Funding Conditions: Constitutional Limits on Congress’s Spending Power

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Funding Conditions: Constitutional Limits on Congress’s Spending Power

Published Jul 1, 2021Updated Jun 20, 2025

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HR 6157115th Congress
Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019
Sep 28, 2018 · Became Public Law No: 115-245.

Funding Conditions: Constitutional Limits on Congress’s Spending Power

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