Overview of congressional appropriations / Jacob M. Stewart and Danielle M. Allworth, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stewart, Jacob M., editor.

Allworth, Danielle M., editor.

Series:

Congressional policies, practices and procedures series.

Congressional Policies, Practices and Procedures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Congress--Appropriations and expenditures.

United States.

Budget process--United States.

Budget process.

United States--Appropriations and expenditures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2011.

Summary:

Congress annually considers several appropriations measures, which provide funding for numerous activities, for example, national defence, education, and homeland security, as well as general government operations. This book offers an overview of congressional appropriations; forward funding and advance funding; omnibus appropriations; and, more.

Contents:

The Congressional appropriations process : an introduction / Sandy Streeter

Advance appropriations, forward funding, and advance funding / Sandy Streeter

Omnibus appropriations acts : overview of recent practices / Jessica Tollestrup

Annual appropriations acts : consideration during lame-duck sessions / Jessica Tollestrup

House offset amendments to appropriations bills : procedural considerations / Sandy Streeter

Legislative branch appropriations bill : structure, content, and process / Lorraine H. Tong

Examples of legislative provisions in Annual Appropriations Act / Robert Keith

Supplemental appropriations : trends and budgetary impacts since 1981 / Thomas L. Hungerford

State, foreign operations appropriations : a guide to component accounts / Curt Tarnoff, Kennon H. Nakamura.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-5361-1593-2