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Budget of the United States Government: Description
of Budget Documents Fiscal Year 1998
Budget of the United States Government
Contains the Budget Message of the President and information on the President's
1998 budget proposals. In addition, the Budget includes a descriptive discussion
of Federal programs organized by function, i.e., by the primary purpose
of the activity. (This document was released on February 6, 1997.)
Analytical Perspectives
Contains analyses that are designed to highlight specified subject areas
or provide other significant presentations of budget data that place the
budget in perspective.
The Analytical Perspectives volume includes economic and accounting analyses;
information on Federal receipts and collections; analyses of Federal spending;
detailed information on Federal borrowing and debt; the Budget Enforcement
Act preview report; current services estimates; and other technical presentations.
It also includes information on the budget system and concepts and a listing
of the Federal programs by agency and account. (This document was released
on February 6, 1997.)
Historical Tables
Provides data on budget receipts, outlays, surpluses or deficits, Federal
debt, and Federal employment covering an extended time period--in most cases
beginning in fiscal year 1940 or earlier and ending in fiscal year 2002.
These are much longer time periods than those covered by similar tables
in other budget documents. As much as possible, the data in this volume
and all other historical data in the budget documents have been made consistent
with the concepts and presentation used in the 1998 Budget, so the data
series are comparable over time. (This document was released on February
6, 1997.)
Appendix
Contains detailed information on the various appropriations and funds that
constitute the budget and is designed primarily for the use of the Appropriations
Committee. The Appendix contains more detailed financial information on
individual programs and appropriation accounts than any of the other budget
documents. It includes for each agency: the proposed text of appropriations
language, budget schedules for each account, new legislative proposals,
explanations of the work to be performed and the funds needed, and proposed
general provisions applicable to the appropriations of entire agencies or
group of agencies. Supplemental and rescission proposals for the current
year are presented separately. Information is also provided on certain activities
whose outlays are not part of the budget totals. (This document was released
on February 6, 1997.)
A Citizen's Guide to the Federal Budget
Provides general information about the budget and the budget process for
the general public (This document was released on February 6, 1997.)
Budget System and Concepts
Contains an explanation of the system and concepts used to formulate the
President's budget proposals. (This document was released on February
6, 1997.)
Principles of Budgeting for Capital Asset Acquisition
Presents the principles the Administration plans to use in budgeting for
capital projects. (This document was released on February 6, 1997.)
Mid-Session Review
Contains a supplemental summary of the annual budget that the President
transmitted to Congress earlier this year. This year's report incorporates
the policy changes called for by the Balanced Budget Act and the Taxpayer
Relief Act. (This document was released on September 5, 1997.)
The Economic Report of the President
Transmitted to the Congress February 1997, including the Council of Economic
Advisers' 1996 Annual Report, submitted in accordance with the provisions
of the Employment Act of 1946 as amended by the Full Employment and Balanced
Growth Act of 1978. (This document was released on February 10, 1997.)
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