Budget FY2003: A Chronology with Internet Access

Publication Date: April 2003

Publisher: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

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Research Area: Banking and finance

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This is a select chronology and finding guide for information on congressional and presidential actions and documents related to major budget events in the FY2003 budget (October 1, 2002-September 30, 2003). Brief information is provided that identifies the President's budget actions, congressional budget resolutions, appropriations measures (regular, continuing, supplementals, and rescissions), budget reconciliation, House and Senate votes, publications, hearing testimony, charts, and tables.

Congressional users of the online version of this report can click on highlighted sections to retrieve the full-text of CRS products, documents, publications, testimony, and data tables. This report is available from the CRS Web site, Appropriations/Budget for FY2003, at [http://www.crs.gov/products/appropriations/apppage.shtml]. Internet addresses are provided in the printed copy of this report, so that the reader can consult cited information.

Examples of Internet connections to full-text material found in this report include CRS products on the budget process, reconciliation, and each of the 13 appropriations bills, as well as Congressional Budget Office (CBO) publications including the Economic and Budget Outlook: Fiscal Years 2003-2012, and General Accounting Office (GAO) reports such as Federal Debt: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions.

Other Internet links provide data tables and charts on the budget and debt, selected congressional testimony, bills, reports, and public laws for FY1999-FY2003 appropriations legislation.

If Internet access is not available, addresses and phone numbers are listed for congressional committees and executive branch agencies mentioned in this report, and the sources of other publications are given. This report will no longer be updated.