Program Year in the United States

Program Year in the Federal Budget Process

Meaning of Program Year in the congressional and executive budget processes (GAO source): Describes the authorized operating period of a particular program. The term is usually used to distinguish the program’s operating period from the federal government’s fiscal year. For example, a program year may begin on July 1 of a year and end on June 30 of the following year. Thus, program year 2003 began on July 1, 2003, and ended on June 30, 2004.

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 Program 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)