-HHS-ED) appropriations act were reduced by approximately $1.5 billion and $1.0 billion, respectively, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). All of the program reductions enacted in the two CRs (a total of $10 billion) were originally proposed in H.R. 1 , discussed below. Full-year appropriations proposals for FY2011 have also been considered by the 112 th Congress. Prior to enactment of P.L. 112-4 , the House passed H.R. 1 on February 19, 2011. The bill would have provided regular FY2011 appropriations for the Department of Defense and continuing appropriations for the rest of the government, with specified reductions below FY2010 levels for many domestic discretionary programs. CBO estimated at the time that the bill would have reduced overall non-emergency discretionary budget authority by $61.5 billion from FY2010 levels; the L-HHS-ED share of the reduction was estimated at $25.5 billion. On March 9, 2011, the Senate rejected both H.R. 1 and a substitute amendment ( S.Amdt. 149 ) offered by Senator Inouye. According to CBO, the funding reductions proposed in the Senate amendment were $8.7 billion below FY2010 levels overall and $0.5 billion below FY2010 levels for L-HHS-ED agencies. On April 1, 2011, the House passed H.R. 1255 , which would enact H.R. 1 if the Senate fails to pass FY2011 appropriations. In addition to appropriations, H.R. 1 as passed by the House also included a number of potentially controversial policy riders, many of which are matters of debate in ongoing budget negotiations. They are often in the form of "limitation amendments" that prohibit the use of funding in the bill for certain activities. Examples of such provisions affecting L-HHS-ED funding include several that prohibit spending to implement, in whole or in part, the March 2010 health care reform laws ( P.L. 111-148 , P.L. 111-152 ); a prohibition on funding the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., or any of its affiliates; and a ban on funding Department of Education forthcoming rules on federal student aid to for-profit colleges. For further analysis from CRS on funding under the various proposals for FY2011 appropriations, see the following: CRS Report R41703, FY2011 Appropriations: A Side-by-Side Comparison of Key Proposals ; CRS Report R41657, Proposed FY2011 Appropriations for the Departments of Education and Labor Under H.R. 1 and Related Bills ; and CRS Report R41737, Public Health Service (PHS) Agencies: Overview and Funding, FY2010-FY2012 . Additional reports related to Labor-HHS-ED appropriations are listed on the CRS Issues in Focus page at http://crs.gov/ pages/ subissue.aspx? cliid= 2347& parentid= 73& preview= False . On September 30, 2010, the President signed into law H.R. 3081 , the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 ( P.L. 111-242 ), which provided temporary funding at the FY2010 rate of operations for most government agencies for the period October 1 through December 3, 2010, unless regular FY2011 appropriations measures were enacted sooner. The law was amended on December 4 ( P.L. 111-290 ), December 18 ( P.L. 111-317 ), and December 22, 2010 ( P.L. 111-322 ), to extend the expiration date of the CR and provide for some special funding situations (known as "anomalies") for certain programs. P.L. 111-322 extended funding through March 4, 2011. Under the FY2011 continuing resolution, the funding level for most activities is provided at a rate of operations like that provided in FY2010 appropriations acts and under the same conditions and authority. Only the most limited funding actions are authorized in order to provide for the continuation of projects and activities. New initiatives are prohibited. For programs with high spend-out rates that normally would occur early in the fiscal year, special restrictions prohibit spending levels that would impinge on final FY2011 funding decisions. For entitlements and other mandatory activities, spending is allowed that would maintain existing program levels under current law, including additional funding, if needed, to continue benefits for eligible beneficiaries. On August 2, 2010, the Senate Committee on Appropriations reported S. 3686 ( S.Rept. 111-243 ), its proposal for FY2011 L-HHS-ED appropriations. The committee recommended $171.1 billion in discretionary L-HHS-ED funds. The House L-HHS-ED Appropriations Subcommittee held a markup session on July 15, 2010, and approved a draft bill, but the full committee did not take further action. The subcommittee published only a summary table showing some of the discretionary program levels approved at the markup. On February 1, 2010, President Obama submitted his FY2011 budget to Congress. Modified by some later adjustments, the request included $171.7 billion in discretionary funds for programs covered in the L-HHS-ED appropriations bill. Table 1 summarizes the legislative status of FY2011 L-HHS-ED appropriations. At present, only the Summary and the Most Recent Developments sections of this report have been updated to reflect the 112 th Congress's activities on continuing resolutions and full-year appropriations proposals. The balance of the report discusses the President's request and the Senate Appropriations Committee bill from the 111 th Congress. In this report, unless stated otherwise, data on FY2010 appropriations and FY2011 proposals are based on the August 24, 2010, table from the Senate Committee on Appropriations (see the table at the back of S.Rept. 111-243 ). Funding amounts are rounded to the nearest million. The dollar changes and percent changes discussed in the text are based on unrounded amounts. The data for FY2010 appropriations primarily reflect enactment of P.L. 111-117 , the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010, on December 16, 2009. Some FY2010 amounts were subsequently affected by transfers or adjustments for comparability. The data for FY2010 do not reflect enactment of several laws providing supplemental appropriations, or in a few cases, rescissions of previously appropriated funds. These include the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA, P.L. 111-5 , enacted February 17, 2009), which provided supplemental FY2009 appropriations that carried over to FY2010; the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA, P.L. 111-148 , as amended by P.L. 111-152 , both enacted in March 2010); the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 ( P.L. 111-212 , July 29, 2010); and an unnamed law funding education jobs and Medicaid ( P.L. 111-226 , August 10, 2010). The data for FY2011 reflect the President's budget request as of July 2010 and the Senate committee recommendations on S. 3686 . Amounts for the Department of Education request, however, were revised after the Senate committee table was published, and reflect information available on the ED website at http://www2.ed.gov/ about/ overview/ budget/ tables.html? src= ct . The revision was not presented as an official budget amendment. In most cases, data represent net funding for specific programs and activities, and take into account current and forward funding and advance appropriations; however, all data are subject to additional budgetary scorekeeping. Except where noted, data refer only to those programs within the purview of L-HHS-ED appropriations, and not to all programs within the jurisdiction of the relevant departments and agencies. Funding from other appropriations bills, and entitlements funded outside of the annual appropriations process, are excluded. This report describes the highlights of President Obama's proposals for FY2011 appropriations for L-HHS-ED programs, as submitted to Congress on February 1, 2010, and the congressional response to those proposals. Discussions focus primarily on discretionary programs. The report does not follow specific funding issues related to mandatory L-HHS-ED programs—such as Medicare or Social Security—nor does it follow any authorizing legislation related to the President's budget initiatives. For a glossary of budget terms and relevant websites, see the Appendix , "Terminology and Web Resources."