    [Budget Supplement]
    [The Budget Documents]
    [From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]

        Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 1997 contains a
    summary of the President's budget proposals. This document was released
    on February 5, 1996.

        Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 1997--Supplement
    contains the Budget Message of the President and information on the
    President's 1997 budget proposals.

        Analytical Perspectives, Budget of the United States Government,
    Fiscal Year 1997 contains analyses that are designed to highlight
    specified subject areas or provide other significant presentations of
    budget data that place the budget in perspective.

        It includes economic and accounting analyses; information on Federal
    receipts and collections; analyses of Federal spending; detailed
    information on Federal borrowing and debt; the Budget Enforcement Act
    preview report; current services estimates; and other technical
    presentations. It also includes information on the budget system and
    concepts and a listing of the Federal programs by agency and account.

        Historical Tables, Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal
    Year 1997 provides data on budget receipts, outlays, surpluses or
    deficits, Federal debt, and Federal employment covering an extended time
    period--in most cases beginning in fiscal year 1940 or earlier and
    ending in fiscal year 2002. These are much longer time periods than
    those covered by similar tables in other budget documents. As much as
    possible, the data in this volume and all other historical data in the
    budget documents have been made consistent with the concepts and
    presentation used in the 1997 Budget, so the data series are comparable
    over time.

        Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 1997--Appendix
    contains detailed information on the various appropriations and funds
    that constitute the budget and is designed primarily for the use of the
    Appropriations Committee. The Appendix contains more detailed financial
    information on individual programs and appropriation accounts than any
    of the other budget documents. It includes for each agency: the proposed
    text of appropriations language, budget schedules for each account, new
    legislative proposals, explanations of the work to be performed and the
    funds needed, and proposed general provisions applicable to the
    appropriations of entire agencies or group of agencies. Supplemental,
    rescission, and adjustment proposals for the current year are presented
    separately. Information is also provided on certain activities whose
    outlays are not part of the budget totals.

        A Citizen's Guide to the Federal Budget, Budget of the United States
    Government, Fiscal Year 1997 is an Office of Management and Budget
    publication that provides general information about the budget and the
    budget process for the general public.

        Budget System and Concepts, Fiscal Year 1997 contains an explanation
    of the system and concepts used to formulate the President's budget
    proposals.

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                                                                          GENERAL NOTES

    1..........  All years referred to are fiscal years, unless otherwise noted.

    2..........  Detail in this document may not add to the totals due to rounding.

    3..........  At the time of this writing, five of the 13 appropriations bills were not enacted, and the programs covered by them were operating under a
                  continuing resolution. For these programs, references to 1996 spending levels in the text and tables incorporate the Administration's
                  proposed adjustments to the continuing resolution levels.

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                                WASHINGTON  1996
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