### Question
What does additional new budget authority mean?


### Answer
**Additional new budget authority** has the following meaning in *2 U.S.C. § 645*:

> the amount provided for a fiscal year, in excess of $117,000,000, in an appropriation measure or conference report (as the case may be) and specified to pay for grants to States under section 506 of title 42

#### Citation:
  - *2 U.S.C. § 645*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 17A-CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET AND FISCAL OPERATIONS > SUBCHAPTER I-CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET PROCESS**

