Expenditure in the United States

Expenditure in the Federal Budget Process

Meaning of Expenditure in the congressional and executive budget processes (GAO source): The actual spending of money; an outlay.

Resources

See Also

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

Expenditure in the context of the Political Party Committees

In this context, Expenditure may be defined as follows: A purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit, or gift of money or anything of value made for the purpose of influencing a federal election. A written agreement to make an expenditure is considered an expenditure. 100.111(a); 100.112; 114.1(a).