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. FY2016 Budget Documents: Internet and GPO Availability Jared C. Nagel Information Research Specialist March 12, 2015 Congressional Research Service 7-5700 www.crs.gov R43475 c11173008 FY2016 Budget Documents: Internet and GPO Availability . Summary Every year the President submits a series of volumes to Congress containing the President’s proposed budget for the coming fiscal year. The President’s submission is required on or after the first Monday in January but not later than the first Monday in February. This report provides brief descriptions of the budget volumes and related documents, together with Internet addresses, Government Publishing Office (GPO) stock numbers, and prices for obtaining print copies of these publications. It also explains how to find the locations of government depository libraries, which can provide both printed copies for reference use and Internet access to the online versions. This report will be updated as events warrant. Please note that neither the Congressional Research Service (CRS) nor the Library of Congress (LOC) distributes print copies of the budget documents. c11173008 Congressional Research Service FY2016 Budget Documents: Internet and GPO Availability . Contents Introduction...................................................................................................................................... 1 The President’s Budget Documents, Fiscal Year 2016 .................................................................... 1 The Budget of the U.S. Government, Fiscal Year 2016 ............................................................ 1 The Budget of the U.S. Government, Fiscal Year 2016 (CD-ROM) ......................................... 2 Analytical Perspectives, Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2016 .............. 2 Appendix, Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2016.................................... 2 Historical Tables, Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2016 ........................ 3 Mid-Session Review.................................................................................................................. 3 Economic Report of the President, 2015 ......................................................................................... 3 Agency Budget Justifications .......................................................................................................... 4 Additional Comparative Budget Data by Agency and Account ...................................................... 4 Public Budget Database, Fiscal Year 2016 ................................................................................ 4 Congressional Budget Office ........................................................................................................... 5 Budget and Economic Outlook: FY2015-FY2025 .................................................................... 5 Analysis of the President’s FY2016 Budget .............................................................................. 5 GPO Ordering Information .............................................................................................................. 5 Depository Libraries ........................................................................................................................ 6 Websites on Budget Legislation....................................................................................................... 6 Congressional Staff.................................................................................................................... 6 Public Use.................................................................................................................................. 6 Contacts Author Contact Information............................................................................................................. 6 c11173008 Congressional Research Service FY2016 Budget Documents: Internet and GPO Availability . Introduction The President’s budget for FY2016 consists of a multivolume set of materials issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The materials contain information on new budget proposals, summary tables, detailed financial information on individual programs and accounts, economic analysis, historical data, explanations of the budget processes, and supporting documents. Every year the President submits these materials to Congress at the start of the budget cycle for the next fiscal year. The President’s submission is required on or after the first Monday in January but no later than the first Monday in February (31 U.S.C. §1105a). The FY2015 budget materials were submitted on February 2, 2015.1

FY2017 Budget Documents: Internet and GPO Availability

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Summary

Every year the President submits a series of volumes to Congress containing the President's proposed budget for the coming fiscal year. The President's submission is required on or after the first Monday in January, but not later than the first Monday in February.

This report provides brief descriptions of the budget volumes and related documents, together with Internet addresses, Government Publishing Office (GPO) stock numbers, and prices for obtaining print copies of these publications. It also explains how to find the locations of government depository libraries, which can provide both printed copies for reference use and Internet access to the online versions. This report will be updated as events warrant.

Please note that neither the Congressional Research Service (CRS) nor the Library of Congress (LOC) distributes print copies of the budget documents.

FY2017 Budget Documents: Internet and GPO Availability

Introduction

The President's budget for FY2017 consists of a multivolume set of materials issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The materials contain information on new budget proposals, summary tables, detailed financial information on individual programs and accounts, economic analysis, historical data, explanations of the budget processes, and supporting documents. Every year the President submits these materials to Congress at the start of the budget cycle for the next fiscal year. The President's submission is required on or after the first Monday in January but no later than the first Monday in February (31 U.S.C. §1105a). The FY2017 budget materials were submitted on February 9, 2016.1

