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  • FEDERAL SPENDING: A RIDDLE WRAPPED UP IN AN ENIGMA; CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTEREST PAYMENTS ON THEFEDERAL DEBT: A PRIMER; SUMMARY; FEDERAL DEBT; INTEREST PAYMENTS ON THE FEDERAL DEBT; DETERMINANTS OF NET INTEREST PAYMENTS; End Notes; 21ST CENTURY: ADDRESSING LONG-TERM FISCAL CHALLENGES MUST INCLUDE A RE-EXAMINATION OF MANDATORY SPENDING; FEDERAL HEALTH CARE SPENDING DRIVES THE LONG-TERM FISCAL CHALLENGE; End Notes; MANDATORY SPENDING SINCE 1962; ABSTRACT; SUMMARY; OVERVIEW; WHAT DOES MANDATORY SPENDING INCLUDE?; MANDATORY SPENDING TRENDS OVER TIME.
  • Changes in the Composition of Mandatory SpendingMandatory Spending and the Economy; WHY HAS MANDATORY SPENDING RISEN?; MANDATORY SPENDING BEYOND 2018; CONCLUSION; APPENDIX. DISCRETIONARY SPENDING; End Notes; MANDATORY SPENDING: USING BUDGET TRIGGERS TO CONSTRAIN GROWTH; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY; WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS; WHAT GAO FOUND; ABBREVIATIONS; RESULTS IN BRIEF; BACKGROUND; OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY; TRIGGER MECHANISMS COULD HELP CONSTRAIN MANDATORY SPENDING BUT MUST BE CAREFULLY DESIGNED; Issues to Consider in Constructing a Trigger.
  • Issues to Consider in Designing the Triggered ResponseExpert Views on Trigger Mechanisms Are Mixed; REASONS FOR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ESTIMATED AND ACTUAL OUTLAYS IN SELECTED ACCOUNTS VARIED; Legislation Enacted After Original Estimates Explained Many Differences between Estimated and Actual Outlays; Economic Factors Were Especially Important in Some Programs' Differences; Technical Factors Explained a Broad Spectrum of Differences; CONCLUSIONS; MATTER FOR CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION; APPENDIX I: ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES OF TRIGGERS AND RESPONSES FOR CASE STUDY ACCOUNTS; Account Name.
  • Commodity Credit Corporation Fund-CornAdministering Organization; Program Description; Funding Source; Differences between Estimated and Actual Outlays; Explanation of Key Differences; Illustrative Triggers and Response; Account Name; Commodity Credit Corporation Fund-Crop Disaster Assistance; Administering Organization; Program Description; Funding Source; Differences between Estimated and Actual Outlays; Explanation of Key Differences; Ideas for Improving the Accuracy of Estimates; Account Name; Federal Direct Student Loan Program Account; Administering Organization; Program Description.
  • Funding SourceDifferences between Estimated and Actual Outlays; Explanation of Key Differences; Illustrative Trigger and Response; Account Name; Grants to States for Medicaid; Administering Organization; Program Description; Funding Source; Differences between Estimated and Actual Outlays; Explanation of Key Differences; Account Name; Federal Hospital Insurance (HI) Trust Fund (Medicare Part A); Administering Organization; Program Description; Funding Source; Differences between Estimated and Actual Outlays; Explanation of Key Differences; Currently Existing Program Trigger and Response.