Trust Fund Expenditure Account in the United States

Trust Fund Expenditure Account in the Federal Budget Process

Meaning of Trust Fund Expenditure Account in the congressional and executive budget processes (GAO source): An appropriation account established to record appropriated amounts of trust fund receipts used to finance specific purposes or programs under a trust agreement or statute.

Guide to the U.S. Federal Trust Fund Accounts (Budget Process)

• Trust Fund Accounts
• Trust Fund Expenditure Account
• Trust Fund Receipt Account
• Trust Revolving Fund Account

Resources

See Also

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