Budget Amendments revise estimates during ___ & Supplementals revise already ___ amounts.

Budget Amendments revise estimates during ___ & Supplementals revise already ___ amounts.

• A. Authorization; Allocated
• B. Enactment; Appropriated
• C. Enactment; Reallocated
• D. Adoption; Expended

Answer: (B)

The key idea is how budget changes are categorized in the appropriations process. Budget amendments revise estimates during enactment, the stage when Congress is passing and signing the appropriation into law, so the figures reflect the final enacted amounts. Supplementals, meanwhile, adjust funds after they have already been appropriated, meaning they modify amounts that are already provided by law. So the pairing is enactment with appropriated amounts, which is why that option is correct. Other pairings don’t fit because they describe stages or actions that aren’t the standard terms used for this distinction.

The key idea is how budget changes are categorized in the appropriations process. Budget amendments revise estimates during enactment, the stage when Congress is passing and signing the appropriation into law, so the figures reflect the final enacted amounts. Supplementals, meanwhile, adjust funds after they have already been appropriated, meaning they modify amounts that are already provided by law. So the pairing is enactment with appropriated amounts, which is why that option is correct. Other pairings don’t fit because they describe stages or actions that aren’t the standard terms used for this distinction.