Reading Quiz 13.3-13.4

Which of the following budgetary process actors does the president oversee?

• House and Ways Committee
• Joint Committee on Taxation
• Congressional Budget Office
• Office of Management and Budget

By law, the president must submit a budget by the first Monday in __________.

• February
• September
• October
• November

A(n) __________ is an act of Congress that establishes or changes a government program.

• authorization bill
• appropriations bill
• continuing resolution
• budget resolution

A(n) __________ is an act of Congress that funds programs established by authorization bills.

• joint proclamation
• appropriations bill
• budget resolution
• omnibus bill

A balanced budget occurs when __________.

• appropriations are equal to authorizations
• government spending is equal to the sum of all tax expenditures
• the national debt is zero
• there is no budget deficit or budget surplus

What is the purpose of continuing resolutions?

• to allow agencies to continue to spend money even when Congress has not met its budgetary timetable
• to essentially override presidential vetoes
• to lump together multiple authorization bills to increase the chance of passage
• to ensure that the federal budget is balanced except in emergencies