legislative branch

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.

The United States Congress can pass individual appropriations bills that fund specific parts of the federal government (for example, food assistance programs, veterans programs, and the legislative branch) while extending or delaying funding for other areas.

Individual appropriations bills are often organized to fund specific programs or parts of government, for example food assistance programs, veterans' programs, and the operations of the legislative branch.

A 'mini-bus' is an appropriations vehicle that funds a subset of budget areas (for example, military construction, legislative branch activities, and agriculture) rather than all spending bills at once.

Rescissions by the executive branch are a mechanism to cancel or reduce previously approved budgetary allocations, and the use of such rescissions can disrupt bargaining dynamics with the legislative branch and be criticized as executive overreach.

Courts consider the relationships between the federal government and the states, between the military and domestic law enforcement, and between the executive, legislative and judicial branches to be fundamental constitutional principles.

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.

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.