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'''Direct spending''' is budget authority provided by [[law]] other than [[appropriation]] acts, entitlement authority, and the food stamp program, as defined by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. <ref>[http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05734sp.pdf A Glossary of Terms Used in the Federal Budget Process]. General Accounting Office. GAO-05-734SP www.gao.gov</ref>\

'''Direct spending''' is budget authority provided by [[law]] other than [[appropriation]] acts, entitlement authority, and the food stamp program, as defined by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. <ref>[http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05734sp.pdf A Glossary of Terms Used in the Federal Budget Process]. General Accounting Office. GAO-05-734SP www.gao.gov</ref> The article covers highly technical terms as they are used in the United States, which may take on different meanings in future budget enactments.  To interpret a specific term that appears in a specific document, the applicable definition must be checked, rather than automatically relying on these definitions:

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