Omnibus Appropriations Acts : Overview of Recent Practices

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Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

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Reviews the recent enactment of omnibus appropriations acts, which contain combinations of unfinished regular appropriations acts; and briefly addresses several issues raised by their use, includin...

Reviews the recent enactment of omnibus appropriations acts, which contain combinations of unfinished regular appropriations acts; and briefly addresses several issues raised by their use, including the extent to which the regular appropriations acts have received consideration prior to being incorporated into omnibus legislation, the use of across-the-board spending cuts, and the inclusion of legislative provisions.

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