Budget FY2001: A Chronology with Internet Access

Budget FY2001: A Chronology with Internet Access

Order Code RL30499
CRS Report for Congress
Received through the CRS Web
Budget FY2001:
A Chronology with Internet Access
Updated December 27, 2000
Pearl Thomas
Senior Research Librarian
Information Research Division
Congressional Research Service ˜ The Library of Congress

Budget FY2001:
A Chronology with Internet Access
Summary
This is a select chronology of, and a finding guide for information on,
congressional and presidential actions and documents related to major budget events
in calendar year 2000, covering the FY2001 budget (October 1, 2000—September
30, 2001). Brief information is provided which identifies the President’s budget
actions, congressional budget resolutions, appropriations measures (regular,
continuing, supplementals, and rescissions), budget reconciliation, House and Senate
votes, publications, testimony, charts, and tables.
Congressional users of the Internet version, accessible via the CRS
appropriations page at: [http://www.loc.gov/crs/products/apppage.html], can click on
the highlighted (underlined) section and be connected to the full-text CRS products,
documents, publications, testimony, and data tables cited. Internet addresses are
provided in the printed copy of this report, so that the reader can consult cited
information.
Examples of Internet connections to full-text material found in this report include
CRS products, when they become available, on the budget process, reconciliation, and
each of the 13 appropriation bills, pie charts such as “The Federal Dollar—Where the
Money Comes From and Where it Goes,” Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
publications including the Economic and Budget Outlook: Fiscal Years 2001-2010,
and General Accounting Office (GAO) reports such as Federal Debt: Answers to
Frequently Asked Questions.
Other Internet links provide data tables and charts on the budget and debt,
selected congressional testimony, and bills, reports, and public laws for FY1997-
FY2001 appropriations legislation.
If Internet access is not available, addresses and phone numbers are listed for
congressional committees and executive branch agencies mentioned in this report, and
the sources of other publications are given. This chronology will be updated as
needed.

Contents
Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Where Can I Find ... on the Internet? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Appropriations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Budget, Financial Statements, and Debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Cost Estimates of Legislation (CBO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Glossaries of Appropriations and Budget Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Pie Charts, Graphs, and Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Statements of Administration Policy (SAPs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
White House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Executive Agency Budget Sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Addresses and Phone Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Selected CRS Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Budget FY2001:
A Chronology with Internet Access
Status
Congressional Offices: Use the Legislative Information Service (LIS) for
access to legislation and CRS analysis.
[http://www.congress.gov/]
Appropriations Status: An overview and summary of the status of all
appropriations bills, providing bill and public law numbers, dates of passage, votes,
and hypertext links to full texts of the bills, public laws, and related reports.
[http://www.loc.gov/crs/products/appover.html]
CRS Appropriations/Budget Products: There is a CRS report on each of the 13
appropriations bills for FY2001.
[http://www.loc.gov/crs/products/apppage.html]

The federal budget cycle for fiscal year 2001 began in July 1999 when the Office
of Management and Budget issued Circular No. A11 to the heads of all executive
departments and establishments, giving instructions on preparing FY2001 budget
requests. After review, analysis, and negotiation of these budget requests, the
President’s budget is prepared and submitted to Congress. (See CRS Report 98-721,
Introduction to the Federal Budget Process, for information on the congressional
budget process timetable). Federal agency Internet sites are provided on p. 11 of this
report.
Conference Report
FY2001 Budget Resolutions and Votes
H.Rept. 106-577
House
Senate
House Vote
Senate Vote
H.Con.Res. 290; passed
S.Con.Res. 101, incorporated
Passed 220-208,
Passed 50-48,
by a vote of 211-207, H.
in H.Con.Res. 290 as an
H. Vote 125,
S. Vote 85,
Vote 75, CR, 3/23/00,
amendment; passed by a vote
CR, 4/13/00, p.
CR, 4/13/00,
p.1402.
of 51-45, S. Vote 79, CR,
H2258
p. S2696
4/7/00, p.2429.
Note: The President does not sign congressional budget resolutions.
01/25-26/00, 02/1-4, 8-11/00 — Senate Budget Committee series of hearings
surrounding the fiscal year 2001 budget.

