discretionary budget

基本解釋

But they come entirely from the discretionary budget.
然而，這些削減項目全是自由考量支出的預(yù)算。
The Department of Education’s discretionary budget for the 2008 fiscal year was about $60 billion.
教育部可自由支配的資金去年為600億元。
Include an amount of discretionary money into your budget to spend on things that you might not desperately need, but would make you smile.
包括大量在你預(yù)算內(nèi)可以自由決定的金錢用來花費在一些你不是非?？释强梢宰屇阄⑿Φ臇|西上。

So what we've done is we've taken a scalpel to the discretionary budget rather than a machete.
WHITEHOUSE: Presidential Press Conference on the 2012 Budget
With the discretionary budget freeze, the president has made the focus on cost control and efficiency very clear.
WHITEHOUSE: "Doing What Works" Transcript
The fact of the matter is that you are talking about a 13 percent cut in our defense budget and 9 percent cut in our nondefense discretionary budget this year.
WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing