[House Report 107-795]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




                                                 Union Calendar No. 496
107th Congress 
 2d Session             HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                 Report
                                                                107-795
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                      COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              R E P O R T

                                   of

                          COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES

                      ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH CONGRESS

                            January 3, 2001

                                through

                           November 22, 2002

                   Pursuant to Clause 1(d) of Rule XI




January 2, 2003.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed

                                  COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

                                    House of Representatives

                                        (107th Congress)

                   C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida, Chairman

 RALPH REGULA, Ohio                     DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin
 JERRY LEWIS, California                JOHN P. MURTHA, Pennsylvania
 HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky                NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington
 JOE SKEEN, New Mexico                  MARTIN OLAV SABO, Minnesota
 FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia                STENY H. HOYER, Maryland
 TOM DeLAY, Texas                       ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia
 JIM KOLBE, Arizona                     MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio
 SONNY CALLAHAN, Alabama                NANCY PELOSI, California
 JAMES T. WALSH, New York               PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana
 CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina      NITA M. LOWEY, New York
 DAVID L. HOBSON, Ohio                  JOSE E. SERRANO, New York
 ERNEST J. ISTOOK, Jr., Oklahoma        ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut
 HENRY BONILLA, Texas                   JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia
 JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan              JOHN W. OLVER, Massachusetts
 DAN MILLER, Florida                    ED PASTOR, Arizona
 JACK KINGSTON, Georgia                 CARRIE P. MEEK, Florida
 RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey    DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina
 ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi           CHET EDWARDS, Texas
 GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, Jr., Washington  ROBERT E. ``BUD'' CRAMER, Jr., 
 RANDY ``DUKE'' CUNNINGHAM, California  Alabama
 TODD TIAHRT, Kansas                    PATRICK J. KENNEDY, Rhode Island
 ZACH WAMP, Tennessee                   JAMES E. CLYBURN, South Carolina
 TOM LATHAM, Iowa                       MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York
 ANNE M. NORTHUP, Kentucky              LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California
 ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama            SAM FARR, California
 JO ANN EMERSON, Missouri               JESSE L. JACKSON, Jr., Illinois
 JOHN E. SUNUNU, New Hampshire          CAROLYN C. KILPATRICK, Michigan
 KAY GRANGER, Texas                     ALLEN BOYD, Florida
 JOHN E. PETERSON, Pennsylvania         CHAKA FATTAH, Pennsylvania
 VIRGIL H. GOODE, Jr., Virginia         STEVEN R. ROTHMAN, New Jersey
 JOHN T. DOOLITTLE, California          
 RAY LaHOOD, Illinois                   
 JOHN E. SWEENEY, New York              
 DAVID VITTER, Louisiana                
 DON SHERWOOD, Pennsylvania             

                 James W. Dyer, Clerk and Staff Director

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                         LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

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                                                    January 2, 2003
Hon. J. Dennis Hastert,
The Speaker,
U.S. House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker:  I am pleased to transmit herewith a 
report on the activities of the Committee on Appropriations 
during the 107th Congress, pursuant to Clause 1(d) of Rule XI 
of the Rules of the House of Representatives.
    With best regards,
            Sincerely,
                                          C. W. Bill Young,
                                                          Chairman.

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 496
107th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     107-795

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  REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS DURING THE 
                             107TH CONGRESS

                                _______
                                

January 2, 2003.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed

                                _______
                                

 Mr. Young of Florida, from the Committee on Appropriations, submitted 
                             the following

                              R E P O R T

    The Committee on Appropriations is the principal arm 
through which the House of Representatives exercises its 
constitutional responsibility to provide funds for the 
operations of the various activities of the Federal Government. 
Clause 1(b) of Rule X of the House provides that the Committee 
shall have jurisdiction over the ``Appropriation of the revenue 
for the support of the Government.'' This responsibility has 
basically been vested in the Committee since 1865.
    The Committee has been established by the House with a 
membership of 65 during the 107th Congress. With relatively few 
exceptions, the responsibilities of the Committee are carried 
out through its 13 Subcommittees which in turn report to the 
full Committee. The Subcommittees are organized essentially on 
a functional basis with recognition of the existing structure 
of the Departments and agencies within the Executive Branch. 
(The jurisdictional assignments of Subcommittees during the 
107th Congress are displayed in Appendix C.)

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                   SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS ACTIONS

    The response to the events of September 11, 2001, shaped 
much of the Committee's activities during the 107th Congress. 
Congress reacted immediately to the terrorist attacks by 
passing, on September 14, 2001, an appropriations bill 
establishing a $40 billion emergency response fund. This bill 
provided for transfers from the fund for the purposes of 
recovering from the attacks and fighting the war on terrorism. 
The President was authorized to transfer $20 billion, and 
Congress passed an appropriations bill on December 20, 2001, 
transferring the remaining $20 billion to specific programs. In 
addition, on August 2, 2002, the President signed a $30 billion 
fiscal year 2002 supplemental appropriations bill, which 
provided funds predominantly for further recovery, homeland 
security, and defense activities.
    With respect to the Committee's regular appropriations 
activities, the 107th Congress concluded with much of the 
government operating under a continuing resolution for fiscal 
year 2003. Since Congress was unable to agree to a bicameral FY 
2003 budget resolution, the appropriations process was unable 
to proceed in regular order. The Appropriations Committee 
reported to the House eleven fiscal year 2003 bills, and the 
Chairman introduced a twelfth bill. Five of these bills passed 
the House, but seven bills were not scheduled for floor 
consideration. Of the thirteen annual appropriations bills, 
only two bills, Defense and Military Construction, were signed 
into law during the 107th Congress. All regular fiscal year 
2002 appropriations bills were completed by the end of calendar 
year 2001, and these were completed as Congress worked to 
respond to the terrorist attacks and the anthrax scares that 
occurred that fall.
    In the regular appropriations bills, the Appropriations 
Committee continued to hold the line on unnecessary spending 
while preserving and even increasing spending for important 
national priorities. Some of these priorities included: 
homeland security ($17.4 billion in three supplemental 
appropriations bills); medical research at the National 
Institutes of Health (increased 15 percent in fiscal year 
2002); national defense (the Defense bill increased $19.2 
billion from fiscal year 2001 to fiscal year 2002 and $37.5 
billion from fiscal year 2002 to fiscal year 2003, excluding 
supplemental appropriations); improved education (provided 
$48.9 billion for education programs, $4.4 billion above the 
President's request, for fiscal year 2002); veterans health 
care (increased $1.1 billion from fiscal year 2001 to fiscal 
year 2002); drug interdiction (increased the Drug Enforcement 
Agency $122 million from fiscal year 2001 to fiscal year 2002); 
and the child survival and disease programs fund (increased 
$371 million from fiscal year 2001 to fiscal year 2002), and 
land conservation (increased $121 million from
fiscal year 2001 to fiscal year 2002).
    It is the Committee's expectation that the remaining fiscal 
year 2003 appropriations bills will be completed early in the 
108th
Congress.
    The Committee placed a high priority on its oversight 
responsibilities, during the 107th Congress. The 13 
Subcommittees conducted 365 days of hearings, receiving 
testimony from 4,014 witnesses. In the process, 160 volumes of 
hearings were generated, comprising 174,748 printed pages. The 
Committee also initiated or completed 47 reports from its 
Surveys and Investigations Staff and had underway or completed 
an additional 186 reports from the General Accounting Office 
during the 107th Congress.
    The following is a tabular display of the appropriations 
actions of the Committee during the 107th Congress indicating 
the various bill numbers, dates, report numbers, amounts, and 
public law numbers:

                                                                         HISTORY OF FISCAL YEAR 2002 APPROPRIATIONS ACTS
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                                                                   House                                    Senate                                   Conference                    Public Law
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       Bill Number -------- Subcommittee           House Report No.                        Senate Report No. --                                                                 Public Law No. --
                                                    -------- Date     Vote Total --------      ------ Date      Vote Total --------    House Report No.    Vote Total --------     ------ Date
                                                       Reported           Date Passed            Reported           Date Passed      -------- Date Filed    Date Passed House       Approved
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          H.R. 2330 / S. 1191                               107-116               414-16               107-41                 91-5              107-275                379-33            107-76
 Agriculture                                                June 27              July 11              July 18              Oct. 25               Nov. 9               Nov. 13           Nov. 28
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          H.R. 2500 / S. 1215                               107-139               408-19               107-42                 97-0              107-278                411-15            107-77
 Commerce-Justice-State                                     July 13              July 18              July 20             Sept. 13               Nov. 9               Nov. 14           Nov. 28
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          H.R. 3338 ( \1\ )                                 107-298               406-20              107-109            viva voce              107-350                 408-6           107-117
 Defense                                                    Nov. 19              Nov. 28               Dec. 4               Dec. 7              Dec. 19               Dec. 20           Jan. 10
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          H.R. 2944 / S. 1543                               107-216               327-88               107-85                75-24              107-321                302-84            107-96
 District of Columbia                                      Sept. 24             Sept. 25              Oct. 15               Nov. 7               Dec. 5                Dec. 6           Dec. 21
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          H.R. 2311 / S. 1171                               107-112               405-15               107-39                 97-2              107-258                399-29            107-66
 Energy and Water Development                               June 26              June 28              July 12              July 19              Oct. 30                Nov. 1           Nov. 12
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          H.R. 2506                                         107-142               381-46               107-58                 96-2              107-345                357-66           107-115
 Foreign Operations                                         July 17              July 24              Sept. 4              Oct. 24              Dec. 19               Dec. 19           Jan. 10
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          H.R. 2217                                         107-103               376-32               107-36            viva voce              107-234                380-28            107-63
 Interior                                                   June 19              June 21              June 29              July 12              Oct. 11               Oct. 17            Nov. 5
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          H.R. 3061 / S. 1536                               107-229               373-43               107-84                89-10              107-342                393-30           107-116
 Labor-HHS-Education                                         Oct. 9              Oct. 11              Oct. 11               Nov. 6              Dec. 18               Dec. 19           Jan. 10
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          H.R. 2647 / S. 1172                               107-169               380-38               107-37            viva voce              107-259                374-52            107-68
 Legislative                                                July 26              July 31              July 12              July 31              Oct. 30                Nov. 1           Nov. 12
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          H.R. 2904 / S. 1460                               107-207                401-0               107-68                 97-0              107-246                 409-1            107-64
 Military Construction                                     Sept. 20             Sept. 21             Sept. 25             Sept. 26              Oct. 16               Oct. 17            Nov. 5
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          H.R. 2299 / S. 1178                               107-108                426-1               107-38            viva voce              107-308                371-11            107-87
 Transportation                                             June 22              June 26              July 13               Aug. 1              Nov. 29               Nov. 30           Dec. 18
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          H.R. 2590 / S. 1398                               107-152               334-94               107-57            viva voce              107-253                339-85            107-67
Treasury-Postal Service                                     July 23              July 25              Sept. 4             Sept. 19              Oct. 26               Oct. 31           Nov. 12
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          H.R. 2620 / S. 1216                               107-159               336-89               107-43                 94-5              107-272                401-18            107-73
 VA-HUD-Independent Agencies                                July 25              July 31              July 20               Aug. 2               Nov. 6                Nov. 8           Nov. 26
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\1\ Fiscal year 2002 Supplemental Appropriations included as Division B of Defense Bill, H.R. 3338, House Report 107-298.


                                                                   2002 APPROPRIATIONS
                                                                  [Dollars in millions]
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                                                                    President's Request                 2002 Bills               Bills vs. President's
                                                               --------------------------------------------------------------           Request
                    Fiscal Year 2002 Bills                                                                                   ---------------------------
                                                                Discretionary    Mandatory   Discretionary \1\    Mandatory   Discretionary   Mandatory
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Agriculture (P.L. 107-76).....................................       $15,409       $58,885            $16,018       $59,885           $609        $1,000
Commerce-Justice-State (P.L. 107-77)..........................        37,942           627             38,656           627            714   ...........
Defense (P.L. 107-117)........................................       319,130           267            317,207           267         -1,923   ...........
District of Columbia (P.L. 107-96)............................           359   ............               408   ............            49   ...........
Energy and Water (P.L. 107-66)................................        22,518   ............            24,596   ............         2,078   ...........
Foreign Operations (P.L. 107-115).............................        15,168            45             15,346            45            178   ...........
Interior (P.L. 107-63)........................................        18,127            63             19,120            63            993   ...........
Labor, HHS, Education (P.L. 107-116) \2\......................       135,053       272,554            123,371       272,553        -11,682            -1
Legislative (P.L. 107-68).....................................         2,962            99              2,974            99             12   ...........
Military Construction (P.L. 107-64)...........................         9,971   ............            10,500   ............           529   ...........
Transportation (P.L. 107-87) \3\..............................        16,240           876             15,300           876           -940   ...........
Treasury, Postal Service (P.L. 107-67)........................        16,681        15,690             17,069        15,690            388   ...........
VA-HUD (P.L. 107-73)..........................................        83,363        27,305             85,434        27,305          2,071   ...........
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      Subtotal, Regular FY 2002 Bills.........................       692,923       376,411            685,999       377,410         -6,924           999

Emergency Supplemental Act, 2002 (P.L. 107-117)...............        20,000   ............            20,000   ............  .............  ...........
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      Total, FY 2002 Bills....................................       712,923       376,411            705,999       377,410         -6,924           999

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Fiscal Year 2001 Supplementals and Rescissions

Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2001 (P.L. 107-20)...........         6,544           936              6,543           936             -1   ...........
Terrorism Supplemental, 2001 (P.L. 107-38) \4\................        40,000   ............            40,000   ............  .............  ...........
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\1\ Includes emergency appropriations totaling $22,200 million for fiscal year 2002.

