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CBO reports annually on programs whose authorizations of appropriations have already expired or will expire.

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on April 21, 2021

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on April 21, 2021

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on April 21, 2021

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on April 21, 2021

View CBO’s budget infographics to see how much the federal government spent and took in during fiscal year 2020, as well as broader trends in the budget over the past few decades.

The federal deficit in 2020 was $3.1 trillion, equal to 14.9 percent of gross domestic product.

Mandatory spending by the federal government totaled $4.6 trillion in 2020, of which $1.9 trillion was for Social Security and Medicare.

Discretionary spending by the federal government totaled $1.6 trillion in 2020, of which $714 billion was for national defense and $914 billion was for nondefense activities.

Revenues received by the federal government in 2020 totaled $3.4 trillion, of which $1.6 trillion was receipts from individual income taxes.

CBO announces the current members of its Panel of Economic Advisers.

The Policy Growth Model is one in a suite of models that CBO uses to analyze how economic growth and the federal budget interact.

As passed by the House of Representatives on March 18, 2021

Presentation by Lara Robillard, an analyst in CBO’s Budget Analysis Division, at the AcademyHealth 2021 Health Policy Orientation.

CBO Director Phillip Swagel testifies on CBO’s appropriation request for fiscal year 2022 before the Senate Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch.

CBO outlines the main channels by which climate change and policies intended to mitigate or adapt to it affect the federal budget. Climate change increases budget deficits; investments in mitigation or adaptation could reduce those costs.

As posted on April 27, 2021

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on February 25, 2021

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on March 25, 2021

As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on March 17, 2021

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on March 18, 2021

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on March 18, 2021

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on March 18, 2021

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on March 18, 2021

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on March 18, 2021

CBO estimates that the total shipbuilding budget would average $34 billion per year, 10 percent more than the Navy estimates. The Navy’s average shipbuilding budget would be almost 50 percent larger, on average, than those of recent years.

As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on March 17, 2021

Presentation by Justin Humphrey, an analyst in CBO's Budget Analysis Division, to the Postsecondary National Policy Institute.

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on March 24, 2021

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on March 25, 2021