From the Congressional Glossary – Including Legislative and Budget Terms
Combined Statement of Receipts, Outlays, and Balances of the United States Government


The Department of the Treasury’s annual accounting of the (1) unified budget receipts activities of the federal government, which should be consistent with the aggregated custodial nonexchange revenues (before net accrual adjustment) reported in federal agencies’ statements of custodial activity, and (2) unified budget outlays activities of the federal government, which should be consistent with net outlays reported in federal agencies’ statements of budgetary resources. This report also provides a summary accounting of agencies’ budget activities: appropriations, borrowings and investments, outlays, and balances based on the agencies’ budget execution reports. (See also Monthly Treasury Statement.)
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- GAO Auditor’s Report FY2011 – GAO (22-page PDF
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- Office of Inspector General – Audit and Other Reports, GAO
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- “How Treasury Issues Debt,” CRS Report R40767 (27-page PDF
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- “The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases,” CRS Report RL31967 (43-page PDF
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- “Clearing the Air on the Debt Limit,” CRS Report R45011 (33-page PDF
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