<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> It has been suggested that this article be merged with Money bill . (Discuss) Proposed since November 2016 . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> It has been suggested that this article be merged with Money bill . (Discuss) Proposed since November 2016 . </Td> </Tr> <P> An appropriation bill (also known as a running bill or supply bill) is proposed law that authorizes the expenditure of government funds . It is a bill that sets money aside for specific spending . In most democracies, approval of the legislature is necessary for the government to spend money . </P> <P> In a Westminster parliamentary system, the defeat of an appropriation bill in a parliamentary vote generally necessitates either the resignation of a government or the calling of a general election . One of the more famous examples of the defeat of a supply bill was the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis, when the Senate, which was controlled by the opposition, refused to approve a package of appropriation and loan bills, prompting Governor - General Sir John Kerr to dismiss Prime Minister Gough Whitlam and appoint Malcolm Fraser as caretaker Prime Minister until the next election (where the Fraser government was elected). </P>

What action is accomplished by an appropriations bill