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Budget sequestration is a provision of United States law that causes an across-the-board reduction in certain kinds of spending included in the federal budget. Sequestration involves setting a hard cap on the amount of government spending within broadly defined categories; if Congress enacts annual appropriations legislation that exceeds these caps, an…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Budget sequestration | is a | provision of United States law that causes an across-the-board reduction in certain kinds of spending included in the federal budget | 0.90 | text |
| advance appropriations | instance of | increases in discretionary spending above the statutory limit using creative means | 0.80 | text |
| delays in making obligations | instance of | increases in discretionary spending above the statutory limit using creative means | 0.80 | text |
| payments | instance of | increases in discretionary spending above the statutory limit using creative means | 0.80 | text |
| emergency designations | instance of | increases in discretionary spending above the statutory limit using creative means | 0.80 | text |
| and specific directives | instance of | increases in discretionary spending above the statutory limit using creative means | 0.80 | text |
| homeland security | instance of | funding | 0.80 | text |
| international affairs were included in the sequestration cut in order to lessen the cuts to defense.In December 2013 | instance of | funding | 0.80 | text |
| the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 increased the sequestration caps for fiscal years 2014 | instance of | funding | 0.80 | text |
| 2015 by | instance of | funding | 0.80 | text |
| Budget sequestration | related to Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Act | Budget | 0.60 | section |
| Budget sequestration | related to Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Act | Balanced Budget | 0.60 | section |
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