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Publication Date: March 2001
Publisher: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
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Research Area: Government
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Sequestration is the cancellation of budgetary resources for the purpose of enforcing statutory budget limits and pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) requirements. This process is triggered automatically when these statutory limits or PAYGO rules have been violated as a result of legislative actions.