[House Report 111-700]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


                                                 Union Calendar No. 423
111th Congress 
 2d Session             HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                 Report
                                                                111-700
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                      COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              R E P O R T

                                   of

                          COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES

                     ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS

                            January 6, 2009

                                through

                            January 3, 2011

                   Pursuant to Clause 1(d) of Rule XI




January 3, 2011.--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

                                        (111th Congress)

                   DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin, Chairman

 NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington        JERRY LEWIS, California
 ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia    C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida
 MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio                 HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky
 PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana        FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia
 NITA M. LOWEY, New York            JACK KINGSTON, Georgia
 JOSE E. SERRANO, New York          RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New  
 ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut       Jersey
 JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia           TODD TIAHRT, Kansas
 JOHN W. OLVER, Massachusetts       ZACH WAMP, Tennessee
 ED PASTOR, Arizona                 TOM LATHAM, Iowa
 DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina     ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama
 CHET EDWARDS, Texas                JO ANN EMERSON, Missouri
 PATRICK J. KENNEDY, Rhode Island   KAY GRANGER, Texas
 MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York       MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho
 LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California  JOHN ABNEY CULBERSON, Texas
 SAM FARR, California               MARK STEVEN KIRK, Illinois
 JESSE L. JACKSON, Jr., Illinois    ANDER CRENSHAW, Florida
 CAROLYN C. KILPATRICK, Michigan    DENNIS R. REHBERG, Montana
 ALLEN BOYD, Florida                JOHN R. CARTER, Texas
 CHAKA FATTAH, Pennsylvania         RODNEY ALEXANDER, Louisiana
 STEVEN R. ROTHMAN, New Jersey      KEN CALVERT, California
 SANFORD D. BISHOP, Jr., Georgia    JO BONNER, Alabama
 MARION BERRY, Arkansas             STEVEN C. LaTOURETTE, Ohio
 BARBARA LEE, California            TOM COLE, Oklahoma            
 ADAM SCHIFF, California            
 MICHAEL HONDA, California          
 BETTY McCOLLUM, Minnesota          
 STEVE ISRAEL, New York             
 TIM RYAN, Ohio                     
 C.A. ``DUTCH'' RUPPERSBERGER,      
Maryland                            
 BEN CHANDLER, Kentucky             
 DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Florida  
 CIRO RODRIGUEZ, Texas              
 LINCOLN DAVIS, Tennessee           
 JOHN T. SALAZAR, Colorado          
 PATRICK J. MURPHY, Pennsylvania    
                                    
                 Beverly Pheto, Clerk and Staff Director

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                         LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

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                                                    January 3, 2011
Hon. Nancy Pelosi,
The Speaker,
U.S. House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Madam Speaker: I am pleased to transmit herewith a 
report on the activities of the Committee on Appropriations 
during the 111th Congress, pursuant to clause 1(d) of rule XI 
of the Rules of the House of Representatives.
    With best regards,
            Sincerely,
                                             David R. Obey,
                                                          Chairman.

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 423
111th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     111-700

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  REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS DURING THE 
                             111TH CONGRESS

                                _______
                                

January 3, 2011.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed

                                _______
                                

Mr. Obey, 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 60 during the 111th Congress. With relatively few 
exceptions, the responsibilities of the Committee are carried 
out through its 12 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 
111th Congress are displayed in Appendix C.)

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                   SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS ACTIONS


                            Fiscal Year 2009

    The Committee began the first session of the 111th Congress 
by immediately getting to work on legislation to rescue and 
repair the economy in the face of the worsening economic 
crisis. The resulting product, known as the American Recovery 
and Reinvestment Act of 2009, was enacted within the first 
month of President Obama's inauguration. This critical 
legislation was successful in putting the country on a path to 
recovery by creating or saving 3.5 million jobs, providing a 
tax cut to small business and 95% of American workers, 
beginning to rebuild America's road, rail, and water 
infrastructure, and making a historic commitment to education, 
clean energy, and science and technology, with unprecedented 
accountability at a cost of $787 billion ($311 billion of which 
was appropriations).
    Shortly after finishing the Recovery Act, the Committee 
turned to completing action on nine of the prior year's 
appropriations bills. The wrap-up omnibus appropriations 
measure, funding nine of the twelve appropriations bills was 
enacted in February 2009 at a cost of $410 billion. The measure 
worked in harmony with the economic recovery package by making 
investments in energy security, scientific research, healthcare 
access, education, and safety to support the nation's long term 
economic strength.
    The Committee completed two supplemental funding measures 
for FY 2009. The Committee provided funding for Iraq, 
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Pandemic Flu and for the ``Cash for 
Clunkers'' program in the 2009 $105 billion supplemental 
enacted in June of 2009. The Committee provided additional 
funding to the ``Cash for Clunkers'' program in August of 2009, 
fully offset, due to the high demand for that program.

                            Fiscal Year 2010

    While developing the bills for fiscal year 2010, the 
committee placed a high priority on reinvigorated oversight 
over the agencies and programs being funded. The House passed 
each of the 12 appropriations bills separately, and ultimately 
six were enacted as separate measures. The final six 
appropriations bills were enacted in a December 2010 
consolidated bill.
    The Committee completed three supplemental funding measures 
in FY 2010. The Committee provided funding for our military 
operations and security initiatives in Iraq, Afghanistan and 
Pakistan, for the devastating earthquake in Haiti, and to 
expand benefits for disabled veterans in the $58.8 billion 
supplemental measure enacted in July 2010. The Committee 
provided $129 million, fully offset, to help prevent additional 
backlogs in the processing of patent applications in the 
supplemental appropriations measure enacted separately in July 
2010. The Committee provided $600 million to help address the 
threat of increased violence along the Southwest Border in the 
supplemental appropriations measure enacted in August 2010.

                            Fiscal Year 2011

    In the second session of the 111th Congress, the House 
marked-up all appropriations bills in subcommittee and passed 
two on the floor, Transportation HUD and VA/Military 
Construction. No FY 2011 appropriations measures were enacted 
separately. Four continuing resolutions were enacted, the last 
of which provided funding through March 4, 2011, frozen in 
total at the previous years funding levels.

