The U.S. Budget in Brief

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Сторінка 97 - Any yearly accounting period, without regard to its relationship to a calendar year. The fiscal year for the Federal Government begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 1980 is the year beginning October 1, 1979, and ending September 30, 1980.
Сторінка 98 - Losses of tax revenue attributable to provisions of the Federal income tax laws that allow a special exclusion, exemption, or deduction from gross income or provide a special credit, preferential rate of tax, or a deferral of tax liability affecting individual or corporate income tax liabilities.
Сторінка 97 - Authority provided by law to enter into obligations that will result in immediate or future outlays. It may be classified by the period of availability...
Сторінка 95 - Congress, becomes the financial plan for the operations of each agency during the fiscal year. Under the law, most budget authority and other budgetary resources are made available to the agencies of the executive branch through an apportionment system. The Director of OMB apportions (distributes) appropriations and other budgetary resources to each agency by time periods (usually quarters) or by activities.
Сторінка 94 - In case of disagreement between the two houses of Congress, a conference committee (consisting of members of both bodies) meets to resolve the differences. The report of the conference committee is returned to both houses for approval. When the measure is agreed to, first in...
Сторінка 94 - The Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (commonly known as the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) constrains legislation that would increase spending or decrease receipts through 1998.
Сторінка 39 - CPI for urban wage earners and clerical workers. Two versions of the CPI are now published. The index shown here is that currently used, as required by law, in calculating automatic cost-of-IK/ing increases for indexed Federal programs.
Сторінка 49 - In arraying data on a functional basis, budget authority and outlays are classified according to the primary purpose of the activity. To the extent feasible, this classification is made without regard to agency or organizational distinctions. Classifying each activity solely in the function that defines its most important purpose — even though many activities serve more than one purpose — permits adding the budget authority and outlays of each function to obtain the budget totals.
Сторінка 98 - An appropriation enacted as an addition to a regular annual appropriation act. Supplemental appropriations provide additional budget authority beyond original estimates for programs or activities (Including new programs authorized after the date of the original appropriation act) for which the need for funds Is too urgent to be postponed until the next regular appropriation.

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