House Committee Funding Legislation, 109th Congress

CRS Report for Congress
House Committee Funding Legislation,
th
109 Congress
Updated April 29, 2005
R. Eric Petersen
Analyst in American National Government
Government and Finance Division


Congressional Research Service ˜ The Library of Congress

House Committee Funding Legislation, 109 Congress
Summary
On April 27, 2005, H.Res. 224, providing for the expenses of Houseth
committees, other than Appropriations Committee, for the 109 Congress, was
adopted by the House by voice vote. On April 21, 2005, Representative Robert Ney,
chairman of the Committee on House Administration, introduced the measure, which
was referred to the Committee on House Administration. The committee ordered it
reported to the House the same day. At the same time, the committee also reportedly
adopted regulations limiting committee expenditures for franked mail by committees
to $5,000 per year, and required committees to abide by franking regulations similar
to those in force for individual Members.
House Rules required the House of Representatives to act by March 31, 2005,
to provide operating funds for its standing and select committees (except for the
Appropriations Committee). On March 2, 2005, Representative Bob Ney, chairman
of the committee, introduced H.Res. 133 to provide for the continuing expenses of
standing and select committees of the House from April 1, 2005, through April 30,

2005. The House adopted the measure by a vote of 406-0 on March 8.


The House Administration Committee typically holds hearings on each
committee’s request, and the chair of that committee typically introduces an omnibus
funding resolution, based on committee requests. The committee held hearings on
March 10, and 16, 2005, and received the testimony of committee chairs and ranking
minority members.
At the hearing, questions from Members of the House Administration
Committee included consideration of the use of the frank by committee chairs, and
committee guidelines that provide minority members on panels financed through the
House funding process with at least one-third of the committee staff positions, and
one-third of committee funds to pay for those positions.
This report, which will be updated as events warrant, provides committee
funding requests for the 109th Congress and authorizations for House committees inthth
the 104 - 108 Congresses. CRS Report RL32794, House Committee Funding
Requests and Authorizations, 104th - 109th Congresses, provides historical and
analytical data on funding requests and authorizations for House committees since
1995. Information on Senate committee funding is available in CRS Report
RL32779, Senate Committee Funding Resolutions, 109th Congress, and Funding
Authorizations 104th - 109th Congresses.



Contents
Recent Action.................................................1
House Committee Funding Process................................3
List of Tables
Table 1. House Committee Funding Requests and Amounts Authorized by th
the House, 109 Congress.......................................5
Table 2. House Committee Funding Authorizations, 108th and 109th
Congresses, Actual Dollars......................................6
Table 3. House Committee Funding Authorizations, 108th and 109th
Congresses, Constant Dollars....................................7
Table 4. House Committee Funding Authorizations, 104th - 108th Congresses,
Actual Dollars................................................8
Table 5. House Committee Funding: Percentage Changes in Authorizations,
Actual Dollars, 105th-109th Congresses............................9
Table 6. House Committee Funding Authorizations, 104th -108th Congresses,
Constant Dollars..............................................10
Table 7. House Committee Funding: Percentage Changes in Authorizations, thth
Constant Dollars, 105 - 109 Congresses.........................11



House Committee Funding Legislation,
th
109 Congress
Recent Action
On April 27, 2005, H.Res. 224, providing for the expenses of Houseth
committees, other than Appropriations Committee, for the 109 Congress, was
adopted by the House by voice vote. On April 21, 2005, Representative Robert Ney,
chairman of the Committee on House Administration, introduced the measure, which
was referred to the Committee on House Administration. The committee ordered it1
reported to the House the same day. At the same time, the committee also reportedly
adopted regulations limiting committee expenditures for franked mail by committees
to $5,000 per year, and required committees to abide by franking regulations similar
to those in force for individual Members.2
House Rules required the chamber to act by March 31, 2005, to provide
operating funds for its standing and select committees, except for the Appropriations
Committee, which is funded separately through legislative branch appropriations
bills. On March 2, 2005, Representative Ney introduced H.Res. 133, to provide for
the continuing expenses of standing and select committees of the House from April
1, 2005, through April 30, 2005. The House agreed to suspend the rules and adopt
the measure by a vote of 406-0 on March 8.
Measures introduced to fund individual committee activities, were referred to
the Committee on House Administration. The committee held hearings on March 10,
and 16, 2005, and received the testimony of committee chairs and ranking minority
members.
Testimony by the committee chairs reportedly included requests for additional
staff; funds for new and existing staff salaries, including cost-of-living increases;3
proposals to replace office equipment; and funds to upgrade office technologies.
Questions from Members of the House Administration Committee included
consideration of the use of the frank by committee chairs, and committee guidelines


