Terms Used In California Codes > Welfare and Institutions Code > Division 9 > Part 6 > Chapter 10.2 - Tribal Nutrition Assistance

• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.