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    March 4 CR Summary 121910

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    Under the continuing resolution (CR), funding will continue at Fiscal Year 2010 levels through March 4, 2011 for most programs. The CR includes additional provisions to extend authorizations and allow for normal operations of certain programs that would otherwise expire. It freezes federal civilian pay for two years, provides additional funding to prevent layoffs at several agencies, and extends several authorities and programs set to expire under the National Defense Authorization Act.

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    Under the continuing resolution (CR), funding will continue at Fiscal Year 2010 levels through March 4, 2011 for most programs. The CR includes additional provisions to extend authorizations and allow for normal operations of certain programs that would otherwise expire. It freezes federal civilian pay for two years, provides additional funding to prevent layoffs at several agencies, and extends several authorities and programs set to expire under the National Defense Authorization Act.

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    Under the continuing resolution (CR), funding will continue at Fiscal Year 2010 levels through March 4, 2011 for most programs. The CR includes additional provisions to extend authorizations and allow for normal operations of certain programs that would otherwise expire. It freezes federal civilian pay for two years, provides additional funding to prevent layoffs at several agencies, and extends several authorities and programs set to expire under the National Defense Authorization Act.

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    March 4 CR Summary 121910

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    Darla Dawald
    Under the continuing resolution (CR), funding will continue at Fiscal Year 2010 levels through March 4, 2011 for most programs. The CR includes additional provisions to extend authorizations and allow for normal operations of certain programs that would otherwise expire. It freezes federal civilian pay for two years, provides additional funding to prevent layoffs at several agencies, and extends several authorities and programs set to expire under the National Defense Authorization Act.

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    Summary of CR Provisions

    Under the CR, funding will continue at FY 2010 enacted levels for programs through March 4, 2011.
    The CR includes some additional anomalies to extend authorizations or allow for continuous normal
    operations through March 4, 2011, for certain programs that would otherwise expire or be severely
    disrupted.

    Summary of New Anomalies:

    • Freezes pay of Federal civilian employees for two calendar years starting in 2011.
    • Adjusts the amount available for operations of the National Telecommunications and
    Information Administration (NTIA) to prevent layoffs that would cause the agency to cease almost
    all operations.
    • Extends National Defense Authorization Act authorities for Department of Defense
    programs including counterdrug and counterterrorism activities, military personnel
    special pays, civilian special pays, intelligence commercial activities, and certain
    overseas contingency operations.
    • Includes the new Navy acquisition strategy regarding the Littoral Combat Ships.
    • Provides (for DOD) an extension of eligibility to continue Federal Employee Health Benefits
    for former employees enrolled in Temporary Continuation of Coverage.
    • Ensures adequate funding to prevent significant scaling back of critical audits and
    investigations of the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
    • Prevents elimination of over $4.3 billion of reduced fee loans for small businesses that
    would otherwise expire.
    • Allows the SEC to make the usual annual adjustments in its fees under a 2002 statute.
    • Prevents need for rate increase on telecommunications companies that would be passed
    on to consumers in form of higher charges to consumer phone bills.
    • Provides transfer authority for the Transportation Security Administration to sustain efforts to
    improve defenses against terrorist attacks, such as the attack on Northwest Flight 253 last December
    and the recent attempts against all-cargo aircraft.
    • Provides transfer authority to the Coast Guard to address operational challenges, such as
    military pay.
    • Includes a provision related to the National Bio- and Agro- Defense facility.
    • Makes a technical correction to the September 30 CR to allow the Bureau of Ocean
    Energy Management (formerly the Minerals Management Service) to utilize all offsetting
    collections. The amount available to the Bureau does not change.
    • Provides the legal authorization for the Interior Secretary to undertake the reorganization
    of the former Minerals Management Service by establishing budget accounts within the
    Treasury and authorizing the reassignment of personnel.
    • Re-establishes the formula for distribution of geothermal energy receipts to allow for the
    payment of funds to the counties in which the energy is produced. The formula had been
    inadvertently changed in a prior year bill.
    • Ensures that HHS obligates the same amount for LIHEAP during the CR as it obligated
    during the same period in FY10.
    • Clarifies the definition of a “highly qualified teacher.”
    • Ensures that the maximum Pell Grant award remains at the same level it was in FY10.
    • Allows the U.S. Capitol Police to use previously expired funds to pay for the Truck
    Interdiction Monitoring Program.
    • Adjusts the current rate of operations for the Veterans Benefits Administration to $2.1 billion,
    an increase of $460 million over the FY 2010 appropriation, to prevent layoffs of claims processers
    and to support efforts in reducing the processing times of disability claims.
    • Extends authority for current surface transportation programs to ensure that State departments
    of transportation and local transit agencies will be able to continue their ongoing infrastructure
    investments.

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