1 “Committee Funding Resolution,” Congressional Record–Daily Digest, Apr. 21, 2005, p.
D388.
2 Jennifer Yachnin, “New Rules Limit House Committee Funding,” Roll Call, Apr. 21, 2005,
available at [http://www.rollcall.com/issues/1_1/breakingnews/8973-1.html], visited Apr.

22, 2005.


3 Jennifer Yachnin, “House Panels Request More Funding, Space,” Roll Call, Mar. 14, 2005,
p. 1, available at [http://www.rollcall.com/issues/50_86/news/8483-1.html], visited Mar. 17,

2005.



that provide minority members on panels financed through the House funding
process with at least one-third of the committee staff positions, and one-third of
committee funds to pay for those positions.
Under House Rules, the minority is guaranteed one-third of the first 30 staff
positions authorized for a committee, but is not entitled to such a proportion of any
additional staff positions. The House Administration committee guidelines
reportedly allow for negotiation between a chair and ranking member regarding the
exclusion of shared administrative staff who provide services to both parties from the
committee staff allocation, and provide the minority with one-third of the remaining
positions. Some committees have established such agreements, although most such
administrative staff may be majority party staff designees. According to testimony,
agreements between other chairs and ranking members include provisions for the
joint hiring or minority consultation in administrative staff employment decisions.
House Administration guidelines reportedly also recommend provision of one-
third of committee funds for equipment, travel and supplies to the minority. Some
ranking minority members testifying at the hearing raised concerns that while those
funds are generally available to the minority in most committees, ranking members
do not control the funds and must seek approval from committee chairs. In their
testimony, some committee chairs noted that minority requests for travel, supplies,
and other funds are routinely granted, and that under the Rules of the House,
Committee chairs are solely responsible for all committee funds. All Members who
testified seemed to agree that, while some disparities among committees on the
allocation to the minority of travel funds and office equipment may still exist despite
House Administration guidelines, since the 103rd Congress, the minority party has
been treated more equitably than before in the allocation of House committee staff
and resources.4
Typically, following the hearings on committee funding requests, the chair of
the House Administration Committee then introduces an omnibus funding resolution,
which, after its referral to the House Administration Committee, has traditionally
served as the legislative vehicle for a full committee markup. The House normally
acts on committee funding resolutions during the last week of March in the first year
of a Congress.
On April 21, 2005, Representative Ney introduced H.Res. 224, providing for the
expenses of House committees, other than the Appropriations Committee, for the
109th Congress. The measure was referred to the Committee on House
Administration, which ordered it reported to the House the same day. At the same
time, the committee also reportedly adopted regulations limiting committee
expenditures for franked mail by committees to $5,000 per year, and required


4 Unrelated to the funding proposals considered at the hearings, several committee chairs
and ranking members reportedly raised concerns regarding the sufficiency of office space
in congressional buildings to support staff and committee operations. See Ibid., and Jennifer
Yachnin, “Ethics Seeks Big Budget Increase,” Roll Call, Mar. 17, 2005, p 1, available at
[http://www.rollcall.com/issues/50_89/news/8574-1.html], visited Mar. 17, 2005.

