*Administration of Barack Obama, 2016 *

**Sequestration Order for Fiscal Year 2017 Pursuant to Section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as Amended **

*February 9, 2016 *

By the authority vested in me as President by the laws of the United States of America, and in accordance with section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act (the "Act"), as amended, 2 U.S.C. 901a, I hereby order that, on October 1, 2016, direct spending budgetary resources for fiscal year 2017 in each non-exempt budget account be reduced by the amount calculated by the Office of Management and Budget in its report to the Congress of February 9, 2016.

All sequestrations shall be made in strict accordance with the requirements of section 251A of the Act and the specifications of the Office of Management and Budget's report of February 9, 2016, prepared pursuant to section 251A(9) of the Act.

BARACK OBAMA

The White House,

February 9, 2016.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:15 a.m., February 11, 2016]

NOTE: This order was published in the *Federal Register* on February 12.

*Categories:* Orders : Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, sequestration order for FY 2017*.*

*Subjects:* Budget, Federal : Government programs spending reductions.

*DCPD Number:* DCPD201600061.