Applicability of the Antideficiency Act to a Violation of a Condition or Internal Cap Within an Appropriation

Applicability of the Antideficiency Act to a Violation of a Condition or Internal Cap Within an Appropriation Any expenditure of funds in violation of a condition or internal cap in an appropriations act would generally constitute a violation of the Antideficiency Act. January 19, 2001 MEMORANDUM OPINION FOR THE ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR ADMINISTRATION The Constitution provides that “[n]o Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.” U.S. Const. art. I, § 9, cl. 7. The Antideficiency Act, codified at

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