committees to abide by franking regulations similar to those in force for individual
Members.5
On April 27, 2005, the House of Representatives adopted H.Res. 224 by a voice
vote.
Table 1 summarizes requests from individual committees and amounts reported
by the Committee on House Administration. Table 2 provides committee funding
levels for the 109th Congress, as reported by the Committee on House Administration
on April 26, 2005 in H.Rept. 109-54, and authorizations for House committees in
the 108th Congress. Table 3 provides the same information, calculated in constant
(January 2005) dollars.6 Tables 4 includes authorizations for House committees in
the 104th -108th Congresses in actual dollars. Table 5 provides the percentage change
in committee authorizations in the 105th-109th Congresses, based on actual dollars.
Tables 6 and 7 provide the same information in constant dollars.
House Committee Funding Process
Under House Rule X, clause 6, each standing and select committee of the House
(except the Appropriations Committee) is required to submit an operating budget
request for its necessary expenses over the two years of a Congress. The budgetary
requests include estimated salary needs for staff, costs of consulting services, printing
costs, office equipment and supply costs, and travel costs for committee members
and staff. Some costs (such as pension and insurance contributions for committee
employees) are not directly billed to the committee and are paid from other
appropriated funds. Individual committee requests are then packaged by the House
Administration Committee into an omnibus “primary expense resolution.”
Clause 6(c) requires that “the minority party (be) treated fairly in the
appointment” of committee staff employed pursuant to such expense resolutions.
Prior to the 104th Congress, House rules provided a base level of 30 so-called
“statutory” staff positions for all House standing committees (except the
Appropriations Committee). Funds for these staff were provided through a line-item
appropriation and were not included in the funding resolutions reported from the
House Administration Committee. In the 104th Congress, House rules were changed
to (1) provide for biennial committee funding resolutions, and (2) include funding
authorization for the baseline 30 staff positions in each committee’s funding


5 Jennifer Yachnin, “New Rules Limit House Committee Funding,” Roll Call, Apr. 21, 2005,
available at [http://www.rollcall.com/issues/1_1/breakingnews/8973-1.html], visited Apr.

22, 2005.


6 CRS Report RL32794, House Committee Funding Requests and Authorizations, 104th -
108th Congresses, by R. Eric Petersen, provides historical and analytical data on funding
requests and authorizations for House committees since 1995. Information on Senate
committee funding is available in CRS Report RL32779, Senate Committee Fundingththth
Resolutions, 109 Congress, and Funding Authorizations 104 - 109 Congresses, by R.
Eric Petersen.

authorization.7 Twenty of these positions are allotted to the committee majority and
10 to the committee minority. The House majority leadership has encouraged its
committee leaders to move as quickly as possible to provide the minority with one-
third of the remaining committee staff and resources authorized in the biennial
funding resolutions. Statements made by leaders of the House Administration
Committee at the beginning of its committee funding review for the 107th Congress,
and reaffirmed at the beginning of the 108th and 109th Congresses, indicate a general
consensus that all House committees should provide at least one-third minority
staffing this Congress.
Each committee is encouraged to discuss its proposed budget and approve it at
a committee organization meeting. Some committees, however, do not prepare or
approve their draft budgets this way. Each committee chair normally introduces a
House resolution to provide his or her committee with the requisite funds for the two
years of the Congress. These individual resolutions are then referred to the House
Administration Committee, which holds public hearings on each committee’s
request. The chair and the ranking minority member from each committee normally
testify at these hearings. The committee held hearings on March 10, and 16, 2005,
and received the testimony of committee chairs and ranking minority members.
The chair of the House Administration Committee then typically introduces an
omnibus funding resolution, which, after its referral to the House Administration
Committee, has served as the legislative vehicle for a full committee markup. The
chairman’s resolution usually incorporates, without change, the amounts requested
by each committee.
The House normally acts on committee funding resolutions during the last week
of March in the first year of a Congress. The committee funding resolution is
normally called up as privileged business under the Rules of the House, allowing it
to be called up and considered without the need for a special rule from the Rules
Committee. Privileged funding resolutions are considered in the House under the
one-hour rule and, typically, the majority party manager does not yield the floor to
permit amendments to be offered. (The committee-reported amendment is
automatically laid before the House.) At the end of one hour of debate, the majority
party manager moves the previous question and, if agreed to, the House votes on final
passage of the resolution. Before the vote on final passage, it has become customary
for the minority party to offer a motion to recommit the funding resolution. This
motion normally permits the minority to offer an alternative funding proposal and to
obtain a House vote on it. Owing to the bipartisan consensus on the funding
resolution in the past three Congresses, House Democrats did not offer such a motion
in 2005, 2003, or 2001.


