An apportionment is an
Office of Management and Budget
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is the largest office within the Executive Office of the President of the United States (EOP). The office's most prominent function is to produce the president's budget, while it also examines agency pro ...
-approved plan to use budgetary resources (; ).
It typically limits the obligations the federal government may incur for specified time periods, programs, activities, projects, objects, etc.
[ An apportionment is legally binding, and obligations and
expenditures (disbursements) that exceed an apportionment are a violation of, and are subject to reporting
under, the ]Antideficiency Act
The Antideficiency Act (ADA) () is legislation enacted by the United States Congress to prevent the incurring of obligations or the making of expenditures (outlays) in excess of amounts available in appropriations or funds. The law was initially ...
.[
The desired goal of the apportionment process is the promotion of economy and efficiency in the use of appropriations.]
See also
* United States budget process
The United States budget process is the framework used by Congress and the President of the United States to formulate and create the United States federal budget. The process was established by the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, the Congre ...
References
External links
OpenOMB
apportionments database from the Protect Democracy Project
Public administration
United States federal law
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