Other budget-related documents include the annual Economic Report of the President, issued in March by the Council of Economic Advisors, and the Budget and Economic Outlook, an annual publication issued by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Details on these publications are included in this report. The President’'s Budget Documents, Fiscal Year 2016 2017 Both OMB and the Government Publishing Office (GPO) provide Internet access to the main and supporting budget documents, spreadsheet files, the public budget database, and budget amendments and supplementals proposed by the President: see http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/ budget and http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collectionGPO.action?collectionCode=BUDGET, respectively. , respectively. Information on purchasing print copies of these documents appears below, along with a brief description of the contents of each document. OMB provides additional summary table information on agency budgets and key issues in the form of fact sheets, available at http https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/agency-fact-sheets and httphttps://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/ budget/key-issue-fact-sheets. . The Budget of the U.S. Government, Fiscal Year 2016 2017 The annual budget submissionvolume contains information, charts, and graphs pertaining to the President’ President's new budget proposals and overviews of government activities by topic (e.g., “Building a 21st Century Infrastructure” and “Securing the Borders and Enforcing U.S. Immigration Laws”) within the FY2016 "Meeting Our Greatest Challenges: National Security and Global Leadership" and "A Government of the Future") within the FY2017 Budget volume. Summary tables (pp. 89-139Tables (pp. 113-165) contain projections of budget baselines, receipts, and outlays; deficits; debt; discretionary spending; and economic projections from FY2014 to FY2025FY2015 to FY2026. Federal programs that have been recommended by the Administration for termination or reduction are detailed in the document entitled Cuts, Consolidations, and Savings, available at httphttps://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/ budget/fy2016fy2017/assets/ccs.pdf. (GPO stock number 041-001-00709-1, 144 pages, $37) 1 For additional information on the timing of the Presidential Budget submission see CRS Report R43163, The President’s Budget: Overview of Structure and Timing of Submission to Congress, by Michelle D. Christensen. c11173008 Congressional Research Service 1 FY2016 Budget Documents: Internet and GPO Availability . .

(GPO stock number 041-001-00716-4, 182 pages, $38)

The Budget of the U.S. Government, Fiscal Year 20162017 (CD-ROM) The FY2016 Budget The FY2017 Budget CD-ROM contains the full content of the budget documents and most supporting documents for the budget in PDF files. Some data files are also included in spreadsheet format. The CD-ROM provides software to search, display, and print. (GPO stock number 041-001-00712-1, $28) 00715-6, $29) Analytical Perspectives, Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2016 2017 This volume includes economic, accounting, and crosscutting analyses of government programs and activities designed to highlight specific subject areas and places the budget in perspective. It . It also includes information on federal receipts and collections, analysis of federal spending, detailed information on federal borrowing and debt, baseline or current service estimates, and other technical presentations. Chapter 15, “"Aid to State and Local Governments,”" contains a series of tables (pp. 265-274269-280) that provide selected grant and other federal assistance data by state. The FY2016 state. The FY2017 Analytical Perspectives volume contains supplemental materials including tables showing the budget by agency and account and by function, sub-function, and program.22 The supplemental materials also include data on direct and guaranteed loan transactions of the federal government. The supplemental material is available on a CD-ROM, in the printed document, or on the GPO website at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collectionGPO.action?collectionCode= BUDGET. BUDGET. (GPO stock number 041-001-00711-3, $55, 406 pages) 00714-8, $56, 418 pages) Appendix, Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2016 Fiscal Year 2017 Designed primarily for the use of the House and Senate appropriations committees, the FY2016 AppendixFY2017 Appendix contains more detailed financial information on individual programs and appropriations accounts than any of the other budget documents submitted by the President. For each agency it provides the following: • Proposed text of the appropriation language; • Budget schedules for each account; • New legislative proposals; • Explanations of the work to be performed and the funds needed; and • Proposed general provisions applicable to the appropriations of entire agencies or groups of agencies. 2 The President’s FY2016 budget includes a “Glossary of Budget Terms” within Analytical Perspectives. See pp. 110114. c11173008 Congressional Research Service 2 FY2016 Budget Documents: Internet and GPO Availability . groups of agencies.Typically, these elements are distinguished by varying font, so that proposed appropriations (italics) and prior year funding (brackets) can be compared at a glance: For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended [$126,000,000] $129,000,000: Provided, That the Inspector General shall have independent authority over all personnel and acquisition issues within this office. (Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2015.)3 (GPO stock number 041-001-00710-5, $78, 1,389 pages)

For expenses necessary for the administration of the Department of Justice,

[$111,500,000] $125,896,000, of which not to exceed $4,000,000 for security and construction of Department of Justice facilities shall remain available until expended. (Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2016.)3

(GPO stock number 041-001-00717-2, $79, 1,416 pages)

