Number: RL32146
Title: The Budget for the Fiscal Year 2003
Authors: Philip Winters, Government and Finance Division 
Abstract: The Bush Administration presented its FY2003 budget documents on February 4, 2002. The budget documents contained extensive and detailed budget related information, including estimates of the budget without the proposed policy changes (current service baseline estimates), historical budget data, detailed outlay and receipt data, selected analysis of specific budget related topics, and the Administrations economic forecast. These detailed budget documents are an annual basic reference source for federal budget information in addition to their use as a transmitter of the Administrations policy proposals. The Administrations annual budget submission is followed by congressional action on the budget.
Pages: 20
Date: Updated November 10, 2003