Budget Obligations in the United States

Availability for New Obligations in the Federal Budget Process

Meaning of Availability for New Budget Obligations in the congressional and executive budget processes (GAO source):

Guide to U.S. Federal Availability for New Budget Obligations (Budget Process)

• Availability for New Budget Obligations
• Expired Budget Authority
• Unexpired Budget Authority

Resources

See Also

• Federal Appropriations
• Entries about the United States Budget Process in the Encyclopedia (including Availability for New Budget Obligations)
• 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)