Arc 001: Economy, Cost of Living & InflationPolicy Paper 8 — Government Spending & the Deficit

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The Spending-Side Fiscal Architecture

Annex B — Bibliography

Federal Budget Process Statutes

• Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, Pub. L. No. 93-344, codified at 2 U.S.C. §§ 601 et seq. https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title2/chapter17A&edition=prelim

• Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, Pub. L. No. 111-139. https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/2847

• Budget Control Act of 2011, Pub. L. No. 112-25. https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/365

• Antideficiency Act, codified as amended at 31 U.S.C. §§ 1341, 1517. https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1341&num=0&edition=prelim

• GPRA Modernization Act of 2010, Pub. L. No. 111-352. https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/2142

• Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990, Pub. L. No. 101-576. https://www.congress.gov/bill/101st-congress/house-bill/5687

Major Mandatory Program Statutes

• Social Security Act, codified as amended at 42 U.S.C. §§ 301 et seq. https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title42/chapter7&edition=prelim

• Medicare provisions of the Social Security Act, codified at 42 U.S.C. §§ 1395 et seq. https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title42/chapter7/subchapterXVIII&edition=prelim

• Medicaid provisions of the Social Security Act, codified at 42 U.S.C. §§ 1396 et seq. https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title42/chapter7/subchapterXIX&edition=prelim

• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), codified at 7 U.S.C. §§ 2011 et seq. https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title7/chapter51&edition=prelim

• Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), codified at 5 U.S.C. §§ 8401 et seq. https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title5/partIII/subpartG/chapter84&edition=prelim

Federal Budget Data and Reports

• Office of Management and Budget, Historical Tables (annual; FY 2025 budget edition and subsequent). https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/historical-tables/

• Congressional Budget Office, The Budget and Economic Outlook (annual; January 2025 edition). https://www.cbo.gov/topics/budget

• Congressional Budget Office, Long-Term Budget Outlook (biennial). https://www.cbo.gov/topics/budget

• U.S. Department of the Treasury, Monthly Statement of the Public Debt (monthly). https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/datasets/monthly-statement-public-debt/

• U.S. Department of the Treasury, Monthly Treasury Statement (monthly). https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/datasets/monthly-treasury-statement/

• Social Security and Medicare Trustees Annual Reports. https://www.ssa.gov/oact/tr/

• Government Accountability Office, Annual Report on Duplication, Overlap, and Fragmentation. https://www.gao.gov/duplication-overlap-fragmentation

• Government Accountability Office, High Risk Series (biennial). https://www.gao.gov/high-risk-list

Cross-Reference — Historical Bibliography

• Policy Paper 1 — Pre-Arc Rollout Introduction, Annex B (historical statutes). https://1drv.ms/w/c/1f5431cdf469fac5/IQAbhTizLEnERrx8KYbHNvPEAVPbT6ylaoCJWgxXO1MguYk?e=MVlpgx

Ginsburg 2028 Campaign Canonical Documents (Forward References)

• Government Spending, Deficit, and Debt Elimination Act of 2029 (GSDDE Act) (canonical working draft, Ginsburg 2028 Campaign, 2026) — the central spending-discipline statute [URL to be inserted at substitution pass].

• Taxation Act of 2029 (canonical working draft, Ginsburg 2028 Campaign, 2026) — the revenue-side architecture coordinated with this paper [URL to be inserted at substitution pass].

• Healthcare Access, Quality and Cost Act of 2029 (HAQCA) (canonical working draft, Ginsburg 2028 Campaign, 2026) — Title XI Federal Healthcare Cost Discipline coordinated with mandatory-spending architecture [URL to be inserted at substitution pass].