[House Report 109-734]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
Union Calendar No. 436
109th Congress
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Report
109-734
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COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
R E P O R T
of
COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES
ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS
January 4, 2005
through
December 8, 2006
Pursuant to Clause 1(d) of Rule XI
December 21, 2006.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on
the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
House of Representatives
(109th Congress)
JERRY LEWIS, California, Chairman
C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida
RALPH REGULA, Ohio
HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky
FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia
TOM DeLAY, Texas \1\
JIM KOLBE, Arizona
JAMES T. WALSH, New York
CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina
DAVID L. HOBSON, Ohio
ERNEST J. ISTOOK, Jr., Oklahoma
HENRY BONILLA, Texas
JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan
JACK KINGSTON, Georgia
RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey
ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi
TODD TIAHRT, Kansas
ZACH WAMP, Tennessee
TOM LATHAM, Iowa
ANNE M. NORTHUP, Kentucky
ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama
JO ANN EMERSON, Missouri
KAY GRANGER, Texas
JOHN E. PETERSON, Pennsylvania
VIRGIL H. GOODE, Jr., Virginia
JOHN T. DOOLITTLE, California
RAY LaHOOD, Illinois
JOHN E. SWEENEY, New York
DON SHERWOOD, Pennsylvania
DAVE WELDON, Florida
MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho
JOHN ABNEY CULBERSON, Texas
MARK STEVEN KIRK, Illinois
ANDER CRENSHAW, Florida
DENNIS R. REHBERG, Montana
JOHN CARTER, Texas
RODNEY ALEXANDER, Louisiana DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin
JOHN P. MURTHA, Pennsylvania
NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington
MARTIN OLAV SABO, Minnesota
STENY H. HOYER, Maryland
ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia
MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio
PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana
NITA M. LOWEY, New York
JOSE E. SERRANO, New York
ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut
JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia
JOHN W. OLVER, Massachusetts
ED PASTOR, Arizona
DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina
CHET EDWARDS, Texas
ROBERT E. ``BUD'' CRAMER, Jr.,
Alabama
PATRICK J. KENNEDY, Rhode Island
JAMES E. CLYBURN, South Carolina
MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York
LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California
SAM FARR, California
JESSE L. JACKSON, Jr., Illinois
CAROLYN C. KILPATRICK, Michigan
ALLEN BOYD, Florida
CHAKA FATTAH, Pennsylvania
STEVEN R. ROTHMAN, New Jersey
SANFORD D. BISHOP, Jr., Georgia
MARION BERRY, Arkansas
Frank M. Cushing, Clerk and Staff Director
(ii)
\1\ Resigned from Committee June 8, 2006.
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
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December 21, 2006
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 109th Congress, pursuant to Clause 1(d) of Rule XI
of the Rules of the House of Representatives.
With best regards,
Sincerely,
Jerry Lewis,
Chairman.
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Union Calendar No. 436
109th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session 109-734
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REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS DURING THE
109TH CONGRESS
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December 21, 2006.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on
the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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Mr. Lewis, of California, 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 66 during the 109th Congress. With relatively few
exceptions, the responsibilities of the Committee are carried
out through its 10 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
109th Congress are displayed in Appendix C.)
(1)
SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS ACTIONS
The Committee on Appropriations focused significant
attention during the 109th Congress to the war on terrorism,
including funding operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and
critical homeland security programs. Congress passed the $82.1
billion ``Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for
Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005''
in May 2005, and it passed the $94.5 billion ``Emergency
Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on
Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006'' in June 2006. The
Committee and Congress also responded quickly to the
devastation of Hurricane Katrina and other major storms during
the 2005 hurricane season by approving over $62 billion in
immediate aid.
The Committee also reorganized in the beginning of the
109th Congress. The Committee reduced the number of its
subcommittees and made the alignment of accounts between
subcommittees more efficient. This reorganization enabled the
Committee to perform more effective oversight and complete its
bills in a timelier manner. Additional details on this
reorganization are included in Appendix E of this report.
With respect to the Committee's regular appropriations
activities, the Committee made progress during 109th Congress
in creating a climate where bills would be completed ``on time
and under budget.'' In the first session of the 109th Congress,
the Committee reported all 11 regular bills by mid-June,
enabling the House to pass each bill by June 30th. Congress
sent 11 individual bills for fiscal year 2006 to the President,
avoiding a massive omnibus bill and holding the line on non-
security spending to less than the previous fiscal year. In the
second session, the Committee again reported all bills by mid-
June, and the House passed all except one (the Labor-HHS-
Education bill) by June 30th. Unfortunately, only two fiscal
year 2007 bills (Defense and Homeland Security) were enacted
into law. Of the remaining bills, the Senate passed only the
bill funding military construction and veterans affairs
programs. All programs within the unfinished spending bills
were funded under a continuing resolution extending into the
110th Congress.
During the 109th Congress, 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: national defense
(the Defense bill increased $19.1 billion from fiscal year 2006
to fiscal year 2007 and $12.3 billion from fiscal year 2005 to
fiscal year 2006, excluding supplemental appropriations or
``bridge'' funding for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan);
homeland security (increases of $2.3 billion from fiscal year
2006 to fiscal year 2007 and $1.4 billion from fiscal year 2005
to fiscal year 2006); medical research at the National
Institutes of Health (increased $253 million from fiscal year
2005 to fiscal year 2006); improved education (a proposed
increase of $100 in the Pell Grant in the fiscal year 2007
Committee-reported bill); veterans health care (increased $1.7
billion from fiscal year 2005 to fiscal year 2006 and
recommended in the House-passed bill to increase $2.6 billion
from fiscal year 2006 to fiscal year 2007); law enforcement
(increased the Federal Bureau of Investigation $547 million
from fiscal year 2005 to fiscal year 2006 and recommended in
the House-passed bill to increase $304 million from fiscal year
2006 to fiscal year 2007); and international assistance to
combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria (increased $629
million from fiscal year 2005 to fiscal year 2006 and
recommended in the House-passed bill to increase $752 million
from fiscal year 2006 to fiscal year 2007). These priorities
were funded while overall fiscal year 2006 spending for non-
defense, non-security programs was less than the fiscal year
2005 level.
The Committee placed a high priority on its oversight
responsibilities, during the 109th Congress. The 10
Subcommittees conducted 304 hearings, receiving testimony from
2,463 witnesses. In the process, 165 volumes of hearings were
generated, comprising 155,056 printed pages. The Committee also
initiated or completed 43 reports from its Surveys and
Investigations Staff and had underway or completed an
additional 265 reports from the Government Accountability
Office during the 109th Congress.
The following is a tabular display of the appropriations
actions of the Committee during the 109th Congress indicating
the various bill numbers, dates, report numbers, amounts, and
public law numbers:
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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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HISTORY OF FISCAL YEAR 2006 APPROPRIATIONS ACTS
H.R. 2744 109-102 408-18 109-92 97-2 109-255 318-63 109-97
Agriculture June 2 June 8 June 27 Sept. 22 Oct. 26 Oct. 28 Nov. 10
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H.R. 2863 109-119 398-19 109-141 97-0 109-359 308-106 109-148
Defense June 10 June 20 Sept. 28 Oct. 7 Dec. 18 Dec. 18 Dec. 30
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H.R. 2419 109-86 416-13 109-84 92-3 109-275 399-17 109-103
Energy and Water May 18 May 24 June 16 July 1 Nov. 7 Nov. 9 Nov. 19
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H.R. 3057 109-152 393-32 109-96 98-1 109-265 358-39 109-102
Foreign Operations June 24 June 28 June 30 July 20 Nov. 2 Nov. 4 Nov. 14
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H.R. 2360 109-79 424-1 109-83 96-1 109-241 347-70 109-90
Homeland Security May 13 May 17 June 16 July 14 Sept. 29 Oct. 6 Oct. 18
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H.R. 2361 109-80 329-89 109-80 94-0 109-188 410-10 109-54
Interior May 13 May 19 June 10 June 29 July 26 July 28 Aug. 2
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H.R. 3010 109-143 250-151 109-103 94-3 109-337 \1\ 215-213 109-149
Labor-HHS-Education June 21 June 24 July 14 Oct. 27 Dec. 13 Dec. 14 Dec. 30
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H.R. 2985 109-139 330-82 109-89 viva voce 109-189 305-122 109-55
Legislative Branch June 20 June 22 June 24 June 30 July 26 July 28 Aug. 2
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H.R. 2528 109-95 425-1 109-105 98-0 109-305 427-0 109-114
Military Quality of Life and VA May 23 May 26 July 21 Sept. 22 Nov. 18 Nov. 18 Nov. 30
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H.R. 2862 109-118 418-7 109-88 91-4 109-272 397-19 109-108
Science, State, Justice, and Commerce June 10 June 16 June 23 Sept. 15 Nov. 7 Nov. 9 Nov. 22
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H.R. 3058 109-153 405-18 109-109 93-1 109-307 392-31 109-115
Transpo., Treas., HUD, Jud., and D.C. June 24 June 30 July 26 Oct. 20 Nov. 18 Nov. 18 Nov. 30
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\1\ Original conference report (H. Rpt. 109-300) defeated in the House on November 17, 2005.
[Dollars in millions]
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President's Request Enacted Bills Bills vs. President's
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Fiscal Year 2006 Bills ---------------------------
Discretionary Mandatory Discretionary Mandatory Discretionary Mandatory
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2006 APPROPRIATIONS--109th CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION
Agriculture (P.L. 109-97)........................................ $16,739 $82,822 $17,031 $83,068 $292 $246
Defense (P.L. 109-148) \1\....................................... 407,704 245 453,280 245 45,576 ...........
Energy and Water (P.L. 109-103).................................. 29,747 ............ 30,495 ............ 748 ...........
Foreign Operations (P.L. 109-102)................................ 22,826 42 20,937 42 -1,889 ...........
Homeland Security (P.L. 109-90).................................. 29,555 1,014 30,846 1,014 1,291 ...........
Interior-Environment (P.L. 109-54)............................... 25,672 52 26,159 52 487 ...........
Labor, HHS, Education (P.L. 109-149)............................. 141,729 455,258 142,514 459,478 785 4,220
Legislative Branch (P.L. 109-55)................................. 4,028 118 3,804 118 -224 ...........
Military Construction, Military Quality of Life, VA (P.L. 109- 45,100 36,626 44,143 37,206 -957 580
114)............................................................
Science-State-Justice-Commerce (P.L. 109-108) \2\................ 60,351 361 57,854 361 -2,497 ...........
Transportation, Treasury, HUD (P.L. 109-115) \2\................. 60,720 18,988 65,900 18,992 5,180 4
Emergency Hurricane-Pandemic Influenza Supplemental
(P.L. 109-148) \3\............................................. 1,365 ............ -379 ............ -1,744 ...........
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Total, FY 2006 Bills....................................... 845,536 595,526 892,584 600,576 47,048 5,050
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Fiscal Year 2005 Supplemental Appropriations
Emergency Defense, Global War on Terror, Tsunami Relief
(P.L. 109-13).................................................. 82,043 ............ 82,082 * 39 *
Veterans Medical Services (P.L. 109-54) \4\...................... 975 ............ 1,500 ............ 525 ...........
Emergency Hurricane Katrina supplemental #1 (P.L. 109-61)........ 10,500 ............ 10,500 ............ ............. ...........
Emergency Hurricane Katrina supplemental #2 (P.L. 109-62)........ 51,800 ............ 51,800 ............ ............. ...........
Total, FY 2005 Supplementals............................... 145,318 ............ 145,882 ............ 564 ...........
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* Less than $500 thousand.
\1\ Enacted Defense bill includes $50 billion for contingency operations related to the global war on terrorism in title IX.
\2\ Large differences between the enacted bill and the President's request in the Science-State-Justice-Commerce bill and the Transportation-Treasury-
HUD bill are affected by the President's Strengthening America's Communities proposal to consolidate economic development programs within one program
in the Commerce Department, which was not adopted.
\3\ Included as division B of P.L. 109-148. The Act includes $9,151 million in emergency spending and offsets, and -$9,530 million in non-emergency
spending and offsets. Offsets include a 1 percent across-the-board cut (-$8,525,000,000) to all non-emergency discretionary spending except veterans
programs.
\4\ Veterans medical services funding enacted as Title VI of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006.
Fiscal Year 2006 Supplementals
1st Session--109th Congress
H.R. 2863--Included as Division B--Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of
Mexico and Pandemic Influenza, 2006. Approved December
30, 2005 (P.L. 109-148)
Fiscal Year 2005 Supplementals
1st Session--109th Congress
H.R. 1268--Making Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for
Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief,
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for
other purposes. Approved May 11, 2005 (P.L. 109-13)
H.R. 2361--Veterans medical services funding enacted as Title
VI of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2006. Approved August 2, 2005 (P.L.
109-54)
H.R. 3645--Making emergency supplemental appropriations to meet
immediate needs arising from the consequences of
Hurricane Katrina, for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2005, and for other purposes. Approved September 2,
2005 (P.L. 109-61)
H.R. 3673--Making further emergency supplemental appropriations
to meet immediate needs arising from the consequences
of Hurricane Katrina, for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2005, and for other purposes. Approved
September 8, 2005 (P.L. 109-62)
Fiscal Year 2006 Continuing Resolutions
1st Session--109th Congress
H.J. Res. 68--Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal
year 2006. Provided funding for various government
activities for the period October 1 thru November 18,
2005. Approved September 30, 2005 (P.L. 109-77)
H.J. Res. 72--Making further continuing appropriations for the
fiscal year 2006. Provided funding for various
government activities for the period November 18 thru
December 17, 2005. Approved November 19, 2005 (P.L.
109-105)
H.J. Res. 75--Making further continuing appropriations for the
fiscal year 2006. Provided funding for various
government activities for the period December 17 thru
December 31, 2005. Approved December 18, 2005 (P.L.
109-128)
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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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HISTORY OF FISCAL YEAR 2007 APPROPRIATIONS ACTS
H.R. 5384 109-463 \1\ 378-46 109-266 ................... 109- .................... 109-
Agriculture May 12 May 23 June 22 ................... ................... .................... ................
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H.R. 5631 109-504 407-19 109-292 98-0 109-676 394-22 109-289
Defense June 16 June 20 July 25 Sept. 7 Sept. 25 Sept. 26 Sept. 29
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H.R. 5427 109-474 404-20 109-274 ................... 109- .................... 109-
Energy and Water May 19 May 24 June 29 ................... ................... .................... ................
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H.R. 5522 109-486 373-34 109-277 ................... 109- .................... 109-
Foreign Operations June 5 June 9 July 10 ................... ................... .................... ................
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H.R. 5441 109-476 389-9 109-273 100-0 109-699 412-6 109-295
Homeland Security May 22 June 6 June 29 July 13 Sept. 28 Sept. 29 Oct. 4
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H.R. 5386 109-465 293-128 109-275 ................... 109- .................... 109-
Interior May 15 May 18 June 29 ................... ................... .................... ................
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H.R. 5647 / S. 3708 109-515 ................... 109-287 ................... 109- .................... 109-
Labor-HHS-Education June 20 ................... July 20 ................... ................... .................... ................
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H.R. 5521 109-485 361-53 109-267 ................... 109- .................... 109-
Legislative Branch June 1 June 7 June 22 ................... ................... .................... ................
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H.R. 5385 109-464 \2\ 395-0 109-286 viva voce 109- .................... ................
Military Quality of Life and VA May 15 May 19 July 20 Nov. 14 ................... .................... ................
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H.R. 5672 109-520 393-23 109-280 ................... 109- .................... 109-
Science, State, Justice, and Commerce June 22 June 29 July 13 ................... ................... .................... ................
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H.R. 5576 109-495 406-22 109-293 ................... 109- .................... 109-
Transpo., Treas., HUD, Jud., and D.C. June 9 June 14 July 26 ................... ................... .................... ................
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\1\ Supplemental report filed May 16, 2006; Pt. II.
\2\ Supplemental report filed May 16, 2006; Pt. II.
[Dollars in millions]
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President's Request House-reported, House- Bills vs. President's
----------------------------- passed, or Enacted Bills \4\ Request
Fiscal Year 2007 Bills ---------------------------------------------------------
Discretionary Mandatory Discretionary Mandatory Discretionary Mandatory
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2007 APPROPRIATIONS--109th CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION
Agriculture...................................................... $17,315 $76,394 $17,809 $76,079 $494 -$315
Defense (P.L. 109-289) \1\....................................... 431,429 256 447,357 256 15,928 ...........
Energy and Water................................................. 29,471 ............ 30,017 ............ 546 ...........
Foreign Operations............................................... 23,687 39 21,299 39 -2,388 ...........
Homeland Security (P.L. 109-295)................................. 31,015 1,063 31,905 1,063 890 ...........
Interior-Environment............................................. 25,480 52 25,889 52 409 ...........
Labor, HHS, Education............................................ 137,794 454,691 141,930 454,572 4,136 -119
Legislative Branch............................................... 4,238 122 3,027 122 -1,211 ...........
Military Construction, Military Quality of Life, VA.............. 95,529 41,416 94,639 41,416 -890 ...........
Science-State-Justice-Commerce................................... 59,702 354 59,837 354 135 ...........
Transportation, Treasury, HUD.................................... 67,648 19,856 67,415 19,856 -233 ...........
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Total, FY 2007 Bills....................................... 923,309 594,243 941,124 593,809 17,815 -434
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Fiscal Year 2006 Supplemental Appropriations
Emergency Defense, Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery 92,221 ............ 94,521 ............ 2,300 ...........
(P.L. 109-234) \2\..............................................
Wildland Fire Emergency Appropriations (P.L. 109-289) \3\........ ............. ............ 200 ............ 200 ...........
Total, FY 2006 Supplementals............................... 92,221 ............ 94,721 ............ 2,500 ...........
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* Less than $500 thousand.
\1\ The enacted Defense bill includes $70 billion for contingency operations related to the global war on terrorism in title IX. The President's request
for contingency operations was $50 billion.
\2\ Increase above the President's request of $2,300,000,000 is for pandemic influenza preparedness, which the President requested in fiscal year 2007.
\3\ Included as Title X of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2007 (P.L. 109-289).
\4\ Two regular fiscal year 2007 appropriations bills (Defense and Homeland Security) were enacted by the end of the 109th Congress. Amounts displayed
for other bills are the House-reported amounts (Labor-HHS-Education) or House-passed amounts (all other bills). Programs within bills that were not
enacted were funded under a continuing resolution.
Fiscal Year 2006 Supplemental
2d Session--109th Congress
H.R. 4939--Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for
Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane
Recovery for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006,
and for other purposes. Approved June 15, 2006 (P.L.
109-234)
Fiscal Year 2007 Continuing Resolutions
2d Session--109th Congress
H.R. 5631--(Defense Conference Report--Division B--Continuing
Appropriations Resolution, 2007) Making continuing
appropriations for fiscal year 2007. Provided funding
for various government activities for the period
October 1, 2006 thru November 17, 2006. Approved
September 29, 2006 (P.L. 109-289).
H.J. Res. 100--Making further continuing appropriations for
fiscal year 2007. Provided funding for various
government activities for the period November 17, 2006
thru December 8, 2006. Approved November 17, 2006 (P.L.
109-369).
H.J. Res. 102--Making further continuing appropriations for
fiscal year 2007. Provided funding for various
government activities for the period December 8, 2006
thru February 15, 2007. Approved December 9, 2006 (P.L.
109-383).
OVERSIGHT PLAN
Pursuant to clause 2(d)(1) of Rule X the Committee
submitted the following Oversight Plan on February 15, 2005.
``For the 109th 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 108th Congress
the Committee on Appropriations held 313 days of hearings, took
testimony from 3,063 witnesses, and published 161 volumes of
hearings totaling 156,503 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 Government Accountability Office, the
Congressional Research Service, and the Office of Technology
Assessment. In the previous Congress, the Committee received 39
Surveys and Investigations studies and 211 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 11 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 109th 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 109th
Congress.
INVESTIGATIONS CONDUCTED BY THE COMMITTEE
(109th Congress)
In addition to, and in support of, the regular hearing
process, the Committee conducted numerous studies and
investigations 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.
During the 109th Congress, the Surveys and Investigations
Staff was tasked to conduct 26 investigations of operations and
programs of various departments and agencies of the Federal
Government and, in addition, has completed and reported to the
Committee on 17 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 the examinations
of the Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency
Management Agency Disaster Preparedness and Corps of Engineers
Flood Control and the Disaster assistance Efforts in Response
to Hurricane Katrina.