\2\ Labor-HHS-Education request includes $18.9 billion in funds that are normally advance appropriated. The President proposed that advance
  appropriations be provided as regular appropriations.

\3\ Transportation does not include $1.349 billion in transit budget authority counted as obligation limitations for the purpose of section 302 budget
  allocation  enforcement.

\4\ $20 billion of the $40 billion total appropriation was not available until subsequent congressional action. This $20 billion was made available in
  P.L. 107-117  (See above).

                     Fiscal Year 2001 Supplementals


                      1st Session--107th Congress


H.R. 2216--Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal 
        year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes. 
        Approved July 24, 2001 (P.L. 107-20)

H.R. 2888--Making emergency supplemental appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2001 for additional disaster assistance, 
        for anti-terrorism initiatives, and for assistance in 
        the recovery from the tragedy that occurred on 
        September 11, 2001, and for other purposes. Approved 
        September 18, 2001 (P.L. 107-38)

                Fiscal Year 2002 Continuing Resolutions


                      1st Session--107th Congress

H.J. Res. 65--Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 
        2002. Provided funding for various government 
        activities for the period October 1 thru October 16, 
        2001. Approved September 28, 2001 (P.L. 107-44)
H.J. Res. 68--Making further continuing appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2002. Provided funding for various 
        government activities for the period October 16 thru 
        October 23, 2001. Approved
        October 12, 2001 (P.L. 107-48)
H.J. Res. 69--Making further continuing appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2002. Provided funding for various 
        government activities for the period October 23 thru 
        October 31, 2001. Approved
        October 22, 2001 (P.L. 107-53)
H.J. Res. 70--Making further continuing appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2002. Provided funding for various 
        government activities for the period October 31 thru 
        November 16, 2001. Approved October 31, 2001 (P.L. 107-
        58)
H.J. Res. 74--Making further continuing appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2002. Provided funding for various 
        government activities for the period November 16 thru 
        December 7, 2001. Approved November 17, 2001 (P.L. 107-
        70)
H.J. Res. 76--Making further continuing appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2002. Provided funding for various 
        government activities for the period December 7 thru 
        December 15, 2001. Approved December 7, 2001 (P.L. 107-
        79)
H.J. Res. 78--Making further continuing appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2002. Provided funding for various 
        government activities for the period December 15 thru 
        December 21, 2001. Approved December 13, 2001 (P.L. 
        107-83)
H.J. Res. 79--Making further continuing appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2002. Provided funding for various 
        government activities for the period December 21, 2001 
        thru January 10, 2002.
        Approved December 21, 2001 (P.L. 107-97)

             Fiscal Year 2002--Supplemental Appropriations


                        Division B----H.R. 3338

Fiscal Year 2002 Supplemental Appropriations included as 
        Division B of Defense Bill, H.R. 3338, House Report 
        107-298,
        Conference Report 107-350, P.L. 107-117

                                                                         HISTORY OF FISCAL YEAR 2003 APPROPRIATIONS ACTS
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                                                                   House                                    Senate                                   Conference                    Public Law
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       Bill Number -------- Subcommittee           House Report No.                        Senate Report No. --                                                                 Public Law No. --
                                                    -------- Date     Vote Total --------      ------ Date      Vote Total --------    House Report No.    Vote Total --------     ------ Date
                                                       Reported           Date Passed            Reported           Date Passed      -------- Date Filed    Date Passed House       Approved
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          H.R. 5263 / S. 2801                               107-623   ...................             107-223   ...................                107-   ....................             107-
 Agriculture                                                July 26   ...................             July 25   ...................  ...................  ....................  ................
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          H.R. / S. 2778                                       107-   ...................             107-218   ...................                107-   ....................             107-
 Commerce-Justice-State                          ...................  ...................             July 24   ...................  ...................  ....................  ................
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          H.R. 5010                                         107-532               413-18              107-213                 95-3              107-732                409-14           107-248
 Defense                                                    June 25              June 27              July 18               Aug. 1               Oct. 9               Oct. 10           Oct. 23
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          H.R. 5521 / S. 2809                               107-716   ...................             107-225   ...................                107-   ....................             107-
 District of Columbia                                        Oct. 2   ...................             July 26   ...................  ...................  ....................  ................
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          H.R. 5431 / S. 2784                               107-681   ...................             107-220   ...................                107-   ....................             107-
 Energy and Water Development                              Sept. 24   ...................             July 24   ...................  ...................  ....................  ................
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          H.R. 5410 / S. 2779                               107-663   ...................             107-219   ...................                107-   ....................             107-
 Foreign Operations                                        Sept. 19   ...................             July 24   ...................  ...................  ....................  ................
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          H.R. 5093 / S. 2708                               107-564               377-46              107-201   ...................                107-   ....................             107-
 Interior                                                   July 11              July 17              June 28   ...................  ...................  ....................  ................
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          H.R. / S. 2766                                       107-   ...................             107-216   ...................                107-   ....................             107-
 Labor-HHS-Education                             ...................  ...................             July 22   ...................  ...................  ....................  ................
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          H.R. 5121 / S. 2720                               107-576               365-49              107-209                85-14                 107-   ....................             107-
 Legislative                                                July 15              July 18              July 11              July 25   ...................  ....................  ................
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          H.R. 5011 / S. 2709                               107-533                426-1              107-202                 96-3              107-731                 419-0           107-249
 Military Construction                                      June 25              June 27               July 3              July 18               Oct. 9               Oct. 10           Oct. 23
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          H.R. 5559 / S. 2808                               107-722   ...................             107-224   ...................                107-   ....................             107-
 Transportation                                              Oct. 7   ...................             July 26   ...................  ...................  ....................  ................
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          H.R. 5120 / S. 2740                               107-575              308-121              107-212   ...................                107-   ....................             107-
Treasury-Postal Service                                     July 15              July 24              July 17   ...................  ...................  ....................  ................
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          H.R. 5605 / S. 2797                               107-740   ...................             107-222   ...................                107-   ....................             107-
 VA-HUD-Independent Agencies                                Oct. 10   ...................             July 25   ...................  ...................  ....................  ................
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                                                                   2003 APPROPRIATIONS
                                                                  [Dollars in millions]
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                                                                 President's Request                   2003 Bills                Bills vs. President's
                                                          -------------------------------------------------------------------           Request
                Fiscal Year 2003 Bills \1\                                                                                   ---------------------------
                                                           Discretionary \2\    Mandatory   Discretionary \3\  Mandatory \3\  Discretionary   Mandatory
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Agriculture..............................................          $17,421        $56,641            $17,601        $56,705           $180           $64
Commerce-Justice-State...................................           41,798            649                N/A            N/A   .............  ...........
Defense (P.L. 107-248) \4\...............................          360,671            267            354,830            278         -5,841            11
District of Columbia.....................................              386    ............               517   .............           131   ...........
Energy and Water.........................................           25,877    ............            26,027   .............           150   ...........
Foreign Operations.......................................           16,471             45             16,549             45             78   ...........
Interior.................................................           19,460             62             19,730             62            270   ...........
Labor, HHS, Education....................................          131,862        289,838            130,902        290,158           -960           320
Legislative \5\..........................................            3,584            100              2,674             83           -910           -17
Military Construction (P.L. 107-249).....................            9,703    ............            10,499   .............           796   ...........
Transportation \6\.......................................           21,238            889             20,858            889           -380   ...........
Treasury, Postal Service.................................           18,708         16,586             18,500         16,586           -208   ...........
VA-HUD...................................................           93,403         31,577             91,020         31,577         -2,383   ...........

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      Total, FY 2003 Bills...............................          760,582        396,654            709,707        396,383        -50,875          -271

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Fiscal Year 2002 Supplementals and Rescissions

Supplemental, Further Recovery and Response to Terrorist            29,513          1,100             30,011          1,100            498   ...........
 Attacks, 2002 (P.L. 107-206)............................
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\1\ All FY 2003 bills except Defense and Military Construction are funded under a continuing resolution (P.L. 107-294) through January 11, 2003.
\2\ President's request includes $9 billion for the accrual accounting proposal.
\3\ Amounts for all FY 2003 bills except Defense, Military Construction, Commerce-Justice-State, and Labor-HHS-Education are House-reported or House-
  passed amounts. Defense and Military Construction are enacted amounts. Labor-HHS-Education is the amount scored to the bill introduced by the
  Committee Chairman. There was no Commerce-Justice-State bill in the 107th Congress.
\4\ President's Request for Defense excludes $9 billion representing the unused portion of the Defense Emergency Response Fund. Of the original $10
  billion fund, $1 billion was included in the final bill.
\5\ The House-passed Legislative Branch bill does not include amounts for Senate items. These amounts will be included in the final conference agreement
  on the bill.
\6\ Transportation includes $1.445 billion in transit budget authority that is not scored in the House for the purpose of section 302 budget allocation
  enforcement.
N/A = Not available.

                     Fiscal Year 2002 Supplementals


                       2d Session--107th Congress


H.R. 4775--Making supplemental appropriations for further 
        recovery from and response to terrorist attacks on the 
        United States for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
        2002, and for other purposes. Approved August 2, 2002 
        (P.L. 107-206)

                Fiscal Year 2003 Continuing Resolutions


                       2d Session--107th Congress

H.J. Res. 111--Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 
        2003. Provided funding for various government 
        activities for the period October 1 thru October 4, 
        2002. Approved Sep-
        tember 30, 2002 (P.L. 107-229).
H.J. Res. 112--Making further continuing appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2003. Provided funding for various 
        government activities for the period October 4 thru 
        October 11, 2002. Approved
        October 4, 2002 (P.L. 107-235).
H.J. Res. 122--Making further continuing appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2003. Provided funding for various 
        government activities for the period October 11 thru 
        October 18, 2002. Approved
        October 11, 2002 (P.L. 107-240).
H.J. Res. 123--Making further continuing appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2003. Provided funding for various 
        government activities for the period October 18 thru 
        November 22, 2002. Approved October 18, 2002 (P.L. 107-
        244).
H.J. Res. 124--Making further continuing appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2003. Provided funding for various 
        government activities for the period November 22, 2002 
        thru January 11, 2003.
        Approved November 23, 2002 (P.L. 107-294).

                             OVERSIGHT PLAN

    Pursuant to clause 2(d)(1) of Rule X the Committee 
submitted the following Oversight Plan on February 28, 2001.
    ``For the 107th Congress the Committee intends to proceed 
in the following manner:
    1. Budget Overview Hearings. Immediately upon receipt of 
the President's budget the Committee will conduct its annual 
budget overview hearings on the recommendations of the 
President. These hearings will take testimony from the 
Secretary of the Treasury, the Chairman of the President's 
Council of Economic Advisers, and the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget.
    2. Subcommittee Hearings. The Appropriations Committee has 
a long tradition of in-depth analysis of the President's 
pending budget as well as the effective use of previously 
appropriated resources. For example, during the 106th Congress 
the Committee on Appropriations held 429 days of hearings, took 
testimony from 4,916 witnesses, and published 169 volumes of 
hearings totaling 188,907 pages. This level of oversight and 
investigation will continue during this Congress.
    3. Investigations. In addition to formal oversight, the 
Committee utilizes various investigative agencies to conduct 
in-depth analysis of specific problem areas. These 
investigations are conducted by the Committee's own Surveys and 
Investigations Staff, the General Accounting Office, the 
Congressional Research Service, and the Office of Technology 
Assessment. In the previous Congress, the Committee received 56 
Surveys and Investigations studies and 143 investigative 
reports from the GAO.
    4. Appropriations Bills. The ultimate exercise of oversight 
is the `power of the purse' which the Committee takes as its 
highest responsibility. This allocation of scarce Federal 
dollars demands strict compliance with all budgetary concepts 
and strictures. The Committee intends to follow the 
requirements of the Congressional Budget and Control Act with 
regard to the subdivision of budget authority and outlays to 
the 13 subcommittees. Appropriations bills will be developed in 
accordance with the results of all the oversight activities in 
paragraphs 1, 2, and 3, above and brought to the floor for 
consideration within all relevant budgetary constraints.''

