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Text of the draft 2014 budget law sent to parliament
1/21/2014 0:00
Behalf of the people
Presidency
Resolution No. ( )
Based on what passed the House of Representatives , according to the provisions of subsection ( I) of Article (61) and item (iii ) of Article (73) of the Constitution
President of the Republic decided on / / 2013
Issuing the following law :
Law No. ( ) for the year 2014 /
General Budget Law of the Federal Republic of Iraq for the financial year 2014 /
( First quarter )
Revenue
Article 1 - First:
A estimated revenues of the federal budget for the financial year 2014 / amount of $ ( 139 640 628 585 ) thousand dinars ( one hundred and nine and thirty thousand and six hundred and forty billion, six hundred and twenty-eight million, five hundred and eighty-five thousand dinars ) as shown in (Table / A revenue according to the numbers ) attached to this law
B calculate the revenue from export of crude oil on the basis of the average price of $ ( 90 ) per barrel and the rate of export of ( 3400000 ) barrels per day ( three million , four hundred thousand barrels per day ) Dmenhma ( 400,000 ) barrels a day ( four hundred thousand barrels per day ) for amounts crude oil producer in the Kurdistan region and the intervention of all revenue actually in the Development Fund for Iraq (dfi) or any formation last replaced after the discount (5%) for war reparations Kuwait or any other ratio determined by the Security Council and paid to the United Nations .
Second, is committed to the ministries and departments not associated with the Ministry to register all amounts of cash grants that get under memorandums of understanding with the governments or institutions of foreign income once the public treasury of the Federal and the Federal Ministry of Finance re- allocated for the purposes of which was awarded to for it and in coordination with the Federal Ministry of Planning .
Third, restrict the amount of donations given to the ministries and departments not associated with the Ministry after its acceptance by the Minister of Finance of the Federal income once the public treasury and federal , that the Federal Minister of Finance allocated to credit the ministry or organization is not related to the Ministry of the Exchange in accordance with the purposes granted to created.
Fourth: restrict the amounts of the grants or contributions by governments and foreign institutions to ministries and departments not associated with the Ministry or the provinces and the provincial councils under the memoranda of understanding income once the Treasury whether these grants and contributions in the form of technical assistance or implementation of projects that are under Akiemha speculative in the records of the ministry or organization is not related to the Ministry or the regions and provinces and provincial councils animate the relationship and be accepting cash donations or in-kind and re- allocation of coordination between the beneficiaries and all of the ministries of planning and Finance
Fifth, is calculated amounts of the grants and subsidies unused funds allocated to government departments and public sector companies, the end of the financial year 2013 / according to the accounting standards used to calculate the final exchange is considered excess funds or paid in excess along these lines down payment at the expense of the grant allocated to the department or unit in a year Finance / 2014 .
(Chapter II)
Expenditure and deficit
Article 2, first expenses :
The sum of $ (163416518003) thousand dinars ( one hundred and sixty-three thousand , four hundred and sixteen billion, five hundred and eighteen million , three thousand dinars ) for the expenses of the fiscal year 2014 / distributed according to ( field / 3 total expenses ) from (Table / c expenditure by ministries ) attached to this law
A sum of $ (62903313207) thousand dinars ( sixty-two thousand nine hundred and three billion and three hundred and thirteen million, two hundred and seven thousand dinars ) for project expenditures distributed according to ( field / 2 the expenses of the investment projects ) of the (Table / c expenditure by ministries ) attached to this law .
B the amount of $ (98793961796) thousand dinars ( ninety-eight thousand, seven hundred and ninety-three billion nine hundred and sixty-one million, seven hundred and ninety six thousand dinars ) for current expenditure in accordance with the ( field 1 / current expenditures of the (Table / c expenditure by ministries ) attached to this law
A sum of $ (1719243000) thousand dinars ( one thousand seven hundred and nineteen billion, two hundred and forty-three thousand dinars ) for capital expenditures in accordance with the field / 3 of the capital expenditure table / c expenditure by ministries attached to this law
D The sum of $ (150000000) thousand dinars ( one hundred and fifty billion dinars ) contingency reserve within the provisions of other expenses to offset the Federal Ministry of Finance out assignments in item ( First b) referred to above .