Other investigations of shorter duration and with fewer
investigators assigned, provided a quick response to the
Committee. An example of such an inquiry dealt with the U.S.
Agency for International Development Headquarters Office Space
Requirements. This investigation was concluded within 60 days
of 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 109th Congress include:
--Federal Bureau of Investigation's Virtual Case File
Program
--U.S. Army's Future Combat System Program
--Goals and Requirements of the Global Peace Operations
Initiative
--Department of Interior Office of Navajo and Hopi
Relocation
--Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs
Healthcare Sharing Initiative
During the 109th Congress, a total of 94 professionals,
variously consisting of a small number of permanent staff,
personnel on detail from 3 agencies of the Federal Government,
as well as personal services contractors were utilized to
conduct these investigations and prepare the reports. A summary
of the investigations requested by the various Subcommittees
completed or started during the 109th Congress follows. Three
investigations dealt with classified intelligence matters and
consequently are not otherwise identified below.
Studies Completed or Started by the Surveys and Investigations Staff
Committee on Appropriations, 109th Congress
full committee
--Financial Management of the GW Program Office
--Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management
AgencyDisaster Preparedness and U.S. Army Corps of Engineer's
Flood Control Measures
--Disaster Assistance Efforts in Response to Hurricane Katrina
agriculture, rural development, food and drug administration,and
related agencies
--U.S. Department of Agriculture E-Government Program
--U.S. Department of Agriculture's Conservation Programs Funded through
the Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Commodity
Credit Corporation
--Food and Drug Administration Proposed Rule to Prevent the Spread of
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
commerce, justice, state, the judiciary and related agencies
--U.S. Court of Federal Claims
--United Nations Oil for Food Program
--Federal Bureau of Investigation's Implementation of Virtual Case File
--Rio Grande Flood Control System Rehabilitation Program
defense
--Intelligence Matter I (03)
--Intelligence Matter II (03)
--Intelligence Matter V (03)
--Proposed Classified Security Matters Involving the White House
Complex
--FY 2006 Budget Activities in Other Procurement, Army, Navy, Air
Force, and Defense-Wide Procurement
--FY 2006 Budget for Activities in Research, Development, Test, and
Evaluation Army, Navy, Air Force, and Defense-Wide Programs
--Department of Defense War Reserve Materials and Prepositioned
Equipment Sets
--U.S. Army's Future Combat System Program
--National Geo-Spatial Intelligence Agency's GeoScout Program
--Department of Defense FY 2007 Requests for Army, Navy, and Air Force,
Other Procurement and Defense-Wide Procurement
--FY 2007 Budget Requests for Research, Development, Test, and
Evaluation Activities in Army, Navy, Air Force, and Defense-
Wide Programs
--FY 2007 Department of Defense Operation and Maintenance Budget
Requests
--FY 2007 Department of Defense Military Personnel Budget Requests
--Department of Defense Military Service Efforts and Programs to
Increase Force Protection
energy and water development
--Adequacy of Security Measures at Department of Energy's National
Laboratories and Weapons Production Sites
--Department of Energy National Labs Efforts to Develop a Robust
Nuclear Earth Penetrator
foreign operations, export financing, and related programs
--United States Agency for International Development Headquarters
Office Space Requirements
--Goals and Requirements of the Global Peace Operations Initiative
homeland security
--Department of Homeland Security's Office of State and Local
Government Coordination and Preparedness
interior, environment, and related agencies
--National Park Service Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Water Trails
Initiative
--Department of Interior Navajo Irrigation Project
--Department of Interior Office of Navajo and Hopi Relocation
--Creation and Funding of Director Reserve Accounts at the Federal Land
Management Agencies
--U.S. Fish & Wildlife--Wildlife Grants and Construction Programs
--Implementation of General Services Administration Regulations at
National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management and U.S.
Forest Service
--U. S. Forest Service Reengineering, Competitive Sourcing and Services
Consolidation
--Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Arts Budget
Development and Execution
legislative branch
--Architect of the Capitol Accounting and Management Practices for
Major Construction Projects
military quality of life and veterans affairs, and related agencies
--Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs Healthcare Sharing
--Defense Health Budgetary and Purchasing Practices
--Veterans Affairs Information Technology Modernization Programs
--Department of Veterans Affairs Plans to Relocate Its Denver Medical
Center
transportation, treasury, hud, the judiciary, district of columbia, and
independent agencies
--District of Columbia Schools Facilities Master Plan
--Training Programs of the District of Columbia Department of
Employment Services
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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
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include management surveys. For over 22 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
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A listing of some reports and staff studies by the
Committee which were underway during the 109th Congress
follows:
FORMAL REPORTS AND TESTIMONIES ISSUED TO HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
AND SUBCOMMITTEES--JANUARY 1, 2005 TO DECEMBER 1, 2006
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Title Date
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Immigration Benefits: Fifteenth Report Required by the 11/9/2006
Capitol Power Plant Utility Tunnels (GAO-07-227R)....... 11/16/2006
Suggested Areas for Oversight for the 110th Congress 11/17/2006
(GAO-07-235R)..........................................
Eminent Domain: Information about Its Uses and Effect on 11/30/2006
Property Owners and Communities Is Limited (GAO-07-28).
United Nations: Renovation Planning Follows Industry 11/16/2006
Practices, but Procurement and Oversight Could Present
Challenges (GAO-07-31).................................
Global War On Terrorism: Fiscal Year 2006 Obligation 11/13/2006
Rates Are Within Funding Levels and Significant
Multiyear Procurement Funds Will Likely Remain
Available for Use in Fiscal Year 2007 (GAO-07-76)......
Afghanistan Drug Control: Despite Improved Efforts, 11/15/2006
Deteriorating Security Threatens Success of U.S. Goals
(GAO-07-78)............................................
FAA's Proposed Plan for Implementing a Reliability 11/9/2006
Centered Maintenance Process for Air Traffic Control
Equipment (GAO-07-81R).................................
Combating Nuclear Smuggling: DHS's Cost-Benefit Analysis 10/17/2006
to Support the Purchase of New Radiation Detection
Portal Monitors Was Not Based on Available Performance
Data and Did Not Fully Evaluate All the Monitors' Costs
and Benefits (GAO-07-133R).............................
Indian Issues: BLM's Program for Issuing Individual 10/20/2006
Indian Allotments on Public Lands Is No Longer Viable
(GAO-07-23R)...........................................
Department of Homeland Security: Use of Management 9/5/2006
Directorate Appropriations to Pay Costs of Component
Agencies (B-307382)....................................
Military Personnel: Actions Needed to Strengthen 9/28/2006
Management of Imminent Danger Pay and Combat Zone Tax
Relief Benefits (GAO-06-1011)..........................
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Unprecedented Challenges 9/27/2006
Exposed the Individuals and Households Program to Fraud
and Abuse; Actions Needed to Reduce Such Problems in
Future (GAO-06-1013)...................................
Recreation Fees: Agencies Can Better Implement the 9/22/2006
Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act and Account
for Fee Revenues (GAO-06-1016).........................
Kennedy Center: Progress Made on GAO Recommendations, 9/15/2006
but Oversight Challenges Still Exist (GAO-06-1025).....
Chesapeake Bay Gateways Program: National Park Service 9/14/2006
Needs Better Accountability and Oversight of Grantees
and Gateways (GAO-06-1049).............................
Interior's Land Appraisal Services: Actions Needed to 9/28/2006
Improve Compliance with Appraisal Standards, Increase
Efficiency, and Broaden Oversight (GAO-06-1050)........
Financial Audit: Independent and Special Counsel 9/29/2006
Expenditures for the Six Months Ended March 31, 2006
(GAO-06-1054)..........................................
Foreign Assistance: Recent Improvements Made, but USAID 9/29/2006
Should Do More to Help Ensure Aid Is Not Provided for
Terrorist Activities in West Bank and Gaza (GAO-06-
1062R).................................................
Military Personnel: DOD and the Services Need to Take 9/20/2006
Additional Steps to Improve Mobilization Data for the
Reserve Components (GAO-06-1068).......................
DOD Civilian Personnel: Greater Oversight and Quality 9/29/2006
Assurance Needed to Ensure Force Health Protection and
Surveillance for Those Deployed (GAO-06-1085)..........
Purchase Cards: Control Weaknesses Leave DHS Highly 9/28/2006
Vulnerable to Fraudulent, Improper, and Abusive
Activity (GAO-06-1117).................................
Iraq Contract Costs: DOD Consideration of Defense 9/25/2006
Contract Audit Agency's Findings (GAO-06-1132).........
Force Structure: Army Needs to Provide DOD and Congress 9/6/2006
More Visibility Regarding Modular Force Capabilities
and Implementation Plans (GAO-06-745)..................
DOD Acquisitions: Contracting for Better Outcomes (GAO- 9/7/2006
06-800T)...............................................
Disaster Relief: Governmentwide Framework Needed to 9/6/2006
Collect and Consolidate Information to Report on
Billions in Federal Funding for the 2005 Gulf Coast
Hurricanes (GAO-06-834)................................
National Emergency Grants: Labor Has Improved Its Grant 9/5/2006
Award Timeliness and Data Collection, but Further Steps
Can Improve Process (GAO-06-870).......................
E-Government Travel: Participation by Small Businesses 9/15/2006
and Estimated Program Savings (GAO-06-911).............
Defense Infrastructure: Actions Taken to Improve the 9/5/2006
Management of Utility Privatization, but Some Concerns
Remain (GAO-06-914)....................................
Hurricane Katrina: Strategic Planning Needed to Guide 9/6/2006
Future Enhancements Beyond Interim Levee Repairs (GAO-
06-934)................................................
Defense Transportation: Study Limitations Raise 9/20/2006
Questions about the Adequacy and Completeness of the
Mobility Capabilities Study and Report (GAO-06-938)....
Defense Acquisitions: Restructured JTRS Program Reduces 9/11/2006
Risk, but Significant Challenges Remain (GAO-06-955)...
Army Corps of Engineers: Improved Monitoring and Clear 9/8/2006
Guidance Would Contribute to More Effective Use of
Continuing Contracts (GAO-06-966)......................