Historical Tables, Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2016 Fiscal Year 2017 These detailed tables cover budget deficit/surplus, outlays, receipts, discretionary and mandatory spending, federal debt, federal employment, payments for individuals, spending by function and agency, and grants to states and local governments. These tables provide some data from 1940 (or earlier) and estimates through FY2020FY2021. Historical data are adjusted by OMB to be consistent with data in the FY2016FY2017 budget and to provide comparability over time. This year the Historical TablesHistorical Tables are available online in spreadsheet formatand PDF instead of print. The Historical Tables are available at https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/Historicals. Economic Report of the President, 2016 This year's annual Historical Tables introductory text is also available online in PDF format. Both the Excel files and the introductory text are available at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/Historicals. Mid-Session Review OMB issues revised estimates of budget receipts, outlays and budget authority in the Mid-Session Review. This annual document is typically released in the summer following the President’s budget submission. The FY2016 document is not currently available, but should be available in the summer on the OMB website. (GPO stock number and ordering information not yet available) Economic Report of the President, 2015 This year’s annual Economic Report of the President, transmitted to Congress in February 2015, 2016, presents the Administration’'s economic policies and contains the annual report of the Council of Economic Advisors. It also presents an overview of the nation’'s economic progress using text and extensive data appendices. Appendix B of the Economic Report includes current and historical statistics on major aspects of economic activity (pp. 379-414395-430). Statistics include national income and expenditures, government finance, population, employment, wages, productivity, prices, debt measures, corporate finance, and international statistics. The report is available from the Council of Economic Advisors website at https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/cea/economicreport-of-the-President/2015. 3 Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Inspector General, from p. 613 of the FY2016 Budget Appendix. c11173008 Congressional Research Service 3 FY2016 Budget Documents: Internet and GPO Availability . economic-report-of-the-President/2016. The report is also available from the GPO website at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/ collection.action?collectionCode=ERP. A searchable database of the Economic Report of the President President for each year from 1995 to the present is also available at this site. Spreadsheet files from Appendix B of the report can be accessed at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/ collection.action?collectionCode=ERP&browsePath=2015&isCollapsed=false& leafLevelBrowse=false&isDocumentResults=true&ycord=0. . (GPO stock number 040-000-00792-0, $42, 418 pages) Agency Budget Justifications After the President’00794-6, $53, 430 pages) Mid-Session Review

OMB issues revised estimates of budget receipts, outlays, and budget authority in the Mid-Session Review. This annual document is typically released in the summer following the President's budget submission. The FY2017 document is not currently available, but should be available in the summer on the OMB website.

(GPO stock number and ordering information not yet available)

