appropriations bill
Government spending authorization
An appropriations bill is legislation that authorizes government spending for specific purposes.
In the United States, Congress must pass appropriations bills to fund federal agencies and programs—without them, government operations shut down.
The bills specify how much money goes where: The defense appropriations bill allocated funds for new aircraft carriers.
Distinct from authorization bills, which create programs, appropriations bills actually release the money.
- federal agencyNational-level administrative body
- mandatory spendingExpenditures required by law
- amendmentChange to official text
- earmarkDesignate for specific purpose
- floor debateLegislative chamber argumentation
reconciliation · discretionary spending · defense spending · spending cap · bicameralism · line item veto · cloture · engrossment · fiscal year · filibuster · deficit · budget deficit · omnibus bill · policy agenda · surplus · rider · administrative oversight · trillion
- federal budgetfederal budget, appropriations, deficit, national budget, surplus
- billselectric bill, bill, phone bill, bills, gas bill
- budgetingbudget, budgets, budget app, budget template, budget allocation
appropriations billsequestration
Act of setting apart
budget cut · spending freeze · government shutdown · impoundment
appropriations billrevenue collection
Securing payments owed