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What to expect this fall and how it impacts the Great Lakes?
Presented by: Chad Lord
Based off of presentation of Craig Obey, Executive Vice President, NPCA
Sources: Federal Budget Report; Center on Budget and Policy Priorities; Congressional Budget Office
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Overview
• Introduction: funding review
• Fall Preview – Jonathan McCracken, Legislative Assistant, Office of Sen. Sherrod Brown
• Budget analysis – Paul Isely, Professor and Chair, Grand Valley State University
• Public opinion – Emma White, Beldon Russonello Strategies
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Great Lakes Funding
FY 2004 FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 $-
$100.00
$200.00
$300.00
$400.00
$500.00
$600.00
$700.00
$800.00
Average funding per year FY10-12$634 million
Average funding per year FY04-09$155 million
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Great Lakes Funding
FY10 FY11 FY12 House FY12 FY13 Request0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
500
Great Lakes Restoration Initaitive
LaTourette Amendment
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Great Lakes Funding
FY12 FY13 Request FY13 House
$300 $300
$250
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
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Great Lakes FundingFY
200
4
FY 2
005
FY 2
006
FY 2
007
FY 2
008
FY 2
009
FY 2
010
FY 2
011
FY 2
012 $-
$500.00
$1,000.00
$1,500.00
$2,000.00
$2,500.00
Safe Drinking Water State Revolving FundLinear (Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund)Clean Water State Revolving FundLinear (Clean Water State Revolving Fund)
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Great Lakes Funding
FY12 FY13 Request FY13 House
$1,469
$1,175
$689
Clean Water State Revolving Fund
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Great Lakes Funding
FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 Request -
10,000,000
20,000,000
30,000,000
40,000,000
50,000,000
60,000,000
70,000,000
Asian Carp Funding
GLRIBase
Estimate
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Budget Control Act of 2011
1. Imposed tight annual caps on defense and nondefense discretionary spending through 2021 – totaling about $900 billion.
2. BCA also established congressional “Super-Committee” to come up with additional $1.2 trillion in entitlement reforms and new revenues.
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Budget Control Act of 2011
• Super-Committee failure to reach agreement on a deficit reduction plan triggered automatic cuts of $1.2 trillion scheduled to take effect in January 2013.
• These cuts are in addition to the $900 billion in annual spending caps.
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Budget Control Act of 2011
• The automatic cuts include across-the-board reductions in defense and nondefense programs, as well as Medicare cuts.
• In 2013 alone, the automatic cuts will require a 10% cut in all defense accounts, a 2% cut in Medicare, and a 9% cut in all non-defense discretionary accounts -- including Great Lakes programs.
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Budget Control Act of 2011
Defense NDD$400
$420
$440
$460
$480
$500
$520
$540
$560
$580
Existing CapsCaps Plus SequesterHouse Budget
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Budget Control Act of 2011
• Both political parties want to avoid the automatic cuts. R’s want to avoid the defense cuts; D’s want to avoid nondefense cuts.
• President Obama has said he will veto any bill to repeal the cuts unless they are replaced with alternative spending cuts and/or revenue increases.
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After the Elections: A Perfect Storm
• Because of the pre-election political gridlock in Congress, any action to replace the automatic cuts is unlikely to succeed until after November 6th.
• How resolution unfolds will depend on whether Obama or Romney wins the presidential election.
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Speakers• After the elections: perfect storm – Jonathan
McCracken, Legislative Assistant, Office of Sen. Sherrod Brown
• How the numbers add up – Paul Isely, Professor, Grand Valley State University
• The public’s opinion: save the Great Lakes– Emma White, Beldon Russonello Strategies