The Department of Agriculture and the Department of Veterans Affairs are federal agencies funded through annual federal appropriations for the fiscal year.
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temporal
Federal departments are funded through congressional appropriations that cover fiscal-year operations.
Appropriations bills commonly provide funding for federal departments and areas such as the Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration, the Department of Veterans Affairs, military construction, and the legislative branch.
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financial
Examples of agencies and program areas typically covered by individual appropriations bills.
Congress can structure appropriations to fully fund specific agencies or accounts (for example: military construction, Veterans Affairs, the Department of Agriculture, and the legislative branch) so that those agencies and related programs remain operational even if other parts of the government are in a funding lapse.
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policy
Appropriations can be targeted to exempt certain programs from the effects of a broader government shutdown.
Congressional appropriations are commonly structured as separate funding bills that can cover areas such as military construction and the Department of Veterans Affairs; the Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration; and operations of the legislative branch.
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structural
Lists typical subject-matter groupings found in federal appropriations legislation.