After the office of management and budget identifies how federal money should be used, who authorizes the spending?

the congress

the president

the white house office

the cabinet

Answer:

After the Office of Management and Budget identifies how federal money should be used, (A) The Congress authorizes the spending.

Explanation:

The federal budget process is an annual process of the United States which happens on the beginning of February of every Year, when the president send the congress a proposed budget for the upcoming year. This process goes through several steps.

The initial step of the process commence with the federal agencies sending in their planned out proposal of the annual budget to the office of management. After long discussions and approval from the president of the country, the proposal would be sent to the house and senate.

In order to provide the government with an authorization bill that determines the funding programs legally, it should be passed by Congress to obtain full authority. This provides the government with the guidelines and limits of the spending.