FEMA refinancing authorization
CBO cost estimate for above authorization
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FY2008 Status of Appropriations bills
Justification books: FDA Office of Financial Management: Budget Documentation
FY07 FDA appropriations from President's Budget Appendix, preceding P and F
FY05 FDA appropriations language, with FY06proposals, from President's FY06 budget
FY07 Status of Appropriations bills: see Title VI of Ag bill; Titles I and IV of 4th CR
House
committee report (see p. 95)
Statement
of Administration Policy on FDA limitation
CBO
current status of discretionary appropriations
GAO Red Book (Principles of Appropriations Law)
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July 2007 midsession review (p. 2)
The simplified authorizations and appropriations model, with frequent violations and attempted controls:
Step 1--Authorizations: authorizing committee provides the legal basis for a department and its programs, and permits the Appropriations Committee subsequently to appropriate funds
Step 2--Appropriations: Appropriations Committee provides department the authority to obligate funds for specific programs and purposes
Violations by the Appropriations Committees:
appropriating funds to unauthorized programs--many temporary authorizations have expired
adding "legislation," aka "riders", to appropriations bills--language which establishes agency missions, orders specific activities, etc.;
beyond the acceptable form of "limitations"
controls in response:
H Rule 21, Senate Rule 16--but these rules are often waived by House Rules Committee and floor, or by unanimous consent in the Senate
Violations by the authorizing committees: authorizing direct spending, thus making an "end run" around the Appropriations Committees
controls in response:
reconciliation for existing direct spending--but only if Congress wants to cut direct spending
paygo for new direct spending--unless it is waived
various prohibitions against authorizing committees in the Congressional Budget Act and House and Senate rules--but these prohibitions can be waived or ignored