Defense Travel System: Reported Savings Questionable and 9/26/2006
Implementation Challenges Remain (GAO-06-980)..........
Depot Maintenance: Improvements Needed to Achieve 9/14/2006
Benefits from Consolidations and Funding Changes at
Naval Shipyards (GAO-06-989)...........................
Nuclear Waste: DOE's Efforts to Protect the Columbia 8/28/2006
River from Contamination Could Be Further Strengthened
(GAO-06-1018)..........................................
Electronic Records Archives: The National Archives and 8/18/2006
Records Administration's Fiscal Year 2006 Expenditure
Plan (GAO-06-906)......................................
DOD's Overseas Infrastructure Master Plans Continue to 8/22/2006
Evolve (GAO-06-913R)...................................
Transportation Research: Opportunities for Improving the 8/15/2006
Oversight of DOT's Research Programs and User
Satisfaction with Transportation Statistics (GAO-06-
917)...................................................
2010 Census: Redesigned Approach Holds Promise, but 7/27/2006
Census Bureau Needs to Annually Develop and Provide a
Comprehensive Project Plan to Monitor Costs (GAO-06-
1009T).................................................
Chesapeake Bay Program: Improved Strategies Needed to 7/13/2006
Better Guide Restoration Efforts (GAO-06-614T).........
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope: Knowledge-Based 7/14/2006
Acquisition Approach Key to Addressing Program
Challenges (GAO-06-634)................................
Defense Acquisitions: Further Management and Oversight 7/6/2006
Changes Needed for Efforts to Modernize Cheyenne
Mountain Attack Warning Systems (GAO-06-666)...........
Indian Issues: BIA's Efforts to Impose Time Frames and 7/28/2006
Collect Better Data Should Improve the Processing of
Land in Trust Applications (GAO-06-781)................
Rental Housing Programs: Excluding Servicemembers' 7/31/2006
Housing Allowances from Income Determinations Would
Increase Eligibility, but Other Factors May Limit
Program Use (GAO-06-784)...............................
Rebuilding Iraq: More Comprehensive National Strategy 7/11/2006
Needed to Help Achieve U.S. Goals (GAO-06-788).........
Transportation Security Administration: Oversight of 7/31/2006
Explosive Detection Systems Maintenance Contracts Can
Be Strengthened (GAO-06-795)...........................
Information Technology: Immigration and Customs 7/27/2006
Enforcement Is Beginning to Address Infrastructure
Modernization Program Weaknesses but Key Improvements
Still Needed (GAO-06-823)..............................
Treasury's Bank Enterprise Award Program: Impact on 7/31/2006
Investments in Distressed Communities Is Difficult to
Determine, but Likely Not Significant (GAO-06-824).....
Small Business Administration: Actions Needed to Provide 7/28/2006
More Timely Disaster Assistance (GAO-06-860)...........
Coast Guard: Observations on the Preparation, Response, 7/31/2006
and Recovery Missions Related to Hurricane Katrina (GAO-
06-903)................................................
Tactical Aircraft: DOD Should Present a New F-22A 6/20/2006
Business Case before Making Further Investments (GAO-06-
455R)..................................................
Defense Working Capital Fund: Military Services Did Not 6/27/2006
Calculate and Report Carryover Amounts Correctly (GAO-
06-530)................................................
Clean Water: How States Allocate Revolving Loan Funds 6/5/2006
and Measure Their Benefits (GAO-06-579)................
Airline Deregulation: Reregulating the Airline Industry 6/9/2006
Would Likely Reverse Consumer Benefits and Not Save
Airline Pensions (GAO-06-630)..........................
Expedited Assistance for Victims of Hurricanes Katrina 6/16/2006
and Rita: FEMA's Control Weaknesses Exposed the
Government to Significant Fraud and Abuse (GAO-06-655).
Defense Management: Additional Measures to Reduce 6/14/2006
Corrosion of Prepositioned Military Assets Could
Achieve Cost Savings (GAO-06-709)......................
Improvement Continues in DOD's Reporting on Sustainable 6/20/2006
Ranges but Additional Time Is Needed to Fully Implement
Key Initiatives (GAO-06-725R)..........................
Coast Guard: Status of Deepwater Fast Response Cutter 6/23/2006
Design Efforts (GAO-06-764)............................
Commerce Information Technology Solutions Next 6/14/2006
Generation Governmentwide Acquisition Contract (GAO-06-
791R)..................................................
Treasury Has Sustained Its Formal Process to Promote 6/29/2006
U.S. Policies at the International Monetary Fund (GAO-
06-876R)...............................................
DOD Payments to Small Business: Implementation and 5/19/2006
Effective Utilization of Electronic Invoicing Could
Further Reduce Late Payments (GAO-06-358)..............
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: DOD Needs to Identify 5/11/2006
the Factors Its Providers Use to Make Mental Health
Evaluation Referrals for Servicemembers (GAO-06-397)...
Hurricane Katrina: Army Corps of Engineers Contract for 5/1/2006
Mississippi Classrooms (GAO-06-454)....................
Residential Care Facilities Mortgage Insurance Program: 5/24/2006
Opportunities to Improve Program and Risk Management
(GAO-06-515)...........................................
Disaster Relief: Reimbursement to American Red Cross for 5/30/2006
Hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne (GAO-06-
518)...................................................
U.S. Public Diplomacy: State Department Efforts to 5/3/2006
Engage Muslim Audiences Lack Certain Communication
Elements and Face Significant Challenges (GAO-06-535)..
Information Technology: Customs Has Made Progress on 5/31/2006
Automated Commercial Environment System, but it Faces
Long-Standing Management Challenges and New Risks (GAO-
06-580)................................................
United States Coast Guard: Improvements Needed in 5/31/2006
Management and Oversight of Rescue System Acquisition
(GAO-06-623)...........................................
Hurricane Katrina: Better Plans and Exercises Needed to 5/15/2006
Guide the Military's Response to Catastrophic Natural
Disasters (GAO-06-643).................................
Homeland Security: Management and Coordination Problems 5/19/2006
Increase the Vulnerability of U.S. Agriculture to
Foreign Pests and Disease (GAO-06-644).................
Foreign Assistance: USAID Completed Many Caribbean 5/26/2006
Disaster Recovery Activities, but Several Challenges
Hampered Efforts (GAO-06-645)..........................
Business Systems Modernization: DOD Continues to Improve 5/15/2006
Institutional Approach, but Further Steps Needed (GAO-
06-658)................................................
Homeland Security Assistance for Nonprofits: Department 5/22/2006
of Homeland Security Delegated Selection of Nonprofits
to Selected States and States Used a Variety of
Approaches to Determine Awards (GAO-06-663R)...........
Wildland Fire Management: Update on Federal Agency 5/1/2006
Efforts to Develop a Cohesive Strategy to Address
Wildland Fire Threats (GAO-06-671R)....................
U.S. Public Diplomacy: State Department Efforts Lack 5/3/2006
Certain Communication Elements and Face Persistent
Challenges (GAO-06-707T)...............................
Global Health: Spending Requirement Presents Challenges 4/4/2006
for Allocating Prevention Funding under the President's
Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (GAO-06-395)............
Military Housing: Management Issues Require Attention as 4/28/2006
the Privatization Program Matures (GAO-06-438).........
Foreign Assistance: USAID Has Begun Tsunami 4/14/2006
Reconstruction in Indonesia and Sri Lanka, but Key
Projects May Exceed Initial Cost and Schedule Estimates
(GAO-06-488)...........................................
Immigration Benefits: Fourteenth Report Required by the 4/21/2006
Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 (GAO-
06-589R)...............................................
Chemical and Biological Defense: DOD Needs Consistent 4/28/2006
Policies and Clear Processes to Address the
Survivability of Weapon Systems Against Chemical and
Biological Threats (GAO-06-592)........................
Hanford Waste Treatment Plant: Contractor and DOE 4/6/2006
Management Problems Have Led to Higher Costs,
Construction Delays, and Safety Concerns (GAO-06-602T).
Nuclear Weapons: Views on Proposals to Transform the 4/26/2006
Nuclear Weapons Complex (GAO-06-606T)..................
National Park Service: Major Operations Funding Trends 4/5/2006
and How Selected Park Units Responded to Those Trends
for Fiscal Years 2001 through 2005 (GAO-06-631T).......
Impoundments Resulting from the President's Proposed 3/2/2006
Rescissions of October 28, 2005 (B-307122; B-307122.2).
Defense Acquisitions: Missile Defense Agency Fields 3/15/2006
Initial Capability but Falls Short of Original Goals
(GAO-06-327)...........................................
Joint Strike Fighter: DOD Plans to Enter Production 3/15/2006
before Testing Demonstrates Acceptable Performance (GAO-
06-356)................................................
Defense Acquisitions: Improved Business Case Is Needed 3/14/2006
for Future Combat System's Successful Outcome (GAO-06-
367)...................................................
Defense Acquisitions: Assessments of Selected Major 3/31/2006
Weapon Programs (GAO-06-391)...........................
U.S. Government Accountability Office: Fiscal Year 2007 3/10/2006
Budget Request (GAO-06-417T)...........................
National Park Service: Major Operations Funding Trends 3/31/2006
and How Selected Park Units Responded to Those Trends
for Fiscal Years 2001 Through 2005 (GAO-06-431)........
Children's Health Insurance: Recent HHS-OIG Reviews 3/9/2006
Inform the Congress on Improper Enrollment and
Reductions in Low-Income, Uninsured Children (GAO-06-
457R)..................................................
Financial Audit: Independent and Special Counsel 3/31/2006
Expenditures for the Six Months Ended September 30,
2005 (GAO-06-485)......................................
Hurricane Katrina: Status of the Health Care System in 3/28/2006
New Orleans and Difficult Decisions Related to Efforts
to Rebuild It Approximately 6 Months After Hurricane
Katrina (GAO-06-576R)..................................
Breastfeeding: Some Strategies Used to Market Infant 2/8/2006
Formula May Discourage Breastfeeding; State Contracts
Should Better Protect Against Misuse of WIC Name (GAO-
06-282)................................................
Architect of the Capitol: Management Challenges Remain 2/21/2006
(GAO-06-290)...........................................
Border Security: Key Unresolved Issues Justify 2/22/2006
Reevaluation of Border Surveillance Technology Program
(GAO-06-295)...........................................