                           Oversight Actions

    For the 107th Congress, the Committee accomplished its 
oversight plan. As stated earlier, the Committee conducted 
extensive hearings. In the matter following this section, the 
details of investigations conducted by and for the Committee 
are provided. As a result of these hearings and investigations, 
the Committee was able to produce appropriations bills that 
were within all relevant budgetary constraints for the 107th 
Congress.
               INVESTIGATIONS CONDUCTED BY THE COMMITTEE


                            (107th Congress)

    In addition to and in support of the regular hearing 
process, the Committee conducted numerous studies of Federal 
projects and activities designed to assist in reaching 
decisions on specific funding levels covering a wide range of 
subjects. These studies were conducted by the Committee's 
Surveys and Investigations Staff, which has been in continuous 
existence since 1943.
    The Committee has, over a number of years, delegated the 
authority to originate requests for investigations to its 
Subcommittees, with the concurrence of the Chairman and Ranking 
Minority Member of the Full Committee required to implement 
such requests.
    When an investigation is ordered, expert investigators are 
assembled to conduct it and render a report thereon for the use 
of the Committee. The Committee delegates to this Staff the 
responsibility for selection of individual investigators, the 
criteria being competence and objectivity.
    During the 107th Congress, the Surveys and Investigations 
Staff was tasked to conduct 39 investigations of operations and 
programs of various departments and agencies of the Federal 
Government and, in addition, completed and reported to the 
Committee on 8 investigations that had been directed during 
previous Congresses. Some of these efforts were of long 
duration, resulted in the preparation of multiple investigative 
products, and involved a sizable number of investigators. 
Examples of this type of investigation include an examination 
of the Federal Law Enforcement Control of U.S. Borders; 
Department of Defense Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer 
Fund; and the U.S. Forest Service Forest Legacy Program.
    Other investigations of shorter duration and with fewer 
investigators assigned, provided a quick response to the 
Committee. An example of such an inquiry was the one dealing 
with the Operations of the Patent and Trademark Office. This 
investigation was concluded within 11 weeks from the receipt of 
the request.
    Most investigations undertaken by the Surveys and 
Investigations Staff fell somewhere in between the above 
extremes in terms of duration and the number of investigators 
committed. Notable examples of investigations conducted during 
the 107th Congress
include:
        --Department of Defense Ship Depot Maintenance
        --U.S. Customs Service Air Maintenance Contract
        --Treasury Information Technology Systems Related to 
        Human Resources and Financial Management
        --Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health
        Inspection Service's Plum Island Animal Disease Center
        --Department of Defense Chief of Staff--Service 
        Secretary
        Reserve Funds
    During the 107th Congress, a total of 81 professionals, 
variously consisting of a small number of permanent staff, 
personnel on loan from 3 agencies of the Federal Government, as 
well as contractors were utilized to conduct these 
investigations and prepare the reports. A summary of the 
investigations requested by the various Subcommittees and 
completed or started during the 107th Congress follows. Eight 
investigations dealt with classified intelligence matters and 
consequently are not otherwise identified.
 Studies Completed or Started By the Surveys and Investigations Staff 
              Committee on Appropriations, 107th Congress
     agriculture, rural development, federal, and related agencies
--Department of Agriculture Utilization of Commodity Credit Corporation 
        Funds for Market Loss Assistance Payments and Other Program 
        Payments
--The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's Plum Island Animal 
        Disease Center
                      commerce, justice and state
--Operations of the Patent and Trademark Office
                                defense
--DOD Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund
--Budget Activities of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service
--DOD Aviation Spares
--DOD Ship Depot Maintenance
--DOD Acquisition Workforce
--DOD and North Atlantic Treaty Organization Support to Other Nations
--DOD A-76 Cost Comparisons
--DOD Management of Special and Incentive Pays
--DOD War Reserve Materials and Prepositioned Equipment Sets
--Navy and Air Force Flying Hour Costs
--FY 2002 Budget Request for DOD Research, Development, Test & 
        Evaluation, Defense Wide Accounts
--FY 2002 Budget Request for DOD Procurement, Defense-Wide Accounts
--FY 2002 Budget Request for the DOD Operations and Maintenance, 
        Defense-Wide Accounts
--Intelligence Matter I (00)
--Intelligence Matter II (00/01/02)
--Intelligence Matter III (00/01/02)
--Intelligence Matter IV (00/01/02)
--Intelligence Matter VI (00)
--Intelligence Matter I (01/02)
--Intelligence Matter II (01/02)
--Intelligence Matter I (02)
--Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Programs of the U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force
--Army Budget Activities of the FY 2003 Other Procurement 
        Appropriations
--Navy Budget Activities of the FY 2003 Other Procurement 
        Appropriations
--Air Force Budget Activities of the FY 2003 Other Procurement 
        Appropriations
--Department of the Navy's Programs to Mitigate Terrorist Risk Against 
        Naval Vessels
--Navy-Marine Corps Intranet
--FY 2003 Budget Request for the Research, Development, Test and 
        Evaluation, Air Force Accounts
--Defense Health Program of the DOD
--Chemical Weapons Storage and Disposal Programs of the DOD
--Chief of Staff/Service Secretary Reserve Funds
                     interior and related agencies
--U.S. Forest Service Forest Legacy Program
--Indian Health Service Administration of Federal Health Programs
                         military construction
--Presidential Emergency Action Facilities And Programs
--Status of Command Structure Planning at U.S. Southern Command
                treasury, postal, and general government
--Information Technology Systems Related to Human Resources and 
        Financial Management
--United States Customs Service Air Maintenance Contract
--E-Government Initiative
--Department of Treasury's HR Connect
--Selected Programs of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the 
        Department of Justice, and the Department of Treasury
--Federal Law Enforcement Control of U.S. Borders
--Public Safety Wireless Integrated Network
                    va, hud and independent agencies
--Increasing Costs Associated with NASA's International Space Station
--Procedures Established by the Department of Housing and Urban 
        Development to Enforce the Anti-Deficiency Act 1

    With respect to the above listing, it should be noted that 
since that studies originate with the Subcommittees, any 
information developed during the course of an investigation is 
reported to the Subcommittee which requested such study or 
examination as well as the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member 
of the Full Committee. This information may be released for 
publication only when the Subcommittee so determines as 
provided by Section 8 of the Committee's rules.

                      SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE GAO

    In addition to the information made available to the 
Committee through its Surveys and Investigation Staff, the 
Committee also utilizes the resources of the General Accounting 
Office. The Committee receives a copy of every GAO report 
addressed to the Congress. In recent years the scope of the GAO 
auditing and review capability has been enlarged to include 
management surveys. For over 20 years the GAO has extracted 
from those reports and compiled in separate volumes a list of 
so-called ``significant audit findings'' for special use by the 
Committee staff in the annual appropriations hearings. These 
findings relate to matters which are felt to require corrective 
action by the Committee's efforts, through legislation, or 
through administrative efforts. This compilation is designed to 
identify problem areas in an individual agency which might have 
applicability to other organizations.
    Additionally, the Committee frequently calls upon GAO to 
make special studies and investigations.
    A listing of some reports and staff studies by the 
Committee which were underway during the 107th Congress 
follows:

 FORMAL REPORTS AND TESTIMONIES ISSUED TO HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
         AND SUBCOMMITTEES--JANUARY 1, 2001 TO DECEMBER 9, 2002
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          Title                                Date
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Military Personnel: Management and Oversight of               11/25/2002
 Selective Reenlistment Bonus Program Needs Improvement
 (GAO-03-149)...........................................

NATO Enlargement: Report Is Responsive to Senate              11/15/2002
 Requirements, but Additional Information Could Be
 Useful (GAO-03-255)....................................

Public Schools: Insufficient Research to Determine            10/29/2002
 Effectiveness of Selected Private Education Companies
 (GAO-03-11)............................................

Defense Inventory: Better Reporting on Spare Parts            10/24/2002
 Spending Will Enhance Congressional Oversight (GAO-03-
 18)....................................................

Immigration Benefits: Eighth Report Required by the           10/22/2002
 Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 (GAO-
 03-240R)...............................................

Bone Marrow Transplants: Despite Recruitment Successes,       10/18/2002
 National Program May Be Underutilized (GAO-03-182).....

Funding for Technical Assistance for Conservation              10/8/2002
 Programs Enumerated in Section 2701 of the 2002 Farm
 Bill (B-291241)........................................

Financial Audit: Independent Counsel Expenditures for          9/30/2002
 the Six Months Ended March 31, 2002 (GAO-02-1068)......

Highway Projects: Extent of Projects with Unobligated          9/23/2002
 Balances of Greater Than 85 Percent as of August 16,
 2002 (GAO-02-1059R)....................................

Defense Health Care: Most Reservists Have Civilian              9/6/2002
 Health Coverage but More Assistance Is Needed When
 TRICARE Is Used (GAO-02-829)...........................

District of Columbia: Fiscal Structural Balance Issues          9/4/2002
 (GAO-02-1001)..........................................

Options to Enhance the Long-term Viability of the              8/30/2002
 Essential Air Service Program (GAO-02-997R)............

Nonproliferation R&D: NNSA's Program Develops Successful       8/23/2002
 Technologies, but Project Management Can Be
 Strengthened (GAO-02-904)..............................

Customs Service Modernization: Third Expenditure Plan           8/9/2002
 Meets Legislative Conditions, but Cost Estimating
 Improvements Needed (GAO-02-908).......................

District of Columbia: More Details Needed on Plans to           8/7/2002
 Integrate Computer Systems With the Family Court and
 Use Federal Funds (GAO-02-948).........................

Foreign Assistance: Disaster Recovery Program Addressed        7/24/2002
 Intended Purposes, but USAID Needs Greater Flexibility
 to Improve Its Response Capability (GAO-02-787)........

Department of Defense's Compliance with Statutory              7/19/2002
 Requirements for Funding Military Operations Where
 Funds Were Not Provided in Advance (GAO-02-903R).......

Defense Inventory: Improved Industrial Base Assessments        7/12/2002
 for Army War Reserve Spares Could Save Money (GAO-02-
 650)...................................................

Apportionment of Budget Authority for America West             7/10/2002
 Airlines (B-290600)....................................

IRS's Budget Justification: Options for Structure and           7/8/2002
 Content (GAO-02-711R)..................................

NNSA: Nuclear Weapon Reports Need to Be More Detailed           7/3/2002
 and Comprehensive (GAO-02-889R)........................

Executive Office of the President: Analysis of Mandated        6/28/2002
 Report on Key Information Technology Areas (GAO-02-
 779R)..................................................

Department of Energy: Observations on Using External           6/26/2002
 Agencies to Regulate Nuclear and Worker Safety in DOE's
 Science Laboratories (GAO-02-868R).....................

Defense Logistics: Better Fuel Pricing Practices Will          6/21/2002
 Improve Budget Accuracy (GAO-02-582)...................

Military Housing: Management Improvements Needed As the        6/21/2002
 Pace of Privatization Quickens (GAO-02-624)............

FBI Reorganization: Initial Steps Encouraging but Broad        6/21/2002
 Transformation Needed (GAO-02-865T)....................

Air Force Depot Maintenance: Management Improvements           6/20/2002
 Needed for Backlog of Funded Contract Maintenance Work
 (GAO-02-623)...........................................

Information Management: Challenges in Managing and             6/17/2002
 Preserving Electronic Records (GAO-02-586).............

International Trade: Critical Issues Remain in Deterring       6/14/2002
 Conflict Diamond Trade (GAO-02-678)....................

Defense Infrastructure: Most Recruit Training Barracks         6/13/2002
 Have Significant Deficiencies (GAO-02-786).............

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria        6/7/2002
 Has Been Established but It is Premature to Evaluate
 its Effectiveness (GAO-02-819R)........................

Highway Projects: Extent of Unobligated Balances for            6/5/2002
 Demonstration Projects as of March 31, 2002 (GAO-02-
 721R)..................................................

Public Housing: HUD and Public Housing Agencies'               5/31/2002
 Experiences with Fiscal Year 2000 Plan Requirements
 (GAO-02-572)...........................................

Highway Research: Systematic Selection and Evaluation          5/24/2002
 Processes Needed for Research Program (GAO-02-573).....

DCPS: Attorneys' Fees for Access to Special Education          5/22/2002
 Opportunities (GAO-02-559R)............................

Customs Service Modernization: Management Improvements         5/13/2002
 Needed on High-Risk Automated Commercial Environment
 Project (GAO-02-545)...................................

D.C. Family Court: Additional Actions Should Be Taken to        5/6/2002
 Fully Implement Its Transition (GAO-02-584)............

Defense Health Care: Health Care Benefit for Women              5/1/2002
 Comparable to Other Plans (GAO-02-602).................

Defense Inventory: Trends in Services' Spare Parts             4/30/2002
 Purchased from the Defense Logistics Agency (GAO-02-
 452)...................................................

District of Columbia: D.C. Public Schools' Modernization       4/25/2002
 Program Faces Major Challenges (GAO-02-628T)...........

