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Federal Budget Process

Budget Process Summary (FY01, FY02, and FY03)

  • The Congressional Budget Process can last 21 months or more, a 'traditional'
    budget is shown below. The transition to a new Presidential Administration will
    mean the activities associated with FY02 and FY03 budgets from November 2000
    to April 2001 will differ from the 'traditional' path. For example, the FY02 budget
    was submitted to Congress on April 9, 2001, after release of a "Budget Blueprint"
    in February 2001.
  • The budget process is addressing three budgets concurrently:
  • 1st Budget (Budget Execution)
  • 2nd Budget (Congressional Review Process)
  • 3rd Budget (Budget Formulation)
  • At any given time, the NPS is engaged in activities related to three separate fiscal year
    budgets - one enacted and two proposed. The table below shows these relationships during
    the course of the budget process. In the example below during June 2001, the NPS is executing
    the FY2001 enacted budget, awaiting the markup of the FY2002 Appropriations Bill, and
    submitting the FY2003 budget proposal to the Department of Interior for review.

Month

FY01

FY02

FY03

Activity

         

February

1999

2000

2001

Operations Formulation System (OFS) Update Call

March

1999

2000

2001

Preparation of Increase Requests

 

1999

2000

2001

Regional Review and Priority Banding

April

1999

2000

2001

OFS Master Update

       

Government Performance Results Act (GPRA) Update

 

1999

2000

2001

Secretary's Guidance

April - May

1999

2000

2001

Review and Analysis of OFS

May

1999

2000

2001

National Leadership Council Priority Setting Session

June

1999

2000

2001

Budget Submission to Department of Interior

August

1999

2000

2001

Departmental Passback

September

1999

2000

2001

Budget Submission to OMB

October

1999

2000

2001

OMB Hearings

 

1999

2000

2001

OFS Regional Priority Setting Update

November

1999

2000

2001

OMB Passback

December

1999

2000

2001

Appeals to Passback

January

2000

2001

2002

Preparation of Greenbook

February

2000

2001

2002

Submission of President's Budget

March - May

2000

2001

2002

Appropriation Subcommittee Hearings (House and Senate)

April - May

2000

2001

2002

Congressional Budget Resolution

 

2000

2001

2002

Allocation of Funding Ceilings to Appropriation Subcommittees

June - August

2000

2001

2002

Markup of Appropriations Bill and Votes (House and Senate)

September

2000

2001

2002

Conference Committee

September - October

2000

2001

2002

Passage by Congress

October

2000

2001

2002

Presidential Signature

 

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