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Congress Announces Spending Deal for FY2013

By Erik Peterson

Yesterdayafternoon Senate Majority Leader Reid and House Speaker Boehner announced a deal on a six-month Continuing Resolution (CR) at a funding level of $1.047 trillion, the level set for FY2013 in the Budget Control Act (BCA) that passed last summer.  According to media reports, the CR agreement will last until March and is at a higher funding level than the $1.028 trillion called for by Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-Wis.) budget proposal earlier this year.  The deal is also above the current FY2012 spending level of $1.043 trillion.

During the August district work period set to begin next week committee members and their staff will write the CR bill, with many details including Subcommittee allocations yet to be determined.  The bill is not expected to include controversial policy riders.  The CR should be passed by the House and Senate in September and sent to President Obama to be signed into law before the current fiscal year ends on Sept. 30, 2012. While there remain many questions about the FY2013 spending deal, such as the impact of sequestration, it appears at this point that key federal supports for afterschool and summer learning programs, like the 21st Century Community Learning Centers initiative, the Child Care Development Block Grant and the AmeriCorps program, will all remain federally funded into next fiscal year.
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