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The Entitlements Debate (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Jan. 28, 1998
Report Number 97-39EPW
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

Federal entitlement programs make payments directly to recipients who meet eligibility criteria set by law. There are about 400 of them with Social Security being the largest. Generally, entitlement spending is not subject to control through annual appropriations, and once an entitlement program is established, its scope can be altered only by amending the law that created it.