September 27, 2001
BULLETIN NO. 01-10
TO THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENTS AND ESTABLISHMENTS
SUBJECT:
Apportionment of the Continuing Resolution(s) for Fiscal Year 2002
1. Purpose and
Background. H. J. Res 65 will provide continuing appropriations
for the period October 1 through October 16, 2001. I am providing
an automatic apportionment for amounts provided by this continuing
resolution (CR), and any extensions of this CR, as specified in
section 2. This Bulletin supplements instructions for apportionment
of CRs in OMB Circular No. A-34.
Further, I am providing
an automatic apportionment of any unobligated balances available
on October 1, 2001, from the amounts transferred from the Emergency
Response Fund to individual agency accounts pursuant to the determination
of the President on September 21, 2001.
2. Automatic
Apportionments. Calculate the amount automatically apportioned
through the period ending October 16, 2001 (and any extensions of
that period) by multiplying the rate (amount) provided by the CR
by the lower of:
- the percentage of
the year covered by the CR, or
- the historical seasonal
rate of obligations for the period of the year covered by the
CR.
See the Attachment to
this Bulletin for more detailed instructions on calculating the
amount automatically apportioned.
Under an automatic apportionment,
all of the footnotes and conditions placed on the prior year apportionment
remain in effect.
The CR expires at midnight
on Tuesday, October 16, 2001.
3. Written Apportionments.
If a program requires an amount different from the total amount
automatically apportioned, you must request a written apportionment
/s/
Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr.
Director
Attachment
Calculating
the Automatic Apportionment
Calculate the amount
automatically apportioned through the period ending October 16,
2001 (and any extensions of that period) by multiplying the rate
(amount) provided by the CR by the lower of:
- the percentage
of the year covered by the CR (rounded to the nearest
tenth), or
- the historical
seasonal rate of obligations for the period of the
year covered by the CR.
1. What is
the rate (amount) provided by the CR? The rate (amount)
provided by the CR could be one of the following annual
amounts:
- the current
rate, calculated as follows:
- take the net
amount enacted in FY 2001, i.e., add any supplemental appropriations
and subtract any rescissions; and
- add the unobligated
balance carried forward to FY 2001 (if any); or
- the rate of operations
not exceeding the current rate, calculated as follows:
- take the net
amount enacted in FY 2001, i.e., add any supplemental appropriations
and subtract any rescissions;
- add the unobligated
balance carried forward to FY 2001 (if any), and
- subtract the
unobligated balance at the end of FY 2001 (if any).
2. Which of
the annual amounts do I use?
| If |
Then
use |
The
project or activity meets all the following criteria:
- zero
funded in the Act passed by both houses by October 1 or
is zero funded in the Act passed by the one house by October 1;
- included
in the President's budget request;
- was
conducted in FY 2001; and
- is
included in an act other than the Department of Defense
Appropriations Act, 2001, the Departments of Labor, Health
and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2001, or the District of Columbia
Appropriations Act, 2001.
|
FY
2001 (the current rate) |
| All
other cases |
The
rate of operations not exceeding the current rate. |
3. Does the
continuing resolution affect the availability of funds that would
be available if H. J. Res. 65 had not been enacted?
No. The availability
of any part of the budgetary resources for an account that is
not determined by current action of the Congress (such as permanent
appropriations, public enterprise and other revolving funds, reimbursements
and other income, and balances of prior year budget authority)
are not affected by H. J. Res. 65.
Most of these budgetary
resources must be apportioned by OMB before obligation. This Bulletin
does not apportion those budgetary resources, except unobligated
balances on October 1, 2001, from amounts transferred from the
Emergency Response Fund to individual agency accounts pursuant
to the determination of the President on September 21,
2001.