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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 Account 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 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.
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.
Under expired Budget Enforcement Act (BEA) provisions, new direct spending was subject to pay-as-you-go ([[PAYGO]]) requirements.
===Temporary spending===
Temporary spending are items needing a vote from both chambers outside the ordinary budget process, such as wars (like [[Afghanistan]] or [[Iraq]]), immediate disaster relief assistance (like [[Hurricane Katrina]] or [[Hurricane Sandy]]), and extended unemployment benefits in periods of high [[unemployment]].
Temporary spending maybe for less than one annual budget cycle or extended over several years. Temporary spending is not intended to become a permanent spending obligation of the [[United States government]]. Some forms of temporary spending are also referred to as emergency spending, and are usually covered in the supplemental appropriations process.
==See also==
==See also==