           Further Reform of Congressional Earmarking Process

    The Committee continued to further reform the Congressional 
earmarking process in March of 2009 (for the 2010 fiscal year) 
and in March of 2010 (for the 2011 fiscal year). The March 2009 
reform required increased executive branch review of requested 
Congressional earmarks and required that earmarked funding 
directed to for-profit entities be competitively selected by 
the executive branch. The March 2010 reform banned 
Congressional earmarks to for-profit entities.
                      1st Session--111th Congress


                     Fiscal Year 2009 Supplementals

H.R. 1--Making supplemental appropriations for job preservation 
        and creation, infrastructure investment, energy 
        efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, 
        and State and local fiscal stabilization, for fiscal 
        year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes. 
        Approved February 17, 2009
        (P.L. 111-5).
H.R. 2346--Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal 
        year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.
        Approved June 24, 2009 (P.L. 111-32).
H.R. 3435--Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 
        2009 for the Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save 
        Program. Approved August 7, 2009 (P.L. 111-47).

                Fiscal Year 2010 Continuing Resolutions

H.R. 2918--(Included as Division B in the Legislative Branch 
        Appropriationons for the fiscal year ending September 
        30, 2010, and for other purposes. Approved October 1, 
        2009
        (P.L. 111-68).
H.R. 2996--(Included as Division B in the Interior Department 
        Appropriationons for the fiscal year ending September 
        30, 2010, and for other purposes. Approved October 30, 
        2009
        (P.L. 111-88).

                                                   2010 APPROPRIATIONS--111th CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION
                                                                  [Dollars in millions]
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                                                                       President's Request            Enacted Bills\1\           Bills vs. President's
                                                                  -----------------------------------------------------------           Request
                                                                                                                             ---------------------------
                                                                   Discretionary    Mandatory    Discretionary    Mandatory   Discretionary   Mandatory
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Fiscal Year 2010 Bills

Agriculture (P.L. 111-80)........................................        $22,979     $100,846          $23,304      $99,830           $325       -$1,016
Commerce, Justice, Science (P.L. 111-117)........................        $64,612          222           64,416          222           -196   ...........
Defense (P.L. 111-118)...........................................        640,141          291          636,375          291         -3,766   ...........
Energy and Water (P.L. 111-85)...................................         34,394  ............          33,465  ............          -929   ...........
Financial Services and General Government (P.L. 111-117).........         24,226       20,703           24,186       20,703            -40   ...........
Homeland Security (P.L. 111-83)..................................         42,830        1,361           42,776        1,361            -54   ...........
Interior, Environment (P.L. 111-88)..............................         32,325          442           32,240          440            -85            -2
Labor, HHS, Education (P.L. 111-117).............................        161,552      566,995          163,565      567,050          2,013            55
Legislative Branch (P.L. 111-68).................................          5,157          130            4,656          130           -501   ...........
Military Construction, Veterans Affairs (P.L. 111-117)...........         77,666       55,822           78,005       56,568            339           746
State, Foreign Operations (P.L. 111-117).........................         52,044          159           48,764          159         -3,280   ...........
Transportation, HUD (P.L. 111-117)...............................         68,869  ............          67,900  ............          -969   ...........
First FY 2010 Continuing Resolution (Div. B of P.L. 111-68)......  .............  ............  ..............  ............  .............  ...........
Second FY 2010 Continuing Resolution (Div. B of P.L. 111-88).....  .............  ............  ..............  ............  .............  ...........
Third FY 2010 Continuing Resolution (Vetoed).....................  .............  ............  ..............  ............  .............  ...........
                                                                  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total, FY 2010 Bills.........................................      1,226,795      746,971        1,233,065      746,754          6,270          -217
        Regular appropriations...................................      1,096,795  ............       1,089,652  ............        -7,143   ...........
        Emergency appropriations/Allocation Adjustment/Other\2\..  .............  ............          13,413  ............        13,413   ...........
        Overseas Deployment and Other Activities\3\..............        130,000  ............         130,000  ............  .............  ...........
                                                                  ======================================================================================
Fiscal Year 2009 Supplemental Appropriations

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-5)\4\...  .............  ............  ..............  ............  .............  ...........
Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Program (P.L. 111-47)      .............  ............          $2,000  ............         2,000   ...........
 (``Cash for Clunkers'')\4\......................................
Defense Int'l Affairs-Flu Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009          $92,145  ............        $105,851  ............        13,706   ...........
 (P.L. 111-32)\4\................................................
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\1\Regular fiscal year 2010 appropriations bills other than the Agriculture, Defense, Energy and Water, Homeland Security, Interior, Legislative Branch
  Appropriations bills were enacted in the Consolidated Appropriations Act (P.L. 111-117).
\2\Division B of P.L. 111-118 contained $12.153 billion in emergency funds for various programs, $1.240 billion for the for the extension of the
  Medicare Physicans Payments (Doc Fix). In addition, division B also contained $20 million for Poverty Guidelines that should have been designated as
  an emergency.
\3\The Commerce, Justice, Science, (P.L. 111-117), Defense (P.L. 111-118), Homeland Security (P.L. 111-83), and the Military Construction and Veterans
  Affairs Appropriations Acts of 2010 combined contain $129.989 billion for Overseas Deployment and Other Activities (note: $11 million was contained in
  the FY2009 supplemental but is charged to the FY 2010 allocation for a total of $130 billion).
\4\Emergency supplemental appropriations.

                       2d Session--111th Congress


                     Fiscal Year 2010 Supplementals


H.R. 4899--Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal 
        year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes. 
        Approved July 29, 2010 (P.L. 111-212).
H.R. 5874--Making supplemental appropriations for the United 
        States Patent and Trademark Office for the fiscal year 
        ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes. 
        Approved August 10, 2010 (P.L. 111-224)
H.R. 6080--Making emergency supplemental appropriations for 
        border security for the fiscal year ending September 
        30, 2010, and for other purposes. Approved August 13, 
        2010
        (P.L. 111-230).

                 Fiscal Year 2011 Continuing Resolution

H.R. 3081--Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011. Approved 
        September 30, 2010 (P.L. 111-242).
H.J. Res. 101--Continuing Further Appropriations Act, 2011. 
        Approved December 4, 2010 (P.L. 111-290).
H.J. Res. 105--Continuing Further Appropriations Act, 2011. 
        Approved December 18, 2010 (P.L. 111-317).
H.R. 3082--Continuing Further Appropriations Act, 2011. 
        Approved December 21, 2010 (P.L. 111-322).

