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Relates to various agricultural projects or legislative initiatives requiring funding. Correspondents include Appropriations committee members, especially Richard J. Durbin, and officials from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and North Carolina State University. Letters very often ask for support for a particular project. Topics mentioned include Appropriations Committee selection, and agriculture-related projects especially in North Carolina. Projects range from FDA drug approvals to the Bowman Gray Nutrition Center in Winston-Salem, N.C. There is no clear difference between many of these files and the Agriculture files immediately preceding the Appropriations Subseries.

Concerns matters of commerce, justice, state and the judiciary, and related appropriations legislation and initiatives. There are a variety of office documents, including David Price's 1989 testimony before the Appropriations-CJS Subcommittee. Correspondents include the North Carolina Biotechnology Center, Appropriations Committee members, and the National Textile Center. Organizations mentioned often include: the Southeast Consortium on Severe Thunderstorms and Tornadoes; (TC)2 (Textile/Clothing Technology Corporation); and a variety of other projects requiring funding, such as the National Coastal Resources Research and Development Institute (NCRI), TV Marti, storm research, and the National Endowment for Democracy.

Concerns matters of defense appropriations and related legislation and initiatives. There are multiple Appropriations Committee Reports accompanying Defense Appropriations bills. Correspondents include North Carolina State University; Duke University; the University of North Carolina; and the Arms Control and Foreign Policy Caucus, which distributed "Special Alerts" on defense-related issues. Other prominent topics include textiles for military use, and various defense appropriations bills. See also "Military Construction" within the Appropriations Series.