[20081223]R40083_立法部门拨款法案：结构、内容和流程.pdf

?Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress ? ?he legislative branch appropriations bill is one of the regular appropriations bills that Congress considers each year. It provides budget authority to spend specified amounts of money for expenditures of the legislative branch for the fiscal year, including staff salaries. This bill funds the operations not only of Congress itself but also of its support agencies and other entities within the legislative branch. Salaries for Members of Congress are not included in the annual bill, but are funded automatically each year in a permanent appropriations account. A detailed examination of legislative branch funding is discussed in CRS Report RL34490, Legislative Branch: FY2009 Appropriations, by Ida A. Brudnick. For more information on congressional processes, see http:/www.crs.gov/products/guides/guidehome.shtml. ?Effective in FY2003, Congress restructured the legislative branch appropriations bill so that Title I contains entities that include the House of Representatives, Senate, Joint Items, Capitol Police, Congressional Budget Office, Library of Congress (including the Congressional Research Service), Architect of the Capitol, Gov