DETAILED BUDGET ESTIMATES
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DETAILED BUDGET ESTIMATES
The Budget Appendix contains various tables and schedules in
support of the budget. It includes explanations of the work to be
performed and the money needed. It includes the language pro-
posed for enactment by Congress on each item that requires
congressional action in an appropriations bill. It also contains
the language proposed for the general provisions of appropriations
acts that apply to entire agencies or groups of agencies. The
chapter, "Budget Concepts", in the Analytical Perspectives, ex-
plains the terms and budget concepts used throughout the budget.
ARRANGEMENT
The second chapter in the Appendix presents general provisions
of law that apply to all Government activities (see explanation
below). Chapters for the Legislative Branch and the Judiciary
follow. These are followed by chapters for the Executive Branch.
The cabinet departments appear first in alphabetical order and
are followed by the larger non-departmental agencies, such as
Other Defense—Civil Programs, and the Executive Office of the
President. The remaining small agencies are listed under the
heading Other Indpendent Agencies. If the amounts in the indi-
vidual accounts for other independent agencies are below the
million dollar reporting threshold applicable to data in the Ap-
pendix, the data are consolidated into a single set of schedules
under "Other Commissions and Boards." Appropriations language
for these agencies is presented individually under the same
heading.
A section for a large agency is usually organized by major sub-
ordinate organizations within the agency (usually bureaus) or
by major program area.
Within each bureau or major program area, accounts usually
appear in the following order:
—general fund accounts: accounts for which appropriations
are requested for the budget year; accounts for which appro-
priations were made in the current year and not requested
in the budget year; other unexpired accounts; expired ac-
counts;
—special fund accounts: accounts for which