LSU LIBRARIES:
Government Documents/Microforms Department
This library is a congressionally designated depository for U.S. Government documents. Public access to the government documents collection is guaranteed by public law. (Title 44 United States Code)
General Information
SEQUESTRATION
What is Sequestration?
Sequestration, sometimes called the sequester, is a process that automatically cuts the federal budget across most departments and agencies.
Congress included the threat of sequestration in the Budget Control Act of 2011 as a way to encourage compromise on deficit reduction efforts.
Congress could not agree on a budget by the deadline set in the Budget Control Act, so mandatory budget cuts were scheduled to go into effect on January 2, 2013.
Congress stopped the cuts from happening by passing the American Taxpayer Relief Act on January 2. This law pushed the budget cuts back until March 1, 2013.
If Congress cannot agree on a budget to reduce the deficit by March 1, then sequestration would happen and $85 billion in spending cuts would go into effect.
These reports give detailed information about the amount that programs may be cut and which programs are exempt from sequestration:
- White House Office of Management and Budget Sequestration Reports to the President and Congress
- Congressional Budget Office Report on Estimated Impact of Automatic Budget Enforcement Procedures Specified in the Budget Control Act
- Congressional Research Service Report on Budget Sequestration and Selected Program Exemptions and Special Rules (PDF)
Government Documents/Microforms Department
General information
For reference and research questions, visit the Middleton Reference Desk, Room 141. At the Reference Desk you can also receive help with electronic databases, including the online catalog. If you are looking for a U.S. government document that was published before 1976, it may not be listed in the online catalog. Check with the Reference Desk for assistance in identifying those publications.
The Government Documents/Microforms Collection is physically located on the basement level, Room 53, of Middleton Library on the LSU Campus. Once you enter the library, go to the stairwell past the information kiosk. Descend the stairs, go immediately to your right, around the corner. Proceed straight ahead.
The Depository's map collection is housed in the Cartographic Information Center in the Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex, Room 313.
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Government Documents/Microforms' hours of access (regular semester)
- Monday-Thursday: 8:00 am - 9:00 pm
- Friday: 8:00 am - 6:00 pm
- Saturday: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
- Sunday: 11:00 am - 9:00 pm
NOTE: The department begins closing 15 minutes before the posted closing times.
Library hours are subject to change, especially during intersession and holidays. Check variations online here, at Middleton Library's main entrance, or call the department at (225) 578-2570.
