Terms Used In CFR > Title 24 > Subtitle A > Part 42 > Subpart A - General

• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.