Fiscal Year 2003 Budget Request: U.S. General Accounting       4/24/2002
 Office (GAO-02-519T)...................................

Immigration Benefits: Seventh Report Required by the           4/18/2002
 Haitian Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 (GAO-02-600R).

District of Columbia: Performance Report Reflects              4/15/2002
 Progress and Opportunities for Improvement (GAO-02-588)

National Park Service: Status of Efforts to Develop            4/12/2002
 Better Deferred Maintenance Data (GAO-02-568R).........

Land Management Agencies: Restoring Fish Passage Through       4/10/2002
 Culverts on Forest Service and BLM Lands in Oregon and
 Washington Could Take Decades (GAO-02-596T)............

Medicare Fraud and Abuse: DOJ Continues to Promote              4/5/2002
 Compliance with False Claims Act Guidance (GAO-02-546).

Wildland Fire Management: Improved Planning Will Help          3/29/2002
 Agencies Better Identify Fire-Fighting Preparedness
 Needs (GAO-02-158).....................................

Financial Audit: Independent and Special Counsel               3/29/2002
 Expenditures for the Six Months Ended September 30,
 2001 (GAO-02-443)......................................

Air Quality: TVA Plans to Reduce Air Emissions Further,         3/8/2002
 but Could Do More to Reduce Power Demand (GAO-02-301)..

Tactical Aircraft: F-22 Delays Indicate Initial                 3/5/2002
 Production Rates Should Be Lower to Reduce Risks (GAO-
 02-298)................................................

DC Courts: Disciplined Processes Critical to Successful        2/28/2002
 System Acquisition (GAO-02-316)........................

VA Health Care: Allocation Changes Would Better Align          2/28/2002
 Resources with Workload (GAO-02-338)...................

Business Systems Modernization: IRS Needs to Better            2/28/2002
 Balance Management Capacity with System Acquisition
 Workload (GAO-02-356)..................................

Defense Acquisitions: Steps to Improve the Crusader            2/25/2002
 Program's Investment Decisions (GAO-02-201)............

Drinking Water: Revisions to EPA's Cost Analysis for the       2/22/2002
 Radon Rule Would Improve Its Credibility and Usefulness
 (GAO-02-333)...........................................

Title I Funding: Poor Children Benefit Though Funding          1/31/2002
 Per Poor Child Differs (GAO-02-242)....................

Severe Wildland Fires: Leadership and Accountability           1/31/2002
 Needed to Reduce Risks to Communities and Resources
 (GAO-02-259)...........................................

Federal Housing Assistance: Comparing the                      1/31/2002
 Characteristics and Costs of Housing Programs (GAO-02-
 76)....................................................

Defense Acquisitions: Collection and Reporting of              1/28/2002
 Information Technology Purchases (GAO-02-331)..........

Department of Energy: Fundamental Reassessment Needed to      12/21/2001
 Address Major Mission, Structure, and Accountability
 Problems (GAO-02-51)...................................

Wildlife Services Program: Information on Activities to       11/30/2001
 Manage Wildlife Damage (GAO-02-138)....................

Joint Warfighting: Attacking Time-Critical Targets (GAO-      11/30/2001
 02-204R)...............................................

Land Management Agencies: Restoring Fish Passage Through      11/23/2001
 Culverts on Forest Service and BLM Lands in Oregon and
 Washington Could Take Decades (GAO-02-136).............

District of Columbia Issues: D.C. Workforce Reductions         11/5/2001
 and Related Funding Issues (GAO-02-128R)...............

Immigration Benefits: Sixth Report Required by the            10/22/2001
 Haitian Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 (GAO-02-114R).

Defense Health Care: Disability Programs Need                 10/12/2001
 Improvement and Face Challenges (GAO-02-73)............

National Parks: Significant Progress Made in Preserving        10/4/2001
 the Presidio and Attaining Financial Self-Sufficiency
 (GAO-02-87)............................................

Financial Audit: Independent and Special Counsel               9/28/2001
 Expenditures for the Six Months Ended March 31, 2001
 (GAO-01-1035)..........................................

Medicare: Program Designed to Inform Beneficiaries and         9/28/2001
 Promote Choice Faces Challenges (GAO-01-1071)..........

Bioterrorism: Federal Research and Preparedness                9/28/2001
 Activities (GAO-01-915)................................

District of Columbia: D.C. Public Schools                      9/28/2001
 Inappropriately Used Gas Utility Contract for
 Renovations (GAO-01-963)...............................

Army Management: Need to Reassess Risk and Resources for       9/28/2001
 Inspecting Ceremonial Rifles (GAO-01-967)..............

Former Presidents: Office and Security Costs and Other         9/28/2001
 Information (GAO-01-983)...............................

Aviation Security: Terrorist Acts Illustrate Severe            9/20/2001
 Weaknesses in Aviation Security (GAO-01-1166T).........

Export-Import Bank: The U.S. Export-Import Bank's              8/31/2001
 Financing of Dual-Use Exports (GAO-01-1110R)...........

Budget Scoring: Budget Scoring Affects Some Lease Terms,       8/31/2001
 but Full Extent Is Uncertain (GAO-01-929)..............

Highway Projects: Extent of Unobligated Balances for           8/31/2001
 Demonstration Projects (GAO-01-985R)...................

Internal Revenue Service: Results of Review of IRS             8/17/2001
 Spending for Business Systems Modernization (GAO-01-
 920)...................................................

Defense Inventory: Navy Spare Parts Quality Deficiency         8/16/2001
 Reporting Program Needs Improvement (GAO-01-923).......

Financial Management: DOD Improvement Plan Needs               8/15/2001
 Strategic Focus (GAO-01-764)...........................

Navy Inventory: Parts Shortages Are Impacting Operations       7/31/2001
 and Maintenance Effectiveness (GAO-01-771).............

Army Inventory: Parts Shortages Are Impacting Operations       7/31/2001
 and Maintenance Effectiveness (GAO-01-772).............

Human Capital: Implementing an Effective Workforce             7/31/2001
 Strategy Would Help EPA to Achieve Its Strategic Goals
 (GAO-01-812)...........................................

Kosovo Air Operations: Need to Maintain Alliance               7/27/2001
 Cohesion Resulted in Doctrinal Departures (GAO-01-784).

Federal Housing Programs: What They Cost and What They         7/18/2001
 Provide (GAO-01-901R)..................................

Defense Logistics: Information on Apache Helicopter            7/17/2001
 Support and Readiness (GAO-01-630).....................

Federal Emergency Management Agency: Weaknesses Exist in       7/13/2001
 the Cerro Grande Fire Assistance Claim Validation
 Process (GAO-01-848)...................................

Multifamily Housing: Issues Related to Mark-to-Market          7/11/2001
 Program Reauthorization (GAO-01-800)...................

[Comments on Obligations Incurred by TRICARE Management         7/5/2001
 Activity] (B-287619)...................................

Freight Railroad Regulation: Surface Transportation             7/5/2001
 Board's Oversight Could Benefit From Evidence Better
 Identifying How Mergers Affect Rates (GAO-01-689)......

Business Systems Modernization: Results of Review of           6/29/2001
 IRS' March 2001 Expenditure Plan (GAO-01-716)..........

Air Force Inventory: Parts Shortages Are Impacting             6/27/2001
 Operations and Maintenance Effectiveness (GAO-01-587)..

Fiscal Year 2002 Budget Request: U.S. General Accounting       6/26/2001
 Office (GAO-01-809T)...................................

Anti-Drug Media Campaign: Aspects of Advertising               6/25/2001
 Contract Mismanaged by the Government; Contractor
 Improperly Charged Some Costs (GAO-01-623).............

Health Centers and Rural Clinics: Payments Likely to Be        6/19/2001
 Constrained Under Medicaid's New System (GAO-01-577)...

Business Systems Modernization: Results of Review of           6/12/2001
 IRS' Customer Account Data Engine Project (GAO-01-717).

Defense Inventory: Information on the Use of Spare Parts       6/11/2001
 Funding Is Lacking (GAO-01-472)........................

Defense Acquisitions: Higher Level DOD Review of                6/8/2001
 Antiarmor Mission and Munitions Is Needed (GAO-01-607).

District of Columbia: Comments on Fiscal Year 2000              6/8/2001
 Performance Report (GAO-01-804)........................

Customs Service Modernization: Results of Review of             6/5/2001
 First Automated Commercial Environment Expenditure Plan
 (GAO-01-696)...........................................

Defense Working Capital Fund: Improvements Needed for          5/30/2001
 Managing the Backlog of Funded Work (GAO-01-559).......

Air Pollution: Air Quality and Respiratory Problems in         5/25/2001
 and Near the Great Smoky Mountains (GAO-01-658)........

Air Pollution: Air Quality and Respiratory Problems in         5/25/2001
 and Near the Great Smoky Mountains (GAO-01-790T).......

Defense Health Care: Across-the-Board Physician Rate           5/24/2001
 Increases Would be Costly and Unnecessary (GAO-01-620).

Defense Acquisition: Army Transformation Faces Weapon          5/21/2001
 Systems Challenges (GAO-01-311)........................

Multilateral Development Banks: Profiles of Selected           5/18/2001
 Multilateral Development Banks (GAO-01-665)............

District of Columbia: Compensation Simplification              5/16/2001
 Contracting Requirements (GAO-01-690R).................

District of Columbia: Observations on Management Issues        5/16/2001
 (GAO-01-743T)..........................................

Defense Inventory: Army War Reserve Spare Parts                5/10/2001
 Requirements Are Uncertain (GAO-01-425)................

Licensing Hydropower Projects: Better Time and Cost Data        5/2/2001
 Needed to Reach Informed Decisions About Process
 Reforms (GAO-01-499)...................................

District of Columbia: Weaknesses in Financial Management       4/30/2001
 System Implementation (GAO-01-489).....................

Pipeline Safety Fund: Minimum Balance Was Not Reasonably       4/30/2001
 Estimated (GAO-01-523).................................

Veterans' Health Care: Observations on VA's Assessment         4/25/2001
 of Hepatitis C Budgeting and Funding (GAO-01-661T).....

Immigration Benefits: Fifth Report Required by the             4/20/2001
 Haitian Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 (GAO-01-651R).

St. Elizabeths Hospital: Real Property Issues Related to       4/16/2001
 the West Campus (GAO-01-434)...........................

State Department: Decision to Retain Embassy Parking Lot       4/13/2001
 in Paris, France, Should Be Revisited (GAO-01-477).....

Defense Infrastructure: Military Services Lack Reliable         4/6/2001
 Data on Historic Properties (GAO-01-437)...............

D.C. Criminal Justice System: Better Coordination Needed       3/30/2001
 Among Participating Agencies (GAO-01-187)..............

Financial Audit: Independent and Special Counsel               3/30/2001
 Expenditures for the Six Months Ended September 30,
 2000 (GAO-01-505)......................................

Medicare Fraud and Abuse: DOJ Has Improved Oversight of        3/30/2001
 False Claims Act Guidance (GAO-01-506).................

District of Columbia: National Museum of American Music        3/23/2001
 (GAO-01-537R)..........................................

Intercity Passenger Rail: Assessing the Benefits of            3/21/2001
 Increased Federal Funding for Amtrak and High-Speed
 Passenger Rail Systems (GAO-01-480T)...................

Foreign Assistance: Implementing Disaster Recovery             3/21/2001
 Assistance in Latin America (GAO-01-541T)..............

Restructuring of the District of Columbia Department of        3/16/2001
 Public Works' Division of Transportation (GAO-01-347R).

Business Systems Modernization: IRS Has Satisfied              3/16/2001
 Congressional Direction on the Custodial Accounting
 Project (GAO-01-444R)..................................

Tactical Aircraft: F-22 Development and Testing Delays         3/15/2001
 Indicate Need for Limit on Low-Rate Production (GAO-01-
 310)...................................................

Agricultural Trade: Impacts of the Andean Trade                3/15/2001
 Preference Act on Asparagus Producers and Consumers
 (GAO-01-315)...........................................

Defense Infrastructure: Historic Properties within the         3/15/2001
 Department of Defense (GAO-01-497T)....................

Department of the Treasury: Information on the Office of        3/2/2001
 Enforcement's Operations (GAO-01-305)..................

Defense Acquisitions: Space-Based Infrared System-low at       2/28/2001
 Risk of Missing Initial Deployment Date (GAO-01-6).....

Land Management Systems: BLM's Actions to Improve              2/27/2001
 Information Technology Management (GAO-01-282).........

Contract Management: No DOD Proposal to Improve Contract       2/16/2001
 Service Costs Reporting (GAO-01-295)...................

Medicare Home Health Care: OASIS Data Use, Cost, and           1/30/2001
 Privacy Implications (GAO-01-205)......................

Student Discipline: Individuals With Disabilities              1/25/2001
 Education Act (GAO-01-210).............................

International Monetary Fund: Efforts to Advance U.S.           1/23/2001
 Policies at the Fund (GAO-01-214)......................