The distribution of the total expenditure by sectors and activities will be as in the table (b ) attached to this law, as follows:
1 security and defense expenses : ( 23,696,430,900 ) thousand dinars ( twenty-three thousand , six hundred and ninety six billion , four hundred and thirty million nine hundred thousand dinars )
2 Education : ( 13,383,772,100 ) thousand dinars ( thirteen thousand three hundred and eighty- three billion, seven hundred and seventy-two million , one hundred thousand dinars )
3 Power: ( 32,126,131,900 ) thousand dinars ( Thirty-two thousand , one hundred and twenty-six billion , one hundred and thirty- one million nine hundred thousand dinars )
4 Environment and Health: ( 6,679,974,800 ) thousand dinars ( six thousand , six hundred and seventy-nine billion, nine hundred and seventy-four million and Tmnmaip thousand dinars )
5 Social Services : ( 25.953659 billion ) thousand dinars ( five and twenty thousand nine hundred and fifty-three billion , six hundred and fifty-nine million dinars )
6 water , sewage and sanitation : ( 3,965,596,900 ) thousand dinars ( three thousand nine hundred and sixty-five billion, five hundred and ninety -six million nine hundred thousand dinars )
7 Transport and Communications : ( 2,301,720,650 ) thousand dinars ( two thousand three hundred and one billion seven hundred and twenty million six hundred and fifty thousand dinars )
8 agricultural sector : ( 3,083,108,600 ) thousand dinars ( three thousand and eighty- three billion , one hundred and eight million , six hundred thousand dinars )
9 industrial sector : ( 1,410,576,400 ) thousand dinars ( one thousand four hundred and ten billion, five hundred and seventy six million , four hundred thousand dinars )
10 Construction and Housing : ( 1,875,807,300 ) thousand dinars ( Tmnmaip thousand and seventy-five billion and Tmnmaip and seven million three hundred thousand dinars )
11 Culture, Youth and clubs and federations : ( 3,111,954,300 ) thousand dinars ( three thousand , one hundred and eleven billion nine hundred and fifty-four million and three hundred thousand dinars )
12 departments of central and local public : ( 13,993,193,151 ) thousand dinars ( thirteen thousand nine hundred and ninety-three billion , one hundred and ninety three million , one hundred and fifty and one thousand dinars ) distributed as follows :
A (4473025633) thousand dinars ( four thousand , four hundred and seventy-three billion dollars and twenty-five million , six hundred and thirty-three thousand dinars ) for the central departments
B (9520167518) thousand dinars ( nine thousand five hundred and twenty- one billion , one hundred and sixty-seven million five hundred and eighteen thousand dinars ) for the local departments
13 domestic and international debt : ( 12.073795 billion ) thousand dinars ( twelve thousand and seventy-three billion, seven hundred and ninety-five million dinars )
14 Kurdistan region : ( 19,760,797,002 ) thousand dinars ( nineteen thousand, seven hundred and sixty billion seven hundred and ninety -seven million dinars and Alpha )
D The sum of $ (7412000000) thousand dinars ( seven hundred thousand , four hundred and twelve billion dinars (l) reconstruction and development projects of the regions and provinces , including Kurdistan ) out of allocations referred to in clause ( I / A) of Article (2) above is distributed by the hearts of every province and implemented as follows :
1 on the governor to submit a plan reconstruction of the province , districts and areas affiliate ratified by the provincial council to the Federal Ministry of Planning ( in coordination with the boards of counties and districts ) for the purpose of examination and approval that take into account the worst-hit areas in the province, and that the distribution of the allocations of the province of amounts ( reconstruction and development projects, regions and provinces , including Kurdistan ) to districts and areas associated with them according to population ratios for each of them after the exclusion of strategic projects that benefit more than one hand or eliminate not exceed the cost of the new strategic projects to 20% of the allocations of the province
2 The conservative exclusively implement the reconstruction plan approved by the Cabinet of maintaining responsibility for overseeing implementation only
E allocated amount (1748786353) thousand dinars ( one thousand seven hundred and forty-eight billion, seven hundred and eighty-six million and three hundred and fifty-three thousand dinars ) as projects to producing provinces out of the allocations referred to in clause ( First a) of Article (2) above and to maintain the right to dispose and the use of no more than (50 %) of the allocations referred to above for the purpose of import of electric power , or provide services to the province , cleaned and current expenditures , including wages for new contractors , according to the needs of the province and the priority spending areas hardest hit by the production, oil refining and environmental protection projects through a carry the required coordination with each of the ministries of finance and planning federated equivalent (1 ) dollars for each barrel of crude oil producer in the province, and ( 1 ) dollars for each barrel of crude oil refined in refineries to maintain and ( 1) a dollar for every 150 cubic meters a producer of natural gas in the province is being distributed by the production of each province and Muslim to the federal government and that is an accounting adjustments after audited by the Office of Financial Supervision in the federal budget the following year
1/21/2014 0:00
Behalf of the people
Presidency
Resolution No. ( )
Based on what passed the House of Representatives , according to the provisions of subsection ( I) of Article (61) and item (iii ) of Article (73) of the Constitution
President of the Republic decided on / / 2013
Issuing the following law :
Law No. ( ) for the year 2014 /
General Budget Law of the Federal Republic of Iraq for the financial year 2014 /
( First quarter )
Revenue
Article 1 - First:
A estimated revenues of the federal budget for the financial year 2014 / amount of $ ( 139 640 628 585 ) thousand dinars ( one hundred and nine and thirty thousand and six hundred and forty billion, six hundred and twenty-eight million, five hundred and eighty-five thousand dinars ) as shown in (Table / A revenue according to the numbers ) attached to this law
B calculate the revenue from export of crude oil on the basis of the average price of $ ( 90 ) per barrel and the rate of export of ( 3400000 ) barrels per day ( three million , four hundred thousand barrels per day ) Dmenhma ( 400,000 ) barrels a day ( four hundred thousand barrels per day ) for amounts crude oil producer in the Kurdistan region and the intervention of all revenue actually in the Development Fund for Iraq (dfi) or any formation last replaced after the discount (5%) for war reparations Kuwait or any other ratio determined by the Security Council and paid to the United Nations .
