âMy question is, and itâs just a straight, honest question: Is he a brother, or is he a cornball brother,â Parker said. âHeâs not really. Heâs black, he does his thing, but heâs not really down with the cause. Heâs not one of us.
Budget Authority is the federal governmentâs legal authority to spend a given amount of money for a certain purpose, according to laws passed by Congress and signed by the president.
State authority over the Federal Section 404 program is a goal of the Clean Water Act. Assumption of authority from the EPA has been completed only by Michigan and New Jersey. Under this arrangement, the EPA is responsible for approving State assumptions and retains oversight of the State Section 404 program, and the Corps retains the navigable waters permit program (Mitsch and Gosselink, 1993).