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President Trump signed a sequestration order on May 30, 2025, invoking Section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act to mandate automatic spending cuts across federal programs. The order requires across-the-board reductions to non-exempt federal spending for fiscal year 2026. This action directly impacts federal employees, benefit recipients, contractors, and agencies through reduced funding and potential service disruptions.
On February 10, 2020, the Trump administration issued a sequestration order pursuant to Section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, reducing federal spending across discretionary and mandatory programs for fiscal year 2021. The order mandated automatic spending cuts to federal agencies and programs to comply with budget deficit limits. The sequestration resulted in reduced funding allocations across federal departments and agencies including defense, education, and health programs for the 2021 fiscal year.
On March 18, 2019, the Trump administration issued a sequestration order pursuant to Section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, triggering automatic spending cuts across federal agencies. The order required reduction of discretionary spending in fiscal year 2020 to meet deficit reduction targets mandated by the law. The sequestration resulted in across-the-board cuts to federal programs including defense, Medicare, and other discretionary spending categories.
On February 12, 2018, the Trump administration issued a sequestration order pursuant to Section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, implementing automatic spending cuts across federal agencies. The order reduced discretionary spending across defense and non-defense programs to comply with budget caps set by the 2011 Budget Control Act. The sequestration reduced federal agency budgets, affecting programs and services dependent on appropriated funds across multiple departments.
On May 23, 2017, the Trump administration signed a sequestration order pursuant to Section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act. The order authorized automatic spending cuts across federal agencies for fiscal year 2018. The sequestration reduced discretionary spending allocations to agencies including defense, education, health, and social services.