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2018 (2018) Budget of the United States federal government
Submitted	March 16, 2017
Debt	trillion (requested)
GDP	trillion (preliminary actual)
Website	Office of Management and Budget
	‹ 2017

The 2018 United States federal budget is the United States federal budget for fiscal year 2018, which lasts from October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018. President Donald Trump introduced the budget proposal to the 115th Congress on March 16, 2017.^[1]^[2]

Budget proposals

The President’s budget blueprint for 2018 proposes spending 1.1 trillion.^[2]^[1] The President's stated priorities are to increase defense spending by $54 billion.^[1]

Increased spending

"The President’s 2018 Budget requests $639 billion for DOD, a $52 billion increase from the 2017 annualized CR level. The total includes $574 billion for the base budget, a 10 percent increase from the 2017 annualized CR level, and $65 billion for Overseas Contingency Operations" which includes the "key investments in maintenance capacity, training systems, and additional F-35 Joint Strike Fighters.^[1]^: 62

Defense spending will increase by $54 billion.^[1] The budgets for immigration enforcement at the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security would see increased spending which "includes additional resources for a wall on the southern border with Mexico, immigration judges, expanded detention capacity, U.S. Attorneys, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Border Patrol." There would be increased "funding to address violent crime and reduces opioid abuse."

Independent agencies to lose funding

The 2018 Budget blueprint proposed "to eliminate funding for other independent agencies, including: the

Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation; the Northern Border Regional Commission; the Overseas Private Investment Corporation; the United States Institute of Peace; the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness; and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.^[1]

^: 11

Reduced spending

"The President’s 2018 Budget requests $5.7 billion for the Environmental Protection Agency, a savings of $2.6 billion, or 31 percent, from the 2017 annualized CR level."

Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program; and infrastructure assistance to Alaska Native Villages and the Mexico Border.^[1]

^: 47

The President’s 2018 Budget would decrease spending by $17.9 billion for the United States Department of Agriculture, which represents a 21 percent decrease from the 2017 budget.^[1]^: 11

The President’s 2018 Budget "requests $7.8 billion for the United States Department of Commerce, a $1.5 billion or 16 percent decrease from the 2017 annualized CR level."^[1]^: 19

"The President’s 2018 Budget provides $59 billion in discretionary funding for the United States Department of Education, a $9 billion or 13 percent reduction below the 2017 annualized CR level."^[1]^: 19

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p "America First A Budget Blueprint to Make America Great Again" (PDF). Government Publishing Office. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c Dan Merica (March 16, 2017), Trump's 'hard power budget' increases defense spending, cuts to State Dept, EPA, CNN, retrieved March 16, 2017 {{citation}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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[whitehouse_2018_blueprint-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p "America First A Budget Blueprint to Make America Great Again" (PDF). Government Publishing Office. Retrieved March 16, 2017.

[CNN_Merica_US_budget-2] Dan Merica (March 16, 2017), Trump's 'hard power budget' increases defense spending, cuts to State Dept, EPA, CNN, retrieved March 16, 2017 {{citation}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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