What is the difference between an authorization and an appropriation?

What will be an ideal response?

Authorizations allow (or “authorize”) programs to be created and funded and recommend a specific funding level for those programs. Appropriations give agencies the legal right to actually spend funds, sometimes at the level set in the authorization but sometimes at a lower level. The essential difference is between what government should do (authorizations) and what it can afford to do (appropriations).

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