                                                   2011 APPROPRIATIONS--111th CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION
                                                                  [Dollars in millions]
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                                                                       President's Request      Subcommittee Reported, House-    Bills vs. President's
                                                                  -----------------------------  Reported, House Passed, or             Request
                                                                                                      Enacted Bills\1\       ---------------------------
                                                                   Discretionary    Mandatory  ------------------------------
                                                                                                 Discretionary    Mandatory   Discretionary   Mandatory
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fiscal Year 2011 Bills

Agriculture......................................................        $23,127     $109,120          $23,100     $110,133           -$27        $1,013
Commerce, Justice, Science.......................................         60,539          325           60,536          325             -3   ...........
Defense..........................................................        531,142          292          523,870          292         -7,272   ...........
    Overseas Contingency Operations (Emergency)\3\...............        157,825  ............         157,825  ............  .............  ...........
Energy and Water.................................................         35,344  ............          34,669  ............          -675   ...........
Financial Services and General Government........................         25,257       21,160           24,500       21,160           -757   ...........
Homeland Security................................................         43,636        1,401           43,636        1,401   .............  ...........
    Overseas Contingency Operations (Emergency)\3\...............            254  ............             254  ............  .............  ...........
Interior, Environment............................................         32,373          443           32,240          443           -133   ...........
Labor, HHS, Education\4\.........................................        177,922      562,562          176,412      562,301         -1,510          -261
Legislative Branch...............................................          5,124          133            4,656          133           -468   ...........
Military Construction, Veterans Affairs..........................         75,997       63,849           75,998       63,849              1   ...........
    Overseas Contingency Operations (Emergency)\3\...............          1,257  ............           1,257  ............  .............  ...........
State, Foreign Operations........................................         56,647          159           53,983          159         -2,664   ...........
Transportation, HUD..............................................         68,738  ............          67,400  ............        -1,338   ...........
First FY 2011 Continuing Resolution (P.L. 111-242)...............  .............  ............  ..............  ............  .............  ...........
Second FY 2011 Continuing Resolution (P.L. 111-290)..............  .............  ............  ..............  ............  .............  ...........
Third FY 2011 Continuing Resolution (P.L. 111-317)...............  .............  ............  ..............  ............  .............  ...........
Fourth FY 2011 Continuing Resolution through March 4, 2011 (P.L.   .............  ............  ..............  ............  .............  ...........
 111-322)........................................................
                                                                  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total, FY 2011 Bills (Includes Emergency Funding)............      1,295,182      759,444        1,280,336      760,196        -14,846           752
        Regular appropriations...................................      1,135,846  ............       1,121,000  ............       -14,846           491
        Emergency appropriations.................................        159,336  ............         159,336  ............  .............          982
                                                                  ======================================================================================
Fiscal Year 2010 Supplemental Appropriations

Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 (P.L. 111-212)\2\..........        $50,821      $13,377          $42,112      $13,377        -$8,709   ...........
Supplemental Appropriations for Border Security, 2010 (P.L. 111-             500  ............             500  ............  .............  ...........
 230)\2\.........................................................
Supplemental Appropriations for the U.S. Patent and Trademark      .............  ............  ..............  ............  .............  ...........
 Office (P.L. 111-224)\2\........................................
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\1\Two regular fiscal year 2011 appropriations bills (Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Transportation, HUD) were passed by the House. Amounts
  displayed for other bills are the subcommittee-reported amounts. All 12 appropriations bills were funded under a continuing resolution.
\2\Emergency supplemental appropriations.
\3\In the President's FY 2011 Budget Request, amounts requested for Overseas Contingency Operations where not designated as an emergency, however the FY
  2011 Budget Enforcement Resolution, H. Res 1493 did not provide an allocation for Overseas Contingency Operations.
\4\Within the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Subcommittee, the President requested that funding for Pell Grants ($23.162 billion) and a
  portion of LIHEAP ($1.8 billion) be mandatory instead of discretionary. Since Congress has not enacted this change, the Subcommittee's discretionary
  allocation includes this funding. The funding included is equal to the President's request. This is the same way this situation was handled in the FY
  2010 allocation.

                    SUMMARY OF OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES


                             Oversight Plan

    Pursuant to clause 2(d)(1) of rule X, the committee 
submitted the following Oversight Plan on January 21, 2009:
    ``The Committee on Appropriations believes that rigorous 
oversight is essential for ensuring that Government agencies 
and programs effectively and efficiently serve the American 
people. The oversight function will be carried out by the 
Committee throughout the year and at many levels of examination 
and investigation. For the 111th Congress the Committee intends 
to proceed in the following manner:
    1. Subcommittee Hearings. The Appropriations Committee 
holds itself to the highest standards for analysis of the 
President's budget and supplemental funding requests. During 
the 110th Congress, the Committee held 402 hearings, took 
testimony from 3,076 witnesses and published 184 volumes of 
hearings totaling 165,868 printed pages. Requests for emergency 
supplemental funding for Iraq will be closely scrutinized, as 
will earmarks proposed by the Administration within the 
President's budget. The Committee will also continue to augment 
oversight of the U.S. intelligence community through the Select 
Intelligence Oversight Panel of the Committee on 
Appropriations. Comprised of members of the Committee and of 
the intelligence authorizing committee, the panel will continue 
to review budget requests and make recommendations for the 
preparation of the classified annex to the bill making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense.
    2. Investigations. In addition to formal oversight, the 
Committee utilizes various investigative agencies to conduct 
in-depth analysis as it deems necessary. Many of these 
investigations are conducted by the Committee's Surveys and 
Investigations Staff, an important resource whose performance 
is critical to effective oversight. In the previous Congress, 
the Committee received 36 Surveys and Investigations studies 
and 360 investigative reports from the GAO. The Surveys and 
Investigations Staff will closely scrutinize the progress and 
performance of programs funded with economic recovery dollars.
    3. Appropriations Bills. The `power of the purse' is the 
Committee's primary responsibility and greatest power. The 
manner in which the Committee chooses to provide or withhold 
Federal funding is undertaken with the greatest care and in 
compliance with all budgetary concepts and strictures. The 
Committee will follow the requirements of the Congressional 
Budget with regard to the subdivision of the budget authority 
and outlays to its subcommittees. Appropriations bills will be 
developed in accordance with the results of all the oversight 
activities in paragraphs 1 and 2, above and brought to the 
floor for consideration within all relevant budgetary 
constraints.''

