{"data":{"id":"us/31-u.s.c.-1101","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"31 U.S.C. § 1101","heading":"Definitions","body":"In this chapter—(1) “agency” includes the District of Columbia government but does not include the legislative branch or the Supreme Court. (2) “appropriations” means appropriated amounts and includes, in appropriate context—(A) funds; (B) authority to make obligations by contract before appropriations; and (C) other authority making amounts available for obligation or expenditure.","path":["Title 31—MONEY AND FINANCE","CHAPTER 11—THE BUDGET AND FISCAL, BUDGET, AND PROGRAM INFORMATION"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc31@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:59:03Z","sha256":"7e0d71a3835792ea86ef6698636fe9c3ffe68e753230d35b7c19be763e859485","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/31-u.s.c.-903","next":"us/31-u.s.c.-1102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}