Funds other than appropriated funds may be used for the operation of a government program and activity, provided, that the Legislature, by resolution, shall first give its approval to said program or activity.

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CH. 4 PROGRAM BUDGETING AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

SOURCE: GC § 5163 added by P.L. 15-048:V:6.

NOTE: The Legislature does not have the power to approve, with binding effect, by resolution any matter which will have the force and effect of law. See Attorney General Opinion PCF #85-1031; see also INS v. Chada, 103 S.Ct. 2754 (1983).

In addition, the Organic Act, § 20, provides that the Legislature does not have the power to appropriate funds which have been appropriated already by the United states Congress. See Wong v. Camina, 2 Guam Rep. 132 (1978).