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Form and Content of the Budget. The budget proposal of the President shall include current operating expenditures and capital outlays. It shall comprise such funds as may be necessary for the operation of the programs, projects and activities of the various departments and agencies. The proposed General Appropriations Act and other Appropriations Acts necessary to cover the budget proposals shall be submitted to the National Assembly to accompany the President's budget submission.
The budget shall be presented to the National Assembly in such form and content as may be approved by the President and may include the following:
(a) a budget message setting in brief the government's budgetary thrusts for the budget year, including their impact on developing goals, monetary and fiscal objectives, and generally on the implications of the revenue, expenditures and debt proposals; and
(b) summary financial statements setting forth:
(1) estimated expenditures and proposed appropriations necessary for the support of the Government for the ensuing fiscal year, including those financed from borrowings;
(2) estimated receipts during the ensuing fiscal year under laws existing at the time the budget is transmitted and under the revenue proposals, if any, forming part of the year's financing program;
(3) actual appropriations, expenditures, and receipts during the last completed fiscal year;
(4) estimated expenditures and receipts and actual or proposed appropriations during the fiscal year in progress;
(5) statements of the condition of the National Treasury at the end of the last completed fiscal year, the estimated condition of the Treasury at the end of the fiscal year in progress and the estimated condition of the Treasury at the end of the ensuing fiscal year, taking into account the adoption of financial proposals contained in the budget and showing, at the same time, the unencumbered and unobligated cash resources;
(6) essential facts regarding the bonded and other long-term obligations and indebtedness of the Government, both domestic and foreign, including identification of recipients of loan proceeds; and
(7) such other financial statements and data as are deemed necessary or desirable in order to make known in reasonable detail the financial condition of the government.
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