                           Oversight Actions

    For the 111th Congress, the committee made a commitment to 
prioritize its oversight responsibilities, and consequently 
succeeded in accomplishing its goals as laid out in the above 
plan. Since 2007, the Appropriations Committee has strengthened 
contract oversight and independent audits to make programs 
across federal agencies more effective and efficient. 
Altogether, in exercising their oversight responsibilities, the 
12 subcommittees conducted a total of 332 hearings, took 
testimony from 2,481 witnesses and published 160 volumes of 
hearings totaling 139,278 printed pages, over the course of 
both sessions.
    The committee also succeeded in implementing its oversight 
plan by utilizing the invaluable analytical resources at its 
disposal. In addition to having 35 studies and investigations 
conducted by the Surveys and Investigations Staff, a total of 
334 reports by the Government Accountability Office were either 
completed or in progress by end of the Congress. Details of 
these investigations are provided in the following section.
               INVESTIGATIONS CONDUCTED BY THE COMMITTEE


                            (111th Congress)

    During the 111th Congress, the Committee conducted 35 
studies and investigations covering a wide range of Federal 
agency activities. The Committee's Surveys and Investigations 
Staff (S&I) performed these studies to assist the Committee in 
fulfilling its oversight responsibilities and gathering the 
information it needs to make budget decisions.
    The various Subcommittees, in letters signed by the 
Chairman and Ranking Minority Member, originate requests for 
investigations; the request letters must be approved and signed 
by the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the Full 
Committee before an investigation is pursued. Most 
investigations are conducted pursuant to these letters, known 
as directives; however, a few narrowly focused studies, known 
as special taskings, were conducted in 2009 using existing 
resources without formal directives, but still requiring 
bipartisan sign-off at the Subcommittee and Full Committee 
levels. Examples of special taskings during the 111th Congress 
include a review of Food and Drug Administration funds 
appropriated in the FY 2009 supplemental, an examination of the 
Small Business Administration's Loan Management and Accounting 
System, and a review of the Recovery Act.
    When the Committee directs S&I to conduct an investigation, 
the Director assembles a team of expert investigators. 
Competence and objectivity are the criteria for selection of 
individual investigators. During the 111th Congress, a total of 
108 professionals--consisting of a small number of permanent 
staff, personnel on detail from 5 Federal agencies, and 
independent contractors--carried out studies and prepared 
reports.
    During this Congress, the Committee issued 25 directives to 
S&I and 3 special taskings; in addition, S&I completed 7 other 
investigations directed during the previous Congress. 
Directives generally call for investigations to be completed 
within 3 to 6 months. Some studies include briefings to 
Subcommittee staff or result in several memos in addition to, 
or in lieu of, a final report. The format and frequency of 
reports are tailored to the needs of the Subcommittee.
    A catalog of all the investigations conducted during the 
111th Congress, listed by the requesting Subcommittee, follows.
 STUDIES COMPLETED OR STARTED BY THE SURVEYS AND INVESTIGATIONS STAFF 
              COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, 111TH CONGRESS
                        STUDIES BY SUBCOMMITTEE
   agriculture, rural development, food and drug administration, and 
                            related agencies
--Food and Drug Administration Information and Computing Technology for 
        the 21st Century Initiative
--Special Tasking: Food and Drug Administration Spending Funds 
        Appropriated in FY 2009 Supplemental
            commerce, justice, science, and related agencies
--National Aeronautics and Space Administration Use Leases
--National Aeronautics and Space Administration Carryover and Lapse of 
        Appropriations (Part A) National Aeronautics and Space 
        Construction Of Facilities (Part B)
--Bureau of Prisons Budget Formulation
--Bureau of Prisons Federal Prisons Industries
--United States Patent and Trademark Office's Budget Formulation and 
        Financial Requirements
--National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Administrative 
        Costs
--Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Management and 
        Administrative Costs Related to Grant Programs
--United States Patent and Trademark Office FY 2011 Budget Request
                                defense
--Potential Antideficiency Act Violation, FY 2008 Military Personnel, 
        Army
--Department of Defense Stop Loss Program
--Department of Defense Information Operation and Strategic 
        Communication
--Efforts by the Central Intelligence Agency to Develop and Acquire 
        Unique Space Systems and Capabilities
--Department of Senior Mentoring Program
--Office of the Director of National Intelligence Contracting
--Department of Defense Prepositioned Stock Programs
--Budget-Personnel on Office of the Director of National Intelligence 
        Since FY 2005
--Army's Budgeting Practices for Military Personnel and Other Services
                      energy and water development
--Physical Security at Nuclear Non-Proliferation ``Secured'' Foreign 
        Sites
--U.S. Department of Energy's Physical Security of Nuclear Weapons and 
        Special Nuclear Material
--Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans Flood Control FY 2007 to Present
               financial services and general government
--Special Tasking: Small Business Administration's Loan Management and 
        Accounting System
                             full committee
--Special Tasking: Recovery Act
                           homeland security
--World Trade Center Captive Insurance Company
              interior, environment, and related agencies
--Department of Interior's Bureau of Land Management's Coal Program
                           legislative branch
--U.S. Capitol Police and Interim Report on Staffing Requirements
     military construction, veterans affairs, and related agencies
--Implementation of 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Recommendation
--The Department of Veterans Affairs Information Technology Systems 
        Program
--Veterans Health Administration Healthcare Delivery
            state, foreign operations, and related agencies
--Financial Corruption in Afghanistan
--Iraq Transition 2010-2013
--Hiring for the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Agency for 
        International Development
--Coordination of Foreign Assistance Programs (State and Defense 
        Subcommittee)
  transportation, housing and urban development, and related agencies
--Federal Aviation Administration's Air Traffic Control Facility 
        Realignment
        Process

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

                      SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE GAO

    In addition to the information made available to the 
Committee through its Surveys and Investigations Staff, the 
Committee also utilizes the resources of the Government 
Accountability Office. The Committee receives a copy of every 
GAO report addressed to the Congress. In recent years the scope 
of the GAO auditing and review capability has been enlarged to 
include management surveys. For over 24 years the GAO has 
extracted from those reports and compiled in separate volumes a 
list of so-called ``significant audit findings'' for special 
use by the Committee staff in the annual appropriations 
hearings. These findings relate to matters which are felt to 
require corrective action by the Committee's efforts, through 
legislation, or through administrative efforts. This 
compilation is designed to identify problem areas in an 
individual agency which might have applicability to other 
organizations.
    Additionally, the Committee frequently calls upon GAO to 
make special studies and investigations.
    A listing of some reports and staff studies by the 
Committee which were underway during the 111th Congress 
follows:

