Terms Used In 5 Guam Code Ann. § 4111

  • 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
In order to insure that appropriations are made only for agencies and programs, or projects, authorized by law, appropriation bills shall be separate from bills creating an agency of Government or authorizing a new program or new project. In the submission of annual budgets under the provisions of this Chapter, no request for appropriation for the operation of any agency of Government nor any request for appropriation for any new program, or project, which has not been created nor authorized previously by law shall be included in such annual budgets.

SOURCE: GC § 5160 added by P.L. 12-115.