CRS-2
01/26/00 — CBO testimony presented to the Senate Budget Committee on the
budget and economic outlook for fiscal years 2001-2010 based on the newly released
report, The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2001-2010. Statement of
Dan L. Crippen, Director. [http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdoc.cfm?index=1822&type=1]
01/26/00 — CBO releases The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2001-
2010. Total federal revenues exceeded spending by $124 billion in fiscal year 1999,
producing a surplus in the total budget for the second consecutive year. CBO
estimates that without legislative changes, that surplus will rise to $176 billion in
2000. If current policies remain in place, the surplus will continue to increase after
2000; however, the size of that increase depends on the amount of discretionary
spending assumed.
[http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdoc.cfm?index=1820&type=1]
02/3/00 — OMB issues a letter to the chairmen and ranking members of both
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and on the Budget, as well as
the Director of the CBO and the Comptroller General of the United States, on
the significant presentation and technical changes in the FY2001 Budget. Included
in the FY2001 Budget is a Report on the Government-wide Rescissions in the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, P.L. 106-113. This report is published as chapter
21 of the Analytical Perspectives volume.
02/4/00 — CBO releases corrected tables 1-6 of The Budget and Economic
Outlook: Fiscal Year 2001-2010.
[http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=1820&sequence=0&from=1]
02/4/00 — CBO releases The Standardized Budget: Details of the Projections,
supplement to The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2001-2010.
[http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdoc.cfm?index=1826&type=1]
02/4/00 — CBO releases Sequestration Preview Report for FY2001. This is the
first of three sequestration reports that are mandated by law.
[http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdoc.cfm?index=1827&type=1]
02/7/00 — President’s FY2001 Budget released. For a description of and access
to the budget documents, supporting documents, and spreadsheet files, go to:
[http://w3.access.gpo.gov/usbudget/fy2001/maindown.html]; to search across budget
documents:
[http://w3.access.gpo.gov/usbudget/fy2001/fy2001_srch.html]
Printed copies of budget documents are sold by the U.S. Government Printing Office.
Prepaid orders are accepted by phone (202-512-1800) or fax (202-512-2250) with
the following credit cards: Discover/NOVUS, MasterCard, or VISA. Prepaid written
orders are also accepted at: Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing
Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. These are the 2001 documents:
Analytical Perspectives, FY2001
S/N 041-001-00535-8, $54
Budget of the U.S. Government—Appendix FY2001
S/N 041-001-00534-0, $72
Budget of the U.S. Government, FY2001
S/N 041-001-00533-1, $38
Budget System and Concepts, FY2001
S/N 041-001-00538-2, $3.25
Budget on CD-ROM, Fiscal Year 2001
S/N 041-001-00539-1, $17
Citizen’s Guide to the Federal Budget, FY2001
S/N 041-001-00537-4, $3.75

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Historical Tables, FY2001
S/N 041-001-00536-6, $28
Budget Information for States, FY2001
available in May 2000
Economic Report of the President, 2000
S/N 040-000-00728-8, $25
02/7/00 — Senate Budget Committee Analysis of President Clinton’s FY2001
Budget.
[http://www.senate.gov/~budget/republican/analysis/2000/FY2001IA.htm]
02/8/00 — Senate Finance Committee hearings on President Clinton’s fiscal year
2001 budget and tax proposals.
02/8/00 — House Budget Committee hearings on fiscal year 2001 budget review.
02/9/00 — House Ways and Means Committee hearings on tax and budget
proposals.
02/10/00 — The Economic Report of the President, 2000 released. This report
“traces the dramatic changes that have occurred in the U.S. economy over the last
century with discussions of macroeconomics.”
[http://w3.access.gpo.gov/eop/]
02/11/00 — CBO releases the Monthly Budget Review, February 2000.
[http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=1836&sequence=0&from=7]
02/16-17/00 — House Budget Committee hearings on the President’s fiscal year
2001 Budget.
03/3/00 — Senate Finance Committee releases letter to the chairman of the
Senate Budget Committee on the Finance Committee’s fiscal year 2001 views
and estimates. Submission of this document is pursuant to Section 310(d) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974. [http://www.senate.gov/~finance/106-328.htm]
03/9/00 — CBO releases An Analysis of the President’s Budgetary Proposals for
Fiscal Year 2001: A Preliminary Report.
[http://www.cbo.gov/byclasscat.cfm?class=0&cat=1]
03/10/00 — CBO releases the Monthly Budget Review, March 2000.
[http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=1882&sequence=0&from=7]
03/10 /00 — CBO releases Budget Options, March 2000, intended to help inform
policymakers about options for the federal budget. The report has two main
components. First, it discusses major proposals to increase spending and/or cut taxes
that have been prompted by the emergence of large budget surpluses. Second, it
presents some 250 specific policy options which could be used to offset the cost of
new initiatives, maintain budgetary discipline, reorder priorities, or accomplish other
goals.
[http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=1845&sequence=0&from=7]
03/13/00 — House Budget Committee, Democratic Caucus, releases Preliminary
Analysis of the GOP Budget Agreement, Briefing Paper.
[http://www.house.gov/budget_democrats/papers.htm]

