Sentence examples for appropriation act from inspiring English sources

National funding began in 1912 with the Post Office Appropriation Act, and the Federal Aid Road Act of 1916 established federal aid for highways as a national policy.

If the House refuses to compromise, the UN money will await a compromise on the State Department appropriation act, which could take much longer.Even if the $582m is released, America's squabbles with the UN are not over.

The purpose of this paper is to trace the evolution of key water-related laws and management practices in Kansas, from the enactment of the Kansas Water Resources Appropriation Act of 1945 to the present, in order to highlight the state's efforts to create a more sustainable water future and in hopes that others will benefit from Kansas' experience.

The Platt Amendment (the name is a misnomer; the Platt Amendment is actually a rider to the Army Appropriation Act of 1901) was accepted by Cuba in late 1901, after "strong pressure" from Washington.

That July, Sherman proposed an amendment to an army appropriation act to bar use of federal troops to enforce the acts of the Kansas territorial legislature, which many now viewed as an illegitimate body.

In the meantime, the Military Appropriation Act of 1946 gave the Manhattan Project $72.4 million for research and development, and $19 million for housing and utilities at Los Alamos and Oak Ridge.

Such payment is subject to available appropriations for such purposes as provided in annual appropriation Acts.

(The Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, passed last month by Congress, may provide the money to finish the job).

"The six-day delivery provision is one of the 'authorities and conditions provided' in the 2012 appropriations act," it said.

This includes an amendment to Section 8104 of the "U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act" of 2007.

The Appropriations Act of July 24 , 1917 provided increased funds, and an executive order of May 20 , 1918 removed aviation from the Signal Corps by establishing the U.S. Army Air Service.