31 U.S.C. § 701
In this chapter—
- (1)“agency” includes the District of Columbia government but does not include the legislative branch or the Supreme Court.
- (2)“appropriations” means appropriated amounts and includes, in appropriate context—
- (A)funds;
- (B)authority to make obligations by contract before appropriations; and
- (C)other authority making amounts available for obligation or expenditure.