Tax Systems Modernization: Results of Review of IRS'           1/22/2001
 Third Expenditure Plan (GAO-01-227)....................
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  ACTIVE ASSIGNMENTS IN PROCESS FOR HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE AND
                  SUBCOMMITTEES AS OF DECEMBER 7, 2002
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                                  Title
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
ADVANCED EXTREMELY HIGH FREQUENCY (AEHF) SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
 (ASM)

ACQUISITION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE'S JOINT TACTICAL RADIO SYSTEM
 (ASM)

AIR FORCE MANAGEMENT OF SECONDARY INVENTORY ITEMS NEEDING REPAIR (DCM)

REVIEW OF DOD'S PERSONAL PROPERTY PROGRAM EVALUATION RESULTS (DCM)

EFFECTIVENESS OF SPARE PARTS AND RELATED LOGISTICS SUPPORT PROVIDED TO
 DEPLOYED NAVY SHIPS (DCM)

ARMY'S INITIATIVES TO OVERCOME SHORTAGES OF SPARE PARTS (DCM)

AIR FORCE INITIATIVES TO REDUCE SPARE PARTS SHORTAGES (DCM)

NAVY INIATIVES TO REDUCE SPARE PARTS SHORTAGES (DCM)

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY INITIATIVES TO REDUCE SPARE PARTS SHORTAGES
 (DCM)

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE OVERSIGHT OF INITIATIVES TO ADDRESS
 SPARE PARTS SHORTAGES AND THEIR IMPACT ON READINESS (DCM)

KOREAN LAND PARTNERSHIP PLAN FOR CONSOLIDATING AND ALIGNING FACILITIES
 WITH FUTURE REQUIREMENTS (DCM)

MILITARY ACADEMIES ADMISSIONS (DCM)

CONDITION OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT AND RELATED FUNDING (DCM)

FOOD ASSISTANCE: OPPORTUNITIES FOR INCREASING WIC INFANT FORMULA REBATES
 (EWIS)

DOD OVERSEAS SCHOOLS: COMPENSATION ADEQUATE FOR RECRUITING AND RETAINING
 WELL-QUALIFIED TEACHERS (EWIS)

STUDENT LOANS FOR AMERICANS ATTENDING FOREIGN SCHOOLS (EWIS)

PHYSICAL CONDITION OF BIA SCHOOL FACILITIES (EWIS)

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TRAVEL EXPENSES FOR 1999 THROUGH 2002 (TO DATE)
 (FMA)

FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA) ANNUAL REPORT OF CERRO GRANDE
 FIRE CLAIM STATUS AND PAYMENTS FOR FY02 (FMA)

NAVY SPACE AND NAVAL WARFARE CENTERS (SPAWAR) CARRYOVER BALANCES (FMA)

REVIEW OF CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE WORLD BANK GROUP'S GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE
 (FMA)

REVIEW OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS SPECIAL EVENTS GIFT
 FUND (FMA)

REVIEW OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUNDS (ERF) PROVIDED TO CERTAIN LEGISLATIVE
 BRANCH ENTITIES (FMA)

QUARTERLY ASSESSMENT OF THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL POLICE OFFICE OF
 ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATIONS (FMA)

INDEPENDENT AND SPECIAL COUNSEL AUDITS FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED
 SEPTEMBER 30, 2002 (FMA)

CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER (CVC) PROJECT FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT (FMA)

COST OF SAVINGS FROM SAVINGS BONDS (FMCI)

STATE AND LOCAL PREPAREDNESS FOR POTENTIAL BIOTERRORIST ATTACK AGAINST
 THE CIVILIAN POPULATION (HC)

ADVISABILITY, NEED, AND COST OF PHYSICAL EXAMS, SCREENINGS AND CARE FOR
 RESERVE COMPONENT MEMBERS (HC)

OXYCONTIN MARKETING AND PROMOTION STRATEGIES (HC)

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT'S EARTHQUAKE RECOVERY
 ASSISTANCE FOR EL SALVADOR (IAT)

THE STATUS OF NATO ENLARGEMENT EFFORTS (IAT)

U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL FOOD AID FOR AFGHANISTAN (IAT)

REVIEW OF GLOBAL HEALTH FUND TO FIGHT AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA
 (IAT)

ASSESSMENT OF THE COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ANNUAL REPORT FOR FISCAL
 YEAR 2002 (IAT)

CONSISTENCY OF INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND PRACTICES WITH U.S. POLICIES
 AND LAW (IAT)

ASSESSING THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION'S EFFORTS TO
 ACQUIRE AN ADVANCED ELECTRONIC RECORDS ARCHIVE SYSTEM (IT)

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AT THE DEPARTMENT OF THE
 INTERIOR (IT)

REVIEW OF AGENCY COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 813 OF PUBLIC LAW 106-398 (IT)

LAND RENTS FOR HYDROPOWER PROJECTS ON FEDERAL LANDS (NRE)

ANALYSIS OF THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS' MINIMUM DREDGING FLEET (NRE)

WILDFIRE FUELS REDUCTION PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION, AND
 MONITORING (NRE)

SCIENCE SUPPORTING THE SOUTH FLORIDA ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION INITATIVE
 (NRE)

NUCLEAR WEAPON STOCKPILE LIFE EXTENSTION PROGRAM MANAGEMENT (NRE)

U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AMERICAN RIVER LEVEE COMMON ELEMENTS
 PROJECT (NRE)

U.S. MINT: PUBLIC PREFERENCE FOR U.S. COIN DESIGN WITH PARTICULAR
 ATTENTION TO THE NEW $1 COIN (PI)

MANDATED GENERAL MANAGEMENT REVIEW OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL (SI)

FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER: POST 9/11 FACILITY TRAINING
 CAPACITY (TAJ)

MONITORING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FBI'S REORGANIZATION PLANS (TAJ)

INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER FBI'S IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL
 GUIDELINES (TAJ)
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                               Appendix A


             BACKGROUND OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

    On March 2, 1865, the House of Representatives separated 
the appropriating and banking and currency duties from the 
Committee on Ways and Means, which was first established in 
1789, and assigned them to two new committees--the Committee on 
Appropriations and the Committee on Banking and Currency.
    Until 1865, all ``general'' appropriations bills had been 
controlled in the House by the Committee on Ways and Means--
also in charge of revenue measures and some other classes of 
substantive legislation.

                      Membership of the Committee

    The new Committee on Appropriations--six Republicans and 
three Democrats--was appointed on December 11, 1865, in the 1st 
session of the 39th Congress, and first reported the general 
appropriations bills for the fiscal year 1867. By 1920, the 
number of members had grown to 21. It was changed that year to 
35 and gradually increased to 50 by 1951, and now numbers 65 
members with 36 Republicans and 29 Democrats.

                           Committee Chairmen

    Twenty-nine men, including the present incumbent, the 
Honorable C. W. Bill Young of Florida, have served as chairman 
of the Committee on Appropriations. The Honorable Clarence 
Cannon of Missouri, served as chairman nearly 19 years, 
although his term as chairman was of broken continuity. The 
Honorable George Mahon of Texas, served as chairman 
continuously longer than any other person, from May 18, 1964 to 
January 3, 1979. Several chairmen went on to higher or other 
important offices. One, James Garfield of Ohio, became 
President. Three, Samuel Randall of Pennsylvania, Joseph Cannon 
of Illinois, and Joseph Byrns of Tennessee, became Speaker of 
the House. Three later served in the U.S. Senate. One became 
Governor of his State. The list of distinctions is long. 
Interesting biographical sketches of 21 of the men are 
contained in House Document No. 299 of the 77th Congress.

                       The Growth of Expenditures

    In the early years of the Congress, a single general 
appropriation bill from the Ways and Means Committee met the 
needs of the country. The first bill, in 1789, appropriated 
$639,000 and covered 13 lines of the printed statutes. Five 
years later, in 1794, the Army was supplied in a separate bill, 
then the Navy in 1799. This trend continued until in 1865, 
there were 10 bills passed over to the new Committee on 
Appropriations, not including deficiency bills. For fiscal year 
1999, appropriations within the 13 subcommittees have provided 
a total of $840.7 billion.
    Until recent years, large sustained spending increases of 
the Federal Government usually occurred only in connection with 
wars. For several years prior to the Civil War, Federal 
expenditures averaged $60,000,000 annually. By the peak of the 
war, in fiscal year 1865, expenditures amounted to 
$1,297,555,224. The year following the war--fiscal year 1866--
spending was reduced to $520,809,417.
    In the first year for which the new Committee on 
Appropriations reported the general bills, fiscal year 1867, 
total expenditures of the Government were $357,542,675. In the 
ensuing 100 years the lowest expenditure level was 
$236,964,327--in fiscal year 1878. The Spanish-American War 
period marked the high point for the remainder of the century; 
in fiscal year 1899 expenditures reached $605,072,179, but by 
1902 had dropped back to $485,234,249. With the onset of World 
War I expenditures again crossed the billion-dollar mark in 
fiscal year 1917, reached a war peak of $18,514,879,955 in 
fiscal year 1919, and receded by fiscal year 1927 to 
$2,974,029,674, the lowest subsequent level.
    By 1940, spending in appropriations bills had climbed to 
$14.6 billion as a result mainly of various New Deal 
legislation--when we began meeting local problems with national 
programs. Since 1934, our national wealth has increased 41 
times.
    By 1943, the fiscal high point of World War II--some $143.8 
billion was being spent. After World War II spending declined 
to the $30 billion range and then increased to $91.1 billion in 
1951 in connection with the Korean War.
    After the Korean War, Federal spending in appropriations 
bills decreased to $47.6 billion in 1954. This is the last 
period in the Federal budget in which spending has decreased. 
Every year after 1954 spending has steadily increased in order 
to help meet the needs facing the country.

                           The Budget Process

    By the early 1970's new forces were at work calling for 
changes in the way in which Congress handled the budget and 
appropriations process.
    One of the most compelling of these forces, although it was 
largely a temporary problem, was due to the ``impoundment'' of 
funds in fiscal year 1974 by the President. This was, in 
effect, a line item veto of funds for programs that were 
initiated or increased by the Congress. Many Members of 
Congress and certain special interest groups were outraged and 
extremely frustrated by the impoundments. Numerous court suits 
on various impoundments had been filed and were in the process 
of being heard.
    A more serious reason for budget reform was due to the 
widely held belief that the budget was out of control. Deficits 
were mounting; so-called ``uncontrollable'' spending was 
climbing; and ``back door'' spending, i.e. spending provided 
other than through the Appropriations Committee, was 
increasing. It was also becoming clear that there was little, 
if any coordination between raising and spending revenues.
    Additionally, there was a feeling among some Members of 
Congress that there needed to be other or additional ways to 
change the priorities of Federal spending. Because of these and 
other concerns, formal work was begun on improving the 
congressional budget process through the establishment of the 
Joint Study Committee on Budget Control.
    The work of this Committee, the House Rules Committee, the 
Senate Committee on Government Operations, and the Senate Rules 
Committee eventually resulted in the adoption of the 
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
                               Appendix B


 PROVISIONS OF THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APPLICABLE TO 
       THE JURISDICTION OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS


                                 Rule X


                       ORGANIZATION OF COMMITTEES

             Committees and Their Legislative Jurisdictions

    1. There shall be in the House the following standing 
committees, each of which shall have the jurisdiction and 
related functions assigned by this clause and clauses 2, 3, and 
4. All bills, resolutions, and other matters relating to 
subjects within the jurisdiction of the standing committees 
listed in this clause shall be referred to those committees, in 
accordance with clause 2 of rule XII, as
follows:

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

    (b) Committee on Appropriations
            (1) Appropriation of the revenue for the support of 
        the Government.
            (2) Rescissions of appropriations contained in 
        appropriation Acts.
            (3) Transfers of unexpended balances.
            (4) Bills and joint resolutions reported by other 
        committees that provide new entitlement authority as 
        defined in section 3(9) of the Congressional Budget Act 
        of 1974 and referred to the committee under clause 
        4(a)(2).

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *


                   General Oversight Responsibilities

    2. (a) The various standing committees shall have general 
oversight responsibilities as provided in paragraph (b) in 
order to assist the House in--
            (1) its analysis, appraisal, and evaluation of--
                    (A) the application, administration, 
                execution, and effectiveness of Federal laws; 
                and
                    (B) conditions and circumstances which may 
                indicate the necessity or desirability of 
                enacting new or additional legislation; and
            (2) its formulation, consideration, and enactment 
        of changes in Federal laws, and of such additional 
        legislation, as may be necessary or appropriate.
    (b)(1) In order to determine whether laws and programs 
addressing subjects within the jurisdiction of a committee are 
being implemented and carried out in accordance with the intent 
of Congress and whether they should be continued, curtailed, or 
eliminated, each standing committee (other than the Committee 
on Appropriations) shall review and study on a continuing 
basis--

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *


                      Special Oversight Functions

    3. (a) The Committee on Appropriations shall conduct such 
studies and examinations of the organization and operation of 
executive departments and other executive agencies (including 
an agency the majority of the stock of which is owned by the 
United States) as it considers necessary to assist it in the 
determination of matters within its jurisdiction.

