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  2. Authorization bill - Wikipedia

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    Authorization bills are part of an authorization-appropriation process created by House and Senate rules governing spending. [6] The spending process has two steps. First, an authorization bill is enacted. Authorization bills "may create or continue an agency, program, or activity as well as authorize the subsequent enactment of appropriations."

  3. Original appropriation - Wikipedia

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    Appropriation through use can apply to resources other than the exclusive right to use of the surface of the land. As mentioned, mineral rights are recognized under various conditions, as are riparian rights. Appropriation can apply to inland waters within a certain distance of appropriated land, and even to the liquid water in a reservoir ...

  4. Appropriations bill (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Supplemental appropriations bills may be used for areas of sudden need, such as disaster relief. Appropriations bills are one part of a larger United States budget and spending process. They are preceded in that process by the president's budget proposal, congressional budget resolutions, and the 302(b) allocation.

  5. Eminent domain in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The power of governments to take private real or personal property has always existed in the United States, as an inherent attribute of sovereignty. This power reposes in the legislative branch of the government and may not be exercised unless the legislature has authorized its use by statutes that specify who may use it and for what purposes.

  6. Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2015 - Wikipedia

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    The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2015 is an example of a regular appropriations bill. Appropriations bills are one part of a larger United States budget and spending process . They are preceded in that process by the president's budget proposal, congressional budget resolutions, and the 302(b) allocation.

  7. Recording (real estate) - Wikipedia

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    Once an instrument affecting the title to real estate has been recorded, the law holds that everyone is deemed to know of its existence, even if they have not searched the records in the recorder's office. This is the doctrine of "constructive notice" and it is nearly universal in the various states of the U.S. So, for example, after a deed or ...

  8. Appropriation bill - Wikipedia

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    An appropriation bill is used for actually providing money for "discretionary" programs. Appropriations are generally done on an annual basis, but multi-year appropriations are occasionally passed. According to the US Constitution (Article I, Section 8, clause 12), Army appropriations cannot be for more than two years at a time. An annual ...

  9. Taxing and Spending Clause - Wikipedia

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    An international example is provided with a report from the Supreme Court of Argentina: In Ferrocarril Central Argentino c/ Provincia de Santa Fe , [ 35 ] the Argentine Court held that the General Welfare clause of the Argentine Constitution offered the federal government a general source of authority for legislation affecting the provinces.