 FORMAL REPORTS AND TESTIMONIES ISSUED TO HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
             AND SUBCOMMITTEES--JANUARY 2009--NOVEMBER 2010
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                  Product Number, Title, and Issue Date
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GAO-09-100, Health Information Technology: More Detailed Plans Needed
 for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Redesigned
 BioSense Program--11-20-2008GAO-09-171, Defense Infrastructure: Additional Information Is Needed to
 Better Explain the Proposed 100,000-Acre Expansion of the Pinon Canyon
 Maneuver Site--1-13-2009GAO-09-180, Federal User Fees: Additional Analyses and Timely Reviews
 Could Improve Immigration and Naturalization User Fee Design and USCIS
 Operations--1-23-2009GAO-09-70, Immigration Application Fees: Costing Methodology
 Improvements Would Provide More Reliable Basis for Setting Fees--1-23-
 2009GAO-09-268, Electronic Health Records: DOD's and VA's Sharing of
 Information Could Benefit from Improved Management--1-28-2009GAO-09-244R, Secure Border Initiative Fence Construction Costs--1-29-
 2009GAO-09-156R, Meal Counting and Claiming by Food Service Management
 Companies in the School Meal Programs--1-30-2009GAO-09-296, Troubled Asset Relief Program: Status of Efforts to Address
 Transparency and Accountability Issues--1-30-2009GAO-09-123R, Aviation Security: Status of Transportation Security
 Inspector Workforce--2-6-2009GAO-09-223, Federal Land Management: Observations on a Possible Move of
 the Forest Service into the Department of the Interior- 2-11-2009GAO-09-362T, Defense Management: Actions Needed to Overcome Long-
 standing Challenges with Weapon Systems Acquisition and Service
 Contract Management--2-11-2009GAO-09-308R, DHS: Organizational Structure and Resources for Providing
 Health Care to Immigration Detainees--2-23-2009GAO-09-282, Commuter Rail: Many Factors Influence Liability and
 Indemnity Provisions, and Options Exist to Facilitate Negotiations--2-
 24-2009GAO-09-412T, Federal Land Management: Potential Effects and Factors to
 Consider in a Move of the Forest Service into the Department of the
 Interior--2-24-2009GAO-09-295R, Defense Acquisitions: Perspectives on Potential Changes to
 Department of Defense Acquisition Management Framework--2-27-2009GAO-09-306SP, NASA: Assessments of Selected Large-Scale Projects--3-2-
 2009GAO-09-401T, Department of Homeland Security: Organizational Structure,
 Spending, and Staffing for the Health Care Provided to Immigration
 Detainees--3-3-2009GAO-09-425T, Department of the Interior: Major Management Challenges--3-
 3-2009GAO-09-434, Environmental Protection Agency: Major Management
 Challenges--3-4-2009GAO-09-406T, Department of Energy: Contract and Project Management
 Concerns at the National Nuclear Security Administration and Office of
 Environmental Management--3-4-2009GAO-09-435T, Transportation Programs: Challenges Facing the Department
 of Transportation and Congress--3-10-2009GAO-09-281, Business Systems Modernization: Internal Revenue Service's
 Fiscal Year 2009 Expenditure Plan--3-11-2009GAO-09-443T, Forest Service: Emerging Issues Highlight the Need to
 Address Persistent Management Challenges--3-11-2009GAO-09-339R, Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center: Clarifying
 Rationale for the Research and Development Funding Decisions Would
 Increase Accountability--3-12-2009GAO-09-288, Defense Acquisitions: Decisions Needed to Shape Army's
 Combat Systems for the Future--3-12-2009GAO-09-303, Joint Strike Fighter: Accelerating Procurement before
 Completing Development Increases the Government's Financial Risk--3-12-
 2009GAO-09-427T, Information Technology: Challenges Remain for VA's Sharing
 of Electronic Health Records with DOD--3-12-2009GAO-09-459T, VA Health Care: Challenges in Budget Formulation and
 Execution--3-12-2009GAO-09-338, Defense Acquisitions: Production and Fielding of Missile
 Defense Components Continue with Less Testing and Validation Than
 Planned--3-13-2009GAO-09-317, High Speed Passenger Rail: Future Development Will Depend on
 Addressing Financial and Other Challenges and Establishing a Clear
 Federal Role--3-19-2009GAO-09-260, Freedom of Information Act: DHS Has Taken Steps to Enhance
 Its Program, but Opportunities Exist to Improve Efficiency and Cost-
 Effectiveness--3-20-2009GAO-09-154, Urban Partnership Agreements: Congestion Relief Initiative
 Holds Promise; Some Improvements Needed in Selection Process--3-25-2009GAO-09-449R, Global War on Terrorism: Reported Obligations for the
 Department of Defense--3-30-2009GAO-09-326SP, Defense Acquisitions: Assessments of Selected Weapon
 Programs--3-30-2009GAO-09-336, Defense Infrastructure: DOD Needs to Periodically Review
 Support Standards and Costs at Joint Bases and Better Inform Congress
 of Facility Sustainment Funding Uses--3-30-2009GAO-09-367R, Review of Special Counsel Expenses for 6 Months Ended
 September 30, 2008--3-31-2009GAO-09-504, Troubled Asset Relief Program: March 2009 Status of Efforts
 to Address Transparency and Accountability Issues--3-31-2009GAO-09-560T, High Speed Passenger Rail: Future Development Will Depend
 on Addressing Financial and Other Challenges and Establishing a Clear
 Federal Role--4-1-2009GAO-09-444T, Wildland Fire Management: Actions by Federal Agencies and
 Congress Could Mitigate Rising Fire Costs and Their Effects on Other
 Agency Programs--4-1-2009GAO-09-556T, Oil and Gas Management: Federal Oil and Gas Resource
 Management and Revenue Collection In Need of Stronger Oversight and
 Comprehensive Reassessment--4-2-2009GAO-09-500R, High-Level Leadership Needed to Help Guam Address
 Challenges Caused by DOD-Related Growth--4-9-2009GAO-09-469R, Military Personnel: Status of Accession, Retention, and End
 Strength for Military Medical Officers and Preliminary Observations
 Regarding Accession and Retention Challenges--4-16-2009GAO-09-507R, Small Business Administration's Implementation of
 Administrative Provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment
 Act--4-16-2009GAO-09-529, Office of Personnel Management: Retirement Modernization
 Planning and Management Shortcomings Need to Be Addressed--4-21-2009GAO-09-620T, Coast Guard: Update on Deepwater Program Management, Cost,
 and Acquisition Workforce--4-22-2009GAO-09-553, Auto Industry: Summary of Government Efforts and Automakers'
 Restructuring to Date--4-23-2009GAO-09-587T, Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Request: U.S. Government
 Accountability Office--4-28-2009GAO-09-274R, U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Secure Border
 Initiative Fiscal Year 2009 Expenditure Plan--4-30-2009GAO-09-495, Motor Carrier Safety: Commercial Vehicle Registration
 Program Has Kept Unsafe Carriers from Operating, but Effectiveness Is
 Difficult to Measure--5-12-2009GAO-09-292, Aviation Security: TSA Has Completed Key Activities
 Associated with Implementing Secure Flight, but Additional Actions Are
 Needed to Mitigate Risks--5-13-2009GAO-09-322, Best Practices: High Levels of Knowledge at Key Points
 Differentiate Commercial Shipbuilding from Navy Shipbuilding--5-13-2009GAO-09-586, DOD Business Systems Modernization: Recent Slowdown in
 Institutionalizing Key Management Controls Needs to Be Addressed--5-18-
 2009GAO-09-622, Foreign Assistance: Measures to Prevent Inadvertent Payments
 to Terrorists under Palestinian Aid Programs Have Been Strengthened,
 but Some Weaknesses Remain--5-19-2009GAO-09-732R, Defense Management: Observations on DOD's Fiscal Year 2010
 Budget Request for Corrosion Prevention and Control--6-1-2009GAO-09-450, Indian Health Service: Millions of Dollars in Property and
 Equipment Continue to Be Lost or Stolen--6-2-2009GAO-09-697R, Nuclear Waste: DOE's Environmental Management Initiatives
 Report Is Incomplete--6-2-2009GAO-09-585, Defense Infrastructure: DOD Needs to Improve Oversight of
 Relocatable Facilities and Develop a Strategy for Managing Their Use
 across the Military Services--6-12-2009GAO-09-611, Federal Land Management: BLM and the Forest Service Have
 Improved Oversight of the Land Exchange Process, but Additional Actions
 Are Needed--6-12-2009GAO-09-618, NASA: Commercial Partners Are Making Progress, but Face
 Aggressive Schedules to Demonstrate Critical Space Station Cargo
 Transport Capabilities--6-16-2009GAO-09-548, Technology Transfer: Clearer Priorities and Greater Use of
 Innovative Approaches Could Increase the Effectiveness of Technology
 Transfer at Department of Energy Laboratories--6-16-2009GAO-09-658, Troubled Asset Relief Program: June 2009 Status of Efforts
 to Address Transparency and Accountability Issues--6-17-2009GAO-09-568, Military Training: DOD Needs a Strategic Plan and Better
 Inventory and Requirements Data to Guide Development of Language Skills
 and Regional Proficiency--6-19-2009GAO-09-552, Army Corps of Engineers: Recent Changes Have Reduced the Use
 of Continuing Contracts, but Management Processes Need to Be Improved--
 6-22-2009GAO-09-688R, Military Personnel: Reserve Component Servicemembers on
 Average Earn More Income while Activated--6-23-2009GAO-09-530R, Coast Guard: Observations on the Genesis and Progress of
 the Service's Modernization Program--6-24-2009GAO-09-654R, The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Critical
 Infrastructure Protection Cost-Benefit Report--6-26-2009GAO-09-706R, Force Structure: Actions Needed to Improve DOD's Ability to
 Manage, Assess, and Report on Global Defense Posture Initiatives--7-2-
 2009GAO-09-651, Urban Area Security Initiative: FEMA Lacks Measures to
 Assess How Regional Collaboration Efforts Build Preparedness
 Capabilities--7-2-2009GAO-09-726R, Military Personnel: Reserve Compensation Has Increased
 Significantly and Is Likely to Rise Further as DOD and VA Prepare for
 the Implementation of Enhanced Educational Benefits--7-6-2009GAO-09-728, Recovering Servicemembers: DOD and VA Have Jointly Developed
 the Majority of Required Policies but Challenges Remain--7-8-2009GAO-09-703, Military Base Realignments and Closures: DOD Needs to Update
 Savings Estimates and Continue to Address Challenges in Consolidating
 Supply-Related Functions at Depot Maintenance Locations--7-9-2009GAO-09-791R, Overseas Contingency Operations: Reported Obligations for
 the Department of Defense--7-10-2009GAO-09-682, Coast Guard: As Deepwater Systems Integrator, Coast Guard Is
 Reassessing Costs and Capabilities but Lags in Applying Its Disciplined
 Acquisition Approach--7-14-2009GAO-09-857R, Coast Guard Retiree Health Care: Coast Guard Contributions
 to and Payments from the DOD Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Care Fund
 (MERHCF)--7-15-2009GAO-09-666, President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief: Partner
 Selection and Oversight Follow Accepted Practices but Would Benefit
 from Enhanced Planning and Accountability--7-15-2009GAO-09-740R, Defense Critical Infrastructure: Actions Needed to Improve
 the Consistency, Reliability, and Usefulness of DOD's Tier 1 Task
 Critical Asset List--7-17-2009GAO-09-497, Coast Guard: Better Logistics Planning Needed to Aid
 Operational Decisions Related to the Deployment of the National
 Security Cutter and Its Support Assets--7-17-2009GAO-09-837, Troubled Asset Relief Program: Treasury Actions Needed to
 Make the Home Affordable Modification Program More Transparent and
 Accountable--7-23-2009GAO-09-925T, Capitol Visitor Center: Construction Expected to Be
 Completed within Current Budget Estimate--7-23-2009GAO-09-733, Electronic Records Archive: The National Archives and
 Records Administration's Fiscal Year 2009 Expenditure Plan--7-24-2009GAO-09-788R, Air Pollution: Air Quality, Visibility, and the Potential
 Impacts of Coal-Fired Power Plants on Great Basin National Park,
 Nevada--7-27-2009GAO-09-768R, Warfighter Support: Information on Army and Marine Corps
 Ground Combat Helmet Pads--7-28-2009GAO-09-775, Electronic Health Records: DOD and VA Efforts to Achieve
 Full Interoperability Are Ongoing; Program Office Management Needs
 Improvement--7-28-2009GAO-09-747, Biological Research: Observations on DHS's Analyses