7 As before, these provisions were not made applicable to the House Appropriations
Committee.

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Table 1. House Committee Funding Requests and Amounts Authorized by the House, 109th Congress
CommitteeRequest1st Session2nd SessionAuthorized1st Session2nd SessionDifference%
riculture$11,562,481 $5,595,604 $5,966,877 $11,257,009 $5,495,805 $5,761,204 -$305,472 -2.64%
med Services13,333,137 6,387,373 6,945,764 12,826,208 6,292,249 6,533,959 -506,929 -3.80
dget12,026,478 6,013,239 6,013,239 12,026,478 6,013,239 6,013,239 0 0.00
cation and the Workforce15,493,286 7,708,622 7,784,664 15,493,286 7,705,970 7,787,316 0 0.00
ergy and Commerce21,388,076 10,297,200 11,090,876 19,925,687 9,812,619 10,113,068 -1,462,389 -6.84
nancial Services16,127,977 7,831,097 8,296,880 15,203,100 7,427,648 7,775,452 -924,877 -5.73
iki/CRS-RL32793vernment Reform21,349,000 10,624,500 10,724,500 20,497,085 10,121,443 10,375,642 -851,915 -3.99
g/wmeland Security15,787,494 7,462,855 8,324,639 14,000,000 6,100,026 7,899,974 -1,787,494 -11.32
s.oruse Administration10,101,152 4,822,199 5,278,953 9,554,568 4,648,683 4,905,885 -546,584 -5.41
leakternational Relations18,869,785 9,092,015 9,777,770 16,299,018 7,946,084 8,352,934 -2,570,767 -13.62
://wikidiciary18,263,201 8,972,238 9,290,962 15,312,992 7,461,565 7,851,427 -2,950,209 -16.15
httpsources14,805,934 7,289,521 7,516,413 14,520,962 7,178,224 7,342,738 -284,972 -1.92
les6,365,600 3,176,144 3,189,456 6,365,600 3,074,229 3,291,371 0 0.00
ience13,146,852 6,388,306 6,758,546 12,327,996 6,101,648 6,226,348 -818,856 -6.23
all Business6,034,058 2,987,331 3,046,727 5,586,973 2,721,600 2,865,373 -447,085 -7.41
andards4,768,734 2,300,779 2,467,955 4,290,536 1,891,890 2,398,646 -478,198 -10.03
ansportation and Infrastructure18,582,105 9,007,388 9,574,717 18,108,082 8,856,869 9,251,213 -474,023 -2.55
terans' Affairs7,933,081 3,832,415 4,100,666 6,474,418 3,075,732 3,398,686 -1,458,663 -18.39
s and Means17,819,494 8,732,509 9,086,985 17,819,494 8,674,514 9,144,980 0 0.00
rmanent Select Intelligence9,875,429 5,436,490 4,438,939 9,527,870 4,500,653 5,027,217 -347,559 -3.52
Data taken from committee funding resolutions introduced in the House for the 109th Congress, and H.Res. 224.