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03/20/00 — House Budget Committee, Democratic Caucus, releases A Summary
and Analysis of the House Republican Budget Resolution for Fiscal Year 2001,
Briefing Paper.
[http://www.house.gov/budget_democrats/papers.htm]
03/23/00 — House Budget Committee, Democratic Caucus, releases Highlights
of the Democratic Alternative Budget, Briefing Paper.
[http://www.house.gov/budget_democrats/papers.htm]
03/24/00 — CBO letter to Honorable John R. Kasich, House Budget Committee
Chairman, regarding CBO’s analysis of the President’s budget for FY2001.
[http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=1923&sequence=0&from=7]
03/28/00 — Senate Budget Committee releases the Chairman’s Mark. The
Chairman’s Mark for the FY2001 Concurrent Budget Resolution represents a fiscal
blueprint for the next 5 years.
[http://www.senate.gov/~budget/republican/analysis/2000/mark/markcontents.htm]
03/30/00 — CBO releases An Analysis of the President’s Budgetary Proposals for
Fiscal Year 2001.
[http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdoc.cfm?index=1908&type=1]
04/01/00 — GAO releases Compendium of Budget Accounts, Fiscal Year 2001.
[http://www.gao.gov/]
04/10/00 — CBO releases the Monthly Budget Review, April 2000.
[http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=1931&sequence=0&from=7]
04/13/00 — House passes the conference report, H. Rpt. 106-577, on the FY2001
Budget Resolution, H. Con. Res. 290, by a vote of 220-208. CR, p. H2258.
04/13/00 — Senate passes the conference report, H. Rpt. 106-577, on the FY2001
Budget Resolution, by a vote of 50-48. CR, p. S2696.
05/01/00 – House Budget Committee releases Compilation of Laws and Rules
Relating to the Congressional Budget Process as Amended Through March 23,
2000.
[http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/house/house04cp106.html]
05/04/00 — House Budget Committee, Democratic Caucus, releases The
Republican Budget Resolution: Conference Agreement, Detailed Summary,
Briefing Paper.
[http://www.house.gov/budget_democrats/papers.htm]
05/12/00 — CBO releases the Monthly Budget Review, May 2000.
[http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=2024&sequence=0&from=7]
05/31/00 — GAO releases Budget Issues: Budget Enforcement Compliance
Report.
[http://www.gao.gov/]
06/13/00 — CBO releases the Monthly Budget Review, June 2000.
[http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=2094&sequence=0&from=7]

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06/25/00 — CBO releases The Standardized Budget: Revised Historical Estimates.
This report “presents revised historical estimates of CBO’s measures of fiscal policy
—the standardized budget.” Revisions are based on adjustments for special factors
that were not addressed in previously published calculations.
[http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdoc.cfm?index=2124&type=1]
06/26/00 — OMB releases Mid-Session Review. This update of the President’s
FY2001 Budget contains revised estimates of the budget surplus, receipts, outlays,
budget authority for fiscal years 2000 through 2010, and other summary information
required by statute.
[http://w3.access.gpo.gov/usbudget/]
06/28/00 — House Budget Committee, Democratic Caucus, releases President
Clinton’s Revised Budget for Fiscal Year 2001, Briefing Paper.
[http://www.house.gov/budget_democrats/papers.htm]
07/11/00 – CBO releases the Monthly Budget Review, July 2000.
[http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=2220&sequence=0&from=1]
07/13/00 – President signs the Military Construction Appropriations Act, 2001,
P.L. 106-246.
[http://www.congress.gov/billsumm/106browse.html]
07/18/00 – CBO releases The Budget and Economic Outlook: An Update, July
2000. As a result of the continuous growth of the U.S. economy, the Congressional
Budget Office projects that the total budget surplus in fiscal year 2000 will reach $232
billion in the absence of legislation that would affect spending or tax receipts this year.
[http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdoc.cfm?index=2241&type=1]
07/26/00 – GAO releases July 2000 Update of Long-Term Fiscal Simulations.
Since 1992, GAO has provided the Congress with a long-term perspective on
alternative fiscal policy paths. This perspective provides a framework for broad fiscal
policy as well as for budget decisions on individual programs.
[http://www.gao.gov/]
07/28/00 – CBO releases An Analysis of the President’s Mid-Session Review of the
Budget for Fiscal Year 2001.
[http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdoc.cfm?index=2301&type=1]
08/09/00 – President signs the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2001,
P.L. 106-259.
[http://www.congress.gov/billsumm/106browse.html]
08/10/00 – CBO releases the Monthly Budget Review, August 2000.
[http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=2327&sequence=0&from=1]
08/15/00 – CBO releases Sequestration Update Report for Fiscal Year 2001.
[http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=2334&sequence=0&from=1]
08/15/00 – CBO releases Standardized Budget: Details of the Projections, August
2000.
[http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=2350&from=4&sequence=0]