 Concerning Whether FMD Research Can Be Done as Safely on the Mainland
 as on Plum Island--7-30-2009GAO-09-675, Information Technology: HUD Needs to Strengthen Its Capacity
 to Manage and Modernize Its Environment--7-31-2009GAO-09-787R, Air Pollution: Air Quality and Permitting of New Coal-
 Burning, Electricity-Generating Units in Central Texas--8-4-2009GAO-09-784, Public Transportation: Better Data Needed to Assess Length
 of New Starts Process, and Options Exist to Expedite Project
 Development--8-6-2009GAO-09-635, United States Merchant Marine Academy: Internal Control
 Weaknesses Resulted in Improper Sources and Uses of Funds; Some
 Corrective Actions Are Under Way--8-10-2009GAO-09-649, School Meal Programs: Changes to Federal Agencies'
 Procedures Could Reduce Risk of School Children Consuming Recalled
 Food--8-20-2009GAO-09-824, Border Patrol: Checkpoints Contribute to Border Patrol's
 Mission, but More Consistent Data Collection and Performance
 Measurement Could Improve Effectiveness--8-31-2009GAO-09-871, Affordable Housing in Transit-Oriented Development: Key
 Practices Could Enhance Recent Collaboration Efforts between DOT-FTA
 and HUD--9-9-2009GAO-09-750, Military Base Realignments and Closures: Transportation
 Impact of Personnel Increases Will Be Significant, but Long-Term Costs
 Are Uncertain and Direct Federal Support Is Limited--9-9-2009GAO-09-398, Social Security Disability: Additional Performance Measures
 and Better Cost Estimates Could Help Improve SSA's Efforts to Eliminate
 Its Hearings Backlog--9-9-2009GAO-09-898, Reserve Forces: Army Needs to Finalize an Implementation
 Plan and Funding Strategy for Sustaining an Operational Reserve Force--
 9-17-2009GAO-09-574, High-Containment Laboratories: National Strategy for
 Oversight Is Needed--9-21-2009GAO-09-975, Troubled Asset Relief Program: Status of Government
 Assistance Provided to AIG--9-21-2009GAO-09-1022R, Overseas Contingency Operations: Reported Obligations for
 the Department of Defense--9-25-2009GAO-09-993, Democracy Assistance: U.S. Agencies Take Steps to Coordinate
 International Programs but Lack Information on Some U.S.-funded
 Activities --9-28-2009GAO-09-625, Military Airlift: DOD Should Take Steps to Strengthen
 Management of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet Program --9-30-2009GAO-09-913, Nuclear Waste: Uncertainties and Questions about Costs and
 Risks Persist with DOE's Tank Waste Cleanup Strategy at Hanford--9-30-
 2009GAO-10-58R, Civilian Agencies' Development and Implementation of
 Insourcing Guidelines--10-6-2009GAO-10-16, Troubled Asset Relief Program: One Year Later, Actions Are
 Needed to Address Remaining Transparency and Accountability Challenges--
 10-8-2009GAO-10-139, Transportation Security Administration: TSA Executive
 Attrition Has Declined, but Better Information Is Needed on Reasons for
 Leaving and Executive Hiring Process--10-9-2009GAO-10-82, U.S. Department of Agriculture: Internal Control Would
 Improve Accountability for Certain Centrally Provided (Greenbook)
 Programs--10-20-2009GAO-10-147, Defense Critical Infrastructure: Actions Needed to Improve
 the Identification and Management of Electrical Power Risks and
 Vulnerabilities to DOD Critical Assets--10-23-2009GAO-10-103R, Military Training: DOD's Report on the Sustainability of
 Training Ranges Addresses Most of the Congressional Reporting
 Requirements and Continues to Improve with Each Annual Update--10-27-
 2009GAO-10-55, Defense Acquisitions: Challenges in Aligning Space System
 Components--10-29-2009GAO-10-46, Formerly Used Defense Sites: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
 Needs to Improve Its Process for Reviewing Completed Cleanup Remedies
 to Ensure Continued Protection--10-29-2009GAO-10-19, Public Transportation: Federal Project Approval Process
 Remains a Barrier to Greater Private Sector Role and DOT Could Enhance
 Efforts to Assist Project Sponsors--10-29-2009GAO-10-95, Warfighter Support: Actions Needed to Improve Visibility and
 Coordination of DOD's Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Efforts--10-
 29-2009GAO-10-64, Fire Grants: FEMA Has Met Most Requirements for Awarding Fire
 Grants, but Additional Actions Would Improve Its Grant Process--10-30-
 2009GAO-10-151, Troubled Asset Relief Program: Continued Stewardship Needed
 as Treasury Develops Strategies for Monitoring and Divesting Financial
 Interests in Chrysler and GM--11-2-2009GAO-10-172R, Defense Logistics: Department of Defense's Annual Report on
 the Status of Prepositioned Materiel and Equipment Can Be Further
 Enhanced to Better Inform Congress--11-4-2009GAO-10-52, Millennium Challenge Corporation: MCC Has Addressed a Number
 of Implementation Challenges, but Needs to Improve Financial Controls
 and Infrastructure Planning--11-6-2009GAO-10-94, Bureau of Prisons: Methods for Cost Estimation Largely
 Reflect Best Practices, but Quantifying Risks Would Enhance Decision
 Making--11-10-2009GAO-10-62, Military and Veterans' Benefits: Analysis of VA Compensation
 Levels for Survivors of Veterans and Servicemembers--11-13-2009GAO-10-18, Student Achievement: Schools Use Multiple Strategies to Help
 Students Meet Academic Standards, Especially Schools with Higher
 Proportions of Low-Income and Minority Students--11-16-2009GAO-10-223, Recovery Act: Recipient Reported Jobs Data Provide Some
 Insight into Use of Recovery Act Funding, but Data Quality and
 Reporting Issues Need Attention--11-19-2009GAO-10-11, Budget Issues: Electronic Processing of Non-IRS Collections
 Has Increased but Better Understanding of Cost Structure Is Needed--11-
 20-2009GAO-10-76, Financial Management Systems: DHS Faces Challenges to
 Successfully Consolidating Its Existing Disparate Systems--12-4-2009GAO-10-301, Financial Audit: Office of Financial Stability (Troubled
 Asset Relief Program) Fiscal Year 2009 Financial Statements--12-9-2009GAO-10-21, Surface Coal Mining: Characteristics of Mining in Mountainous
 Areas of Kentucky and West Virginia--12-9-2009GAO-10-190R, Smithsonian Institution: Implementation of Governance
