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'''Appropriations''' are budget authority to incur obligations and to make payments from the [[U.S. Treasury]] for specified purposes. An appropriation act is the most common means of providing appropriations.<ref>See also Backdoor Authority/Backdoor Spending.</ref>

'''Appropriations''' are budget authority to incur obligations and to make payments from the [[U.S. Treasury]] for specified purposes. An appropriation act is the most common means of providing appropriations.<ref>See also [[Backdoor spending authority]].</ref>

Appropriations do not represent cash actually set aside in the Treasury for purposes specified in the appropriation act; they represent amounts that agencies may obligate during the period of time specified in the respective appropriation acts.

Appropriations do not represent cash actually set aside in the Treasury for purposes specified in the appropriation act; they represent amounts that agencies may obligate during the period of time specified in the respective appropriation acts.