House Committee Funding, 110th Congress

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Pursuant to House Rule X, clause 6, the House Administration Committee reports an omnibus,
biennial “primary expense resolution” to cover the expenses of each standing and select
committee (except the Appropriations Committee). The resolution is based in part on committee
requests for funds to cover necessary expenses for the two years of a Congress. On March 8,

2007, the House adopted H.Res. 202, providing for the expenses of certain committees of the ^th

House of Representatives in the 110 Congress by a vote of 269 to 150.
This report summarizes requests from individual committees and funding levels reported by the ^th
Committee on House Administration, and compares 110 Congress-authorized levels to ^th
authorizations for House committees in the 109 Congress. CRS Report RL32794, House ^th^th
Committee Funding Requests and Authorizations, 104-110 Congresses, by R. Eric Petersen,
provides historical and analytical data on funding requests and authorizations for House
committees since 1995.

ursuant to House Rule X, clause 6, the House Administration Committee reports an
omnibus, biennial “primary expense resolution” to cover the expenses of each standing and ¹
select committee (except the Appropriations Committee). The resolution is based in part P

on committee requests for funds to cover their necessary expenses for the two years of a
Congress. On March 8, 2007, the House adopted H.Res. 202, providing for the expenses of ^th
certain committees of the House of Representatives in the 110 Congress by a vote of 269 to 150.
On March 7, 2007, the Committee on Rules met to consider a rule governing House debate on ²
H.Res. 202. Under the rule, an amendment to H.Res. 202, creating a Select Committee on
Energy Independence and Global Warming, and specifying the panel’s composition, jurisdiction, ³
procedure, funding, and termination date, is to be considered to be automatically adopted.
On March 1, 2007, the Committee on House Administration met to mark up H.Res. 202.
Representative Juanita Millender-McDonald, who is chairwoman of the panel, offered an
amendment in the nature of a substitute to the measure, which was adopted by voice vote. The
panel then reported H.Res. 202, as amended, to the House by voice vote.
The Committee on House Administration held a hearing on committee expense requests on
February 28, 2007. Representative Millender-McDonald indicated that, under the provisions of a
year-long continuing resolution funding FY2007 House operations at FY2006 levels, plus an
increase for inflation, most panel budgets would likely receive authorizations for increases of not ^th
more than 2.4% over funding levels authorized for the second session of the 109 Congress. She
said that if more funding becomes available in FY2008, the committee might revisit ⁴
authorizations for the second session.
During the hearings the chairwoman and the ranking minority member, Representative Vernon
Ehlers, reiterated the longstanding expectation that committee resources would reflect a
distribution of 2/3 of committee staff to the majority, and 1/3 to the minority, and a similar ⁵
distribution of non-staff resources. In their testimony, most committee chairs and ranking

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members acknowledged mutually satisfactory arrangements had been reached regarding the ⁶
distribution of committee staff and other expenses.
Table 1 summarizes requests from individual committees and funding levels authorized by the ^th^th^th
House for the 110 Congress. Table 2 compares authorized levels for the 110 and 109 ⁷
Congresses. CRS Report RL32794, House Committee Funding Requests and Authorizations, ^th^th
104-110 Congresses, by R. Eric Petersen, provides historical and analytical data on funding
requests and authorizations for House committees since 1995.

