APPROPRIATION BILL • DICCIONARIO INGLES.COM • Definition of Appropriation bill

Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...

/əprˌoʊpriˈeɪʃən bɪl/ Listen

Appropriation bill

noun

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

See images of 'Appropriation bill'

Etymology of 'Appropriation bill'

Share |

"Appropriation bill" Quotes from Famous Books

... from the Secretary of the Interior, with draft of an amendment to be inserted in the annual Indian appropriation bill now pending, providing for the disposal of certain bonds and funds held by the Treasurer of the United States as custodian in the name of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, together with accompanying papers noted in ...

— A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents - Section 2 (of 2) of Volume 8: Chester A. Arthur • James D. Richardson

... nor less than a thousand horsepower; and were to run their line "with greater speed to the distance than is performed by the Cunard Line between Boston and Liverpool and back."[FW] Provision for the subsidy thus called for was promptly made in this item in the post-office appropriation bill for the ensuing year, approved March 2: "for transportation by steam-ships between New York and Bremen according to the contract with Edward ...

— Manual of Ship Subsidies • Edwin M. Bacon

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