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      "date": "1999-10-05",
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      "title": "Off-Budget Status of Federal Entities: Background and Current Proposals",
      "summary": "During the 106th Congress, several proposals have been introduced to provide off-budget status\nto\ncertain trust funds and other special funds, in which revenues are collected for specified purposes. \nThese proposals would prohibit the receipts and disbursements of the funds from being counted as\nnew budget authority, outlays, receipts, or deficit or surplus for purposes of the President's budget,\nthe congressional budget, or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. \nProponents argue that taking a fund off budget provides an assurance that the federal government\nis fulfilling its contract with taxpayers by ensuring the collected receipts will be used for the\ndedicated purpose rather than for general government activities. Opponents argue that removing a\nfund from the unified budget would free its transactions from statutory and congressional budget\nenforcement procedures, thereby weakening budget controls and limiting the ability of the President\nand Congress to make trade-offs between all possible government priorities.",
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