The course objective is to teach the fundamentals of appropriation law and its impact on federal agencies' funding and spending authorities to U.S. Department of State and other agencies' employees engaged in financial budgeting, accounting, and procurement activities that are frequently faced with situations requiring discretionary judgment to implement regulations appropriately. So that these employees may be better equipped to act within the spirit and the letter of the law, the Department of State offers this course to provide the legal framework for agencies' use of appropriations approved by Congress with regard to purpose, time, and amount.