Second, is committed to the ministries and departments not associated with the Ministry to register all amounts of cash grants that get under memorandums of understanding with the governments or institutions of foreign income once the public treasury of the Federal and the Federal Ministry of Finance re- allocated for the purposes of which was awarded to for it and in coordination with the Federal Ministry of Planning .
Third, restrict the amount of donations given to the ministries and departments not associated with the Ministry after its acceptance by the Minister of Finance of the Federal income once the public treasury and federal , that the Federal Minister of Finance allocated to credit the ministry or organization is not related to the Ministry of the Exchange in accordance with the purposes granted to created.
Fourth: restrict the amounts of the grants or contributions by governments and foreign institutions to ministries and departments not associated with the Ministry or the provinces and the provincial councils under the memoranda of understanding income once the Treasury whether these grants and contributions in the form of technical assistance or implementation of projects that are under Akiemha speculative in the records of the ministry or organization is not related to the Ministry or the regions and provinces and provincial councils animate the relationship and be accepting cash donations or in-kind and re- allocation of coordination between the beneficiaries and all of the ministries of planning and Finance
Fifth, is calculated amounts of the grants and subsidies unused funds allocated to government departments and public sector companies, the end of the financial year 2013 / according to the accounting standards used to calculate the final exchange is considered excess funds or paid in excess along these lines down payment at the expense of the grant allocated to the department or unit in a year Finance / 2014 .
(Chapter II)
Expenditure and deficit
Article 2, first expenses :
The sum of $ (163416518003) thousand dinars ( one hundred and sixty-three thousand , four hundred and sixteen billion, five hundred and eighteen million , three thousand dinars ) for the expenses of the fiscal year 2014 / distributed according to ( field / 3 total expenses ) from (Table / c expenditure by ministries ) attached to this law
A sum of $ (62903313207) thousand dinars ( sixty-two thousand nine hundred and three billion and three hundred and thirteen million, two hundred and seven thousand dinars ) for project expenditures distributed according to ( field / 2 the expenses of the investment projects ) of the (Table / c expenditure by ministries ) attached to this law .
B the amount of $ (98793961796) thousand dinars ( ninety-eight thousand, seven hundred and ninety-three billion nine hundred and sixty-one million, seven hundred and ninety six thousand dinars ) for current expenditure in accordance with the ( field 1 / current expenditures of the (Table / c expenditure by ministries ) attached to this law
A sum of $ (1719243000) thousand dinars ( one thousand seven hundred and nineteen billion, two hundred and forty-three thousand dinars ) for capital expenditures in accordance with the field / 3 of the capital expenditure table / c expenditure by ministries attached to this law
D The sum of $ (150000000) thousand dinars ( one hundred and fifty billion dinars ) contingency reserve within the provisions of other expenses to offset the Federal Ministry of Finance out assignments in item ( First b) referred to above .
