Prior Year in the United States

Prior Year in the Federal Budget Process

Meaning of Prior Year in the congressional and executive budget processes (GAO source): The fiscal year immediately preceding the current year.

Guide to U.S. Federal Budget Fiscal Year (Budget Process)

• Fiscal Year
• Budget Year
• Current Year
• Outyear
• Prior Year
• Program Year

Resources

See Also

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