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Federal Budget and Taxation Committee

FY 2001 Federal Budget

President's Budget

President Clinton submitted his proposed budget of $1.835 trillion on February 7, 2000. Under the president's proposed budget, domestic discretionary spending (which includes most state-local grant programs) would increase 4.7 percent from $339 billion to $355 billion. For more information, see NCSL's letter to the President outlining our key concerns (December 17, 1999) or the following summaries prepared by NCSL staff:

• Federal Budget and Tax Update Vol. 6, No. 1: President Proposes $1.8 Trillion Budget (Overview)
• Federal Budget and Tax Update Vol. 6, No. 2: The President's FY 2001 Budget (Continued Analysis)
• President's Human Services Budget Proposals for States: More Funds, Some New Mandates for States (Human Services)
• Highlights: President Clinton's Proposed FY 2001 Budget for Health Programs (Health)

Budget Resolution

On April 13, the House and Senate passed a FY 2001 Budget Resolution, which contained $289.5 billion in domestic discretionary spending, or a decrease of 6 percent. For more information, see NCSL's letter to Congress outlining our key concerns (March 9, 2000) or the following summaries prepared by NCSL staff:

• Federal Budget and Tax Update Vol. 6, No. 3: The Greatest Show On Earth?
• Federal Budget and Tax Update Vol. 6, No. 4: FY 2001 Budget Resolution Approved, Cuts to State-Federal Programs Likely

Current Status

When Congress adjourned for the August recess, the House of Representatives had considered and passed all but one appropriations bill; the Senate had five bills pending. Only two had been signed into law. For more information, see:

• Federal Budget and Tax Update Vol. 6, No. 5

For More Information

The current status of the FY 2001 appropriations legislation is available from Thomas, a service of the Library of Congress.

For further information, contact Gerri Madrid, Federal Budget and Taxation Committee Director, at (202) 624-8670 or Alysoun McLaughlin, Policy Associate at (202) 624-8691.