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Table 2. House Committee Funding Authorizations, 108th and 109th Congresses, Actual Dollars
108th Congress109th Congress
Committee Changest nd st nd
Approved 1 Session 2 SessionAuthorized1 Session 2 Session
riculture$10,327,531$5,084,900 $5,242,632 $11,257,009 $5,495,805 $5,761,204 9.00%
ed Services11,931,3575,871,876 6,059,481 12,826,208 6,292,249 6,533,959 7.50
et11,869,5725,856,333 6,013,239 12,026,478 6,013,239 6,013,239 1.32
force14,673,3717,047,896 7,625,475 15,493,286 7,705,970 7,787,316 5.59
y and Commerce18,622,1389,101,042 9,521,097 19,925,687 9,812,619 10,113,068 7.00
ices13,696,4876,601,085 7,095,402 15,203,100 7,427,648 7,775,452 11.00
iki/CRS-RL32793ernment Reform19,614,4359,740,963 9,873,472 20,497,085 10,121,443 10,375,642 4.50
g/weland Security10,952,7875,366,866 5,585,921 14,000,000 6,100,026 7,899,974 27.82
s.orAdministration8,527,0574,122,092 4,404,965 9,554,568 4,648,683 4,905,885 12.05
leakternational Relations14,552,6956,993,645 7,559,050 16,299,018 7,946,084 8,352,934 12.00
://wiki14,048,6166,957,554 7,091,062 15,312,992 7,461,565 7,851,427 9.00
http13,509,4246,492,029 7,017,395 14,520,962 7,178,224 7,342,738 7.49
5,669,3112,797,898 2,871,413 6,365,600 3,074,229 3,291,371 12.28
11,690,8455,711,401 5,979,444 12,327,996 6,101,648 6,226,348 5.45
all Business5,120,3012,535,261 2,585,041 5,586,973 2,721,600 2,865,373 9.11
3,071,2501,527,825 1,543,425 4,290,536 1,891,890 2,398,646 39.70
ansportation and Infrastructure16,461,8937,982,558 8,479,334 18,108,082 8,856,869 9,251,213 10.00
eterans' Affairs5,486,7952,703,328 2,783,466 6,474,418 3,075,732 3,398,686 18.00
s and Means16,136,2887,908,037 8,228,251 17,819,494 8,674,514 9,144,980 10.43
anent Select Intelligence7,809,7303,780,487 4,029,243 9,527,870 4,500,653 5,027,217 22.00
Data taken from H. RES. 148, 108th Congress, and H.Res. 224, 109th Congress.
the 108th Congress, the Committee on Homeland Security was a select committee.



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Table 3. House Committee Funding Authorizations, 108th and 109th Congresses, Constant Dollars
108th Congress109th CongressProposed
CommitteeChangeApproved1st Session2nd SessionReported1st Session2nd Session
riculture $10,703,588 $5,270,057 $5,433, 532 $11,257,009 $5,495,805 $5,761,204 5.17%
med Services12,365,8146,085,6896,280,12512,826,2086,292,2496,533,9593.72
dget12,301,7796,069,5806,232,19912,026,4786,013,2396,013,239-2.24
cation and the Workforce15,207,6737,304,5317,903,14215,493,2867,705,9707,787,3161.88
ergy and Commerce19,300,2279,432,4399,867,78919,925,6879,812,61910,113,0683.24
nancial Services14,195,2186,841,4517,353,76715,203,1007,427,6487,775,4527.10
vernment Reform20,328,65610,095,66110,232,99520,497,08510,121,44310,375,6420.83
iki/CRS-RL32793meland Security11,351,6115,562,2905,789,32114,000,0006,100,0267,899,97423.33
g/wuse Administration8,837,5534,272,1904,565,3639,554,5684,648,6834,905,8858.11
s.orternational Relations15,082,6037,248,3057,834,29816,299,0187,946,0848,352,9348.07
leakdiciary14,560,1697,210,9007,349,26915,312,9927,461,5657,851,4275.17
sources14,001,3436,728,4247,272,92014,520,9627,178,2247,342,7383.71
://wikiles5,875,7482,899,7782,975,9706,365,6003,074,2293,291,3718.34
httpience12,116,5445,919,3706,197,17412,327,9966,101,6486,226,3481.75
all Business5,306,7472,627,5782,679,1705,586,9732,721,6002,865,3735.28
andards3,183,0841,583,4581,599,6264,290,5361,891,8902,398,64634.79
ansportation and Infrastructure17,061,3218,273,2278,788,09218,108,0828,856,8699,251,2136.14
terans' Affairs5,686,5862,801,7642,884,8206,474,4183,075,7323,398,68613.85
s and Means16,723,8598,195,9938,527,86717,819,4948,674,5149,144,9806.55
rmanent Select Intelligence8,094,1063,918,1464,175,9609,527,8704,500,6535,027,21717.71 thth
rce: Based on data taken from H.Res. 148, 108 Congress, and H.Res. 224, 109 Congress, and the Consumer Price Index. See U.S. Department Of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer
dex, Feb. 23, 2005, available at [ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/cpi/cpiai.txt].
: January, 2005 dollars.th
the 108 Congress, the Committee on Homeland Security was a select committee.



