However, the decrease in net new budget authority only represented a 4% decrease in appropriations for HUD programs in aggregate, due to a substantial increase in offsetting collections and receipts from the FHA mortgage insurance programs from FY2010 to FY2011. 112-55 ) was signed into law on November 18, 2011. In terms of funding for HUD, the act provides about $37.3 billion in net funding for HUD, which is about 9% less than was provided in FY2011. However, part of the decrease in net funding is attributable to increases in offsetting receipts and rescission. Looking only at gross appropriations, total funding for HUD's programs was decreased by about 2%. Senate Action

On September 21, 2011, the Senate Appropriations Committee reported an FY2012 THUD funding bill ( S. 1596 ). It included about $3 billion less in net budget authority (reflecting increased offsetting receipts) and about $1.3 billion less in regular appropriations (not reflecting rescissions) for HUD than was provided in FY2011. The Minibus, S.Amdt. 738 to H.R. 2112 , includes FY2011 appropriations for those agencies under the jurisdiction of the THUD subcommittee (reflecting S. 1596 ) as well as two other subcommittees (Agriculture and Commerce-Justice-Science). The bill was approved by the full Senate on November 1, 2011. House Action

The House Appropriations Committee did not formally report an FY2012 THUD bill; however, on September 7, 2011, the THUD subcommittee released a draft version of its unnumbered bill, which was approved by the subcommittee the next day. According to the subcommittee's press release, the bill included about $3 billion less for HUD than was provided in FY2011 and $4 billion less than was requested by the President. It included a request for nearly $47.9 billion in gross new appropriations for HUD in FY2012. After accounting for rescissions of prior-year unobligated balances and offsets available from the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgage insurance programs, the President's request for net new budget authority for HUD in FY2012 totaled over $42 billion. The final FY2012 HUD funding law funds the operating fund at the President's requested level. Administrative Reforms to Rental Assistance Programs

The President's budget included a request for several statutory changes that would affect HUD's rental assistance programs, including the public housing and Section 8 programs. 112-25 . For more information, see CRS Report R41754, Community Development Block Grants: Funding Issues in the 112 th Congress and Recent Funding History , by [author name scrubbed]. For FY2012, Congress provided the same amount for the Homeless Assistance Grants that was appropriated in FY2011—$1.9 billion—and less than the amount proposed in the President's budget for FY2012 ($2.4 billion). 112-55 ( H.Rept. The President's budget request included a $165 million increase in funding for project-based rental assistance. In FY2012, P.L. The President's FY2012 budget, which came out prior to the enactment of the final FY2011 appropriations law, requested $88 million for HUD's housing counseling program. Appendix. Related Legislation

The Budget Control Act of 2011
On August 2, 2011, President Obama signed the Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA; P.L.
The President's FY2012 budget was released on February 14, 2011. It included a request for nearly $47.9 billion in gross new appropriations for HUD in FY2012. After accounting for rescissions of prior-year unobligated balances and offsets available from the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgage insurance programs, the President's request for net new budget authority for HUD in FY2012 totaled just over $42 billion. The President's budget, which was released prior to enactment of a final FY2011 appropriations law, included proposals for some funding increases relative to FY2010 (Section 8 Tenant-Based Rental Assistance and Project-Based Rental Assistance), and some funding decreases relative to FY2010 (public housing operating fund, Community Development Block Grant program, HOME, and Section 202 and 811). However, in the case of almost all of the programs proposed for funding decreases relative to FY2010, the President's requested amount was higher than what was ultimately provided in the FY2011 appropriations law. In total, the President's funding request for HUD would have resulted in a nearly $2.5 billion increase in gross new appropriations in FY2012 relative to FY2011. However, because the President's budget estimated a substantial increase (nearly $2 billion) in the amount of offsetting receipts available from FHA in FY2012 relative to FY2011, the net budget authority requested in the President's budget would have represented an increase of only about $600 million in FY2012 relative to FY2011.
While the House Appropriations Committee did not formally report an FY2012 Transportation, HUD, and Related Agencies (THUD) bill, on September 7, 2011, the THUD subcommittee released a draft version, including about $3 billion less in net funding for HUD than was provided in FY2011 (about $1.4 billion less in gross appropriations). It was approved by the subcommittee the next day.
On September 21, 2011, the Senate Appropriations Committee reported its FY2012 THUD funding bill (S. 1596). It included about $4 billion less in net funding for HUD than was provided in FY2011 (about $1.3 billion less in gross regular appropriations). On November 1, 2011, the full Senate approved S.Amdt. 738 to H.R. 2112, the so-called Senate "Minibus." It included FY2012 appropriations for those agencies under the jurisdiction of the THUD subcommittee (reflecting S. 1596) as well as two other subcommittees (Agriculture and Commerce-Justice-Science). Several HUD-related amendments were considered and adopted.
In mid-November, the House and Senate reported a conference agreement on the Minibus (H.R. 2112, H.Rept. 112-284), which was subsequently enacted by Congress and then signed into law by the President on November 18, 2011 (P.L. 112-55). The final FY2012 appropriations law provided about $37.3 billion in net funding for HUD, which is about 9% less than was provided in FY2011. However, part of the decrease in net funding is attributable to increases in offsetting receipts and rescission. Looking only at gross appropriations, total funding for HUD's programs was decreased by about 2%.
While not directly affecting HUD funding, the provisions in the Budget Control Act of 2011 (P.L. 112-25) relating to statutory discretionary budget caps and their enforcement through sequestration could have implications for the amount of funding available for HUD in FY2012 and the future (see the Appendix for more information).