The Congressional Appropriations Process: An Introduction

Streeter, Sandy

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Congress;    Appropriations;    Budgets;    Federal budgets;    Congressional budget process;   

RP-ID  :  97-684
RP-ID  :  97-684_2004Dec06

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

Congress annually considers 13 or more appropriations measures, which provide funding for numerous activities, for example, national defense, education, homeland security, and crime. These measures also fund general government operations such as the administration of federal agencies. Congress has developed certain rules and practices for the consideration of appropriations measures, referred to as the congressional appropriations process. This report discusses the following aspects of this process: Annual appropriations cycle; Spending ceilings for appropriations associated with the annualbudget resolution; and Prohibitions against certain language in appropriations measures that violate separation of the authorization and appropriation functions into separate measures.