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09/06/00 – CBO releases An Analysis of the President’s Mid-Session Review of the
Budget for Fiscal Year 2001, Corrected September 6, 2000.
[http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=2301&from=4&sequence=0]
09/13/00 – CBO releases Monthly Budget Review, September 2000.
[http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=2400&sequence=0&from=1]
09/27/00 – Remarks by the President on New Budget Surplus and Debt
Estimates.
[http://www.pub.whitehouse.gov/uri-res/I2R?urn:pdi:
//oma.eop.gov.us/2000/9/27/6.text.1]
09/27/00 – White House Fact Sheet on the Largest Surplus in History. [http://
www.pub.whitehouse.gov/uri-res/I2R?urn:pdi://oma.eop.gov.us/2000/9/27/5.text.1]
09/29/00 – President signs 1st Continuing Appropriations for FY2001 Act, P.L.
106-275.
[http://www.congress.gov/billsumm/106browse.html]
10/01/00 – CBO releases Long-Term Budget Outlook, October 2000.
[http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=2517&sequence=0&from=1]
10/06/00 – President signs 2nd Continuing Appropriations for FY2001 Act, P.L.
106-282.
[http://www.congress.gov/billsumm/106browse.html]
10/07/00 – President vetoes Energy and Water Development Appropriations
Act, 2001, H.R. 4733.
[http://www.pub.whitehouse.gov/uri-res/I2R?
urn:pdi://oma.eop.gov.us/2000/10/11/15.text.1]
10/11/00 – House votes to override the President’s veto of the Energy and Water
Development Appropriations Act, 2001.

[http://143.231.123.93/cgi-bin/vote.exe?year=2000&rollnumber=523]
10/11/00 – CBO releases Monthly Budget Review, October 2000.
[http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=2552&sequence=0&from=7]
10/11/00 – President signs the Department of Interior and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2001, P.L. 106-291.
[http://www.congress.gov/billsumm/106browse.html]
10/13/00 – President signs 3rd Continuing Appropriations for FY2001 Act, P.L.
106-306.
[http://www.congress.gov/billsumm/106browse.html]
10/20/00 – President signs 4th Continuing Appropriations for FY2001 Act, P.L.
106-344.
[http://www.congress.gov/billsumm/106browse.html]
10/23/00 – President signs the Department of Transportation and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, P.L. 106-346.
[http://www.congress.gov/billsumm/106browse.html]
10/25/00 – President signs 5th Continuing Appropriations for FY2001 Act, P.L.
106-358.
[http://www.congress.gov/billsumm/106browse.html]

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10/26/00 – President signs 6th Continuing Appropriations for FY2001 Act, P.L.
106- 359.
[http://www.congress.gov/billsumm/106browse.html]
10/27/00 – President signs the Department of Veterans Affairs and Housing and
Urban Development and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, which
contain the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2001, P.L. 106-
377.
[http://www.congress.gov/billsumm/106browse.html]
10/27/00 – President signs 7th Continuing Appropriations for FY2001 Act, P.L.
106- 381.
[http://www.congress.gov/billsumm/106browse.html]
10/28/00 – President signs the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, P.L. 106-387.
[http://www.congress.gov/billsumm/106browse.html]
10/28/00 – President signs 8th Continuing Appropriations for FY2001 Act, P.L.
106-388.
[http://www.congress.gov/billsumm/106browse.html]
10/29/00 – President signs 9th Continuing Appropriations for FY2001 Act, P.L.
106-389.
[http://www.congress.gov/billsumm/106browse.html]
10/30/00 – President signs 10th Continuing Appropriations for FY2001 Act, P.L.
106-401.
[http://www.congress.gov/billsumm/106browse.html]
10/30/00 – President vetoes the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001,
H.R. 4516.
[http://www.pub.whitehouse.gov/uri-res/I2R?urn:pdi://oma.eop.
gov.us/2000/10/31/5.text.1]
10/30/00 – President vetoes the Treasury and General Government
Appropriations Act, 2001, H.R. 4871. [http://www.pub.whitehouse.gov/
uri-res/I2R?urn:pdi://oma.eop.gov.us/2000/10/31/5.text.1]
10/31/00 – President signs 11th Continuing Appropriations for FY2001 Act, P.L.
106-403.
[http://www.congress.gov/billsumm/106browse.html]
11/01/00 – President signs 12th Continuing Appropriations for FY2001 Act, P.L.
106-416.
[http://www.congress.gov/billsumm/106browse.html]
11/02/00 – President signs 13th Continuing Appropriations for FY2001 Act, P.L.
106-426.
[http://www.congress.gov/billsumm/106browse.html]
11/04/00 – President signs 14th Continuing Appropriations for FY2001 Act, P.L.
106-427.
[http://www.congress.gov/billsumm/106browse.html]
11/04/00 – President signs 15th Continuing Appropriations for FY2001 Act, P.L.
106-428.
[http://www.congress.gov/billsumm/106browse.html]
11/06/00 – President signs Foreign Operations FY2001, Appropriations Act, P.L.
106-429.
[http://www.congress.gov/billsumm/106browse.html]

