Before federal funds can be allocated to programs through appropriations, what must occur?

________________________ is defined as a lack of secure, uninterrupted, and long-term availability of adequate amounts of fresh water of required quality

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When Congress is unable to pass a complete budget by the beginning of the fiscal year, it usually passes _____, which enable the executive agencies to keep on doing whatever they were doing the previous year with the same amount of funding.

A. continuing resolutions B. referendums C. tax increase bills D. nuclear option resolutions E. outlays and obligations bills