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *


                   Additional Functions of Committees

    4. (a)(1)(A) The Committee on Appropriations shall, within 
30 days after the transmittal of the Budget to the Congress 
each year, hold hearings on the Budget as a whole with 
particular reference to--
            (i) the basic recommendations and budgetary 
        policies of the President in the presentation of the 
        Budget; and
            (ii) the fiscal, financial, and economic 
        assumptions used as bases in arriving at total 
        estimated expenditures and receipts.
    (B) In holding hearings pursuant to subdivision (A), the 
committee shall receive testimony from the Secretary of the 
Treasury, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 
the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, and such 
other persons as the committee may desire.
    (C) A hearing under subdivision (A), or any part thereof, 
shall be held in open session, except when the committee, in 
open session and with a quorum present, determines by record 
vote that the testimony to be taken at that hearing on that day 
may be related to a matter of national security. The committee 
may by the same procedure close one subsequent day of hearing. 
A transcript of all such hearings shall be printed and a copy 
thereof furnished to each Member, Delegate, and the Resident 
Commissioner.
    (D) A hearing under subdivision (A), or any part thereof, 
may be held before a joint meeting of the committee and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate in accordance with 
such procedures as the two committees jointly may determine.
    (2) Pursuant to section 401(b)(2) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, when a committee reports a bill or joint 
resolution that provides new entitlement authority as defined 
in section 3(9) of that Act, and enactment of the bill or joint 
resolution, as reported, would cause a breach of the 
committee's pertinent allocation of new budget authority under 
section 302(a) of that Act, the bill or joint resolution may be 
referred to the Committee on Appropriations with instructions 
to report it with recommendations (which may include an 
amendment limiting the total amount of new entitlement 
authority provided in the bill or joint resolution). If the 
Committee on Appropriations fails to report a bill or joint 
resolution so referred within 15 calendar days (not counting 
any day on which the house is not in session), the committee 
automatically shall be discharged from consideration of the 
bill or joint resolution, and the bill or joint resolution 
shall be placed on the appropriate calendar.
    (3) In addition, the Committee on Appropriations shall 
study on a continuing basis those provisions of law that (on 
the first day of the first fiscal year for which the 
congressional budget process is effective) provide spending 
authority of permanent budget authority, and shall report to 
the House from time to time its recommendations for terminating 
or modifying such provisions.
    (4) In the manner provided by section 302 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Committee on 
Appropriations (after consulting with the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate) shall subdivide any allocations 
made to it in the joint explanatory statement accompanying the 
conference report on such concurrent resolution, and promptly 
report the subdivisions to the House as soon as practicable 
after a concurrent resolution on the budget for a fiscal year 
is agreed to.
                               Appendix C


                SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP AND JURISDICTION

NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Young of Florida, as Chairman of 
  the Full Committee, and Mr. Obey, as Ranking Minority Member of 
  the Full Committee, are authorized to sit as Members of all 
  Subcommittees.

     SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG 
                  ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES

  HENRY BONILLA, Texas, Chairman

MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio                   JAMES T. WALSH, New York
ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut         JACK KINGSTON, Georgia
MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York         GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, Jr., 
SAM FARR, California                 Washington
ALLEN BOYD, Florida                  TOM LATHAM, Iowa
                                     JO ANN EMERSON, Missouri
                                     VIRGIL H. GOODE, Jr., Virginia
                                     RAY LaHOOD, Illinois

                              JURISDICTION

  Department of Agriculture (Except Forest Service).
  Farm Credit Administration.
  Farm Credit System Financial Assistance Corporation.
  Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
  Food and Drug Administration (HHS).

 SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE 
                    JUDICIARY, AND RELATED AGENCIES

 FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia, Chairman

JOSE E. SERRANO, New York            HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky
ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia      JIM KOLBE, Arizona
LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California    CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina
ROBERT E. ``BUD'' CRAMER, Jr., AlabamaALPH REGULA, Ohio
PATRICK J. KENNEDY, Rhode Island     TOM LATHAM, Iowa
                                     DAN MILLER, Florida
                                     DAVID VITTER, Louisiana

                              JURISDICTION

  Department of Commerce.
  Department of Justice.
  Department of State (Except International Narcotics Control; 
    International Organizations and Programs (voluntary 
    contributions); Migration and Refugee Assistance; 
    Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related 
    Programs; Peacekeeping Operations (voluntary contributions); 
    U.S. Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund; 
    Economic Support Fund).
  Department of Transportation: Maritime Administration.
  The Judiciary.
  Related Agencies:
    Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad.
    Commission on Civil Rights.
    Commission on Ocean Policy.
    Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe.
    Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
    Federal Communications Commission.
    Federal Maritime Commission.
    Federal Trade Commission.
    International Trade Commission.
    Legal Services Corporation.
    Marine Mammal Commission.
    Office of the United States Trade Representative.
    Securities and Exchange Commission.
    Small Business Administration.
    State Justice Institute.
    Broadcasting Board of Governors.

                        SUBCOMMITTEE ON DEFENSE

 JERRY LEWIS, California, Chairman

JOHN P. MURTHA, Pennsylvania         C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida
NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington          JOE SKEEN, New Mexico
MARTIN OLAV SABO, Minnesota          DAVID L. HOBSON, Ohio
PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana          HENRY BONILLA, Texas
JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia             GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, Jr., 
                                     Washington
                                     RANDY ``DUKE'' CUNNINGHAM, 
                                     California
                                     RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New 
                                     Jersey
                                     TODD TIAHRT, Kansas

                              JURISDICTION

  Department of Defense--Military:
    Departments of Army, Navy (including Marine Corps), Air 
      Force, Office of Secretary of Defense, and Defense Agencies 
      (Except Military Construction).
    Central Intelligence Agency.
    Intelligence Community Staff.

                SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

    JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan, 
             Chairman

CHAKA FATTAH, Pennsylvania           ERNEST J. ISTOOK, Jr., Oklahoma
ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia      RANDY ``DUKE'' CUNNINGHAM, 
JOHN W. OLVER, Massachusetts         California
                                     JOHN T. DOOLITTLE, California
                                     JOHN E. SWEENEY, New York
                                     DAVID VITTER, Louisiana

                              JURISDICTION

  District of Columbia.

              SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT

      SONNY CALLAHAN, Alabama

PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana          HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky
CHET EDWARDS, Texas                  RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New 
ED PASTOR, Arizona                   Jersey
JAMES E. CLYBURN, South Carolina     TOM LATHAM, Iowa
LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California    ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi
                                     ZACH WAMP, Tennessee
                                     JO ANN EMERSON, Missouri
                                     JOHN T. DOOLITTLE, California

                              JURISDICTION

  Department of Energy (Except the Economic Regulatory 
    Administration; Energy Information Administration; Office of 
    Hearings and Appeals; Strategic Petroleum Reserve; Naval 
    Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves; Fossil Energy Research and 
    Development; Clean Coal Technology; Energy Conservation; 
    Alternative Fuels Production and Related Matters).
  Department of Defense--Civil: Department of the Army: Corps of 
    Engineers--Civil.
  Department of the Interior: Bureau of Reclamation; Central Utah 
    Project.
  Related Agencies:
    Appalachian Regional Commission.
    Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.
    Delta Regional Authority.
    Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
    Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.
    Tennessee Valley Authority.

   SUBCOMMITTEE ON FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED 
                                PROGRAMS

   JIM KOLBE, Arizona, Chairman

NITA M. LOWEY, New York              SONNY CALLAHAN, Alabama
NANCY PELOSI, California             JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan
JESSE L. JACKSON, Jr., Illinois      JACK KINGSTON, Georgia
CAROLYN C. KILPATRICK, Michigan      JERRY LEWIS, California
STEVEN R. ROTHMAN, New Jersey        ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi
                                     HENRY BONILLA, Texas
                                     JOHN E. SUNUNU, New Hampshire

                              JURISDICTION

  Agency for International Development.
  Department of Defense:
    Foreign Military Financing Program.
    International Military Assistance and Training.
  Department of State:
    International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement.
    International Organizations and Programs (voluntary 
      contributions).
    Migration and Refugee Assistance.
    Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining, and Related 
      Programs.
    Peacekeeping Operations (voluntary contributions).
    U.S. Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund.
  Department of State and Agency for International Development 
    (shared):
    Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States.
    Assistance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet 
      Union.
    Economic Support Fund.
  Department of the Treasury:
    Debt Restructuring.
    International Affairs Technical Assistance.
    International Monetary Fund.
    Multilateral Development Banks.
  Export-Import Bank.
  Overseas Private Investment Corporation.
  Peace Corps.
  Trade and Development Agency.
  Related activities:
    African Development Foundation.
    Inter-American Foundation.

  SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES

  JOE SKEEN, New Mexico, Chairman

NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington          RALPH REGULA, Ohio
JOHN P. MURTHA, Pennsylvania         JIM KOLBE, Arizona
JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia             CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina
MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York         GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, Jr., 
MARTIN OLAV SABO, Minnesota          Washington
                                     ZACH WAMP, Tennessee
                                     JACK KINGSTON, Georgia
                                     JOHN E. PETERSON, Pennsylvania

                              JURISDICTION

  Department of the Interior (Except Bureau of Reclamation).
  Department of Energy: Economic Regulatory Administration; 
    Energy Information Administration; Office of Hearings and 
    Appeals; Elk Hills School Lands Fund; Strategic Petroleum 
    Reserve; Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves; Fossil 
    Energy Research and Development; Clean Coal Technology; 
    Energy Conservation; Alternative Fuels Production and Related 
    Matters; Alaska Gas Pipeline Authorities.
  Other Agencies:
    Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.
    Commission of Fine Arts.
    Forest Service (USDA).
    Holocaust Memorial Council.
    Indian Health Services and Facilities (HHS).
    Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and 
      Arts Development.
    John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
    National Capital Planning Commission.
    National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities (Except 
      Office of Library Services).
    National Gallery of Art.
    Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission.
    Presidio Trust.
    Smithsonian Institution.
    Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

 SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, 
                    EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES

   RALPH REGULA, Ohio, Chairman

DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin             C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida
STENY H. HOYER, Maryland             ERNEST J. ISTOOK, Jr., Oklahoma
NANCY PELOSI, California             DAN MILLER, Florida
NITA M. LOWEY, New York              ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi
ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut         ANNE M. NORTHUP, Kentucky
JESSE L. JACKSON, Jr., Illinois      RANDY ``DUKE'' CUNNINGHAM, 
PATRICK J. KENNEDY, Rhode Island     California
                                     KAY GRANGER, Texas
                                     JOHN E. PETERSON, Pennsylvania
                                     DON SHERWOOD, Pennsylvania

                              JURISDICTION

  Department of Education.
  Department of Health and Human Services (Except Food and Drug 
    Administration; Indian Health Services and Facilities).
  Department of Labor.
  Related Agencies:
    Armed Forces Retirement Home.
    Corporation for National and Community Service (VISTA and 
      seniors programs only).
    Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
    Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.
    Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission.
    Institute of Museum and Library Services (Except Office of 
      Museum Services).
    Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.
    National Commission on Libraries and Information Science.
    National Council on Disability.
    National Education Goals Panel.
    National Labor Relations Board.
    National Mediation Board.
    Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
    Railroad Retirement Board.
    Social Security Administration.
    United States Institute of Peace.

                   SUBCOMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina, 
             Chairman

JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia             ZACH WAMP, Tennessee
STENY H. HOYER, Maryland             JERRY LEWIS, California
MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio                   RAY LaHOOD, Illinois
                                     DON SHERWOOD, Pennsylvania

                              JURISDICTION

  House of Representatives.
  Joint Items.
  Architect of the Capitol (Except Senate Items).
  Botanic Garden.
  Congressional Budget Office.
  General Accounting Office.
  Government Printing Office.
  John C. Stennis Center.
  Library of Congress, including:
    Congressional Research Service.
    Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel.
    Copyright Office.
    National Film Preservation Board.
  United States Capitol Preservation Commission.

                 SUBCOMMITTEE ON MILITARY CONSTRUCTION

  DAVID L. HOBSON, Ohio, Chairman

JOHN W. OLVER, Massachusetts         JAMES T. WALSH, New York
CHET EDWARDS, Texas                  DAN MILLER, Florida
SAM FARR, California                 ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama
ALLEN BOYD, Florida                  KAY GRANGER, Texas
NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington          VIRGIL H. GOODE, Jr., Virginia
                                     JOE SKEEN, New Mexico
                                     DAVID VITTER, Louisiana

                              JURISDICTION

  Military Construction, Army, Navy (including Marine Corps), Air 
    Force, and Defense Agencies, and Reserve Forces.
  Military Family Housing.
  DOD Base Closure Account.
  DOD Family Housing Improvement Fund.
  DOD Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund.
  Homeowners Assistance Fund.
  NATO Security Investment Program.

 SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES

 HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky, Chairman

MARTIN OLAV SABO, Minnesota          FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia
JOHN W. OLVER, Massachusetts         TOM DeLAY, Texas
ED PASTOR, Arizona                   SONNY CALLAHAN, Alabama
CAROLYN C. KILPATRICK, Michigan      TODD TIAHRT, Kansas
JOSE E. SERRANO, New York            ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama
JAMES E. CLYBURN, South Carolina     KAY GRANGER, Texas
                                     JO ANN EMERSON, Missouri
                                     JOHN E. SWEENEY, New York

                              JURISDICTION

  Department of Transportation (Except Maritime Administration).
  Related Agencies:
    Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board.
    National Transportation Safety Board.
    Panama Canal Commission.
    Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.

    SUBCOMMITTEE ON TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE, AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT

 ERNEST J. ISTOOK, Jr., Oklahoma, 
             Chairman

STENY H. HOYER, Maryland             FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia
CARRIE P. MEEK, Florida              ANNE M. NORTHUP, Kentucky
DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina       JOHN E. SUNUNU, New Hampshire
STEVEN R. ROTHMAN, New Jersey        JOHN E. PETERSON, Pennsylvania
PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana          TODD TIAHRT, Kansas
                                     JOHN E. SWEENEY, New York
                                     DON SHERWOOD, Pennsylvania

                              JURISDICTION

  Treasury Department (Except Community Development Financial 
    Institutions).
  United States Postal Service.
    Payment to the Postal Service Fund.
  Executive Office of the President:
    Armstrong Resolution.
    Compensation of the President.
    Council of Economic Advisers.
    Executive Residence at the White House.
    Federal Drug Control Programs.
        High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program.
        Special Forfeiture Fund.
    National Security Council.
    Office of Administration.
    Office of Management and Budget.
    Office of National Drug Control Policy.
    Office of Policy Development.
    Official Residence of the Vice President.
    Special Assistance to the President.
    Unanticipated Needs.
    White House Office.
  Independent Agencies:
    Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely 
      Disabled.
    Federal Election Commission.
    Federal Labor Relations Authority.
    General Services Administration (Except Consumer Information 
      Center).
    Merit Systems Protection Board.
    Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National 
      Environmental Policy Foundation.
    Office of Special Counsel.
    National Archives and Records Administration.
    National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
    Office of Government Ethics.
    Office of Personnel Management and Related Trust Funds.
    United States Tax Court.
  General Provisions, Governmentwide.

  SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENTS OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND HOUSING AND 
              URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

JAMES T. WALSH, New York, Chairman

ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia      TOM DeLAY, Texas
MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio                   DAVID L. HOBSON, Ohio
CARRIE P. MEEK, Florida              JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan
DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina       RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New 
ROBERT E. ``BUD'' CRAMER, Jr., Alabamaersey
CHAKA FATTAH, Pennsylvania           ANNE M. NORTHUP, Kentucky
                                     JOHN E. SUNUNU, New Hampshire
                                     VIRGIL H. GOODE, Jr., Virginia
                                     ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama

                              JURISDICTION

  Department of Veterans Affairs.
  Department of Housing and Urban Development.
  Independent Agencies:
    Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (HHS, 
      formerly EPA/Superfund).
    American Battle Monuments Commission.
    Cemeterial Expenses, Army (DOD).
    Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board.
    Community Development Financial Institutions (Treasury).
    Federal Consumer Information Center (GSA).
    Consumer Product Safety Commission.
    Corporation for National and Community Service.
    Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental 
      Quality.
    Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
    Environmental Protection Agency.
    Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Office of Inspector 
      General.
    Federal Emergency Management Agency.
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
    National Credit Union Administration.
    National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (HHS, 
      formerly EPA/Superfund).
    National Science Foundation.
    Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation.
    Office of Science and Technology Policy.
    Selective Service System.
                               Appendix D


                      Committee on Appropriations


                            COMMITTEE RULES


         (Adopted for the 107th Congress on February 28, 2001)

    RESOLVED, That the rules and practices of the Committee on 
Appropriations, House of Representatives, in the One Hundred 
Sixth Congress, except as otherwise provided hereinafter, shall 
be and are hereby adopted as the rules and practices of the 
Committee on Appropriations in the One Hundred Seventh 
Congress.

    The foregoing resolution adopts the following rules:

Sec. 1: Power to Sit and Act

    For the purpose of carrying out any of its functions and 
duties under Rules X and XI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives, the Committee or any of its subcommittees is 
authorized:
            (a) To sit and act at such times and places within 
        the United States whether the House is in session, has 
        recessed, or has adjourned, and to hold such hearings; 
        and
            (b) To require, by subpoena or otherwise, the 
        attendance and testimony of such witnesses and the 
        production of such books, reports, correspondence, 
        memorandums, papers, and documents as it deems 
        necessary. The Chairman, or any Member designated by 
        the Chairman, may administer oaths to any witness.
            (c) A subpoena may be authorized and issued by the 
        Committee or its subcommittees under subsection 1 (b) 
        in the conduct of any investigation or activity or 
        series of investigations or activities, only when 
        authorized by a majority of the Members of the 
        Committee voting, a majority being present. The power 
        to authorize and issue subpoenas under subsection 1 (b) 
        may be delegated to the Chairman pursuant to such rules 
        and under such limitations as the Committee may 
        prescribe. Authorized subpoenas shall be signed by the 
        Chairman or by any Member designated by the Committee.
            (d) Compliance with any subpoena issued by the 
        Committee or its subcommittees may be enforced only as 
        authorized or directed by the House.

Sec. 2: Subcommittees

    (a) The Majority Caucus of the Committee shall establish 
the number of subcommittees and shall determine the 
jurisdiction of each subcommittee.
    (b) Each subcommittee is authorized to meet, hold hearings, 
receive evidence, and report to the Committee all matters 
referred to it.
    (c) All legislation and other matters referred to the 
Committee shall be referred to the subcommittee of appropriate 
jurisdiction within two weeks unless, by majority vote of the 
Majority Members of the full Committee, consideration is to be 
by the full Committee.
    (d) The Majority Caucus of the Committee shall determine an 
appropriate ratio of Majority to Minority Members for each 
subcommittee. The Chairman is authorized to negotiate that 
ratio with the Minority; Provided, however, That party 
representation in each subcommittee, including ex-officio 
members, shall be no less favorable to the Majority than the 
ratio for the full Committee.
    (e) The Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the full 
Committee are authorized to sit as a member of all 
subcommittees and to participate, including voting, in all its 
work.

Sec. 3: Staffing

    (a) Committee Staff--The Chairman is authorized to appoint 
the staff of the Committee, and make adjustments in the job 
titles and compensation thereof subject to the maximum rates 
and conditions established in Clause 9 (c) of Rule X of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives. In addition, he is 
authorized, in his discretion, to arrange for their specialized 
training. The Chairman is also authorized to employ additional 
personnel as necessary.
    (b) Assistants to Members--Each of the top twenty-one 
senior majority and minority Members of the full Committee may 
select and designate one staff member who shall serve at the 
pleasure of that Member. Such staff members shall be 
compensated at a rate, determined by the Member, not to exceed 
75 per centum of the maximum established in Clause 9 (c) of 
Rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives; Provided, 
That Members designating staff members under this subsection 
must specifically certify by letter to the Chairman that the 
employees are needed and will be utilized for Committee work.

Sec. 4: Committee Meetings

    (a) Regular Meeting Day--The regular meeting day of the 
Committee shall be the first Wednesday of each month while the 
House is in session, unless the Committee has met within the 
past 30 days or the Chairman considers a specific meeting 
unnecessary in the light of the requirements of the Committee 
business schedule.
    (b) Additional and Special Meetings:
            (1) The Chairman may call and convene, as he 
        considers necessary, additional meetings of the 
        Committee for the consideration of any bill or 
        resolution pending before the Committee or for the 
        conduct of other Committee business. The Committee 
        shall meet for such purpose pursuant to that call of 
        the Chairman.
            (2) If at least three Committee Members desire that 
        a special meeting of the Committee be called by the 
        Chairman, those Members may file in the Committee 
        Offices a written request to the Chairman for that 
        special meeting. Such request shall specify the measure 
        or matter to be considered. Upon the filing of the 
        request, the Committee Clerk shall notify the Chairman.
            (3) If within three calendar days after the filing 
        of the request, the Chairman does not call the 
        requested special meeting to be held within seven 
        calendar days after the filing of the request, a 
        majority of the Committee Members may file in the 
        Committee Offices their written notice that a special 
        meeting will be held, specifying the date and hour of 
        such meeting, and the measure or matter to be 
        considered. The Committee shall meet on that date and 
        hour.
            (4) Immediately upon the filing of the notice, the 
        Committee Clerk shall notify all Committee Members that 
        such special meeting will be held and inform them of 
        its date and hour and the measure or matter to be 
        considered. Only the measure or matter specified in 
        that notice may be considered at the special meeting.
    (c) Vice Chairman To Preside in Absence of Chairman--A 
member of the majority party on the Committee or subcommittee 
thereof designated by the Chairman of the full Committee shall 
be vice chairman of the Committee or subcommittee, as the case 
may be, and shall preside at any meeting during the temporary 
absence of the chairman. If the chairman and vice chairman of 
the Committee or subcommittee are not present at any meeting of 
the Committee or subcommittee, the ranking member of the 
majority party who is present shall preside at that meeting.
    (d) Business Meetings:
            (1) Each meeting for the transaction of business, 
        including the markup of legislation, of the Committee 
        and its subcommittees shall be open to the public 
        except when the Committee or its subcommittees, in open 
        session and with a majority present, determines by roll 
        call vote that all or part of the remainder of the 
        meeting on that day shall be closed.
            (2) No person other than Committee Members and such 
        congressional staff and departmental representatives as 
        they may authorize shall be present at any business or 
        markup session which has been closed.
    (e) Committee Records:
            (1) The Committee shall keep a complete record of 
        all Committee action, including a record of the votes 
        on any question on which a roll call is demanded. The 
        result of each roll call vote shall be available for 
        inspection by the public during regular business hours 
        in the Committee Offices. The information made 
        available for public inspection shall include a 
        description of the amendment, motion, or other 
        proposition, and the name of each Member voting for and 
        each Member voting against, and the names of those 
        Members present but not voting.
            (2) All hearings, records, data, charts, and files 
        of the Committee shall be kept separate and distinct 
        from the congressional office records of the Chairman 
        of the Committee. Such records shall be the property of 
        the House, and all Members of the House shall have 
        access thereto.
            (3) The records of the Committee at the National 
        Archives and Records Administration shall be made 
        available in accordance with Rule VII of the Rules of 
        the House, except that the Committee authorizes use of 
        any record to which Clause 3(b)(4) of Rule VII of the 
        Rules of the House would otherwise apply after such 
        record has been in existence for 20 years. The Chairman 
        shall notify the Ranking Minority Member of any 
        decision, pursuant to Clause 3 (b)(3) or Clause 4 (b) 
        of Rule VII of the Rules of the House, to withhold a 
        record otherwise available, and the matter shall be 
        presented to the Committee for a determination upon the 
        written request of any Member of the Committee.

