Action Alert: Federal Budget Continuing Resolution
After weeks of heated debate over the federal budget, Congressional leaders reached an agreement on funding the remainder of fiscal year 2011 just 2 hours shy of the April 8 midnight deadline for a government shutdown. In the early hours of April 9, the House and Senate passed a short-term continuing resolution (CR) that funds the government through Thursday, April 14. That bill was intended to buy time for negotiators to hammer out the details to the final CR for FY2011. The final bill, released April 11, cuts roughly $38 billion from FY2010′s enacted levels and programs within the Transportation-HUD title saw the steepest percentage cut (18 percent) overall.
PLEASE CALL YOUR LEGISLATORS!!
Late Monday night, the U.S. House Appropriations Committee released the language for H.R. 1473, the long-term CR. Votes are scheduled in the House on Thursday. Below is a summary of cuts to many programs that are critical to IACED’s membership compiled from the Committee’s bill text and summary. We are reaching out to Indiana’s congressional delegation this week and urge you to do the same. Click here for some helpful talking points on select budget cuts. It is important for legislators to know that these federal funding sources are crucial to the welfare of Hoosier communities and the work of IACED member organizations.
| District Number | Member | Housing Staffer | Phone Number |
| 1 | Peter Visclosky | Vacant- call Leah Konrady, the Budget Legislative Assistant | (202) 225-2461 |
| 2 | Joe Donnelly | Jessica McEwen | (202) 225-3915 |
| 3 | Marlin Stutzman | Vacant- call the Legislative Director, John Hammond | (202) 225-4436 |
| 4 | Todd Rokita | Vacant- call the Legislative Director, Lindley Kratovil | (202) 225-5037 |
| 5 | Dan Burton | Bethany Eyre | (202) 225-2276 |
| 6 | Mike Pence | Lindsey Craig | (202) 225-3021 |
| 7 | Andre Carson | Nida Zaman | (202) 225-4011 |
| 8 | Larry Bucshon | Vacant- call the Legislative Director, Sarah Whiting | (202) 225-4636 |
| 9 | Todd Young | Vacant- call the Legislative Director, Tim Welter | (202) 225-5315 |
| Senator | Budget Staffer | Phone Number |
| Senator Richard Lugar | Chris Geeslin | (202) 224-4814 |
| Senator Dan Coats | Adam Howard | (202) 224-5623 |
To find out who your Representative is, click here.
RELEVANT CUTS COMPARED TO FY10 LEVELS BY TITLE:
Agriculture:
- Women, Infants and Children (WIC): -$504 million
- Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program (loan subsidies): -$151 million
- Rental Assistance: -$24 million
Commerce, State, Justice:
- Economic Development Assistance Programs: -$9 million
- Weed and Seed Program Fund: -$20 million
- Juvenile Justice Programs: -$148 million
- COPS programs: -$296 million
Financial Services and General Government:
- SBA Disaster Loan Administrative Costs: -$33 million
- SBA Projects: -$59 million
Labor, Health and Human Services
- Dislocated Worker Assistance: -$125 million
- Youthbuild: -$23 million
- Green Jobs Innovation Fund: -$40 million
- Career Pathways Innovation Fund: -$125 million
- Community Service Employment for Older Americans: -$375 million
- Community Health Care Centers: -$600 million
- Rural Health Programs: -$35 million
- Title X Family Planning: – $17 million
- HIV, AIDS,Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention: -$1.05 billion
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): -$45 million
- Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP): -$390 million
- Community Block Grant Programs: -$43 million
- Administration on Aging: -$16 million
- Evenstart: -$67 million
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Special Programs: -$19 million
- Career Education: -$138 million
- Adult Education: -$31 million
- Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership (LEAP): -$64 million
- TRIO Programs: -$25 million
- Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP): -$20 million
Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies:
- Veterans Affairs State Grants- Extended Care Facilities: -$15 million
- Armed Forces Retirement Home: -$63 million
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development
- Transportation Planning Research and Development: -$6 million
- High Speed Rail: -$2.9 billion
- Public Housing Operating Fund: -$149 million
- Public Housing Capital Fund: -$456 million
- Tenant Based Rental Assistance: -$187.2 million
- Administrative Fees: -$125 million
- Family Unification Program: -$15 million (ZEROED)
- Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing Vouchers: -$25.1 million
- Tenant Protection Vouchers: -$10 million
- Contract Renewals: +$330.6 (INCREASE)
- Project Based Rental Assistance: +$705.4 (INCREASE)
- HOPE VI: -$100 million
- Community Development Fund: -$942 million
- CDBG cuts: -$643 million
- Rural Innovation Fund: -$25 million (ZEROED)
- Sustainable Communities Initiative: -$50.2 million
- Economic Development Initiative: -$173 million (ZEROED)
- Housing Counseling Assistance: -$88 million (ZEROED)
- Section 811 Housing for the Disabled: -$115 million
- Section 202 Housing for the Elderly: -$425 million
- HOME Investment Partnerships: -$215 million
- Brownfield Redevelopment: -$18 million (ZEROED)
- Energy Innovation Fund: -$50 million (ZEROED)
- Lead Hazard Reduction: -$20 million
- McKinney Vento Homeless Assistance Grants: +$36.2 million (INCREASE)
Please contact Kathleen Taylor if you have any questions.
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