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| − | '''Direct spending''' is budget authority provided by [[law]] other than appropriation acts, entitlement authority, and the food stamp program. | + | '''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 Account Office. GAO-05-734SP www.gao.gov</ref> |
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| + | Direct spending may be temporary or permanent, definite or indefinite (as to amount) but it is an appropriation or other budget authority made available to agencies in an act other than an appropriation act. | ||
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| + | Under expired Budget Enforcement Act (BEA) provisions, new direct spending was subject to pay-as-you-go ([[PAYGO]]) requirements. | ||
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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Discretionary spending]] | ||
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[[Category:Budget terms]] | [[Category:Budget terms]] | ||
[[Category:Political Terms]] | [[Category:Political Terms]] | ||
Revision as of 03:22, January 5, 2013
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. [1]
Direct spending may be temporary or permanent, definite or indefinite (as to amount) but it is an appropriation or other budget authority made available to agencies in an act other than an appropriation act.
Under expired Budget Enforcement Act (BEA) provisions, new direct spending was subject to pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) requirements.
See also
- ↑ A Glossary of Terms Used in the Federal Budget Process. General Account Office. GAO-05-734SP www.gao.gov