Reappropriation in the United States

Reappropriation in the Federal Budget Process

Meaning of Reappropriation in the congressional and executive budget processes (GAO source): Legislation permitting an agency to obligate, whether for the same or different purposes, all or part of the unobligated portion of budget authority that has expired or would otherwise expire if not reappropriated. In the President’s budget, reappropriations of expired balances are counted as new budget authority or balance transfers depending on the year for which the amounts are reappropriated.

Guide to U.S. Federal Budget Authority Duration (Budget Process)

• Budget Authority Duration
• One-Year Authority
• Multiple-Year Authority
• No-Year Authority
• Reappropriation

Resources

See Also

• Federal Appropriations
• Entries about the United States Budget Process in the Encyclopedia (including Reappropriation)
• Public Debt

Further Reading

• Legislatures and the budget process: the myth of fiscal control

  (J Wehner, 2010)

• Reconcilable Differences?: Congress, the Budget Process, and the Deficit (JB Gilmour, 1990)
• Fiscal institutions and fiscal performance

  (JM Poterba, J von Hagen, 2008)