From the Congressional Glossary – Including Legislative and Budget Terms
On-Budget
photo credit: neelakaAll budgetary accounts other than those designated by law as off-budget. On-budget entities are federal agencies and programs that are fully reflected in the totals of the president’s budget and the congressional budget resolution.
Also see Nonbudgetary; Off-Budget / Off-Budget Entities / On-Budget Entities; Outlay; President’s Budget; Trust Fund Expenditure Account under Trust Fund Accounts under Account in the President’s Budget; Unified Budget; § 7.02 Federal Budgeting Concepts and Terminology, § 7.50 Congressional Budget Process, in Congressional Deskbook.
More
- “‘Real’ Federal Deficit Four Times Official Number,” by Jason Sorens, Pileus, June 5, 2012
- Budget of the United States Government
- House Committee On The Budget
- Senate Budget Committee
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Downsizing the Federal Government – Cato
- The Debt to the Penny and Who Holds It – Treasury Direct
- “What is the difference between the debt and the deficit?” – Treasury Direct
- “Introduction to the Federal Budget Process,” CRS Report 98-721 (38-page PDF
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