Hospital Mortgage Insurance Program: Program and Risk 2/28/2006
Management Could Be Enhanced (GAO-06-316)..............
Architect of the Capitol: Addressing Staffing and 2/10/2006
Training Issues Is Important for Efficient and Safe
West Refrigeration Plant Operations (GAO-06-321R)......
Business Systems Modernization: Internal Revenue 2/21/2006
Service's Fiscal Year 2006 Expenditure Plan (GAO-06-
360)...................................................
DOD Business Transformation: Defense Travel System 1/18/2006
Continues to Face Implementation Challenges (GAO-06-18)
U.S.-China Trade: Eliminating Nonmarket Economy 1/10/2006
Methodology Would Lower Antidumping Duties for Some
Chinese Companies (GAO-06-231).........................
Public Service Announcement Campaigns: Activities and 1/13/2006
Financial Obligations for Seven Federal Departments
(GAO-06-304)...........................................
Media Contracts: Activities and Financial Obligations 1/13/2006
for Seven Federal Departments (GAO-06-305).............
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration: Education 12/19/2005
and Outreach Programs Target Safety and Consumer
Issues, but Gaps in Planning and Evaluation Remain (GAO-
06-103)................................................
Plum Island Animal Disease Center: DHS and USDA Are 12/19/2005
Successfully Coordinating Current Work, but Long-Term
Plans Are Being Assessed (GAO-06-132)..................
Large Truck Safety: Federal Enforcement Efforts Have 12/15/2005
Been Stronger Since 2000, but Oversight of State Grants
Needs Improvement (GAO-06-156).........................
Information Technology: Responses to Subcommittee Post- 12/21/2005
Hearing Questions Regarding the FBI's Management
Practices and Acquisition of a New Investigative Case
Management System (GAO-06-302R)........................
Competitive Sourcing: Health Benefits Cost Comparison 12/9/2005
Had Minimal Impact, but DOD Needs Uniform
Implementation Process (GAO-06-72).....................
Highway Safety: Further Opportunities Exist to Improve 11/18/2005
Data on Crashes Involving Commercial Motor Vehicles
(GAO-06-102)...........................................
Commercial Aviation: Initial Small Community Air Service 11/30/2005
Development Projects Have Achieved Mixed Results (GAO-
06-21).................................................
DOD Business Systems Modernization: Important Progress 11/23/2005
Made in Establishing Foundational Architecture Products
and Investment Management Practices, but Much Work
Remains (GAO-06-219)...................................
D.C. Charter Schools: Strengthening Monitoring and 11/17/2005
Process When Schools Close Could Improve Accountability
and Ease Student Transitions (GAO-06-73)...............
Department of Energy: Preliminary Information on the 11/4/2005
Potential for Columbia River Contamination from the
Hanford Site (GAO-06-77R)..............................
Military Readiness: Navy's Fleet Response Plan Would 11/22/2005
Benefit from a Comprehensive Management Approach and
Rigorous Testing (GAO-06-84)...........................
Review of OMB Circular A-76 Health Benefit Cost Factor 11/17/2005
Needed (GAO-06-87R)....................................
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: Actions Taken, 10/28/2005
but Agency Restructuring Efforts Could Benefit from a
More Systematic Consideration of Advisory Panel's
Recommendations (GAO-06-10)............................
Immigration Benefits: Thirteenth Report Required by the 10/21/2005
Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 (GAO-
06-122R)...............................................
District of Columbia: Financial and Program Management 10/28/2005
Improvements Needed for Tuition Assistance Grant
Program (GAO-06-14)....................................
Military Readiness: DOD Needs to Identify and Address 10/25/2005
Gaps and Potential Risks in Program Strategies and
Funding Priorities for Selected Equipment (GAO-06-141).
Some Improvements Have Been Made in DOD's Annual 10/25/2005
Training Range Reporting but It Still Fails to Fully
Address Congressional Requirements (GAO-06-29R)........
American Battle Monuments Commission: New Approach to 10/20/2005
Forecasting Exchange Rates for its Foreign Currency
Fluctuation Account (GAO-06-50R).......................
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission: Building 10/20/2005
Project Management and Related Budget Planning (GAO-06-
61R)...................................................
Department of Energy: Improved Guidance, Oversight, and 10/31/2005
Planning Are Needed to Better Identify Cost-Saving
Alternatives for Managing Low-Level Radioactive Waste
(GAO-06-94)............................................
Architect of the Capitol--Maximum Rate of Pay for Senior 9/30/2005
Employees (B-305945)...................................
Information Technology: FBI Is Building Management 9/14/2005
Capabilities Essential to Successful System
Deployments, but Challenges Remain (GAO-05-1014T)......
Treasury Continues to Maintain Its Formal Process to 9/14/2005
Promote U.S. Policies at the International Monetary
Fund (GAO-05-1015R)....................................
Army Corps of Engineers: Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity 9/28/2005
Hurricane Protection Project (GAO-05-1050T)............
Agency Telework Methodologies: Departments of Commerce, 9/27/2005
Justice, State, the Small Business Administration, and
the Securities and Exchange Commission (GAO-05-1055R)..
U.S.-China Trade: The United States Has Not Restricted 9/29/2005
Imports under the China Safeguard (GAO-05-1056)........
Defense Logistics: Better Strategic Planning Can Help 9/12/2005
Ensure DOD's Successful Implementation of Passive Radio
Frequency Identification (GAO-05-345)..................
Information Technology: FBI Is Taking Steps to Develop 9/9/2005
an Enterprise Architecture, but Much Remains to Be
Accomplished (GAO-05-363)..............................
Global War on Terrorism: DOD Should Consider All Funds 9/28/2005
Requested for the War When Determining Needs and
Covering Expenses (GAO-05-767).........................
Information Technology: Management Improvements Needed 9/7/2005
on Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Infrastructure
Modernization Program (GAO-05-805).....................
Rebuilding Iraq: U.S. Water and Sanitation Efforts Need 9/7/2005
Improved Measures for Assessing Impact and Sustained
Resources for Maintaning Facilities (GAO-05-872).......
Global War on Terrorism: DOD Needs to Improve the 9/21/2005
Reliability of Cost Data and Provide Additional
Guidance to Control Costs (GAO-05-882).................
Department of Energy: Additional Opportunities Exist for 9/9/2005
Reducing Laboratory Contractors' Support Costs (GAO-05-
897)...................................................
Wind Power: Impacts on Wildlife and Government 9/16/2005
Responsibilities for Regulating Development and
Protecting Wildlife (GAO-05-906).......................
Force Structure: Actions Needed to Improve Estimates and 9/29/2005
Oversight of Costs for Transforming Army to a Modular
Force (GAO-05-926).....................................
Rebuilding Iraq: U.S. Assistance for the January 2005 9/7/2005
Elections (GAO-05-932R)................................
Army Corps of Engineers: Improved Planning and Financial 9/16/2005
Management Should Replace Reliance on Reprogramming
Actions to Manage Project Funds (GAO-05-946)...........
Financial Audit: Independent and Special Counsel 9/30/2005
Expenditures for the Six Months Ended March 31, 2005
(GAO-05-961)...........................................
Alaska Native Villages: Recent Federal Assistance 8/2/2005
Exceeded $3 Billion, with Most Provided to Regional
Nonprofits (GAO-05-719)................................
Small Business Participation in the Alaska Natural Gas 8/4/2005
Pipeline Project (GAO-05-860R).........................
Border Patrol: Available Data on Interior Checkpoints 7/22/2005
Suggest Differences in Sector Performance (GAO-05-435).
Interagency Contracting: Franchise Funds Provide 7/29/2005
Convenience, but Value to DOD is Not Demonstrated (GAO-
05-456)................................................
Defense Ammunition: DOD Meeting Small and Medium Caliber 7/27/2005
Ammunition Needs, but Additional Actions Are Necessary
(GAO-05-687)...........................................
Nuclear Waste: Better Performance Reporting Needed to 7/29/2005
Assess DOE's Ability to Achieve the Goals of the
Accelerated Cleanup Program (GAO-05-764)...............
Business Systems Modernization: Internal Revenue 7/22/2005
Service's Fiscal Year 2005 Expenditure Plan (GAO-05-
774)...................................................
Military Bases: Analysis of DOD's 2005 Selection Process 7/1/2005
and Recommendations for Base Closures and Realignments
(GAO-05-785)...........................................
District of Columbia: Federal Funds for Foster Care 7/22/2005
Improvements Used to Implement New Programs, but
Challenges Remain (GAO-05-787).........................
Southeast Asia: Better Human Rights Reviews and 7/29/2005
Strategic Planning Needed for U.S. Assistance to
Foreign Security Forces (GAO-05-793)...................
Military Personnel: DOD Needs to Improve the 7/19/2005
Transparency and Reassess the Reasonableness,
Appropriateness, Affordability, and Sustainability of
Its Military Compensation System (GAO-05-798)..........
Information Management: Acquisition of the Electronics 7/15/2005
Records Archives Is Progressing (GAO-05-802)...........
Aviation Security: Transportation Security 7/22/2005
Administration Did Not Fully Disclose Uses of Personal
Information During Secure Flight Program Testing in
Initial Privacy Notes, but Has Recently Taken Steps to
More Fully Inform the Public (GAO-05-864R).............
Rebuilding Iraq: Status of Funding and Reconstruction 7/28/2005
Efforts (GAO-05-876)...................................
Wildland Fire Management: Timely Identification of Long- 7/14/2005
Term Options and Funding Needs Is Critical (GAO-05-
923T)..................................................
Department of Defense's Assessment Addresses 7/28/2005
Congressional Concerns but Lacks Detail on High Energy
Laser Transition Plans (GAO-05-933R)...................
Intellectual Property: Key Processes for Managing Patent 6/17/2005
Automation Strategy Need Stengthening (GAO-05-336).....
Army Depot Maintenance: Ineffective Oversight of Depot 6/30/2005
Maintenance Operations and System Implementation
Efforts (GAO-05-441)...................................
U.S.-China Trade: Commerce Faces Practical and Legal 6/17/2005
Challenges in Applying Countervailing Duties (GAO-05-
474)...................................................
DOD Problem Disbursements: Long-standing Accounting 6/2/2005
Weaknesses Result in Inaccurate Records and Substantial
Write-offs (GAO-05-521)................................
