4 FAM 100
BUDGETING
BUDGETING
(CT:FIN-492; 05-31-2024)
(Office of Origin: BP/RPBI/RSL)
4 FAM 111 GENERAL
4 FAM 111.1 Scope and Applicability
(CT:FIN-424; 05-30-2013)
a. The Secretary of State submits the Department’s appropriations requests to the President pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1108. Each request is prepared and submitted through the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the way and at times prescribed by the President. These requests, as adjusted, are incorporated into the budget the President presents to the Congress. Supplemental appropriations, when called for by the President, are submitted in essentially the same way.
b. The Bureau of Budget and Planning (BP) is responsible for establishing the Department’s policy regarding budget submissions in accordance with OMB Circular A-11 and other pertinent budgetary regulations. The Department’s submission to OMB is the basis for obtaining budget authority from the Congress to obligate funds. This authority is in the form of appropriations.
c. BP provides budget policy and guidance along with detailed instructions to the bureaus with respect to budget submissions.
d. Detailed authorities, definitions and procedures are published in subchapters 4 FAH-3 H-110 through 4 FAH-3 H-160.
4 FAM 111.2 Authorities
(CT:FIN-455; 08-13-2019)
The authorities for these regulations include, but are not limited to the following:
(1) OMB Circular A-11, Preparation, Submission and Execution of the Budget;
(2) United States Code Title 31, Money and Finance, Subtitle II, The Budget Process, comprising three chapters: Chapter 11, The Budget and Fiscal, Budget, and Program Information, Chapter 13, Appropriations, and Chapter 15, Appropriation Accounting;
(3) Treasury Financial Manual Volume 1, Part 2, Central Reporting;
(4) Government Accountability Office (GAO), Policy and Procedures Manual, Title 7;
(5) GAO's Principles of Federal Appropriations Law;
(6) Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993 (Public Law 103-62; 107 Stat.285); and
(7) GPRA Modernization Act (GPRAMA) of 2010 (Public Law 111-352).
4 FAM 112 THROUGH 119 UNASSIGNED