The phrase "appropriation for the program" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to budgeting, funding, or resource allocation for a specific program or initiative.
Example: "The committee approved the appropriation for the program to ensure its successful implementation."
Alternatives: "funding for the program" or "allocation for the program".
Another effort, however -- Total Information Awareness, or T.I.A. -- is moving forward, with a total appropriation this year of $137 million for the program and its associated technolgies.
This year, according to State Senator Owen H. Johnson, a Republican from Babylon, he and Assemblyman Thomas P. DiNapoli, a Democrat from Thomaston, are attempting "to secure a $1 million appropriation in the 2002-2003 state budget for the program".
The Senate recently agreed to do just that, adding an amendment to a Defense Department appropriations bill that would terminate funds for the program.
The Democrats will try again this month when they seek to add up to $2.5 billion for the program to the supplemental appropriations bill.
The Senate recently voted 71 to 21 to add $100 million for the program to a $1.9 billion spending bill for disaster appropriations.
Congress still has the opportunity to renew the regular appropriation in a coming omnibus budget bill, but it must bolster that with extra support for the program.
Under standard appropriations procedures, Mr. Bush retained the power to decide on the level of financing for the program.
Largely because of the subsidy, the S.B.A.'s appropriation for small-business programs (that is, excluding funds for disaster loans, which the S.B.A. also administers) in 2013 will likely approach $1 billion, nearly double the appropriation in 2008.
A significant share of those cuts has fallen on summer school budgets, and any hopes for federal relief were turned back on Wednesday when the Senate defeated a proposal by Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts, for a $150 million emergency appropriation for summer school programs around the country.
The annual appropriation for the Department of Education is an obvious figure to include, but as you can see, education spending includes a significant amount outside annual appropriations, much of which goes to support the Pell Grant program for college students from low-income families.
