Appropriation bill definition

Bill which allocates government spending

"Appropriations Clause" redirects here. For a worldwide view of the subject, see Appropriation bill.

In the United States Congress, an appropriations bill is legislation to appropriate^[1]federal funds to specific federal government departments, agencies and programs.

The money provides funding for operations, personnel, equipment and activities.^[2] Regular appropriations bills are passed annually, with the funding they provide covering one fiscal year. The fiscal year is the accounting period of the federal government, which runs from October 1 to September 30 of the following year.^[3] Appropriations bills are under the jurisdiction of the United States House Committee on Appropriations and the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations.^[2] Both committees have twelve matching subcommittees, each tasked with working on one of the twelve annual regular appropriations bills.

There are three types of appropriations bills: regular appropriations bill