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Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill: Structure, Content, and Process (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Revised May 18, 2009
Report Number R40083
Report Type Report
Authors Lorraine H. Tong, Analyst in American National Government
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
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Summary:

The legislative branch appropriations bill is one of the regular appropriations bills thatCongress considers each year. It provides budget authority to spend specified amounts ofmoney for expenditures of the legislative branch for the fiscal year, including staff salaries.This bill funds the operations not only of Congress itself but also of its support agencies and otherentities within the legislative branch. Salaries for Members of Congress are not included in theannual bill, but are funded automatically each year in a permanent appropriations account.