Across-the-Board Spending Cuts in Omnibus Appropriations Acts

Publication Date: August 2004

Publisher: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

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Research Area: Banking and finance

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In four of the past five fiscal years (FY2000, FY2001, FY2003, and FY2004), Congress and the President brought action on the regular appropriations acts for the fiscal year to a close by incorporating unfinished acts into an omnibus appropriations measure. Each of the four omnibus acts included an across-the-board spending cut to offset part of the measure's cost. Media reports indicate that an omnibus appropriations may be used to conclude the regular appropriations cycle for FY2005.