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Table 1. House Committee Funding Requests, and Authorized Levels, 110^th Congress
^Requested^Appr^oved^{Difference Between}^{Requested & Approved}
^Committee
^Total¹^st^S^ession²^nd^Sess^ion^Total¹^st^S^ession²^nd^Sess^ion^Amou^nt^{% of}^Request
^Agriculture^$12,3^98,7^{55 $5,95}^4,46²^$6,44^4,29³^$11,9^95,3^{06 $5,91}^0,76⁵^$6,08^4,54¹^-$40^3,44⁹^-3.25%
^Armed^Services^$15,4^69,0^{04 $6,88}^3,95⁹^$8,58^5,04⁵^$14,6^18,9^{46 $7,20}^3,58¹^$7,41^5,36⁶^-$85^0,05⁸^-5.50%
^Budget^$12,0^26,4^{78 $6,01}^3,23⁹^$6,01^3,23⁹^$12,5^20,0^{64 $6,16}^9,34³^$6,35^0,72¹^$49^3,58⁶^4.10%
^{Education and La}^bor^$16,3^34,2⁵⁰^$8,02^5,50⁰^$8,30^8,75⁰^$16,2^13,8⁴⁰^$7,98^9,47⁵^$8,22^4,36⁵^-$12^0,41⁰^-0.74%
^Energ^{y and Commerc}^e^$22,4^74,6¹⁴^$11,0^13,6⁶⁸^$11,4^60,9⁴⁶^$21,0^56,2⁴⁹^$10,3^75,6⁰³^$10,6^80,6⁴⁶^-$1,41^8,36⁵^-6.31%
^Financial^Services^$16,5^75,7^{10 $8,02}^9,51⁷^$8,54^6,19³^$16,1^89,1^{38 $7,97}^7,30³^$8,21^1,83⁵^-$38^6,57²^-2.33%
^Foreign^Affairs^$17,9^53,8^{05 $8,76}^2,22⁸^$9,19^1,57⁷^$17,3^91,5^{04 $8,56}^9,77⁶^$8,82^1,72⁸^-$56^2,30¹^-3.13%
ⁱ^{ki/CRS-RS22616}^Homeland^Security^$16,5^11,8^{77 $8,13}^2,02⁸^$8,37^9,84⁹^$16,4^48,4^{03 $8,10}^5,05⁷^$8,34^3,34⁶^-$63,4⁷⁴^-0.38%
^g/w^House^{Administration}^$10,2^14,4^{61 $5,03}^3,24²^$5,18^1,21⁹^$10,2^14,4^{61 $5,03}^3,24²^$5,18^1,21⁹^$0^0.00%
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^le^ak^Judiciary^$16,6^57,5^{87 $8,16}^5,48⁴^$8,49^2,10³^$16,3^47,3^{24 $8,05}^5,25⁰^$8,29^2,07⁴^-$31^0,26³^-1.86%
^://wiki^Natural^Resource^s^$15,5^81,9^{51 $7,63}^8,21³^$7,94^3,73⁸^$15,2^88,1^{92 $7,53}^3,35⁵^$7,75^4,83⁶^-$29^3,75⁹^-1.89%
^h^ttp^{Oversight a}^{nd Gover}^nment^Reform^$22,8^76,2¹⁴^$10,7^90,6⁶⁷^$12,0^85,5⁴⁷^$21,6^02,9⁵⁰^$10,6^44,9⁹⁴^$10,9^57,9⁵⁶^-$1,27^3,26⁴^-5.57%
^Rules^$6,78^1,54^{0 $3,35}^7,19⁸^$3,42^4,34²^$6,85^2,90^{8 $3,37}^6,81⁵^$3,47^6,09³^$71,3⁶⁸^1.05%
^{Science and Tech}^nology^$13,2^09,8²⁰^$6,47^5,40²^$6,73^4,41⁸^$12,9^63,7⁷⁵^$6,38^7,98⁴^$6,57^5,79¹^-$24^6,04⁵^-1.86%
^Small^Business^$6,25^7,41^{0 $3,00}^9,08⁶^$3,24^8,32⁴^$5,96^5,94^{5 $2,93}^9,75⁸^$3,02^6,18⁷^-$29^1,46⁵^-4.66%
^{Standards of Official Conduct}^$6,11^9,30¹^$2,99^6,56¹^$3,12^2,74⁰^$4,99^4,18¹^$2,46^0,91⁵^$2,53^3,26⁶^-$1,12^5,12⁰^-18.39^%
^{Transportation}^and^Inf^rastr^uctu^r^e^$19,7^24,5^{11 $9,52}^8,74⁹^$10,1^95,7⁶²^$19,2^61,7^{95 $9,49}^1,37⁴^$9,77^0,42¹^-$46^2,71⁶^-2.35%
^Veterans’^Affairs^$6,93^3,31^{9 $3,39}^8,68⁶^$3,53^4,63³^$7,07^6,34^{7 $3,48}^6,91⁶^$3,58^9,43¹^$14^3,02⁸^2.06%
^{Ways and Mea}^ns^$20,0^59,5¹⁴^$9,78^5,12⁹^$10,2^74,3⁸⁵^$19,0^40,6⁰⁹^$9,38^2,38⁴^$9,65^8,22⁶^-$1,01^8,90⁵^-5.08%
^Permanent^{Select Intelligence}^$10,4^09,0⁰⁰^$5,07^7,00⁰^$5,33^2,00⁰^$10,4^67,0⁸⁴^$5,15^7,72⁴^$5,30^9,36¹^$58,0⁸⁶^0.56%
^{Select Energy}^Indepe^ndenc^{e and}^{Global Warming}^—^—^—^$3,72^5,46⁷^$1,66^6,66⁷^$2,05^8,80⁰^—^—
^Source:^{Data taken}^{from individual committee funding}^{resolutions introduced in th}^{e House}^{for th}^{e 11}⁰^th^Cong^{ress a}^{nd from}^H.Res^{. 202, as adopted}^{by th}^{e House.}^U.S.^th^st
