Reading Room Document
Constitutionality of "No Appropriation" Clause in the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act
A "no appropriation" clause in the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, requiring approval of a construction project by the appropriate committees of the Senate and House of Representatives before Congress may enact appropriations legislation for the project, is constitutional. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/20811/download.
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