### Question
Can you define what cumulative carryovers means?


### Answer
**Cumulative carryovers** is defined as the following in *2 U.S.C. § 901*:

> the total of each amount by which outlays for the highway and mass transit category for any fiscal year are less than the outlay limit for that category, as adjusted, for that year less any amount of carryover used in the previous year

#### Citation:
  - *2 U.S.C. § 901*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 20-EMERGENCY POWERS TO ELIMINATE BUDGET DEFICITS > SUBCHAPTER I-ELIMINATION OF DEFICITS IN EXCESS OF MAXIMUM DEFICIT AMOUNT**

