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massysett on July 1, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: FOIA Improvement Act Signed into Law

That's not the way the appropriations process works. Congress does not set aside money for FOIA or for this bill. Generally appropriations are made to each agency, and each agency must carry out its operations in a manner consistent with all laws, including FOIA.

r00fus on July 1, 2016 [–]

Are you saying legislators are forbidden from earmarking allocations for a specific executive branch agency for specific expansion of scope?

massysett on July 2, 2016 | [–]

They could, and occasionally they do, but not for a small peanuts law like FOIA--and FOIA is peanuts in the overall scheme of federal programs.

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