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Budget execution starts with ________.
Issuance of treasury warrant
The issuance of Treasury Warrants are the _____ ______ action taken after the President signs the bill into law.
1st legal
Continuing resolutions (CRs) initially last _____ days and are disigned to avoid violating the ________..
30, Anti Deficiency
SF-133 are reported _____ to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
quarterly
The size and complexity of the budget demands that the President take the recommendations of the ____ .
Director OMB
If Congress and the President do not complete action on all appropriation by ____ of September a _____ is passed by both houses to avoid a shutdown of government.
30th, continuing resolution
A Constitution amendment may be rarified when approved by _____ of the States
3/4
The U.S. House of Representatives number ____ with a ___ and preface them with _____.
Bills, 1, H.R.
The US Senate numbers ____ with a ____ and preface them with ___.
Bills, 1, S
The six major steps of the Budget formulation are:
OMB'S guidance, organization develops draft, agency submits to OMB, OMB reviews, President takes action, sent to Congress
The Budget formulation phase starts as early as _____ months out.
21
Legislation in the US Congress can originate by:
The recommendations of the Pres, Introduced by the members, introduced by Committee
The 4 phases of the budget process are:
Formulation, Congressional Action, Budget Execution, Perf. & Audit
The law requires that on or after the 1st Monday in January but no later than the 1st Monday in _____ the President must submit to Congress the proposed budget for the next fiscal year (FY).
Feb
The Federal Budget is the ____ Budget.
President's
In the ______ process the Congress is adjourned and President fails to sign a bill in the 10 day period and the bill does not become law.
Pocket veto
In this process, the President does not favor a bill and returns it to the house of origin without his approval.
Veto
In this process, the president does not return a bill within 10 days. He does not desire to approve it, but is unwilling to veto. This is called______.
Does not sign but allows to become law
In the ________ process, the President signs a bill which is then delivered to the Archivist and designated serially as public law.
Approval and Signature
True or false: Having more conferees in conference committees gives you a greater advantage in Congressional deliberations.
FALSE
There are ____ appropriations bills passed each year.
13
The US Constitution took effect in _____.
March 4, 1789
_______ are the totals included in the budget for budget authority, outlays, and receipts.
Budget Totals
The _____ power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America.
Executive
If Congress is not adjourned and a bill is not returned by the President in ___ days it____.
10, becomes law as if he signed it
All bills for raising revenues originate in the ________.
House of Representatives
Legislative branch
The Vice President is the President of the ____ and cast a vote___
Senate, only when the Senate is equally divided
The terms for members of the legislature are ___ for the ___ and ____ for the ___>
2 years, House, 6 years Senate
The 1st paragraph of the Constitution is called the _____.
Preamble
True or false? Any yearly accounting period without regard to a calendar year is a fical year.
TRUE
The US Constitution was 1st ratified by ____ states in ____.
9, 1788
The Declaration of Independence was adopted on _____.
July 4, 1776
In what article of the Constitution is the power to raise taxes found?
I
The document that preceded the US Constitution and was used as a basis for foundation of the US Government was ______.
The Articles of Confederation
The 3 branches of the US government are:
Executive, Legislative, Judicial
Within ___ days of appropriation, each agency negotiates it's apportionments.
10
The 2 houses of the legislature are the _____ and the ____.
Senate and House of Representatives
The Federal budget represents Approximately ____ of the Gross domestic Product (GDP).
1/5
Social Security taxes accounts for approximately ____ of the total US revenue.
34%
Corporate Income taxes accounts for approximately____ of the total US revenue.
10%
Individual Income taxes account for approximately ___ of the total US revenues.
48%
The resources used by the Federal Government to pay it bills comes mostly from____.
Individual taxes
The Instructions on Budget Execution, can be found in _______.
OMB Circular A-34
The Preparation and Submission of Budget Exhibits is found in _____
OMB Circular A-11
_______ is the administrative reservation of funds in anticipation of a future obligation.
Commitments
The total of all direct ____ spending is ___ and ____ spending is ____.
Mandatory, 65%, discretionary, 35%
_______ occurs when a check is issued (or funds are transferred electronically) to a contractor in response to an invoice/payment request for costs incurred, services rendered, products delivered.
Expenditure
The ____ establishes the discretionary spending limits for FY 1994-1998
1993 Omnibus Reconciliation Act
The two balanced budget control acts are named after their sponsors ______.
Gramm-Rudmann-Hollins
True or false? The two types of spending categories established by the 1990 Budget Enforcement Act are apportioned and mandatory.
FALSE
the two types of spending are Mandatory and Discretionary
The ________ divided spending into two major categories ______ and ______.
1990 Budget Enforcement Act, mandatory and discretionary
The ______ revised sequestration procedures from fixed to adjustable targets.
1987 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act
The _______ established deficit reduction goals aimed at a balanced budget and established sequestration procedures when agency budgets exceeded limits.
1985 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
____ refers to the time when the government check is cashed and money is withdrawn from the US Treasury.
outlay
A/An _______ results from orders placed, contracts awarded/signed services received or similar transactions. This is the legal reservation of funds.
obligation
Of the total of all spending, Defense discretionary account for ____ while non defense discretionary is____.
16% and 19%
______ is the amount by which the Govt budget outlays exceed its budget receipts for any given period.
Budget deficit????Surplus
____ is the authority provided by Congress in an Appropriations Act. It is the authority to enter into obligations.
Budget Authority
The ____ of 1990 specifies organization and reporting requirements to improve government-wide financial management.
CFO Act
_______ is the shift from one purpose or activity to another within the different appropriations.
Transfer
_______ is the shift from one purpose or activity to another within the same appropriations.
Reprogramming
The concept of fund allotments is to place _______ and _____ authority to the lowest practical level.
Obligational and operational
The _____ is given the power to lay and collect taxes in Article ____ of the Constitution.
Congress, I
A(n) ____ is a general legislative proposal.
Bill
The _____ power of the United States rests with one Supreme Court and in such inferior Courts as Congress may ordain from time to time.
Judicial
A veto by the President can be overturned by ______.
A 2/3 vote of each House