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Table 4. House Committee Funding Authorizations, 104th - 108th Congresses, Actual Dollars
104th Congress105th Congress106th Congress107th Congress108th Congress
C o mmi t t e e
Appro v e d A ppro v e d A ppro v e d A ppro v e d A ppro v e d
riculture $7,406,899 $7,656,162 $8,414,033 $9,607,006 $10,327,531
med Services9,085,7439,721,74510,342,68110,872,67711,931,357
dget 9,912,000 9,940,000 9,940,000 11,107,043 11,869,572
cation and the Workforce9,621,53910,125,11311,200,49713,573,88614,673,371
ergy and Commerce13,686,82314,535,40615,285,11317,226,77018,622,138
nancial Services8,645,0548,901,6179,307,52111,846,23113,696,487
iki/CRS-RL32793vernment Reform13,520,03720,020,57219,770,23319,420,23319,614,435a
g/wmeland Security 10,952,787
s.oruse Administration6,177,6086,050,3496,251,8717,418,0458,527,057
leakternational Relations10,028,09310,368,35811,313,53112,672,62614,552,695
diciary 9 ,553,190 10,604,041 12,152,275 13,166,463 14,048,616
://wikiso urces 9,588,953 9,876,550 10,567,908 11,601,260 13,509,424
httples 4 ,433,817 4,649,102 5,069,424 5,370,773 5,669,311
ience 8 ,411,326 8,677,830 8,931,726 10,628,041 11,690,845
all Business3,791,5803,906,9414,148,8804,798,7835,120,301
andards 1 ,981,150 2,456,300 2,632,915 2,871,091 3,071,250
ansportation and Infrastructure10,878,98112,184,45913,220,13814,479,55116,461,893
terans Affairs4,220,6054,344,1604,735,1355,142,2635,486,795
s and Means10,219,35811,036,90711,930,338 14,748,88816,136,288
rmanent Select Intelligence4,519,8904,815,5265,164,4446,955,0747,809,730
serve Fund 7,900,0003,000,000
Data taken from committee funding resolutions introduced in the House for each Congress.th
: Renamed committees are listed according to their names and types in the 109 Congress.th
the 108 Congress, the Committee on Homeland Security was a select committee.



Table 5. House Committee Funding: Percentage Changes in
Authorizations, Actual Dollars, 105th-109th Congresses
(in percentages %)
105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 104th -109th
C o mmi t t e e Congress Congress Congress Congress Congress Co ng r e sse s
Change Change Change Change Change Change
Agriculture 3.37 9.90 14.18 7.50 9.00 51.98
Armed Services7.006.395.129.747.5041.17
Budget 0.28 0.00 11.74 6.87 1.32 21.33
Education and the Workforce5.2310.6221.198.105.5961.03
Energy and Commerce6.205.1612.708.107.0045.58
Financial Services2.974.5627.2815.6211.0075.86
Government Reform48.08-1.25-1.771.004.5051.61
Homeland Security27.82
House Administration-2.063.3318.6514.9512.0554.66
International Relations3.399.1212.0114.8412.0062.53
Judiciary 11.00 14.60 8.35 6.70 9.00 60.29
Reso urces 3.00 7.00 9.78 16.45 7.49 51.43
Rules 4 .86 9 .04 5 .94 5 .56 12.28 43.57
Science 3 .17 2 .93 18.99 10.00 5.45 46.56
Small Business3.046.1915.666.709.1147.35
Standards 23.98 7.19 9.05 6.97 39.70 116.57
Transportation and Infrastructure12.008.509.5313.6910.0066.45
Veterans Affairs2.939.008.606.7018.0053.40
Ways and Means8.008.0923.638.3210.4374.37
Permanent Select Intelligence6.547.2534.6712.2922.00110.80
Source: Based on data taken from committee funding resolutions introduced in the House for each Congress.
Notes: Renamed committees are listed according to their names and types in the 109th Congress.
a. In the 108th Congress, the Committee on Homeland Security was a select committee.