Defense Acquisitions: Incentives and Pressures That 6/23/2005
Drive Problems Affecting Satellite and Related
Acquisitions (GAO-05-570R).............................
Federal Disability Assistance: Wide Array of Programs 6/2/2005
Needs to be Examined in Light of 21st Century
Challenges (GAO-05-626)................................
Defense Acquisitions: Resolving Development Risks in the 6/15/2005
Army's Networked Communications Capabilities Is Key to
Fielding Future Force (GAO-05-669).....................
Transportation Security Administration: Clear Policies 6/29/2005
and Oversight Needed for Designation of Sensitive
Security Information (GAO-05-677)......................
Opportunities Exist to Improve Future Comprehensive 6/27/2005
Master Plans for Changing U.S. Defense Infrastructure
Overseas (GAO-05-680R).................................
Survey of Program Officials--Review of Federal Programs 6/2/2005
Supporting People with Disabilities (GAO-05-695SP).....
Intellectual Property: USPTO Has Made Progress in Hiring 6/17/2005
Examiners, but Challenges to Retention Remain (GAO-05-
720)...................................................
Defense Management: Processes to Estimate and Track 5/5/2005
Equipment Reconstitution Costs Can Be Improved (GAO-05-
293)...................................................
Fiscal Year 2006 Budget Request: U.S. Government 5/23/2005
Accountability Office (GAO-05-447T)....................
Charter Schools: Oversight Practices in the District of 5/19/2005
Columbia (GAO-05-490)..................................
Capitol Power Plant: Actions Needed to Improve Operating 4/8/2005
Efficiency (543121)....................................
U.S.-China Trade: Textile Safeguard Procedures Should Be 4/4/2005
Improved (GAO-05-296)..................................
U.S. Public Diplomacy: Interagency Coordination Efforts 4/4/2005
Hampered by the Lack of a National Communication
Strategy (GAO-05-323)..................................
Kennedy Center: Stronger Oversight of Fire Safety 4/22/2005
Issues, Construction Projects, and Financial Management
Needed (GAO-05-334)....................................
Vehicle Safety: Opportunities Exist to Enhance NHTSA's 4/29/2005
New Car Assessment Program (GAO-05-370)................
National Park Service: Managed Properties in the 4/15/2005
District of Columbia (GAO-05-378)......................
Immigration Benefits: Twelfth Report Required by the 4/14/2005
Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 (GAO-
05-481R)...............................................
Kennedy Center: Stronger Oversight of Fire Safety 4/6/2005
Issues, Construction Projects, and Financial Management
Needed (GAO-05-516T)...................................
Aviation Fees: Review of Air Carriers' Year 2000 4/18/2005
Passenger and Property Screening Costs (GAO-05-558)....
Defense Acquisitions: Status of Ballistic Missile 3/31/2005
Defense Program in 2004 (GAO-05-243)...................
Information Technology: Customs Automated Commercial 3/14/2005
Environment Program Progressing, but Need for
Management Improvements Continues (GAO-05-267).........
Tactical Aircraft: Opportunity to Reduce Risks in the 3/15/2005
Joint Strike Fighter Program with Different Acquisition
Strategy (GAO-05-271)..................................
Defense Acquisitions: Assessments of Selected Major 3/31/2005
Weapon Programs (GAO-05-301)...........................
Tactical Aircraft: Air Force Still Needs Business Case 3/15/2005
to Support F/A-22 Quantities and Increased Capabilities
(GAO-05-304)...........................................
Aviation Security: Secure Flight Development and Testing 3/28/2005
Under Way, but Risks Should Be Managed as System Is
Further Developed (GAO-05-356).........................
Financial Audit: Independent and Special Counsel 3/31/2005
Expenditures for the Six Months Ended September 30,
2004 (GAO-05-359)......................................
Aviation Security: Systematic Planning Needed to 3/15/2005
Optimize the Deployment of Checked Baggage Screening
Systems (GAO-05-365)...................................
Department of Education's Update of the State and Other 3/22/2005
Tax Allowance for Student Aid Award Year 2005-2006 (GAO-
05-408R)...............................................
Captiol Police--Use of Emergency Response Fund for 2/3/2005
Overtime Pay (B-303964)................................
Homeland Security: Management of First Responder Grant 2/2/2005
Programs Has Improved, but Challenges Remain (GAO-05-
121)...................................................
National Nuclear Security Administration: Contractors' 2/2/2005
Strategies to Recruit and Retain a Critically Skilled
Workforce Are Generally Effective (GAO-05-164).........
Defense Acquisitions: Improved Management Practices 2/28/2005
Could Help Minimize Cost Growth in Navy Shipbuilding
Programs (GAO-05-183)..................................
Homeland Security: Some Progress Made, but Many 2/23/2005
Challenges Remain on U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status
Indicator Technology Program (GAO-05-202)..............
Office of Personnel Management: Retirement Systems 2/28/2005
Modernization Program Faces Numerous Challenges (GAO-05-
237)...................................................
Aviation Security: Measures for Testing the Impact of 2/23/2005
Using Commercial Data for the Secure Flight Program
(GAO-05-324)...........................................
Office of National Drug Control Policy--Video News 1/4/2005
Release (B-303495).....................................
Telemarketing: Implementation of the National Do-Not- 1/28/2005
Call Registry (GAO-05-113).............................
Drug Control: High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas' 1/28/2005
Efforts to Link Investigations to International Drug
Traffickers (GAO-05-122)...............................
Coast Guard: Station Readiness Improving, but Resource 1/31/2005
Challenges and Management Concerns Remain (GAO-05-161).
Highway And Transit Investments: Options for Improving 1/24/2005
Information on Projects' Benefits and Costs and
Increasing Accountability for Results (GAO-05-172).....
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ACTIVE ASSIGNMENTS IN PROCESS FOR HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE AND
SUBCOMMITTEES AS OF DECEMBER 1, 2006
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ARMY PROGRESS TO DATE IN MEETING GOALS OF THE FUTURE COMBAT SYSTEM
PROGRAM (ASM)
FISCAL YEAR 2006 ASSESSMENT OF THE MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY'S BALLISTIC
MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM (ASM)
ARMY'S USE OF LEAD SYSTEM INTEGRATOR APPROACH FOR ITS FUTURE COMBAT
SYSTEM PROGRAM (ASM)
EFFECTIVENESS OF CURRENT PROGRAM ELEMENT STRUCTURE FOR CONGRESSIONAL
OVERSIGHT OF RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TESTING, AND EVALUATION
APPROPRIATIONS (ASM)
JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER ACQUISITION PROGRAM (ASM)
QUALITY ASSURANCE POLICIES AND PRACTICES USED BY DOD AND ITS LARGE
CONTRACTORS (ASM)
JOINT SEABASING (DCM)
DOD'S LONG-TERM STRATEGY FOR CORROSION PREVENTION AND MITIGATION (DCM)
BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE BOOST AND ASCENT PHASE TECHNICAL AND
OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES (DCM)
ARMY MODULAR BRIGADE RESTRUCTURING PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS,
COST OF IMPLEMENTATION, AND TESTING AND EVALUATION OF NEW UNIT
ORGANIZATIONS (DCM)
IMPACT OF OUTSOURCING ON INCREASING MILITARY OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
COSTS (DCM)
DOD'S FISCAL YEAR 2008 OVERSEAS INFRASTRUCTURE MASTER PLANS AND MASTER
PLANNING EFFORT FOR THE MILITARY BUILDUP ON GUAM (DCM)
NAVY MANAGEMENT APPROACHES IN IMPLEMENTING FLEET RESPONSE PLAN (DCM)
JOINT IMPROVED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE DEFEAT ORGANIZATION (JIEDDO) MANAGEMENT
AND OPERATIONS (DCM)
ARMY'S COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS FOR OPTIONS TO TREAT VX WASTEWATER FROM THE
NEWPORT CHEMICAL AGENT DISPOSAL FACILITY (DCM)
PURCHASES AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AT DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S HANFORD
WASTE TREATMENT PLANT (WTP) (FMA)
MEDICAL RETENTION PROCESSING (MRP) FOLLOW-UP (FMA)
NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER (NAWC) CARRYOVER (FMA)
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE'S COMPLIANCE WITH THE IMPROPER PAYMENTS
INFORMATION ACT OF 2002 REGARDING TRAVEL EXPENDITURES (FMA)
INDEPENDENT AND SPECIAL COUNSEL EXPENDITURES FOR THE 6 MONTHS ENDED
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 (FMA)
UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE'S FISCAL YEAR 2006 COSTS FOR PROTECTING THE
SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY (FMA)
HUD EFFORTS TO PRESERVE PROJECT-BASED SECTION 8 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS
(FMCI)
STATE PROCEDURES FOR USING EMINENT DOMAIN AND IMPACT ON AFFECTED
COMMUNITIES (FMCI)
COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION OF THE YOUTHBUILD PROGRAM (FMCI)
HOUSING ASSISTANCE TO LOW-INCOME VETERANS (FMCI)
SECTION 8 PROJECT BASED HOUSING PRESERVATION PRESENTATION (FMCI)
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE ARMED SERVICES (HC)
DEFENSE HEALTH CARE: DRINKING WATER CONTAMINATION AND RELATED HEALTH
EFFECTS AT CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA (HC)
HEALTH CAREERS OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM AWARDS (HC)
COST COMPARISON OF HOUSING BUREAU OF PRISONS INMATES IN FEDERAL, PRIVATE
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES (HSJ)
AIR CARRIER PRESCREENING NAME MATCHING PROCEDURES (HSJ)
COAST GUARD DEEPWATER PROGRAM MANAGEMENT (HSJ)
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES
(HSJ)
U.S. CAPITOL POLICE ANNUAL REPORT (HSJ)
REVIEW OF THE SECURE BORDER INITIATIVE: SBINET PROGRAM'S EXXPENDITURE
PLAN (HSJ)
TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION LETTER OF INTENT AGREEMENT WITH
LOS ANGELES WORLD AIRPORT AUTHORITY (HSJ)
U.S. INTERNATIONAL BASIC EDUCATION EFFORTS (IAT)
CHILD SURVIVAL AND HEALTH PROGRAMS FUND (IAT)
US AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (USAID) TSUNAMI RECONSTRUCTION
PROGRAM IN ASIA (IAT)
U.S. AID TO WEST BANK AND GAZA-OBLIGATIONS AND EXPENDITURES FOR FY 2005-
2006 (IAT)
CBP'S FULFILLMENT OF ITS REVENUE COLLECTION FUNCTIONS (IAT)
MANDATED DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY'S CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
REPORT (IT)
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY'S (DHS) FISCAL YEAR 2006 US-VISIT
EXPENDITURE PLAN (IT)
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE'S BUSINESS MISSION AREA FEDERATED ARCHITECTURE
STRATEGY AND TIERED ACCOUNTABILITY APPROACH (IT)
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) DATA MINING PROGRAMS USING ADVISE
(IT)
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS DIGITAL TALKING BOOKS PROGRAM FOR THE BLIND AND
PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED (IT)
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE'S (IRS) FISCAL YEAR 2007 BUSINESS SYSTEMS
MODERNIZATION (BSM) EXPENDITURE PLAN (IT)
DIVISION OF COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCE RESPONSIBILITIES AND RESOURCES
BETWEEN EPA HEADQUARTERS, REGIONS, AND STATES (NRE)
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S MANAGEMENT OF COST AND SCHEDULE FOR MAJOR
PROJECTS (NRE)
CONTAMINATION OF URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE CONTAINMENT CYLINDERS BY PHOSGENE
AT DOE GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANTS (NRE)
DISPOSITION AND MANAGEMENT OF BURIED TRANSURANIC WASTE AT DEPARTMENT OF
ENERGY FACILITIES (NRE)
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S BULK VITRIFICATION PROJECT (NRE)
THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION'S CONTRACT WITH SHOWTIME NETWORKS TO DEVELOP
AN ON-DEMAND CHANNEL (NRE)
FEDERAL EFFORTS TO IDENTIFY, PRIORITIZE, AND FUND REDUCTION ACTIVITIES
(NRE)
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR'S CONSERVATION EASEMENT PROGRAM (NRE)
FOREST SERVICE AND BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT LAND EXCHANGE PROGRAMS
(NRE)
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH ELECTRONIC WASTE DISPOSAL AND RECYCLING PRACTICES
(NRE)
SAFETY OVERSIGHT AND ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES OF THE FEDERAL RAILROAD
ADMINISTRATION (PI)
COMPLIANCE WITH SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROVISIONS OF THE AMERICANS WITH
DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990 (PI)
PROJECT TRENDS IN THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION NEW STARTS PROGRAM
(PI)
