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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 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.
The '''Appropriations Committee''' reviews budget requests from the [[president]], solicits testimony from [[government]] officials, and drafts funding legislation that gets reported to the full [[Senate]]. The [[Senate]] then works with the [[House of Representatives|House]] to pass all appropriations [[bill|bills]] by October 1, the beginning of the [[fiscal year]]. <ref>http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/reference/b_three_sections_with_teasers/glossary.htm</ref>
The '''Appropriations Committee''' reviews budget requests from the [[president]], solicits testimony from [[government]] officials, and drafts funding legislation that gets reported to the full [[Senate]]. The [[Senate]] then works with the [[House of Representatives|House]] to pass all appropriations [[bill|bills]] by October 1, the beginning of the [[fiscal year]]. <ref>http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/reference/b_three_sections_with_teasers/glossary.htm</ref>