Table 6. House Committee Funding Authorizations,
104th -108th Congresses, Constant Dollars
104 th 105 th 106 th 107 th 108 th
C o mmi t t e e Congress Congress Congress Congress Congress
Appro v e d A ppro v e d A ppro v e d A ppro v e d A ppro v e d
Agriculture $9,268,344 $9,096, 761 $9,631,189 $10,344,755 $10,703,588
Armed Services11,369,10211,551,00811,838,83111,707,62012,365,814
Budget 12,403,008 11,810,330 11,377,899 11,959,984 12,301,779
Education and the12,039,55012,030,27412,820,73714,616,26215,207,673
Workfo rce
Energy and Commerce17,126,49017,270,41717,496,22518,549,66119,300,227
Financial Services10,817,66310,576,56310,653,92712,755,93614,195,218
Government Reform16,917,78923,787,68322,630,15320,911,56720,328,656
Homeland Securitya 11,351,611
House Administration7,730,1177,188,7957,156,2537,987,6978,837,553
International Relations12,548,27612,319,28912,950,12213,645,79215,082,603
Judiciary 11,954,024 12,599,318 13,910,197 14,177,552 14,560,169
Reso urces 11,998,775 11,734,941 12,096,639 12,492,153 14,001,343
Rules 5 ,548,090 5,523,886 5,802,756 5,783,210 5,875,748
Science 10,525,196 10,310,668 10,223,770 11,444,198 12,116,544
Small Business4,744,4514,642,0794,749,0485,167,2955,306,747
Standards 2 ,479,037 2,918,482 3,013,787 3,091,570 3,183,084
Transportation and13,613,00314,477,11115,132,53515,591,47617,061,321
I nfr astr uc tur e
Veterans Affairs5,281,2955,161,5665,420,1105,537,1525,686,586
Ways and Means12,787,60913,113,63313,656,15515,881,49616,558,033
Permanent Select5,655,7945,721,6255,911,5217,489,1738,094,106
I ntelligence
Reserve Fund9,386,4803,433,974
Source: Based on data taken from committee funding resolutions introduced in the House for each Congress, and
the Consumer Price Index. See U.S. Department Of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index, Feb.
23, 2005, available at [ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/cpi/cpiai.txt], visited Feb. 23, 2005.
Notes: January, 2005 dollars. Renamed committees are listed according to their names and types in the 109th
Co ngr e ss.
a. In the 108th Congress, the Committee on Homeland Security was a select committee.



Table 7. House Committee Funding: Percentage Changes in
Authorizations, Constant Dollars, 105th - 109th Congresses
(in percentages %)
105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 104th -108th
C o mmi t t e e Congress Congress Congress Congress Congress Co ng r e sse s
Change Change Change Change Change Change
Agriculture -1 .85 5 .87 7 .41 3 .47 5 .17 21.46
Armed Services1.602.49-1.115.623.7212.82
Budget -4 .78 -3.66 5.12 2.86 -2 .24 -3.04
Education and the Workforce-0.086.5714.004.051.8828.69
Energy and Commerce0.841.316.024.053.2416.34
Financial Services-2.230.7319.7311.287.1040.54
Government Reform40.61-4.87-7.59-2.790.8321.16
Homeland Security----23.33-
House Administration-7.00-0.4511.6210.648.1123.60
International Relations-1.825.125.3710.538.0729.89
Judiciary 5 .40 10.40 1.92 2.70 5.17 28.10
Reso urces -2 .20 3 .08 3 .27 12.08 3.71 21.02
Rules -0.44 5.05 -0 .34 1 .60 8 .34 14.73
Science -2.04 -0 .84 11.94 5.87 1.75 17.13
Small Business-2.162.308.812.705.2817.76
Standards 17.73 3.27 2.58 2.96 34.79 73.07
Transportation and Infrastructure6.354.533.039.436.1433.02
Veterans Affairs-2.275.012.162.7013.8522.59
Ways and Means2.554.1416.304.266.5539.35
Permanent Select Intelligence1.163.3226.698.0817.7168.46
Source: Based on data taken from committee funding resolutions introduced in the House for each Congress, and
the Consumer Price Index. See U.S. Department Of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index, Feb.
23, 2005, available at [ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/cpi/cpiai.txt], visited Feb. 23, 2005.
Notes: January, 2005 dollars. Renamed committees are listed according to their names and types in the 109th
Co ngr e ss.
a. In the 108th Congress, the Committee on Homeland Security was a select committee