	Introduction to Transportation, HUD, and Related Agencies (THUD)

The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) appropriations subcommittees are charged with drafting bills to provide annual appropriations for the Department of Transportation (DOT), Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and related agencies. Status of the FY2013 THUD Appropriations Bill

 Table 1 provides a timeline of legislative action on the FY2013 THUD appropriations bill, and Table 2 lists the total funding provided for each of the titles in the bill for FY2012 and the amount requested for that title for FY2013. FY2013 THUD Funding Consideration During the 112th Congress

The President's FY2013 budget requested $73.4 billion in new budget resources for DOT. The House-passed FY2013 THUD bill ( H.R. 5972 included $33.6 billion for HUD, which is less than the Senate proposed but more than the President requested. In addition, P.L. The Budget Control Act and FY2013 Sequestration

FY2013 discretionary appropriations were considered in the context of the Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA, P.L. According to a report accompanying the order, funding for DOT's programs and activities for FY2013 was reduced by about $1.6 billion; funding for HUD's programs and activities for FY2013 was reduced by about $3 billion as a result of the sequester. 113-6 . Funding is provided generally at the level and under the conditions provided in FY2012, as modified by anomalies, the application of the sequester, and a 0.2% across-the-board rescission in section 3004 of the act. Prior to FY2005, DOT and HUD were funded in separate appropriations bills under the jurisdiction of separate subcommittees. P.L. This proposal was not supported by Congress. The Senate Committee on Appropriations recommended $500 million. However, all of that funding was provided by the 111 th Congress. The final FY2013 enacted funding bill did not provide any funding for the program. 113-6 ) funded NeighborWorks at the FY2012 level, including funding for the NFMCP, of $215.3 million.
The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) appropriations subcommittee is charged with providing annual appropriations for the Department of Transportation (DOT), Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and related agencies. The HUD budget generally accounts for the largest share of discretionary appropriations provided by the subcommittee. However, when mandatory funding is taken into account, DOT's budget is larger than HUD's budget, because it includes funding from transportation trust funds. Mandatory funding typically accounts for a little less than half of the bill total.
In the deliberations on FY2013 THUD funding during the second session of the 112th Congress, the House passed a THUD bill (H.R. 5972) and the Senate Committee on Appropriations reported out a THUD bill (S. 2322), but this bill was not passed by the Senate. Thus Congress did not enact a separate THUD funding bill prior to the beginning of FY2013.
THUD appropriations for FY2013 were provided through a pair of continuing resolutions (CRs): P.L. 112-175 provided funding from the beginning of FY2013 through March 27, 2013, and P.L. 113-6 provided funding through the end of FY2013. These CRs provided funding at roughly the FY2012 level. These CRs included several exceptions (anomalies) for individual DOT and HUD accounts. P.L. 113-6 also included an across-the board rescission of 0.2%.
FY2013 THUD funding was further reduced by the imposition of a sequester, per the terms of the Budget Control Act. The sequester reduced DOT funding by around $1.6 billion, and HUD funding by around $3 billion.
In terms of final FY2013 THUD funding, Congress enacted $71.3 billion for DOT in FY2013; after the sequester reduction, DOT received around $70.6 billion. Congress enacted $33.4 billion for HUD in FY2013, pre-sequester. Accounting for sequestration, HUD was provided with about $31.4 billion in FY2013.