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With regard to the federal-aid highway program , obligation authority often refers to the amount of federal-aid obligation limitation , established annually by Congress in appropriation acts , that is allocated to the states and controls the amount of apportioned contract authority that can be obligated by the states in a given fiscal year . I feel myself under a sort of universal obligation , I owe something to all men , from cultured Greek to ignorant savage . But returning the subsidy he had received would be the extent of his obligation . Now , as we contemplate the end of the century which La Follette opened , some of us may note with some impatience that " Old Bob " addressed the Wisconsin alumni as " men ; " or we may smile tolerantly or smirk mockingly at his rhetorical flourishes on patriotism ; or , we may simply dismiss the idea that liberal education is primarily to prepare citizens for a life of " obligation to the state . The father is entitled to credit , however , only up to the extent of his obligation for monthly payments of child support , but not exceeding it . This type of affirmative obligation ( or state action ) problem seems to parallel the oft-criticized majority opinion in Shelley v. Kraemer .