United States. Office of Management and Budget. Budget of the United States Government 1998

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THE BUDGET DOCUMENTS
Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 1998 includes for each agency: the proposed text of appropriations lan-
contains the Budget Message of the President and information on guage, budget schedules for each account, new legislative proposals,
the President’s 1998 budget proposals. In addition, the Budget in- explanations of the work to be performed and the funds needed,
cludes a descriptive discussion of Federal programs organized by func- and proposed general provisions applicable to the appropriations of
tion, i.e., by the primary purpose of the activity entire agencies or group of agencies. Supplemental and rescission
proposals for the current year are presented separately. Information
Analytical Perspectives, Budget of the United States Govern- is also provided on certain activities whose outlays are not part
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light specified subject areas or provide other significant presentations
of budget data that place the budget in perspective. A Citizen’s Guide to the Federal Budget, Budget of the Unit-
The Analytical Perspectives volume includes economic and account- ed States Government, Fiscal Year 1998 is an Office of Manage-
ing analyses; information on Federal receipts and collections; analyses ment and Budget (OMB) publication that provides general informa-
of Federal spending; detailed information on Federal borrowing and tion about the budget and the budget process for the general public.
debt; the Budget Enforcement Act preview report; current services
estimates; and other technical presentations. It also includes informa- Budget System and Concepts, Fiscal Year 1998 contains an
tion on the budget system and concepts and al isting of the Federal explanation of the system and concepts used to formulate the Presi-
programs by agency and account. dent’s budget proposals.
Historical Tables, Budget of the United States Government,
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I. THE BUDGET MESSAGE
OF THE PRESIDENT
THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOLLAR
FISCAL YEAR 1998 ESTIMATES
WHERE IT COMES FROM...
CORPORATE
INCOME
SOCIAL , al TAXES
INSURANCE
RECEIPTS
33 %
OTHER
4%
BORROWING EXCISE
71% TAXES
4%
INDIVIDUAL
INCOME
TAXES
41 %
WHERE IT GOES...
DIRECT BENEFIT
OTHER PAYMENTS FOR
FEDERAL INDIVIDUALS
OPERATIONS 50 %
5 %
NATIONAL
GRANTS TO DEFENSE
STATES 15%
& LOCALITIES
15%
Table I-1. RECEIPTS, OUTLAYS, AND SURPLUS OR DEFICIT
(In billions of dollars)
1996 Estimate
Actual 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
1,453 1,505 1,567 1,643 1,727 1,808 1,897
1,560 1,631 1,687 1,761 1,814 1,844 1,880
Surplus/Deficit (—):
-121 -117 —87 —36 17
On-budget -197 —205 -183 —139 —93
Off-budget 76 87 96 103 110
THE BUDGET MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT
To the Congress of the United States: path. Today, the United States is safer,
stronger, and more prosperous. Our budget
The 1998 Budget, which I am transmitting
deficit is much smaller, our Government
to you with this message, builds upon our
much leaner, and our policies much wiser.
successful economic program of the last four
years by balancing the budget while investing The economic plan that we put in place
in the future. in 1993 has exceeded all expectations. Already,
My budget reaches balance in 2002 the it has helped to reduce the deficit by 63
percent—from the record $290 billion of 1992
right way—cutting unnecessary and _ lower-
priority spending while protecting our values. to just $107 billion in 1996—and it has
It strengthens Medicare and Medicaid, im- spurred a record of strong growth, low interest
proves last year’s welfare reform law, and rates, low inflation, millions of new jobs,
provides tax relief to help Americans raise and record exports for four years.
their children, send them to college, and
Nhile cutting the deficit, we also have
save for the future. It invests in education
cut the Federal work force by over 250,000
and training, the environment, science and
positions, bringing it to its smallest size
technology, and law enforcement to raise
in 30 years and, as a share of the civilian
living standards and the quality of life for
work force, its smallest since the 1930s.
average Americans.
