Sentence examples for receive appropriations from inspiring English sources

It is essential public infrastructure, but does not receive appropriations from Congress and is required to "make money" off of serving the public.

After the parks board failed to receive appropriations or donated land for a new park, the Legislature then instructed the State Highway Department, which preceded the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), to build a Davis Mountains State Park Highway in 1927.

For fiscal 2012, the National Endowment for the Arts received appropriations of approximately $146 million, but lost some of that due to budget cuts.

Congress eventually authorized several of the proposed projects in 2007, but as of yet, none has received appropriations.

The agency does not receive federal appropriations, getting nearly all of its $65 billion in revenue from the sale of stamps and other services.

Grady, which receives direct appropriations from two county governments, faces a budget shortfall of more than $20 million this year.

It is not quite a branch of the federal government: it receives no appropriations and funds itself only through sales of electricity and bonds.

Yet, since its inception, the Fund has never received sufficient appropriations.

In USPS' case, engineer a requirement that the USPS "make money" instead of receiving government appropriations.

Take President Obama's war in Libya -- he disregarded the War Powers Resolution, obtained no congressional authorization and received no appropriations.

The U.S. Department of State's Biological Engagement Program (BEP) received congressional appropriations of $27 million in fiscal year 2009 to engage scientists internationally on issues related to disease surveillance and detection, biosafety and biosecurity.