39 USC 2009a – Budgetary treatment of the Postal Service Fund
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the receipts and disbursements of the Postal Service Fund, including disbursements for administrative expenses incurred in connection with the Fund—
(1) shall not be included in the totals of—
(A) the budget of the United States Government as submitted by the President, or
(B) the congressional budget (including allocations of budget authority and outlays provided therein);
(2) shall be exempt from any general budget limitation imposed by statute on expenditures and net lending (budget outlays) of the United States Government; and
(3) shall be exempt from any order issued under part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and shall not be counted for purposes of calculating the deficit under section 3(6) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 for purposes of comparison with the maximum deficit amount under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 nor counted in calculating the excess deficit for purposes of sections 251 and 252 1 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, for any fiscal year.
Terms Used In 39 USC 2009a
- Balanced budget: A budget in which receipts equal outlays.
- Budget authority: Authority provided by law to enter into obligations that will result in outlays of Federal funds. Budget authority may be classified by the period of availability (one-year, multiyear, no-year), by the timing of congressional action (current or permanent), or by the manner of determining the amount available (definite or indefinite).
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Fund: means the Postal Service Fund established by section 2003 of this chapter. See 39 USC 2001
- Outlays: Outlays are payments made (generally through the issuance of checks or disbursement of cash) to liquidate obligations. Outlays during a fiscal year may be for payment of obligations incurred in prior years or in the same year.
- Postal Service: means the United States Postal Service established by section 201 of this title. See 39 USC 102
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.