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION'S REAL PROPERTY MANAGMENT AND SECURITY (PI)
ASSESSMENT OF CONGRESS' CARBON EMISSIONS AND COST-EFFECTIVE OPTIONS FOR
REDUCING THE EMISSIONS (PI)
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL: STATUS OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW RECOMMENDATIONS
(PI)
IRS AND FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK MANAGEMENT OF BANK SECRECY
ACT COMPLIANCE (SI)
BUDGET JUSTIFICATION REVIEW: CENSUS BUREAU 2007 BUDGET REQUEST (SI)
EXAMINATION OF FEDERAL DEPENDENT CARE NEEDS AS DETERMINED BY OPM AND GSA
(SI)
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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 66
members with 37 Republicans and 29 Democrats.
Committee Chairmen
Thirty men, including the present incumbent, the Honorable
Jerry Lewis of California, 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
2006, 11 regular appropriations bills and various supplemental
bills have provided a total of $987 billion.
Over the years, large sustained spending increases of the
Federal Government usually occurred 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.
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. Lewis, 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
ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut JACK KINGSTON, Georgia
MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York TOM LATHAM, Iowa
SAM FARR, California JO ANN EMERSON, Missouri
ALLEN BOYD, Florida VIRGIL H. GOODE, Jr., Virginia
MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio RAY LaHOOD, Illinois
JOHN T. DOOLITTLE, California
RODNEY ALEXANDER, Louisiana
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 DEFENSE
C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida,
Chairman
JOHN P. MURTHA, Pennsylvania DAVID L. HOBSON, Ohio
NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington HENRY BONILLA, Texas
MARTIN OLAV SABO, Minnesota RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New
PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana Jersey
JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia TODD TIAHRT, Kansas
MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi
JACK KINGSTON, Georgia
KAY GRANGER, Texas
RAY LaHOOD, Illinois
JURISDICTION
Department of Defense--Military
Departments of Army, Navy (including Marine Corps), Air
Force, Office of Secretary of Defense, and Defense Agencies
(Except Department of Defense-related accounts and programs
under the Subcommittee on Military Quality of Life and
Veterans Affairs; and the Office of the Assistant Secretary
of the Army (Civil Works))
Central Intelligence Agency
Intelligence Community Staff
SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES
DAVID L. HOBSON, Ohio, Chairman
PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New
CHET EDWARDS, Texas Jersey
ED PASTOR, Arizona TOM LATHAM, Iowa
JAMES E. CLYBURN, South Carolina ZACH WAMP, Tennessee
MARION BERRY, Arkansas JO ANN EMERSON, Missouri
JOHN T. DOOLITTLE, California
MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho
DENNIS R. REHBERG, Montana
JURISDICTION
Department of Energy
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
Denali Commission
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 JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan
JESSE L. JACKSON, Jr., Illinois MARK STEVEN KIRK, Illinois
CAROLYN C. KILPATRICK, Michigan ANDER CRENSHAW, Florida
STEVEN R. ROTHMAN, New Jersey DON SHERWOOD, Pennsylvania
CHAKA FATTAH, Pennsylvania JOHN E. SWEENEY, New York
DENNIS R. REHBERG, Montana
JOHN CARTER, Texas
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
Famine Fund and Global AIDS Initiatives
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
Millennium Challenge Account
SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky, Chairman
MARTIN OLAV SABO, Minnesota ZACH WAMP, Tennessee
DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina TOM LATHAM, Iowa
JOSE E. SERRANO, New York JO ANN EMERSON, Missouri
LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California JOHN E. SWEENEY, New York
SANFORD D. BISHOP, Jr., Georgia JIM KOLBE, Arizona
MARION BERRY, Arkansas ERNEST J. ISTOOK, Jr., Oklahoma
CHET EDWARDS, Texas ANDER CRENSHAW, Florida
JOHN CARTER, Texas
JURISDICTION
Department of Homeland Security
SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES
CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina,
Chairman
NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington ZACH WAMP, Tennessee
JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia JOHN E. PETERSON, Pennsylvania
MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York DON SHERWOOD, Pennsylvania
JOHN W. OLVER, Massachusetts ERNEST J. ISTOOK, Jr., Oklahoma
ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama
JOHN T. DOOLITTLE, California
MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho
JURISDICTION
Department of the Interior (Except Bureau of Reclamation and
Central Utah Project)
Environmental Protection Agency
Other Agencies
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (HHS)
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
Commission of Fine Arts
Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental
Quality
Forest Service (USDA)
Indian Health Service
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
Institute of Museum and Library Services)
National Gallery of Art
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (HHS,
formerly EPA/Superfund)
Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation
Presidio Trust
Smithsonian Institution
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance
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 ERNEST J. ISTOOK, Jr., Oklahoma
STENY H. HOYER, Maryland ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi
NITA M. LOWEY, New York ANNE M. NORTHUP, Kentucky
ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut KAY GRANGER, Texas
JESSE L. JACKSON, Jr., Illinois JOHN E. PETERSON, Pennsylvania
PATRICK J. KENNEDY, Rhode Island DON SHERWOOD, Pennsylvania
LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California DAVE WELDON, Florida
JAMES T. WALSH, New York
MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho
JURISDICTION
Department of Education
Department of Health and Human Services (Except Agency for
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry; Food and Drug
Administration; Indian Health Services and Facilities; and
National Institute of Environmental Sciences (formerly EPA/
Superfund))
Department of Labor
Related Agencies
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled
Corporation for National and Community Service
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
Institute of Museum and Library 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
SUBCOMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
(The following accounts and
programs of the Legislative Branch
are under the jurisdiction of the
full Committee on Appropriations)
House of Representatives
Joint Items
Architect of the Capitol (Except Senate Items)
Botanic Garden
Capitol Police
Capitol Visitors Center
Congressional Budget Office
Government Accountability Office
Government Printing Office
John C. Stennis Center
Library of Congress
Office of Compliance
Open World Leadership Center
United States Capitol Preservation Commission
SUBCOMMITTEE ON MILITARY QUALITY OF LIFE AND VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND
RELATED AGENCIES
JAMES T. WALSH, New York, Chairman
CHET EDWARDS, Texas ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama
SAM FARR, California ANNE M. NORTHUP, Kentucky
ALLEN BOYD, Florida ANDER CRENSHAW, Florida
SANFORD D. BISHOP, Jr., Georgia C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida
DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina MARK STEVEN KIRK, Illinois
ROBERT E. ``BUD'' CRAMER, Jr., AlabamaENNIS R. REHBERG, Montana
JOHN CARTER, Texas
RODNEY ALEXANDER, Louisiana
JURISDICTION
Department of Defense
Military Construction, Army, Navy (including Marine Corps),
Air Force, Defense-wide, and Guard and Reserve Forces
Facilities Sustainment, Restoration and Modernization, Army,
Navy (including Marine Corps), Air Force, and Guard and
Reserve Forces
Chemical Demilitarization Construction, Defense-wide
Military Family Housing Construction and Operation and
Maintenance, Army, Navy (including Marine Corps), Air
Force, and Defense-wide
Family Housing Improvement Fund
Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund
Homeowners Assistance Fund
Basic Allowance for Housing, Army, Navy (including Marine
Corps), Air Force, and Guard and Reserve Forces
Environmental Restoration Accounts
Base Realignment and Closure Account
NATO Security Investment Program
Defense Health Program Account
Department of Veterans Affairs
Related Agencies
American Battle Monuments Commission
Armed Forces Retirement Home
Cemeterial Expenses, Army (DOD)
Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
SUBCOMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, THE DEPARTMENTS OF STATE, JUSTICE, AND
COMMERCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES
FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia, Chairman
ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina
JOSE E. SERRANO, New York MARK STEVEN KIRK, Illinois
ROBERT E. ``BUD'' CRAMER, Jr., AlabamaAVE WELDON, Florida
PATRICK J. KENNEDY, Rhode Island VIRGIL H. GOODE, Jr., Virginia
CHAKA FATTAH, Pennsylvania JOHN ABNEY CULBERSON, Texas
RODNEY ALEXANDER, 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)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Science Foundation
Related Agencies
Antitrust Modernization Commission
Broadcasting Board of Governors
Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad
Commission on Civil Rights
Commission on International Religious Freedom
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic
of China
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Federal Communications Commission
Federal Trade Commission
HELP Commission
International Trade Commission
Legal Services Corporation
Marine Mammal Commission
National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination
Council
National Veterans Business Development Corporation
Office of Science and Technology Policy
Office of the United States Trade Representative
Securities and Exchange Commission
Small Business Administration
State Justice Institute
United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission
United States Institute of Peace
SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION, TREASURY, AND
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, THE JUDICIARY, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AND
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan,
Chairman
JOHN W. OLVER, Massachusetts FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia
STENY H. HOYER, Maryland HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky
ED PASTOR, Arizona TODD TIAHRT, Kansas
CAROLYN C. KILPATRICK, Michigan ANNE M. NORTHUP, Kentucky
JAMES E. CLYBURN, South Carolina ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama
STEVEN R. ROTHMAN, New Jersey JOHN E. SWEENEY, New York
JOHN ABNEY CULBERSON, Texas
RALPH REGULA, Ohio
JURISDICTION
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Transportation
Department of the Treasury
District of Columbia
The Judiciary
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
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Election Assistance Commission
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Office of Inspector
General
Federal Election Commission
Federal Labor Relations Authority
Federal Maritime Commission
General Services Administration
Merit Systems Protection Board
Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National
Environmental Policy Foundation
National Archives and Records Administration
National Credit Union Administration
National Historical Publications and Records Commission
National Transportation Safety Board
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
Office of Government Ethics
Office of Personnel Management and Related Trust Funds
Office of Special Counsel
Selective Service System
United States Interagency Council on Homelessness
United States Tax Court
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
General Provisions, Governmentwide
Appendix D
Committee on Appropriations
COMMITTEE RULES
(Adopted for the 109th Congress on February 15, 2005)
RESOLVED, That the rules and practices of the Committee on
Appropriations, House of Representatives, in the One Hundred
Eighth 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 Ninth
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.