The distribution of the total expenditure by sectors and activities will be as in the table (b ) attached to this law, as follows:
1 security and defense expenses : ( 23,696,430,900 ) thousand dinars ( twenty-three thousand , six hundred and ninety six billion , four hundred and thirty million nine hundred thousand dinars )
2 Education : ( 13,383,772,100 ) thousand dinars ( thirteen thousand three hundred and eighty- three billion, seven hundred and seventy-two million , one hundred thousand dinars )
3 Power: ( 32,126,131,900 ) thousand dinars ( Thirty-two thousand , one hundred and twenty-six billion , one hundred and thirty- one million nine hundred thousand dinars )
4 Environment and Health: ( 6,679,974,800 ) thousand dinars ( six thousand , six hundred and seventy-nine billion, nine hundred and seventy-four million and Tmnmaip thousand dinars )
5 Social Services : ( 25.953659 billion ) thousand dinars ( five and twenty thousand nine hundred and fifty-three billion , six hundred and fifty-nine million dinars )
6 water , sewage and sanitation : ( 3,965,596,900 ) thousand dinars ( three thousand nine hundred and sixty-five billion, five hundred and ninety -six million nine hundred thousand dinars )
7 Transport and Communications : ( 2,301,720,650 ) thousand dinars ( two thousand three hundred and one billion seven hundred and twenty million six hundred and fifty thousand dinars )
8 agricultural sector : ( 3,083,108,600 ) thousand dinars ( three thousand and eighty- three billion , one hundred and eight million , six hundred thousand dinars )
9 industrial sector : ( 1,410,576,400 ) thousand dinars ( one thousand four hundred and ten billion, five hundred and seventy six million , four hundred thousand dinars )
10 Construction and Housing : ( 1,875,807,300 ) thousand dinars ( Tmnmaip thousand and seventy-five billion and Tmnmaip and seven million three hundred thousand dinars )
11 Culture, Youth and clubs and federations : ( 3,111,954,300 ) thousand dinars ( three thousand , one hundred and eleven billion nine hundred and fifty-four million and three hundred thousand dinars )
12 departments of central and local public : ( 13,993,193,151 ) thousand dinars ( thirteen thousand nine hundred and ninety-three billion , one hundred and ninety three million , one hundred and fifty and one thousand dinars ) distributed as follows :
A (4473025633) thousand dinars ( four thousand , four hundred and seventy-three billion dollars and twenty-five million , six hundred and thirty-three thousand dinars ) for the central departments
B (9520167518) thousand dinars ( nine thousand five hundred and twenty- one billion , one hundred and sixty-seven million five hundred and eighteen thousand dinars ) for the local departments
13 domestic and international debt : ( 12.073795 billion ) thousand dinars ( twelve thousand and seventy-three billion, seven hundred and ninety-five million dinars )
14 Kurdistan region : ( 19,760,797,002 ) thousand dinars ( nineteen thousand, seven hundred and sixty billion seven hundred and ninety -seven million dinars and Alpha )
D The sum of $ (7412000000) thousand dinars ( seven hundred thousand , four hundred and twelve billion dinars (l) reconstruction and development projects of the regions and provinces , including Kurdistan ) out of allocations referred to in clause ( I / A) of Article (2) above is distributed by the hearts of every province and implemented as follows :
1 on the governor to submit a plan reconstruction of the province , districts and areas affiliate ratified by the provincial council to the Federal Ministry of Planning ( in coordination with the boards of counties and districts ) for the purpose of examination and approval that take into account the worst-hit areas in the province, and that the distribution of the allocations of the province of amounts ( reconstruction and development projects, regions and provinces , including Kurdistan ) to districts and areas associated with them according to population ratios for each of them after the exclusion of strategic projects that benefit more than one hand or eliminate not exceed the cost of the new strategic projects to 20% of the allocations of the province
2 The conservative exclusively implement the reconstruction plan approved by the Cabinet of maintaining responsibility for overseeing implementation only
E allocated amount (1748786353) thousand dinars ( one thousand seven hundred and forty-eight billion, seven hundred and eighty-six million and three hundred and fifty-three thousand dinars ) as projects to producing provinces out of the allocations referred to in clause ( First a) of Article (2) above and to maintain the right to dispose and the use of no more than (50 %) of the allocations referred to above for the purpose of import of electric power , or provide services to the province , cleaned and current expenditures , including wages for new contractors , according to the needs of the province and the priority spending areas hardest hit by the production, oil refining and environmental protection projects through a carry the required coordination with each of the ministries of finance and planning federated equivalent (1 ) dollars for each barrel of crude oil producer in the province, and ( 1 ) dollars for each barrel of crude oil refined in refineries to maintain and ( 1) a dollar for every 150 cubic meters a producer of natural gas in the province is being distributed by the production of each province and Muslim to the federal government and that is an accounting adjustments after audited by the Office of Financial Supervision in the federal budget the following year
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