Overview

• The Sept. 30 decree, published in an extra Diário Oficial edition, formalizes the blocking of R$12.149 billion in discretionary resources.
• Of the total, R$9.355 billion falls on ministries and R$2.794 billion on parliamentary amendments, up R$1.4 billion from the previous bimonthly review.
• The Ministry of Cities faces a R$2.424 billion block and Health R$1.817 billion, while Education and the Central Bank were not affected.
• Federal bodies have until Oct. 7 to specify which program lines will be frozen within their allocations.
• The Planning Ministry also imposed a separate phaseamento that restricts R$23.8 billion in commitments through November to support compliance with fiscal rules.