15 U.S.C. § 1022d — President’s Budget

(a) Recommendations The President’s Budget must recommend levels of outlays and receipts which must be consistent with the short-term economic goals of section 1022(a)(2)(A) of this title .

(b) Five-year projections of outlays and receipts The President’s Budget must provide five-year projections of outlays and receipts consistent with the medium-term goals of section 1022a(b) of this title .

(c) Inclusion in Economic Report of President; purposeful development of expenditure and revenue elements; considerations governing determination of size of President’s expenditures and revenue proposals The principal elements in the President’s Budget must be set forth briefly in each Economic Report, toward the end of making clear the relationship between the President’s Budget and the goals and policies set forth in such Economic Report. Both the expenditure and revenue elements of the President’s Budget must be developed to promote the purposes, policies, and goals of the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978 [ 15 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.]. The size of the President’s expenditure and revenue proposals, and the relationships between such proposals, must be determined in a manner which gives consideration to the needs of the economy and the people in the priority areas set forth in section 1022c of this title , and the relationship between the President’s expenditure and revenue proposals must be guided accordingly.