A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2002.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 24.
Congressional Research Service
Official summary
Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Mar 5, 2001
Sets forth the congressional budget for the Government for FY 2002.Lists recommended budgetary levels and amounts with respect to: (1) Federal revenues; (2) new budget authority; (3) budget outlays; (4) deficits; (5) public debt; and (6) debt held by the public.Sets forth specified amounts of revenues and outlays of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors and Disability Insurance Trust Funds, including those for administrative expenses.Lists the appropriate levels of new budget authority and budget outlays for specified major functional categories.Authorizes certain reductions in revenues in the event of estimates of negative economic growth or gross Federal debt reduction.
Source last updated: Jan 14, 2025. Consult Congress.gov for the current record.
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