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11/13/00 – CBO releases Monthly Budget Review, November 2000.
[http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=2685&sequence=0&from=7]
11/15/00 – President signs 16th Continuing Appropriations for FY2001 Act, P.L.
106-520
[http://www.congress.gov/billsumm/106browse.html]
11/22/00 – President signs District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2001, P.L.
106-522.
[http://www.pub.whitehouse.gov/uri-res/I2R?urn:pdi://oma.eop.gov.us/2000/11/22/
4.text.1]
12/05/00 – President signs 17th Continuing Appropriations for FY2001 Act, P.L.
106-537.
[http://www.congress.gov/billsumm/106browse.html]
12/07/00 – President signs 18th Continuing Appropriations for FY2001 Act, P.L.
106-539.
[http://www.congress.gov/billsumm/106browse.html]
12/08/00 – CBO releases Monthly Budget Review, December 2000.
[http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=2697&sequence=0&from=7]
12/08/00 – President signs 19th Continuing Appropriations for FY2001 Act, P.L.
106-540.
[http://www.congress.gov/billsumm/106browse.html]
12/1100 – President signs 20th Continuing Appropriations for FY2001 Act, P.L.
106-542.
[http://www.congress.gov/billsumm/106browse.html]
12/15/00 – President signs 21st Continuing Appropriations for FY2001 Act, P.L.
106-543.
[http://www.congress.gov/billsumm/106browse.html]
12/21/00 – President signs Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the
Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, P.L. 106-553.
[http://www.whitehouse.gov/library/hot_releases/December_21_2000_17.html]
12/21/00 – President signs Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001, P.L. 106-554.
Provides for FY2001 appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and
Human Services, and Education. Legislative Branch and Treasury-Postal
Service appropriations were included in this Act during conference.
[http://www.pub.whitehouse.gov/uri-res/I2R?urn:pdi://oma.eop.gov.us/2000/12/22/
2.text.1]
Where Can I Find ... on the Internet?
Links to other useful sources on the Internet not previously cited in this report.
Appropriations
Full-text FY2001, FY2000, FY1999, and FY1998 Appropriation Bills, Reports,
Laws:
[http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/legislation/appro01.html]

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[http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/legislation/appro00.html]
[http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/legislation/99appro.html]
[http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/legislation/98appro.html]
[http://www.house.gov/appropriations/97bills.htm]
House and Senate Appropriations Committees Home Pages
[http://www.house.gov/appropriations/] and [http://www.senate.gov/~appropriations/]
Appropriations 7-Day-After Reports on appropriations legislation within seven days
of enactment.
[http://www.whitehouse.gov/OMB/legislative/7day/index.html]
Discretionary Appropriations (CBO). Estimates of discretionary appropriations
budget authority and outlays. (Located at the bottom of the CBO Home Page under
“Data Highlights.”)
[http://www.cbo.gov/]
Unauthorized Appropriations and Expiring Authorizations (CBO). “The purpose
of the report is to help the Congress adopt authorizing legislation that should be in
place before it considers the 13 regular appropriation bills for fiscal year 2001, which
begins October 1, 2000.”
[http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=1812&sequence=0&from=1]
Congressional Offices: Use Legislative Information Service (LIS) for access to
legislation and CRS analysis.
[http://www.congress.gov/]
Public: Use THOMAS.
[http://thomas.loc.gov/]
Library of Congress (LOC) Home Page
[http://www.loc.gov/]
Budget, Financial Statements, and Debt
Budget
Budget and Supporting Documents
[http://w3.access.gpo.gov/usbudget/fy2001/buddocs.html#support]
Budget Time Line
[http://www.senate.gov/~budget/republican/reference/cliff_notes/cliffape.htm]
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
[http://www.cbo.gov/]
Congressional Committees
House and Senate Budget Committees Home Pages
[http://www.house.gov/budget/] and [http://www.senate.gov/~budget/]
Senate Budget Committee Majority Home Page, Budget Bulletins
[http://www.senate.gov/~budget/republican/index.html]
House Ways and Means Committee Home Page
[http://www.house.gov/ways_means/]

