Budget Authority Duration in the United States

Duration of Budget Authority in the Federal Budget Process

Meaning of Budget Authority Duration in the congressional and executive budget processes (GAO source):

Guide to U.S. Federal Budget Authority Duration (Budget Process)

• Budget Authority Duration
• One-Year Authority
• Multiple-Year Authority
• No-Year Authority
• Reappropriation

Resources

See Also

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