2011 | Act of Parliament | Act | 2011 ATP Challenger Tour | Statute Law Revision Act 1948 | Statute Law Revision Act 1888 | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | 2011 ATP World Tour | Act of Congress | 2011 Rugby World Cup | Transmission Control Protocol | 2011 ITF Women's Circuit | 2011 TÅhoku earthquake and tsunami | 2011 Pan American Games | 2011 Christchurch earthquake | Reform Act 1832 | Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act | Endangered Species Act | Centers for Disease Control | Digital Millennium Copyright Act | Clean Water Act | American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 | 2011 Summer Universiade | National School Lunch Act | 2011 Pacific Games | Statute Law Revision Act 1863 | Criminal Justice Act 1988 | Local Government Act 1972 | Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 | Miss Universe 2011 |
The Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA) authorized two types of spending to exceed the established spending caps: disaster and emergency.
Passage of the Budget Control Act of 2011 was not enough to avert, three days later, Standard & Poor's downgrading the nation's credit rating for the first time in the firm's history, from "AAA" (highest) to "AA+" (second highest).