Administrative Expense in the United States

Administrative Expense in the Federal Budget Process

Meaning of Administrative Expense in the congressional and executive budget processes (GAO source): The cost that is directly related to credit program operations, including payments to contractors. The Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (FCRA) requires that administrative expenses for both direct loans and loan guarantees be included in program accounts. Administrative expenses are not included in subsidy costs appropriations but are separately appropriated.

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See Also

• Federal Appropriations
• Entries about the United States Budget Process in the Encyclopedia (including Administrative Expense)
• 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)