The Budget Control Act and Trends in Discretionary Spending

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Budget--United States.

Budget.

Expenditures, Public.

Fiscal policy.

Statistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[United States] [publisher not identified] 2014

Summary:

Summarizes concept of discretionary spending, and outlines categories of Federal spending. Examines recent fiscal policy and discretionary spending, and addresses imposition of discretionary spending limits in 2011. Discusses discretionary funding for FY2014-FY2015, comparison of discretionary caps, long-term trends in discretionary spending, and changes in discretionary spending as a national priority. Considers problems arising from declining share of discretionary spending. Includes tables and graphs

This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 13-RL-34424d in the 2013 issue

Notes:

CRS Report

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Jan. 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC

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Other Format:

Microfiche version United States. General Accounting Office. General Government Division. Budget Control Act and Trends in Discretionary Spending

Publisher Number:

CRS-2014-GVF-0477

Access Restriction:

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