FY 2014 Appropriations: Bipartisan Budget Agreement Reached to Alleviate Spending SequesterBipartisan Budget Agreement • December 11th, 2013
Contract Type FiledDecember 11th, 2013Just days before their December 13 deadline, the chairs of the House and Senate Budget Committees announced a modest budget agreement that will restore funding to the appropriations process for both fiscal years (FY) 2014 and 2015 and avoid further threat of a government shutdown. The House and Senate leadership must now sell the budget agreement to their members to enact it prior to leaving for the holidays. The House and Senate Appropriations Committees will then have about a month to negotiate a final FY 2014 Continuing Resolution (CR) and omnibus appropriations bill before the current CR expires on January 15.