National Debt Glossary: Understanding a Government Annual Authorization

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National Debt Glossary: Understanding a Government Annual Authorization"


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Legislation that authorizes appropriations for a single fiscal year and usually for a specific amount.


Under the rules of the authorization-appropriation process, an annually authorized agency or program must be reauthorized each year if it is to receive appropriations for that year.


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Sometimes Congress fails to enact the reauthorization but nevertheless provides appropriations to continue the program, circumventing the rules by one means or another.


Source: House Budget Committee


See also: Authorization


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