Senate Appropriators Restores Nominal Funding for FY 2012 GSA Construction Accounts

On Sept. 15, 2011, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill for FY 2012. The legislation provides annual funding for the Treasury Department, the Executive Office of the President, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, the Small Business Administration, the General Services Administration, the Federal Communications Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and several other independent agencies. The bill includes a total of $21.7 billion in funding for the agencies, which is only $224 million (one percent) below FY 2011 and $4.26 billion below the President’s fiscal year 2012 request. The General Services Administration’s (GSA) Federal Building Fund still has borne the brunt of these cuts, but the Senate did move to restore some funding for new construction projects, in the amount of $65 million. House Appropriators in June voted to eliminate funding altogether. The bill matches House figures for repairs and alternations in the amount of $280 million for FY 2012. AGC has expressed concern to Congressional Appropriations leaders about these drastic cuts for these critical programs and will continue to press Congress on the need for investment in Federal facilities infrastructure. For the text and report of the legislation by the House Appropriations Committees, please visit: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr2434rh/pdf/BILLS-112hr2434rh.pdf http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CRPT-112hrpt136/pdf/CRPT-112hrpt136.pdf For the text and report of the legislation by the Senate Appropriations Committees, please visit: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112s1573pcs/pdf/BILLS-112s1573pcs.pdf http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CRPT-112srpt79/pdf/CRPT-112srpt79.pdf For more information, please contact Marco Giamberardino at (703) 837-5376 or giamberm@agc.org.