FY2004 Budget: A Chronology and Resource Guide with Internet Access

Publication Date: January 2004

Publisher: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

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Research Area: Banking and finance

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This report provides a select chronology and resource guide concerning congressional and presidential actions and documents pertaining to budget for FY2004, which runs from October 1, 2003 through September 30, 2004. The budget actions and documents referenced in this report relate to the President's FY2004 budget submission, the FY2004 Congressional Budget Resolution (H.Con.Res 95), reconciliation legislation, debt-limit legislation, and FY2004 appropriation measures.

Examples of Internet connections to full-text material 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 Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2004-2013, and General Accounting Office (GAO) reports such as Federal Debt: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions.

This report is available on the "Appropriations/Budget for FY2004" page at [http://www.crs.gov/products/appropriations/apppage.shtml] on the CRS website. Other Internet links provide data tables and charts on the budget and debt, selected congressional testimony, bills, reports, and public laws for FY1999 through FY2004 appropriations measures.

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 chronology will be updated as relevant events occur.