[Budget Supplement]
[The Budget Documents]
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    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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