Appropriation Act

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Appropriation Act

In constitutional finance, both in the US Congress and the UK Parliament, one of several special Appropriation Acts passed every session to authorize payments by the Treasury of sums required for the public service, as set forth in estimates presented to and passed by the legislature.

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Congress has mandated that Israel's economic and military aid be transferred in one lump sum within one month of the new fiscal year or passage of the appropriation act.

A conservative estimate of total direct U.S. aid to Israel: $108 ... by McArthur, Shirl / Washington Report on Middle East Affairs

Last December, under considerable pressure from Congress, President Bush signed into law the Defense Department Appropriation Act, even though it included guidelines he had earlier opposed prohibiting the use of torture to extract information from detainees.

Bush circumvents torture ban; within hours of signing a bill banning ... by Telzrow, Michael E. / The New American

The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 2001 (P.

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