The Budget of the United States Government

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Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget, 1978 - Budget

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Page 45 - Health, Education and Welfare Housing and Urban Development Interior Justice Labor State Transportation Treasury Energy Research and Development Administration Environmental Protection Agency General Services Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration Veterans...
Page 244 - President determines that all or part of any budget authority will not be required to carry out the full objectives or scope of programs for which it is provided or that such budget authority should be rescinded for fiscal policy or other reasons...
Page 66 - In short, both the United States and its allies, and the Soviet Union and its allies, have a mutually deep interest in a just and genuine peace and in halting the arms race.
Page 168 - Established in 1908 as Division of Militia Affairs, Office of the Secretary of War. Superseded in 1933 by National Guard Bureau. Mine Health and Safety Academy, National Transferred from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Labor by act of July 25, 1979 (93 Stat.
Page 77 - Department of Defense— military Military personnel Retired military personnel Operation and maintenance Procurement Research, development, test, and evaluation Military construction Family housing...
Page 244 - USC 665) , is amended to read as follows : "(2) In apportioning any appropriation, reserves may be established solely to provide for contingencies, or to effect savings whenever savings are made possible by or through changes in requirements or greater efficiency of operations.
Page 243 - When action on appropriations is not completed by the beginning of the fiscal year, the Congress may enact a "continuing resolution" to provide authority for the affected agencies to continue operations until their regular appropriations are enacted.
Page 242 - House, the appropriation and tax bills are forwarded to the Senate, where a similar process Is followed. In case of disagreement between the two Houses of Congress, a conference committee (consisting of Members of both bodies) meets to resolve the issues. The...
Page 253 - Government's monetary powers and differs from receipts coming from the public, since there is no corresponding payment on the part of another party. Therefore, seigniorage is excluded from receipts and treated as a means of financing a budget deficit, or as a supplementary amount to be applied (to reduce debt or to increase the cash in Treasury) in the years of a budget surplus.
Page 242 - permanent" budget authority, under which funds become available annually without further congressional action. Most trust fund appropriations are "permanent," as is the appropriation to pay interest on the public debt.

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