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Senate Finance Committee Home Page
[http://www.senate.gov/~finance/]
Monthly Budget Review
Access to the Monthly Budget Review (CBO). Go to the end of the CBO Home Page
to “Data Highlights.”
[http://www.cbo.gov/]
Financial Statements
Financial Management Service (U.S. Treasury)
Access to the Monthly Treasury Statement, Treasury Bulletin, Financial Report of the
United States Government, and Annual Report of the U.S. Government.
[http://www.fms.treas.gov/fmsnews.html]
Financial Statements of the U.S. Government
Access to federal financial statements:
[http://www.financenet.gov/docsstmt/] and [http://fms.treas.gov/cfs/]
General Accounting Office (GAO)
[http://www.gao.gov/]
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
[http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/]
Debt
“Debt to the Penny.” The Bureau of the Debt provides daily and historical data:
[http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov/opd/opdpenny.htm]
The gross federal debt as of 12/26/2000 was $5,661,579,846,114.32.
The debt as of 9/30/00, the end of FY2000, was $5,674,178,209,886.86.
The debt as of 9/30/99, the end of FY1999, was $5,656,270,901,615.43.

Debt Per Capita
To find the debt per capita, divide the debt by the population, using these two sites:
[http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov/opd/opdpenny.htm]
[http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/popclock]
The National Debt: Who Bears Its Burden? CRS Report RS30520 includes a
statistical overview for 1980-2004 showing federal outlays and receipts, deficits or
surpluses, and the debt and interest on the debt in billions of dollars and as a percent
of GDP.
Changes in Federal Debt, 1996-1999, CRS Report RS20645, provides statistics on
both components (debt held by the public and debt held by government accounts) of
total federal debt from fiscal years 1996 through 1999.
Federal Debt: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions—An Update (GAO) is an
“ ... attempt to provide the information in a clear, concise and easily understandable
manner for a nontechnical audience.” GAO/OCG-99-27, 5/28/99.
[http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces160.shtml]
(Type “OCG-99-27" in Report Number Box.)

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What If the National Debt Were Eliminated? Some Economic Consequences, CRS
Report RL30614.
Cost Estimates of Legislation (CBO)
“CBO prepares cost estimates and mandates statements for all bills ordered reported
by a full committee of the Congress ... Unless listed separately, intergovernmental and
private-sector mandates statements for each bill are included in the cost estimate.”
Search by bill number, word or phrase, committee, or budget function.
[http://www.cbo.gov/cost.shtml]
Glossaries of Appropriations and Budget Terms
[http://www.senate.gov/~budget/republican/reference/cliff_notes/cliffapi.htm]
Pie Charts, Graphs, and Tables
The Federal Dollar—Where It Comes From and Where It Goes
Includes charts and tables covering budget, deficit, debt, and economic data
[http://w3.access.gpo.gov/usbudget/fy2001/guide02.html]
Financial Report to the Citizens. Released by the Financial Management Service,
Department of the Treasury, 4/3/00. Includes an “easy-to-understand report on
Federal finances ...” Contains charts and graphs presenting budgetary and economic
data.
[http://www.fms.treas.gov/citizensreport/index.html]
Statements of Administration Policy (SAPs)
Statements and veto indicators on appropriations and non-appropriations legislation
scheduled for House or Senate floor action. Covers the 105th and 106th Congresses
and can be searched by bill number, by appropriations legislation, or by Appropriation
subcommittees.
[http://www.whitehouse.gov/OMB/legislative/sap/index.html]
White House
White House Virtual Library
[http://www.whitehouse.gov/library/index.html]
Executive Agency Budget Sites
Budgets of the cabinet departments and agencies can be found at the sites listed
below. Agency performance plans required by the Government Performance and
Results Act of 1993 (P.L. 103-62), if not included at these sites, may be found at:
[http://www.govexec.com/reinvent/results/plans.htm].
Agriculture
[http://www.usda.gov/agency/obpa/Budget-Summary/2001/text.htm]
Commerce
[http://www.doc.gov/bmi/budget/bgtindex.htm]
Defense
[http://www.dtic.mil/comptroller/fy2001budget/]

