Departments often have funds for limited discretionary funding to supplement minor expenses such as research trips and travel to conferences.

It also authorizes up to $25 million per year in discretionary funding.

This conference report would provide discretionary funding for these departments for the remainder of the Fiscal Year at an annual rate of $128.1 billion.

What have been the trends in discretionary funding?

How might the path of discretionary funding be altered?

The Navajo tribal auditing office also initiated a comprehensive review of all discretionary funding by the council and president's offices.

The Department of Education's $33 billion budget includes only about $3 billion in discretionary funding, i.e. money that pays for "innovation, reform, research, and investment."

Housing assistance programs account for the largest share of discretionary funding in this function.

Do even the Chiefs have much discretionary funding?

H.R. 2055 will provide $58.3 billion in discretionary funding, an increase of $1.8 billion over the FY 2011 level.