Agency Budget Justifications After the President's budget documents are released in February, Congress begins to hold hearings on agency budget requests. Agencies must submit their budget justifications to the appropriations subcommittees holding the hearings. Budget justifications generally contain more detailed descriptions of an agency’'s proposals and programs than are provided in the President’s 's budget documents. As mandated by OMB in Section 22.6 of the 2006 edition of Circular A-11 and subsequent editions, beginning with the FY2008 budget cycle, executive agencies are required to post their congressional budget justification materials on the Internet within two weeks of transmittal to Congress.4 4 Typically, administrationAdministration budget requests appear along with actual numbers for the immediate previous fiscal year. The content and structure of these submissions may vary and some materials may not correspond exactly with the data and information provided to Congress in other fiscal years.55 A short overview on the agency budget justification request can be found within CRS Report RS20268, Agency Justification of the President’'s Budget, by [author name scrubbed] FY2017, by Michelle D. Christensen. FY2016 budget justification documents for each executive agency may be accessed through CRS Report R43470, Selected Agency Budget Justifications for FY2016, by Justin Murray. FY2017, by [author name scrubbed]. Additional Comparative Budget Data by Agency and Account Public Budget Database, Fiscal Year 2016 2017 OMB maintains a publicly accessible database in Excel and comma delimited format called the Public Budget Database. This resource provides account level detail data on budget authority for the years FY1976 to FY2021,6 and budget outlays and budget receipts for FY1962 to FY2021. This resource is available on the GPO FY2017. This resource provides account level detail data on budget authority for 4 Each summer, OMB issues instructions to all federal executive departments and agencies on submitting budget data and materials for inclusion in the President’s budget documents. These instructions are in a document entitled Circular No. A-11: Preparation, Submission, and Execution of the Budget. Circular A-11 is available on the White House website at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars_a11_current_year_a11_toc. See Section 22.6. 5 Additional data may also be available directly from the agencies themselves via listed congressional liaison or governmental affairs contacts in CRS Report 98-446, Congressional Liaison Offices of Selected Federal Agencies, by Audrey Celeste Crane-Hirsch. A listing of agencies included within each of the 12 regular appropriations bills is available in CRS Report R40858, Locate an Agency or Program Within Appropriations Bills, by Justin Murray. c11173008 Congressional Research Service 4 FY2016 Budget Documents: Internet and GPO Availability . the years FY1976 to FY2020,6 and budget outlays and budget receipts for FY1962 to FY2020. This resource is available on the GPO FY2016 budget website at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/ browse/collectionGPO.action?collectionCode=BUDGET. A user’'s guide in PDF format is also available on this site by clicking on the expandable tab for the document. Congressional Budget Office Budget and Economic Outlook: FY2015-FY2025 CBO’FY2016-FY2026 CBO's baseline budget projections span 11 fiscal years in its reports. The Budget and Economic Outlook Outlook includes separate chapters on the economic outlook, outlays, and receipts. The data and projections cover FY2015FY2016 through FY2025FY2026. This document, released in January 20152016, also includes discussions on current economic conditions. The report is available on the CBO website at https://www.cbo.gov/publication/4989251129. The website also includes underlying data, supplemental material, and baseline projections. CBO issues an annual summer update of the Budget and Economic Outlook with adjusted projections. This document and other budget and economic information, including CBO’'s monthly budget review are available at http://www.cbo.gov/topics/budget. (GPO stock number 052-070-07681-0, $32, 181 pages) Analysis of the President’s FY2016 Budget This report provides an analysis of the President’s budgetary proposals and CBO’s updated baseline budget projections. The FY2016 report is available at http://www.cbo.gov/publication/ 49979. http://www.cbo.gov/topics/budget. (GPO ordering information is currently not available.) GPO Ordering Information Printed copies of budget documents are available for purchase from GPO by the following methods. 6 c11173008 • methods.Online at the GPO website, at http://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/budgeteconomybudget-economy/federal-budgets-year • By telephone, (866) 512-1800 or (202) 512-1800 • By fax, (202) 512-2104 • By mail
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    • By mail using the GPO order form     (check or money order), addressed to U.S. Government Publishing Office, P.O. Box 979050, St. Louis, MO 63197-9000 Budget authority data includes actual budget authority through FY2014 and estimates for FY2015 through FY2020. Congressional Research Service 5 FY2016 Budget Documents: Internet and GPO Availability . Depository Libraries Depository Libraries Budget documents are often available for reference use at large public or university libraries, or any library participating in the Federal Library Depository Program. Addresses of the depository libraries can be obtained through a local library; from GPO’'s Customer Services department, (866) 512-1800 or (202) 512-1800 [phone number scrubbed] or [phone number scrubbed]; or online from the GPO website at http://catalog.gpo.gov/ fdlpdir/FDLPdir.jsp. Websites on Budget Legislation Congressional Staff ?mode=6. Websites on Budget Legislation Congressional Staff The Congressional Research Service (CRS) has developed (for Members of Congress and their staffs) two web pages covering the budget and appropriations process. • Appropriations and Budget Analysis. For CRS products on appropriations status, jurisdictions, processes, current appropriations bills, and other budgetrelatedbudget-related resources, Members and congressional staff can access the CRS website at http://www.crs.gov/Pages/clis.aspx?cliid=73cli/Clis?cliId=73&preview=false. The CRS Appropriations Status Table, a table which tracks the progress of major actions related to appropriations bills, is available at http://www.crs.gov/Pages/AppropriationsStatusTable.aspx. • AppropriationsStatusTable/Index. CRS Products on the Federal Budget Process. Explanations of budget concepts, terminology, congressional and executive budget process, congressional budget timetable, budget resolutions and reconciliation, the authorization and appropriations process, entitlements and discretionary spending, the Budget Enforcement Act, sequestration, and surpluses/deficits are available from the CRS website at http://www.crs.gov/Analysis/CongOps.aspx. Public Use cli/CongOps.Public Use The public may access Congress.gov, the legislative website produced by the Library of Congress. Congress. The site includes a Status of Appropriations Legislation for the current year and several previous fiscal years, which include links to bills, committee and conference reports, and votes for the 12 regular, and any supplemental, appropriations bills. The Congress.gov Status Table of Appropriations is available at https://www.congress.gov/legislation/appropriations. Author Contact Information Jared C. Nagel Information Research Specialist jnagel@crs.loc.gov, 7-2468 c11173008 Congressional Research Service 6 .

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    Footnotes

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    For additional information on the timing of the Presidential Budget submission see CRS Report R43163, The President's Budget: Overview of Structure and Timing of Submission to Congress, by [author name scrubbed].
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    The President's FY2017 budget includes a "Glossary of Budget Terms" within Analytical Perspectives. See pp. 115-119.
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    Department of Justice, General Administration, from p. 741 of the FY2017 Budget Appendix.
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    Each summer, OMB issues instructions to all federal executive departments and agencies on submitting budget data and materials for inclusion in the President's budget documents. These instructions are in a document entitled Circular No. A-11: Preparation, Submission, and Execution of the Budget. Circular A-11 is available on the White House website at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars_a11_current_year_a11_toc. See Section 22.6.
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    Additional data may also be available directly from the agencies themselves via listed congressional liaison or governmental affairs contacts in CRS Report 98-446, Congressional Liaison Offices of Selected Federal Agencies, by [author name scrubbed]. A listing of agencies included within each of the 12 regular appropriations bills is available in CRS Report R40858, Locate an Agency or Program Within Appropriations Bills, by [author name scrubbed].

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    Budget authority data includes actual budget authority through FY2015 and estimates for FY2016 through FY2021.