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Deficiency Appropriation

GAO Glossary of Terms and Definitions (September 2005)

Deficiency Appropriation

An appropriation made to pay obligations for which sufficient funds are not available. The need often results from violations of the Antideficiency Act. Though technically distinct from a supplemental appropriation, Congress has stopped passing separate deficiency appropriations and the distinction therefore has become obscured since the 1960s.

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