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Appropriation bill   /əprˌoʊpriˈeɪʃən bɪl/   Listen
Appropriation bill

noun
1.
A legislative act proposing to authorize the expenditure of public funds for a specified purpose.





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"Appropriation bill" Quotes from Famous Books



... was one calculated to encourage and help on the association. He assured the members that if they thought the association needed legislative aid, all they have to do is to ask for it. If they ask for $5,000, he will do his best to have the appropriation bill passed, and he will sign the enactment promptly when it reaches him for signature. He believes Wisconsin one of the foremost of dairy States, and he wants it to ...
— Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 4, January 26, 1884 - A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside • Various
... practice in the Senate occurred in the 36th Congress, when I was chairman of the committee on ways and means. An appropriation bill was loaded down with amendments, among them an appropriation of $500,000 each for the construction of public buildings in Charleston and New Orleans. The amendments were disagreed to and referred to a committee of conference, of which Senator Toombs ...
— Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet - An Autobiography. • John Sherman


Words linked to "Appropriation bill" :   bill, law, jurisprudence, measure, line item


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