Current Authority in the United States

Current Authority in the Federal Budget Process

Meaning of Current Authority in the congressional and executive budget processes (GAO source): Budget authority made available by Congress for the fiscal year or years during which the funds are available for obligation.

Guide to U.S. Federal Budget Timing of Legislative Action (Budget Process)

• Timing of Legislative Action
• Current Authority
• Permanent Authority

Resources

See Also

• Federal Appropriations
• Entries about the United States Budget Process in the Encyclopedia (including Current Authority)
• Public Debt

Further Reading

• Legislatures and the budget process: the myth of fiscal control

  (J Wehner, 2010)

• Reconcilable Differences?: Congress, the Budget Process, and the Deficit (JB Gilmour, 1990)
• Fiscal institutions and fiscal performance

  (JM Poterba, J von Hagen, 2008)