Editing Appropriation bill (section)

{{Short description|Bill or law authorizing expenditure of government funds}}
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An '''appropriation bill''', also known as '''supply bill''' or '''spending bill''', is a [[Bill (law)|proposed law]] that authorizes the expenditure of government funds. It is a bill that sets money aside for specific spending.<ref>{{cite book
  | last1 = O'Sullivan
  | first1 = Arthur
  | author-link = Arthur O'Sullivan (economist)
  | first2 = Steven M. | last2 = Sheffrin
  | title = Economics: Principles in Action
  | url = https://archive.org/details/economicsprincip00osul
  | url-access = limited
  | publisher = Pearson Prentice Hall
  | year = 2003
  | location = Upper Saddle River, New Jersey
  | pages = [https://archive.org/details/economicsprincip00osul/page/n189 173]
  | isbn = 0-13-063085-3}}</ref> In some democracies, approval of the legislature is necessary for the government to spend money.

In a [[Westminster parliamentary system]], the defeat of an appropriation bill in a parliamentary vote generally necessitates either the resignation of a government or the calling of a [[general election]]. One of the more famous examples of the defeat of a [[supply bill]] was the [[1975 Australian constitutional crisis]], when the [[Australian Senate|Senate]], which was controlled by the [[Opposition (parliamentary)|opposition]], refused to approve a package of appropriation and loan bills, prompting [[Governor-General of Australia|Governor-General]] [[John Kerr (Governor-General)|Sir John Kerr]] to dismiss [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] [[Gough Whitlam]] and appoint [[Malcolm Fraser]] as [[Caretaker government#Caretakers|caretaker]] Prime Minister until the [[1975 Australian federal election|next election]] (where the Fraser government was elected).<ref>{{cite book |url= http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/House_of_Representatives/Powers_practice_and_procedure/Practice6 |chapter-url=http://www.aph.gov.au/~/media/05%20About%20Parliament/53%20HoR/532%20PPP/Practice6/PDF/Chapters/6Chap13.pdf |title=House of Representatives Practice |edition=6th |chapter=Disagreements between the Houses |publisher=Parliament of Australia |access-date=26 September 2016}}</ref>