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^{(Washington: GPO, 20}^{07), p.}^{5. As shown on}^{p. 5 of t}^{he committ}^{ee report, the}^{totals reported for}^{individual committees do not a}^l^{ways exactly e}^{qual the}^sum^{of th}^e
^{amounts re}^{ported for eac}^{h ses}^sion.
Table 2. House Committee Funding Authorizations, 109^th and 110^th Congresses, Nominal Dollars
¹⁰⁹^th^Congress¹¹⁰^th^Congress^{Difference between}¹⁰⁹^th^&11⁰^th^Cong
^Committee
^Appr^oved¹^st^S^ession²^nd^Sess^ion^Reported¹^st^S^ession²^nd^Sess^ion^Amou^nt^%
^Agriculture^$11,2^57,0⁰⁹^$5,49^5,80⁵^$5,76^1,20⁴^$11,9^95,3⁰⁶^$5,91^0,76⁵^$6,08^4,54¹^$73^8,29⁷^6.56%
^{Armed Services}^$12,8^26,2⁰⁸^$6,29^2,24⁹^$6,53^3,95⁹^$14,6^18,9⁴⁶^$7,20^3,58¹^$7,41^5,36⁶^$1,79^2,73⁸^13.9^8%
^Budget^$12,0^26,4⁷⁸^$6,01^3,23⁹^$6,01^3,23⁹^$12,5^20,0⁶⁴^$6,16^9,34³^$6,35^0,72¹^$49^3,58⁶^4.10%
^{Education and La}^bor^$15,4^93,2⁸⁶^$7,70^5,97⁰^$7,78^7,31⁶^$16,2^13,8⁴⁰^$7,98^9,47⁵^$8,22^4,36⁵^$72^0,55⁴^4.65%
^Energ^{y and Commerc}^e^$19,9^25,6⁸⁷^$9,81^2,61⁹^$10,1^13,0⁶⁸^$21,0^56,2⁴⁹^$10,3^75,6⁰³^$10,6^80,6⁴⁶^$1,13^0,56²^5.67%
^{Financial Services}^$15,2^03,1⁰⁰^$7,42^7,64⁸^$7,77^5,45²^$16,1^89,1³⁸^$7,97^7,30³^$8,21^1,83⁵^$98^6,03⁸^6.49%
ⁱ^{ki/CRS-RS22616}^{Foreign Affairs}^$16,2^99,0¹⁸^$7,94^6,08⁴^$8,35^2,93⁴^$17,3^91,5⁰⁴^$8,56^9,77⁶^$8,82^1,72⁸^$1,09^2,48⁶^6.70%
^g/w^{Homeland Security}^$14,0^00,0⁰⁰^$6,10^0,02⁶^$7,89^9,97⁴^$16,4^48,4⁰³^$8,10^5,05⁷^$8,34^3,34⁶^$2,44^8,40³^17.4^9%
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^le^ak^{House Administration}^$9,55^4,56⁸^$4,64^8,68³^$4,90^5,88⁵^$10,2^14,4⁶¹^$5,03^3,24²^$5,18^1,21⁹^$65^9,89³^6.91%
^Judiciary^$15,3^12,9⁹²^$7,46^1,56⁵^$7,85^1,42⁷^$16,3^47,3²⁴^$8,05^5,25⁰^$8,29^2,07⁴^$1,03^4,33²^6.75%
^://wiki^{Natural Resource}^s^$14,5^20,9⁶²^$7,17^8,22⁴^$7,34^2,73⁸^$15,2^88,1⁹²^$7,53^3,35⁵^$7,75^4,83⁶^$76^7,23⁰^5.28%
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^{Oversight a}^{nd Gover}^nment^Reform^$20,4^97,0⁸⁵^$10,1^21,4⁴³^$10,3^75,6⁴²^$21,6^02,9⁵⁰^$10,6^44,9⁹⁴^$10,9^57,9⁵⁶^$1,10^5,86⁵^5.40%
^Rules^$6,36^5,60⁰^$3,07^4,22⁹^$3,29^1,37¹^$6,85^2,90⁸^$3,37^6,81⁵^$3,47^6,09³^$48^7,30⁸^7.66%
^{Science and Tech}^nology^$12,3^27,9⁹⁶^$6,10^1,64⁸^$6,22^6,34⁸^$12,9^63,7⁷⁵^$6,38^7,98⁴^$6,57^5,79¹^$63^5,77⁹^5.16%
^{Small Business}^$5,58^6,97³^$2,72^1,60⁰^$2,86^5,37³^$5,96^5,94⁵^$2,93^9,75⁸^$3,02^6,18⁷^$37^8,97²^6.78%
^{Standards of Official Conduct}^$4,29^0,53⁶^$1,89^1,89⁰^$2,39^8,64⁶^$4,99^4,18¹^$2,46^0,91⁵^$2,53^3,26⁶^$70^3,64⁵^16.4^0%
^{Transportation and}^Inf^rastr^uctu^r^e^$18,1^08,0⁸²^$8,85^6,86⁹^$9,25^1,21³^$19,2^61,7⁹⁵^$9,49^1,37⁴^$9,77^0,42¹^$1,15^3,71³^6.37%
^{Veterans’ Affairs}^$6,47^4,41⁸^$3,07^5,73²^$3,39^8,68⁶^$7,07^6,34⁷^$3,48^6,91⁶^$3,58^9,43¹^$60^1,92⁹^9.30%
^{Ways and Mea}^ns^$17,8^19,4⁹⁴^$8,67^4,51⁴^$9,14^4,98⁰^$19,0^40,6¹⁰^$9,38^2,38⁴^$9,65^8,22⁶^$1,22^1,11⁶^6.85%
^Permanent^{Select Intelligence}^$9,52^7,87⁰^$4,50^0,65³^$5,02^7,21⁷^$10,4^67,0⁸⁴^$5,15^7,72⁴^$5,30^9,36¹^$93^9,21⁴^9.86%
^{Select Energy}^Indepe^ndenc^{e and}^{Global Warming}^—^—^—^$3,72^5,46⁷^$1,66^6,66⁷^$2,05^8,80⁰^—^—