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Education
[http://www.ed.gov/offices/OUS/Budget01/]
Energy
[http://www.cfo.doe.gov/budget/01budget/index.htm]
Health and Human Services

[http://www.hhs.gov/progorg/asmb/budget/fy2001.html]
Housing and Urban Development
[http://www.hud.gov/budget.html]
Interior
[http://www.doi.gov/budget/2001/index_for_2001.html]
Justice
[http://www.usdoj.gov/02organizations/02_3txt.html]
Labor
[http://www.dol.gov/dol/_sec/public/budget/main.htm]
State
[http://www.state.gov/www/budget/fy2001/bib/index.html]
Transportation
[http://ostpxweb.dot.gov/budget/4budget.htm]
Treasury
[http://www.ustreas.gov/budget/whatnew.htm]
Veterans Affairs
[http://www.va.gov/budget/summary/]

Locating Agencies, Departments, and Programs in Appropriation Bills
“I’m looking for a particular program, but I don’t know which appropriation bill
it’s in.” Indexes for finding specific entities in the 13 appropriation bills can be
consulted at:
[http://www.loc.gov/crs/products/appprogs.html]
Addresses and Phone Numbers
Appropriations Committee, House, (202) 225-2771, H-218 The Capitol,
Washington, D.C. 20515-6015
Appropriations Committee, Senate, (202) 224-3471, S-128 The Capitol,
Washington, D.C. 20510-6025
Budget Committee, House, (202) 226-7270, 309 Cannon House Office Building,
Washington, D.C. 20515-6065
Budget Committee, Senate, (202) 224-0642, 621 Dirksen Senate Office Building,
Washington, D.C. 20510-6100

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Bureau of the Census, Publications: (301) 457-4100, Federal Center, Suitland, MD
20233
Bureau of the Public Debt, (202) 695-3502, 999 E Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20239-0001
Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Publications: (202) 226-2809, 410 Ford House
Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515
Federal Reserve, Publications: (202) 452-3245, 20th and Constitution Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20551
General Accounting Office (GAO), Publications: Congressional offices: (202)
512-4400
Public: (202) 512-6000, P.O. Box 6015, Gaithersburg, MD 20884-6015
Government Printing Office (GPO), Publications: Congressional offices: (202)
512-1808
Public: (202) 512-1800, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954,
Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954
Joint Committee on Taxation, (202) 225-3621, 1015 Longworth House Office
Building, Washington, D.C. 20515-6453
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), (202) 395-3000, Old Executive Office
Building, 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20503
Treasury Department, Publications: (202) 622-2970, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue,
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20220
White House, Publications: (202) 395-7332, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington,
D.C. 20505
Selected CRS Products
CRS Budget Fact Sheets. These fact sheets summarize more than 40 different topics
related to the budget and appropriations process. Congressional staff may access them
at the CRS Web site:
[http://lcweb.loc.gov/crs/legproc/newformat/CRSFactSheets/FactSheetNavigationN
F.html]
CRS Info Packs. Info Packs provide background information and overviews on
budget-related topics. The following Info Packs may be ordered from the CRS
Products Page by clicking on the title.
CRS IP538B, Budget for Fiscal Year 2001
CRS IP532B, Budget for Fiscal Year 2000
CRS IP012B, Budget Process

