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Budget of the United States Government: About
 According
to the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, the president must annually
submit a budget to Congress by the first Monday in February. The proposed
spending plan, the president's budget must show:
- The condition of the Treasury at the end of the last completed fiscal
year.
- The estimated condition of the Treasury at the end of the current
fiscal year.
- The estimated condition of the Treasury at the end of the next fiscal
year if the budget proposals are carried out.
The Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) assists the president in the creation
of the president's budget by gathering data from agencies and compiling
it into the final plan to be approved by the president.
The totals for the current and upcoming fiscal years are only projected
amounts. Annual budget documents provide Congress, State and local governments,
and the public with a complete description of the president's budget plans
for the coming fiscal year. Other related and supporting budget publications,
such as the Economic Report of the President, are included, which may
vary from year to year.
GPO Access contains the Budget of the United States Government
for fiscal years 1996 through the present. Separate, fully searchable
budget publications for fiscal years 1997 to the present are Analytical
Perspectives, Historical Tables, Appendix, A Citizen's Guide to the Federal
Budget, Systems and Concepts, Mid-Session Review (1998 and 1999 only),
Principles of Budgeting for Capital Asset Acquisition (1998 only), and
Supplement (1997 only). Other related and supporting budget publications,
such as the Economic Report of the President, are included, which may
vary from year to year.
Documents are available as ASCII text and Adobe Acrobat Portable Document
Format (PDF); however, many of the tables found in the Budget are be available
for separate viewing and downloading as spreadsheets in wk4, xls, and
comma delimited formats.
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