^Source:^{Data taken}^{from H.Res. 22}^{4, 10}⁹^th^Cong^{ress; and}^{H.Res. 202,}¹¹⁰^th^Cong^{ress, as adopted}^{by the}^{House. U.S. House,}^{Providing for the Expenses of Certain Committees}^th^st
^{of the House of Re}^{presentatives in t}^{he One Hundred}^{Tenth Congress}^,^{H.Rept. 110-}^{29, 1}¹⁰^{Cong., 1}^s^{ess., March}^{3, 20}⁰⁷^{(Washington: GPO, 20}^{07), p.}^{5. As shown o}ⁿ^{p. 5 of}
^{the committee re}^{port, the totals}^{reported for individual committees do not always exactly eq}^{ual th}^{e sum of t}^{he amou}^{nts re}^ported^f^{or each session. I}ⁿ^the¹⁰⁹^th^Con^gress,
^{the Committee on Ed}^{ucation and}^{Labor was k}^{nown as}^{the Commi}^{ttee on Edu}^{cation and the}^Workf^{orce; the Committee on Foreign}^Affair^{s was k}^{nown as t}^{he Committee}
^{on Inter}^{national Relations; the Committee on Oversight a}^{nd Gov}^ernme^{nt Reform was k}^{nown as}^t^{he Committee on Gover}^nme^{nt Reform; a}^{nd the}^{Committee on Science}
^{and Technology was known}^{as th}^{e Committee on Science.}

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