2017 United States federal budget
The 2017 United States federal budget is the United States federal budget for fiscal year 2017, which lasted from October 1, 2016 to September 30, 2017. President Barack Obama submitted a budget proposal to the 114th Congress on February 9, 2016. The 2017 fiscal year overlaps the end of the Obama administration and the beginning of the Trump administration.
| Submitted | February 9, 2016 |
|---|---|
| Submitted by | Barack Obama |
| Submitted to | 114th Congress |
| Total revenue | $3.644 trillion (requested) $3.316 trillion (actual) 17.3% of GDP |
| Total expenditures | $4.147 trillion (requested) $3.982 trillion (actual) 20.8% of GDP |
| Deficit | $503 billion (requested) $665 billion (actual) 3.5% of GDP |
| Debt | $20.24 trillion (actual) 105.5% of GDP |
| GDP | $19.177 trillion (actual) |
| Website | Office of Management and Budget |
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The government was initially funded through a series of three temporary continuing resolutions. Funding for military construction and the Department of Veterans Affairs was enacted on September 29, 2016 as part of the Continuing Appropriations and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017, and Zika Response and Preparedness Act. The remaining funding was passed as an omnibus spending bill, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017, enacted on May 5, 2017.