The VIP Series: FY 2012 Appropriations Work Complete
VIP Series 11-04
This edition of The
VIP Series provides states with estimates for federal fiscal year (FY) 2012
funding for major grant programs based on the final budget. Congress approved
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 (H.R. 2055) on December 17, 2011.
H.R. 2055 includes funding for nine appropriations bills: Defense, Energy-Water, Financial Services, Homeland Security, Interior-Environment, Labor-Health and Human Services (HHS)-Education, Legislative Branch, Military-Veterans, and State-Foreign Operations. The bill includes an across-the-board rescission to FY 2012 discretionary funding levels for Labor-HHS-Education (0.189%), and Energy-Water and Interior-Environment (0.16%). The remaining three bills (Agriculture, Commerce-Justice-Science, and Transportation-Housing and Urban Development [HUD]) were enacted in previous legislation, known as the “minibus” (P.L. 112-55).
Note: This report was revised on December 23, 2011.