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Practice question: Power of Appropriation

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Practice question

Congress passes a general appropriations bill provision governing disbursement of a named school-building appropriation. It seeks to make that budget provision control unrelated appropriations in all future years as well. What limitation in Article VI, Section 25(2) is directly relevant?
  1. Every appropriation provision governs all subjects forever.
  2. A budget provision may amend any unrelated law automatically.
  3. All provisions in a budget are constitutionally ineffective.
  4. A provision must relate specifically to a particular appropriation and is limited in operation to that appropriation.
  5. An agency may decide that constitutional limits do not apply.

Legal references

  • 1987 Constitution, Article VI: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html

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