(l) The Chairman is directed to offer a motion under clause
1 of rule XXII of the Rules of the House whenever the Chairman
considers it appropriate.
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.
(c) The Chairman of the Committee and any of its
subcommittees may--
(1) postpone further proceedings when a record vote
is ordered on the question of approving a measure or
matter or on adopting an amendment;
(2) resume proceedings on a postponed question at any
time after reasonable notice.
When proceedings resume on a postponed question,
notwithstanding any intervening order for the previous
question, an underlying proposition shall remain
subject to further debate or amendment to the same
extent as when the question was postponed.
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.
Appendix E
Committee on Appropriations Reorganization
The Committee reorganized in the beginning of the 109th
Congress to reduce the number of its subcommittees and make the
alignment of accounts between subcommittees more efficient.
This reorganization enabled the Committee to perform more
effective oversight and complete its bills in a timelier
manner. The number of subcommittees was reduced from 13 to 10,
and the number of regular appropriations bills was reduced from
13 to 11 (the Legislative Branch bill was managed by the full
Committee.)
The Senate Committee on Appropriations adopted a similar
reorganization plan, although there were a few differences. To
summarize these differences:
(1) four Defense programs (basic allowance for
housing; facilities sustainment, restoration and
modernization; environmental restoration; and defense
health) moved to the Military Quality of Life and
Veterans Affairs bill in the House, while they stayed
in the Defense bill in the Senate;
(2) the State Department and related programs moved
to the State-Foreign Operations bill in the Senate,
while they remained in the Science, State, Justice,
Commerce bill in the House; and
(3) the District of Columbia accounts were moved into
the Transportation, Treasury, HUD, the Judiciary and
District of Columbia bill in the House, while the
Senate maintained a separate District of Columbia bill
and subcommittee. In addition, the Senate maintained a
separate Legislative Branch subcommittee while the
House moved the responsibility for that bill to the
full Committee.
The following provides detail on account jurisdiction
changes from the 108th Congress to the 109th Congress
associated with the House Committee on Appropriation's
reorganization.
Appropriations Subcommittee Jurisdictional Changes--Crosswalk
AGRICULTURE
No change
SCIENCE, STATE, JUSTICE, AND COMMERCE
(Previously Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary)
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Delete New Subcommittee
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The Judiciary Transportation, Treasury, Housing
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Add Previous Subcommittee
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National Aeronautics and Space VA-HUD
Administration
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National Science Foundation VA-HUD
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Office of Science and Technology VA-HUD
Policy
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DEFENSE
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Delete New Subcommittee
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Basic Allowance for Housing Military Quality of Life and
Veterans Affairs
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Facilities Sustainment, Restoration Military Quality of Life and
and Modernization Veterans Affairs
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Environmental Restoration accounts Military Quality of Life and
Veterans Affairs
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Defense Health Program Military Quality of Life and
Veterans Affairs
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
ELIMINATED SUBCOMMITTEE AND ADDED ACCOUNTS TO TRANSPORTATION, TREASURY,
HUD
ENERGY AND WATER
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Add Previous Subcommittee
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Economic Regulatory Administration Interior
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Energy Information Administration Interior
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DOE Office of Hearings and Appeals Interior
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Strategic Petroleum Reserve Interior
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Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Interior
Reserves
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Fossil Energy Research and Interior
Development
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Clean Coal Technology Interior
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Energy Conservation Interior
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Alternative Fuels Production Interior
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Elk Hills School Lands Fund Interior
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Alaska Gas Pipeline Authorities Interior
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Weatherization Assistance Grants Labor-HHS
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FOREIGN OPERATIONS
No change
HOMELAND SECURITY
No change
INTERIOR AND THE ENVIRONMENT
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Delete New Subcommittee
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Economic Regulatory Administration Energy and Water
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Energy Information Administration Energy and Water
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DOE Office of Hearings and Appeals Energy and Water
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Strategic Petroleum Reserve Energy and Water
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Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Energy and Water
Reserves
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Fossil Energy Research and Energy and Water
Development
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Clean Coal Technology Energy and Water
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Energy Conservation Energy and Water
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Alternative Fuels Production Energy and Water
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Elk Hills School Lands Fund Energy and Water
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Alaska Gas Pipeline Authorities Energy and Water
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Add Previous Subcommittee
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Environmental Protection Agency VA-HUD
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Agency for Toxic Substances and VA-HUD
Disease Registry (HHS)
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National Institute of Environmental VA-HUD
Health Sciences (HHS, formerly EPA/
Superfund)
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Council on Environmental Quality VA-HUD
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Chemical Safety and Hazard VA-HUD
Investigation Board
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White House Commission on the VA-HUD
National Moment of Remembrance
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LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION
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Delete New Subcommittee
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Weatherization Assistance Grants Energy and Water
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Armed Forces Retirement Home Military Quality of Life and
Veterans Affairs
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Add Previous Subcommittee
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Corporation for National and VA-HUD
Community Service (non-VISTA and
seniors programs)
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*COM041*ALL PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES ARE UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE
FULL COMMITTEE--NO CHANGE TO PROGRAM JURISDICTIONS UNDER THE BILL
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
MILITARY QUALITY OF LIFE AND VETERANS AFFAIRS
(Previously Military Construction)
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Add Previous Subcommittee
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Basic Allowance for Housing Defense
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Facilities Sustainment, Restoration Defense
and Modernization
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Environmental Restoration programs Defense
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Defense Health Program account Defense
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Department of Veterans Affairs VA-HUD
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American Battle Monuments VA-HUD
Commission
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Cemeterial Expenses, Army VA-HUD
(Arlington Cemetery)
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Court of Appeals for Veterans VA-HUD
Claims
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Armed Forces Retirement Home Labor-HHS
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TRANSPORTATION, TREASURY, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, THE JUDICIARY,
AND DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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Add Previous Subcommittee
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Department of Housing and Urban VA-HUD
Development
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District of Columbia District of Columbia
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The Judiciary Commerce, Justice, State, Judiciary
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Consumer Product Safety Commission VA-HUD
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Federal Deposit Insurance VA-HUD
Corporation, Office of Inspector
General
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Federal Consumer Information Center VA-HUD
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National Credit Union VA-HUD
Administration
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Neighborhood Reinvestment VA-HUD
Corporation
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Selective Service System VA-HUD
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United States Interagency Council VA-HUD
on Homelessness
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VA-HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
(All programs and activities are transferred to various subcommittees as
follows)
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Delete New Subcommittee
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Department of Veterans Affairs Military Quality of Life and
Veterans Affairs
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Department of Housing and Urban Transportation, Treasury, and
Development Housing
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Agency for Toxic Substances and Interior and Environment
Disease Registry
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American Battle Monuments Military Quality of Life and
Commission Veterans Affairs
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Cemeterial Expenses, Army Military Quality of Life and
(Arlington National Cemetery) Veterans Affairs
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Chemical Safety and Hazard Interior and Environment
Investigation Board
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Community Development Financial Transportation, Treasury, and
Institutions Housing
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Federal Citizen Information Center Transportation, Treasury, and
Fund Housing
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Consumer Product Safety Commission Transportation, Treasury, and
Housing
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Corporation for National and Labor, HHS, and Education
Community Service
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Council on Environmental Quality Interior and Environment
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Court of Appeals for Veterans Military Quality of Life and
Claims Veterans Affairs
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Environmental Protection Agency Interior and the Environment
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Federal Deposit Insurance Transportation, Treasury, and
Corporation, Office of Inspector Housing
General
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National Aeronautics and Space Science, State, Justice and
Administration Commerce
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National Credit Union Transportation, Treasury, and
Administration Housing
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National Institute of Environmental Interior and Environment
Health Sciences (HHS, formerly EPA/
Superfund)
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National Science Foundation Science, State, Justice and
Commerce
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Neighborhood Reinvestment Transportation, Treasury, and
Corporation Housing
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Office of Science and Technology Science, State, Justice and
Policy Commerce
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Selective Service System Transportation, Treasury, and
Housing
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U.S. Interagency Council on Transportation, Treasury, and
Homelessness Housing
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White House Commission on the Interior and Environment
National Moment of Remembrance
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