Number: 98-714
Title: Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill: Fact Sheet on Structure, Content, and Process
Authors: Lorraine H. Tong, Government and Finance Division 
Abstract: The legislative branch appropriations bill is one of the regular appropriations bills that Congress normally enacts each year for the fiscal year beginning on October 1. It provides budget authority, which is statutory authority to spend specified amounts of money, for expenditures of the legislative branch for the fiscal year, including salaries. This bill funds the operations not only of Congress itself but also of its support agencies and other entities within the legislative branch.
Pages: 2
Date: Updated July 16, 2003