Nonbudgetary in the United States

Nonbudgetary in the Federal Budget Process

Meaning of Nonbudgetary in the congressional and executive budget processes (GAO source): A term used to refer to transactions of the government that do not belong within the budget. Nonbudgetary transactions (such as deposit funds, direct loan and loan guarantee financing accounts, and seigniorage) do not belong in the budget because they do not represent net budget authority or outlays, but rather are means of financing. This contrasts with “off-budget,” which refers to activities that are budgetary in nature but are required by law to be excluded from the budget. (See Off-Budget; Means of Financing.)

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See Also

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