Budget Counsel Reference Directory

Trust Funds

Trust Funds.—The Trust Funds of the Federal Government are distinctly different from conventional non-Federal trust funds and have no statutory definition that applies generally. As a general matter, Federal Trust Funds are accounting systems used to track the flow of streams of receipts ostensibly used for a dedicated purpose.


What are Federal Trust Funds? (From the Peter G. Peterson Foundation)

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