Summary
On January 20, 2011, the Republican Study Committee (RSC) released the Spending Reduction Act of 2010 (H.R. 408), a proposal to cut federal discretionary spending by $2.5 trillion from fiscal year (FY) 2011 through FY 2021. As a component of the plan, the RSC would set FY 2011 non-security discretionary funding at FY 2008 levels on a program-by-program basis, unless a particular program received less funding in FY 2010 than in FY 2008, in which case the FY 2010 level would apply. Utilizing the FFIS Grants Database, this Budget Brief illustrates how to prepare a state-specific analysis using RSC’s proposal.