Sec. 5: Committee and Subcommittee Hearings

    (a) Overall Budget Hearings--Overall budget hearings by the 
Committee, including the hearing required by Section 242 (c) of 
the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 and Clause 4 (a)(1) 
of Rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives shall be 
conducted in open session except when the Committee in open 
session and with a majority present, determines by roll call 
vote that the testimony to be taken at that hearing on that day 
may be related to a matter of national security; except that 
the Committee may by the same procedure close one subsequent 
day of hearing. A transcript of all such hearings shall be 
printed and a copy furnished to each Member, Delegate, and the 
Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico.
    (b) Other Hearings:
            (1) All other hearings conducted by the Committee 
        or its subcommittees shall be open to the public except 
        when the Committee or subcommittee in open session and 
        with a majority present determines by roll call vote 
        that all or part of the remainder of that hearing on 
        that day shall be closed to the public because 
        disclosure of testimony, evidence, or other matters to 
        be considered would endanger the national security or 
        would violate any law or Rule of the House of 
        Representatives. Notwithstanding the requirements of 
        the preceding sentence, a majority of those present at 
        a hearing conducted by the Committee or any of its 
        subcommittees, there being in attendance the number 
        required under Section 5 (c) of these Rules to be 
        present for the purpose of taking testimony, (1) may 
        vote to close the hearing for the sole purpose of 
        discussing whether testimony or evidence to be received 
        would endanger the national security or violate Clause 
        2 (k)(5) of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of 
        Representatives or (2) may vote to close the hearing, 
        as provided in Clause 2 (k)(5) of such Rule. No Member 
        of the House of Representatives may be excluded from 
        nonparticipatory attendance at any hearing of the 
        Committee or its subcommittees unless the House of 
        Representatives shall by majority vote authorize the 
        Committee or any of its subcommittees, for purposes of 
        a particular series of hearings on a particular article 
        of legislation or on a particular subject of 
        investigation, to close its hearings to Members by the 
        same procedures designated in this subsection for 
        closing hearings to the public; Provided, however, That 
        the Committee or its
        subcommittees may by the same procedure vote to close 
        five subsequent days of hearings.
            (2) Subcommittee chairmen shall coordinate the 
        development of schedules for meetings or hearings after 
        consultation with the Chairman and other subcommittee 
        chairmen with a view toward avoiding simultaneous 
        scheduling of Committee and subcommittee meetings or 
        hearings.
            (3) Each witness who is to appear before the 
        Committee or any of its subcommittees as the case may 
        be, insofar as is practicable, shall file in advance of 
        such appearance, a written statement of the proposed 
        testimony and shall limit the oral presentation at such 
        appearance to a brief summary, except that this 
        provision shall not apply to any witness appearing 
        before the Committee in the overall budget hearings.
            (4) Each witness appearing in a nongovernmental 
        capacity before the Committee, or any of its 
        subcommittees as the case may be, shall to the greatest 
        extent practicable, submit a written statement 
        including a curriculum vitae and a disclosure of the 
        amount and source (by agency and program) of any 
        Federal grant (or subgrant thereof) or contract (or 
        subcontract thereof) received during the current fiscal 
        year or either of the two previous fiscal years by the 
        witness or by an entity represented by the witness.
    (c) Quorum for Taking Testimony--The number of Members of 
the Committee which shall constitute a quorum for taking 
testimony and receiving evidence in any hearing of the 
Committee shall be two.
    (d) Calling and Interrogation of Witnesses:
            (1) The Minority Members of the Committee or its 
        subcommittees shall be entitled, upon request to the 
        Chairman or subcommittee chairman, by a majority of 
        them before completion of any hearing, to call 
        witnesses selected by the Minority to testify with 
        respect to the matter under consideration during at 
        least one day of hearings thereon.
            (2) The Committee and its subcommittees shall 
        observe the five-minute rule during the interrogation 
        of witnesses until such time as each Member of the 
        Committee or subcommittee who so desires has had an 
        opportunity to question the witness.
    (e) Broadcasting and Photographing of Committee Meetings 
and Hearings--Whenever a hearing or meeting conducted by the 
full Committee or any of its subcommittees is open to the 
public, those proceedings shall be open to coverage by 
television, radio, and still photography, as provided in Clause 
(4)(f) of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives. 
Neither the full Committee Chairman or Subcommittee Chairman 
shall limit the number of television or still cameras to fewer 
than two representatives from each medium.
    (f) Subcommittee Meetings--No subcommittee shall sit while 
the House is reading an appropriation measure for amendment 
under the five-minute rule or while the Committee is in 
session.
    (g) Public Notice of Committee Hearings--The Chairman of 
the Committee shall make public announcement of the date, 
place, and subject matter of any Committee or subcommittee 
hearing at least one week before the commencement of the 
hearing. If the Chairman of the Committee or subcommittee, with 
the concurrence of the ranking minority member of the Committee 
or respective subcommittee, determines there is good cause to 
begin the hearing sooner, or if the Committee or subcommittee 
so determines by majority vote, a quorum being present for the 
transaction of business, the Chairman or subcommittee chairman 
shall make the announcement at the earliest possible date. Any 
announcement made under this subparagraph shall be promptly 
published in the Daily Digest and promptly entered into the 
Committee scheduling service of the House Information Systems.

Sec. 6: Procedures for Reporting Bills and Resolutions

    (a) Prompt Reporting Requirement:
            (1) It shall be the duty of the Chairman to report, 
        or cause to be reported promptly to the House any bill 
        or resolution approved by the Committee and to take or 
        cause to be taken necessary steps to bring the matter 
        to a vote.
            (2) In any event, a report on a bill or resolution 
        which the Committee has approved shall be filed within 
        seven calendar days (exclusive of days in which the 
        House is not in session) after the day on which there 
        has been filed with the Committee Clerk a written 
        request, signed by a majority of Committee Members, for 
        the reporting of such bill or resolution. Upon the 
        filing of any such request, the Committee Clerk shall 
        notify the Chairman immediately of the filing of the 
        request. This subsection does not apply to the 
        reporting of a regular appropriation bill or to the 
        reporting of a resolution of inquiry addressed to the 
        head of an executive department.
    (b) Presence of Committee Majority--No measure or 
recommendation shall be reported from the Committee unless a 
majority of the Committee was actually present.
    (c) Roll Call Votes--With respect to each roll call vote on 
a motion to report any measure or matter of a public character, 
and on any amendment offered to the measure of matter, the 
total number of votes cast for and against, and the names of 
those Members voting for and against, shall be included in the 
Committee report on the measure or matter.
    (d) Compliance With Congressional Budget Act--A Committee 
report on a bill or resolution which has been approved by the 
Committee shall include the statement required by Section 
308(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, separately set 
out and clearly identified, if the bill or resolution provides 
new budget authority.
    (e) Constitutional Authority Statement--Each report of the 
committee on a bill or joint resolution of a public character 
shall include a statement citing the specific powers granted to 
the Congress in the Constitution to enact the law proposed by 
the bill or joint resolution.
    (f) Changes in Existing Law--Each Committee report on a 
general appropriation bill shall contain a concise statement 
describing fully the effect of any provision of the bill which 
directly or indirectly changes the application of existing law.
    (g) Rescissions and Transfers--Each bill or resolution 
reported by the Committee shall include separate headings for 
rescissions and transfers of unexpended balances with all 
proposed rescissions and transfers listed therein. The report 
of the Committee accompanying such a bill or resolution shall 
include a separate
section with respect to such rescissions or transfers.
    (h) Listing of Unauthorized Appropriations--Each Committee 
report on a general appropriations bill shall contain a list of 
all appropriations contained in the bill for any expenditure 
not previously authorized by law (except for classified 
intelligence or national security programs, projects, or 
activities) along with a statement of the last year for which 
such expenditures were authorized, the level of expenditures 
authorized for that year, the actual level of expenditures for 
that year, and the level of appropriations in the bill for such 
expenditures.
    (i) Supplemental or Minority Views:
            (1) If, at the time the Committee approves any 
        measure or matter, any Committee Member gives notice of 
        intention to file supplemental, minority, or additional 
        views, the Member shall be entitled to not less than 
        two additional calendar days after the day of such 
        notice (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal 
        holidays) in which to file such views in writing and 
        signed by the Member, with the Clerk of the Committee. 
        All such views so filed shall be included in and shall 
        be a part of the report filed by the Committee with 
        respect to that measure or matter.
            (2) The Committee report on that measure or matter 
        shall be printed in a single volume which--
                    (i) shall include all supplemental, 
                minority, or additional views which have been 
                submitted by the time of the filing of the 
                report, and
                    (ii) shall have on its cover a recital that 
                any such supplemental, minority, or additional 
                views are included as part of the report.
            (3) Subsection (i)(1) of this section, above, does 
        not
        preclude--
                    (i) the immediate filing or printing of a 
                Committee report unless timely request for the 
                opportunity to file supplemental, minority, or 
                additional views has been made as provided by 
                such subsection; or
                    (ii) the filing by the Committee of a 
                supplemental report on a measure or matter 
                which may be required for correction of any 
                technical error in a previous report made by 
                the Committee on that measure or matter.
            (4) If, at the time a subcommittee approves any 
        measure or matter for recommendation to the full 
        Committee, any Member of that subcommittee who gives 
        notice of intention to offer supplemental, minority, or 
        additional views shall be entitled, insofar as is 
        practicable and in accordance with the printing 
        requirements as determined by the subcommittee, to 
        include such views in the Committee Print with respect 
        to that measure or matter.
    (j) Availability of Reports--A copy of each bill, 
resolution, or report shall be made available to each Member of 
the Committee at least three calendar days (excluding 
Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) in advance of the date 
on which the Committee is to consider each bill, resolution, or 
report; Provided, That this subsection may be waived by 
agreement between the Chairman and the Ranking Minority Member 
of the full Committee.
    (k) Performance Goals and Objectives--Each Committee report 
shall contain a statement of general performance goals and 
objectives, including outcome-related goals and objectives, for 
which the measure authorizes funding.

Sec. 7: Voting

    (a) No vote by any Member of the Committee or any of its 
subcommittees with respect to any measure or matter may be cast 
by proxy.
    (b) The vote on any question before the Committee shall be 
taken by the yeas and nays on the demand of one-fifth of the 
Members present.

Sec. 8: Studies and Examinations

    The following procedure shall be applicable with respect to 
the conduct of studies and examinations of the organization and
operation of Executive Agencies under authority contained in 
Section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 
and in Clause (3)(a) of Rule X, of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives:
            (a) The Chairman is authorized to appoint such 
        staff and, in his discretion, arrange for the 
        procurement of temporary services of consultants, as 
        from time to time may be required.
            (b) Studies and examinations will be initiated upon 
        the written request of a subcommittee which shall be 
        reasonably specific and definite in character, and 
        shall be initiated only by a majority vote of the 
        subcommittee, with the chairman of the subcommittee and 
        the ranking minority member thereof participating as 
        part of such majority vote. When so initiated such 
        request shall be filed with the Clerk of the Committee 
        for submission to the Chairman and the Ranking Minority 
        Member and their approval shall be required to make the 
        same effective. Notwithstanding any action taken on 
        such request by the chairman and ranking minority 
        member of the subcommittee, a request may be approved 
        by a majority of the Committee.
            (c) Any request approved as provided under 
        subsection (b) shall be immediately turned over to the 
        staff appointed for action.
            (d) Any information obtained by such staff shall be 
        reported to the chairman of the subcommittee requesting 
        such study and examination and to the Chairman and 
        Ranking Minority Member, shall be made available to the 
        members of the subcommittee concerned, and shall not be 
        released for publication until the subcommittee so 
        determines.
            (e) Any hearings or investigations which may be 
        desired, aside from the regular hearings on 
        appropriation items, when approved by the Committee, 
        shall be conducted by the subcommittee having 
        jurisdiction over the matter.

Sec. 9: Official Travel

    (a) The chairman of a subcommittee shall approve requests 
for travel by subcommittee members and staff for official 
business within the jurisdiction of that subcommittee. The 
ranking minority member of a subcommittee shall concur in such 
travel requests by minority members of that subcommittee and 
the Ranking Minority Member shall concur in such travel 
requests for Minority Members of the Committee. Requests in 
writing covering the purpose, itinerary, and dates of proposed 
travel shall be submitted for final approval to the Chairman. 
Specific approval shall be required for each and every trip.
    (b) The Chairman is authorized during the recess of the 
Congress to approve travel authorizations for Committee Members 
and staff, including travel outside the United States.
    (c) As soon as practicable, the Chairman shall direct the 
head of each Government agency concerned not to honor requests 
of subcommittees, individual Members, or staff for travel, the 
direct or indirect expenses of which are to be defrayed from an 
executive appropriation, except upon request from the Chairman.
    (d) In accordance with Clause 8 of Rule X of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives and Section 502 (b) of the Mutual 
Security Act of 1954, as amended, local currencies owned by the 
United States shall be available to Committee Members and staff 
engaged in carrying out their official duties outside the 
United States, its territories, or possessions. No Committee 
Member or staff member shall receive or expend local currencies 
for subsistence in any country at a rate in excess of the 
maximum per diem rate set forth in applicable Federal law.
    (e) Travel Reports:
            (1) Members or staff shall make a report to the 
        Chairman on their travel, covering the purpose, 
        results, itinerary, expenses, and other pertinent 
        comments.
            (2) With respect to travel outside the United 
        States or its territories or possessions, the report 
        shall include: (1) an itemized list showing the dates 
        each country was visited, the amount of per diem 
        furnished, the cost of transportation furnished, and 
        any funds expended for any other official purpose; and 
        (2) a summary in these categories of the total foreign 
        currencies and/or appropriated funds expended. All such 
        individual reports on foreign travel shall be filed 
        with the Chairman no later than sixty days following 
        completion of the travel for use in complying with 
        reporting requirements in applicable Federal law, and 
        shall be open for public inspection.
            (3) Each Member or employee performing such travel 
        shall be solely responsible for supporting the amounts 
        reported by the Member or employee.
            (4) No report or statement as to any trip shall be 
        publicized making any recommendations in behalf of the 
        Committee without the authorization of a majority of 
        the Committee.
    (f) Members and staff of the Committee performing 
authorized travel on official business pertaining to the 
jurisdiction of the Committee shall be governed by applicable 
laws or regulations of the House and of the Committee on House 
Administration pertaining to such travel, and as promulgated 
from time to time by the
Chairman.

                                
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