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Earmarks and Limitations in Appropriations Bills (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Dec. 7, 2004
Report Number 98-518
Authors Sandy Streeter, Government and Finance Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

An annual appropriations act is generally made up of separate paragraphs, each of which provides funding for specific agencies and programs. Generally, each paragraph corresponds to a unique account and provides appropriations for multiple projects and purposes as a single lump sum. Earmarks and limitations are two devices regularly used in annual appropriations acts to restrict, or more precisely direct, the availability of funds for specific projects or purposes of an account. Sometimes an earmark or a limitation may generate more interest or controversy than the total appropriation.