We have eliminated Federal regulations that
Over the last four years, my Administration we don’t need and improved the ones we
and Congress have already done much of do. And we have done all this while improving
the hard work of reaching balance in 2002. the service that Federal agencies are providing
We have reversed the trend of higher deficits to the American people.
that we inherited, and we have gone almost
two-thirds of the way to reaching balance. We have cut wisely.1 We have, in fact,
Now, I want to work with Congress to cut enough in unnecessary and lower-priority
achieve the final increment of deficit cutting spending to find the resources to invest
and bring the budget into balance for the in the future. That's why we were able
first time since 1969. to cut taxes for 15 million working families,
to make college more affordable for 10 million
Building a Bridge to the 21st Century students, to put tens of thousands: of young
For four years, my Administration has people to work through national service, to
worked to prepare America for the future, invest more in basic and biomedical research,
to create a Government and a set of policies and to help reduce crime by putting more
that will help give Americans the tools they police on the street.
need to compete in an increasingly competi-
My plan to reach balance in 2002 provides
tive, global economy.
the resources to continue these important
We have worked to create opportunity for investments. We must not only provide tax
all Americans, to demand responsibility from relief for average Americans, but also increase
all Americans, and to strengthen the American access to education and training; expand
community. We have worked to bring’ the health insurance to the unemployed and
Nation together because, as Americans have children who lack it; better protect the envi-
shown time and again over the years, together ronment; enhance our investments in bio-
we can overcome whatever hurdles stand medical and other research; beef up our
before us. law enforcement efforts; and provide the
Working with Congress and the American needed funds for a thriving global policy
people, we have put America on the right and a strong defense.
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THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998
Putting the Building Blocks in Place budget into balance for the first time since
1969 while continuing to invest in the Amer-
When my Administration took office in
ican people. My budget does that.
1993, we inherited an economy that had
barely grown over the previous four years
while creating few jobs. The budget deficit Improving Performance in a Balanced
had hit record levels, and experts in and Budget World
out of Government expected it to go higher.
Led by the Vice President’s National Per-
Savings and investment were down, interest
formance Review, we are truly creating a
rates were up, and incomes remained stag-
Government that “works better and costs
nant, making it harder for families to pay
less.”
their bills.
We put in place a comprehensive set of We have cut the Federal work force by
policies that are bearing fruit. By cutting over 250,000 positions, eliminated over 200
the deficit from $290 billion to $107 billion programs and projects, closed nearly 2,000
last year, my economic program (and the obsolete field offices, cut red tape, and elimi-
strong economy it helped create) has brought nated thousands of pages of regulations while
the deficit to its lowest level since 1981. dramatically simplifying thousands more. We
As a share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), also are providing better service for Ameri-
we have our smallest deficit since 1974 cans—at the Social Security Administration,
and the smallest of any major industrialized the Department of Veterans Affairs, and
nation. other agencies.
Other parts of my economic policy also Our efforts to balance the budget will
are helping to create jobs and raise living continue to put a premium on _ spending
standards. With regard to trade, for instance, wisely. I am determined that we will provide
my Administration not only completed the
the highest-quality service to Americans for
Uruguay Round of the General Agreement
the lowest price. And I will demand that
on Tariffs and Trade and the. North American
agencies continue to search for better and
Free Trade Agreement, but also more than
better ways to achieve results for the Amer-
200 separate trade agreements, helping to
ican people.
raise exports to record levels. By opening
overseas markets to American goods—by en- As we move ahead, we plan to follow
couraging free and fair trade—we are creating a series of strategies that build upon our
high-wage jobs at home. successes to date. We will, for instance,
Taken together, our budget and trade poli- restructure agencies to make them more
cies have helped to create over 11 million flexible and decentralized. We will work to
new jobs in the last four years. After two ensure that Federal employees and their
decades of troubling stagnation, incomes have managers work together to achieve common
begun to rise again while inequality shrinks. goals. We will expand competition to ensure
Also, partly due to a strong economy (and that agencies perform their functions as effi-
partly to our policies), poverty, welfare, and ciently as possible.
crime are down all across America.
Government cannot solve all of our prob-
With strong growth, low interest rates, lems, but it surely must help us _ solve
low inflation, millions more jobs, record ex- many of them. We need an effective Govern-
ports, more savings and investment, and ment to serve as a partner with States,
higher incomes, the Nation is enjoying what
localities, business and labor, communities,
such experts as Alan Greenspan, the chairman
schools, and families. Only when we can
of the Federal Reserve, have described as
show the American people that Government
the healthiest economy in a generation.
can, in fact, work better for them can we
Now, our challenge is to complete the restore their confidence in it. And I am
job that we began in 1993—to bring the determined to do just that.