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Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 is the name of a United States appropriations bill created in the conference report In the United States Congress, a conference report refers to the final version of a bill that is negotiated between the House of Representatives and the Senate via conference committee. It is printed and submitted to each chamber for its considerat ... for , originally the Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2010. The bill, signed into law on December 16, 2009, combined six of the seven fiscal year 2010 appropriations bills that were still pending before Congress near the end of 2009. The six bills contained within the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 are: The defense appropriations dealt with separately soon after passage. The bill follows a similar bill from the previous year. References * United States federal appropriations legislation Acts of the 111th United States Congress {{US-Congress-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Appropriations Bill
An appropriation, also known as supply bill or spending bill, is a proposed law that authorizes the expenditure of government funds. It is a bill that sets money aside for specific spending. In some democracies, approval of the legislature is necessary for the government to spend money. In a Westminster parliamentary system, the defeat of an appropriation bill in a parliamentary vote generally necessitates either the resignation of a government or the calling of a general election. One of the more famous examples of the defeat of a supply bill was the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis, when the Senate, which was controlled by the opposition, refused to approve a package of appropriation and loan bills, prompting Governor-General Sir John Kerr to dismiss Prime Minister Gough Whitlam and appoint Malcolm Fraser as caretaker Prime Minister until the next election (where the Fraser government was elected). By country India An appropriation bill is a bill that authorizes the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conference Report
In the United States Congress, a conference report refers to the final version of a bill that is negotiated between the House of Representatives and the Senate via conference committee. It is printed and submitted to each chamber for its consideration, such as approval or disapproval. It contains the "statement of managers," a section-by-section explanation of the agreement.{{cite web, url = http://www.c-span.org/guide/congress/glossary/confrepo.htm, url-status = dead, archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20000111035721/http://www.c-span.org/guide/congress/glossary/confrepo.htm, archive-date = 2000-01-11, title = CONFERENCE REPORT Publication procedure An amendment to Rule XXVIII of the Standing Rules of the United States Senate states: ::9(a)(1) It shall not be in order to vote on the adoption of a report of a committee of conference unless such report has been available to Members and to the general public for at least 48 hours before such vote. If a point of order is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Federal Appropriations Legislation
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