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CRS IP540F, Federal Debt: What It Is, Repayment Methods, Debt Limit, and Surplus
Effects
CRS Issue Briefs.
CRS Issue Brief IB10052, The Budget for Fiscal Year 2001, by Philip D. Winters.
CRS Issue Brief IB10017, The Budget for Fiscal Year 2000, by Philip D. Winters.
CRS Issue Brief IB93054, The Debt Limit, by Philip D. Winters.
CRS Reports.
CRS Report RS20568, Annual Appropriations Acts Vetoed by the President: FY1977-
2000, by Robert Keith.
CRS Report RL30500, Appropriations for FY2001: An Overview, by Mary Frances
Bley.
CRS Report RS20168, Biennial Budgeting: Background and Legislative History in
the 106th Congress, by James V. Saturno.
CRS Report RL30458, The Budget Reconciliation Process: Timing of Legislative
Action, by Robert Keith.
CRS Report RS20398, Budget Sequesters: FY1986-2000, by Robert Keith.
CRS Report RS20467, Budget Surplus Projections: FY2000-FY2010, by Mary
Frances Bley.
CRS Report 98-346, Budget Surpluses: Economic and Budget Effects of Using Them
for Debt Repayment, Tax Cuts, or Spending, by William Cox.
CRS Report RS20317, CBO and JCT Estimates of the Effect of H.R. 2488 on Budget
Surpluses: A Fact Sheet, by Sylvia Morrison.
CRS Report RS20645, Changes in Federal Debt, 1996-1999, by Philip D. Winters.
CRS Report 97-684, Congressional Appropriations Process: An Introduction, by
Sandy Streeter.
CRS Report RS20078, Congressional Budget Office: Appointment and Tenure of the
Director, by Robert Keith and Mary Frances Bley.
CRS Report RS20095, The Congressional Budget Process: A Brief Overview, by
James V. Saturno.
CRS Report RS20480, Congressional Budget Resolutions: Motions to Instruct
Conferees, by Robert Keith.
CRS Report RS20541, Congressional Budget Resolutions: Reporting Deadline in the
Senate, by Robert Keith.

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CRS Report RL30297, Congressional Budget Resolutions: Selected Statistics and
Information Guide, by Bill Heniff, Jr.
CRS Report RL30343, Continuing Appropriations Acts: Brief Overview of Recent
Practices, by Sandy Streeter.
CRS Report RL30002, Defense Budget Primer, by Mary T. Tyszkiewicz and Stephen
Daggett.
CRS Report RL30239, Economic Forecasts and the Budget, by Brian W. Cashell.
CRS Report RL30583, The Economics of the Federal Budget Surplus, by Brian W.
Cashell.
CRS Report RS20455, The Effect of Surpluses on the Federal Budget, by Philip D.
Winters.
CRS Report RL30619, Examples of Legislative Provisions in Omnibus
Appropriations Acts, by Robert Keith.
CRS Report RL30466, Federal Outlays (FY 1990-1999) by Department and Agency
and by Budget Function, Philip D. Winters.
CRS Report RS20591, The Fiscal Year 2001 Congressional Budget Resolution and
CBO Baselines, by Philip D. Winters.
CRS Report 98-512, Formulation and Content of the Budget Resolution, by Bill
Heniff.
CRS Report RS20403, FY2000 Consolidated Appropriations Act: Reference Guide,
by Robert Keith.
CRS Report RS20756, FY2001 Consolidated Appropriations Act: Reference Guide,
by Robert Keith.
CRS Report RL30236, H.R. 853, The Comprehensive Budget Process Reform Act:
Summary of Provisions, by James V. Saturno.
CRS Report 98-721, Introduction to the Federal Budget Process, by Robert Keith.
CRS Report 98-720, Manual on the Federal Budget Process, by Robert Keith.
CRS Report RL30520, The National Debt: Who Bears Its Burden? by Gail E.
Makinen.
CRS Report RS20350, Off-Budget Status of Federal Entities: Background and
Current Proposals, by Bill Heniff.
CRS Report RS20302, Paying Down the Federal Debt: A Discussion of Methods, by
James M. Bickley.

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CRS Report RL30223, Presidential Rescission Authority: Efforts to Modify the 1974
Framework, by Virginia A. McMurtry.
CRS Report RL30339, Preventing Federal Government Shutdowns: Proposals for an
Automatic Continuing Resolution, by Robert Keith.
CRS Report RS20034, Proposed and Actual Budget Totals for the Fiscal Years 1980
Through 1999, by Philip D. Winters.
CRS Report RS20595, Public Debt Reduction Payment Account, by Louis Alan
Talley.
CRS Report RL30363, The Sequestration Process and Across-the-Board Spending
Cuts for FY2000, by Robert Keith.
CRS Report 98-422, Social Security and the Federal Budget: What Does Social
Security’s Being “Off Budget” Mean?, by David Stuart Koitz.
CRS Report RS20165, The Social Security “Lock Box,” by David Stuart Koitz.
CRS Report 95-206, Social Security’s Treatment Under the Federal Budget: A
Summary, by David Stuart Koitz.
CRS Report RS20065, Surpluses and Federal Debt, by Philip D. Winters.
CRS Report RS20182, Suspension of Budget Enforcement Procedures During
Hostilities Abroad, by Robert Keith.
CRS Report RL30614, What If the National Debt Were Eliminated? Some Economic
Consequences, by Marc LaBonte.