 Reforms is Progressing, but Work Remains--12-10-2009GAO-10-297T, Smithsonian Institution: Governance and Facilities Reforms
 Progressing, but Work Remains--12-10-2009GAO-10-211R, Status of GAO Recommendations to the Department of Defense
 (Fiscal Years 2001-2008)--12-16-2009GAO-10-26, VA Health Care: Improved Oversight and Compliance Needed for
 Physician Credentialing and Privileging Processes--1-6-2010GAO-10-315R, Briefing on Commercial and Department of Defense Space
 System Requirements and Acquisition Practices--1-14-2010GAO-10-199, Department of Energy: Actions Needed to Develop High-Quality
 Cost Estimates for Construction and Environmental Cleanup Projects--1-
 14-2010GAO-10-14, Results-Oriented Cultures: Office of Personnel Management
 Should Review Administrative Law Judge Program to Improve Hiring and
 Performance Management--1-15-2010GAO-10-374T, Defense Acquisitions: Managing Risk to Achieve Better
 Outcomes--1-20-2010GAO-10-284, Defense Acquisitions: Status of DOD's Implementation of
 Independent Management Reviews for Services Acquisitions--1-28-2010GAO-10-299, Defense Contracting: DOD Has Enhanced Insight into
 Undefinitized Contract Action Use, but Management at Local Commands
 Needs Improvement--1-28-2010GAO-10-332, Electronic Health Records: DOD and VA Interoperability
 Efforts Are Ongoing; Program Office Needs to Implement Recommended
 Improvements--1-28-2010GAO-10-350R, Defense Acquisitions: Observations on the Department of
 Defense Service Contract Inventories for Fiscal Year 2008--1-29-2010GAO-10-227SP, NASA: Assessments of Selected Large-Scale Projects--2-1-
 2010GAO-10-246, Food Safety: FDA Should Strengthen Its Oversight of Food
 Ingredients Determined to Be Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS)--2-3-
 2010GAO-10-25, Troubled Asset Relief Program: Treasury Needs to Strengthen
 Its Decision-Making Process on the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan
 Facility--2-5-2010GAO-10-311, Defense Acquisitions: Missile Defense Transition Provides
 Opportunity to Strengthen Acquisition Approach--2-25-2010GAO-10-463R, Emergency Communications: Establishment of the Emergency
 Communications Preparedness Center and Related Interagency Coordination
 Challenges--3-3-2010GAO-10-276, Offshore Oil and Gas Development: Additional Guidance Would
 Help Strengthen the Minerals Management Service's Assessment of
 Environmental Impacts in the North Aleutian Basin--3-8-2010GAO-10-494T, Global Food Security: Progress toward a U.S. Governmentwide
 Strategy Is Under Way, but Approach Has Several Vulnerabilities--3-11-
 2010GAO-10-547T, Environmental Contamination: Information on the Funding and
 Cleanup Status of Defense Sites--3-17-2010GAO-10-451T, Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Request: U.S. Government
 Accountability Office--3-17-2010GAO-10-551T, Warfighter Support: Continued Actions Needed by DOD to
 Improve and Institutionalize Contractor Support in Contingency
 Operations--3-17-2010GAO-10-382, Joint Strike Fighter: Additional Costs and Delays Risk Not
 Meeting Warfighter Requirements on Time--3-19-2010GAO-10-378, Nuclear Nonproliferation: DOE Needs to Address Uncertainties
 with and Strengthen Independent Safety Oversight of Its Plutonium
 Disposition Program--3-26-2010GAO-10-388SP, Defense Acquisitions: Assessments of Selected Weapon
 Programs--3-30-2010GAO-10-472, Warfighter Support: DOD Needs to Improve Its Planning for
 Using Contractors to Support Future Military Operations--3-30-2010GAO-10-524R, Final Review of Expenses from the Department of Justice
 Permanent Indefinite Appropriation Covering the 7-Month Period Ending
 September 30, 2009--3-31-2010GAO-10-287, VA Health Care: VA Has Taken Steps to Make Services
 Available to Women Veterans, but Needs to Revise Key Policies and
 Improve Oversight Processes--3-31-2010GAO-10-413, Workforce Planning: Interior, EPA, and the Forest Service
 Should Strengthen Linkages to Their Strategic Plans and Improve
 Evaluation--3-31-2010GAO-10-453, Army Corps of Engineers: Budget Formulation Process
 Emphasizes Agencywide Priorities, but Transparency of Budget
 Presentation Could Be Improved--4-2-2010GAO-10-535R, GAO Review of the Department of Homeland Security's
 Certification of the Secure Flight Program--Cost and Schedule
 Estimates--4-5-2010GAO-10-492, Troubled Asset Relief Program: Automaker Pension Funding and
 Multiple Federal Roles Pose Challenges for the Future--4-6-2010GAO-10-433R, Coast Guard: Deployable Operations Group Achieving
 Organizational Benefits, but Challenges Remain--4-7-2010GAO-10-333, American Samoa and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
 Islands: Wages, Employment, Employer Actions, Earnings, and Worker
 Views Since Minimum Wage Increases Began--4-8-2010GAO-10-608R, Defense Management: Observations on Department of Defense
 and Military Service Fiscal Year 2011 Requirements for Corrosion
 Prevention and Control--4-15-2010GAO-10-607R, Defense Management: Observations on the Department of
 Defense's Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Request for Corrosion Prevention and
 Control--4-15-2010GAO-10-465, Military Training: Actions Needed to Further Improve the
 Consistency of Combat Skills Training Provided to Army and Marine Corps
 Support Forces--4-16-2010GAO-10-410, Financial Regulation: Clearer Goals and Reporting
 Requirements Could Enhance Efforts by CFTC and SEC to Harmonize Their
 Regulatory Approaches--4-22-2010GAO-10-618R, Depot Maintenance: Sustainment Strategy for Harrier
 Aircraft Could Be Enhanced with Additional Metrics--4-26-2010GAO-10-507R, Force Structure: Assessment of Army Progress in Modular
 Restructuring, Prepositioned Equipment, and Equipment Reset--4-26-2010GAO-10-475, Troubled Asset Relief Program: Update of Government
 Assistance Provided to AIG --4-27-2010GAO-10-539, Business Systems Modernization: Internal Revenue Service's
 Fiscal Year 2010 Expenditure Plan--5-10-2010GAO-10-482, Defense Infrastructure: Opportunities Exist to Improve the
 Navy's Basing Decision Process and DOD Oversight--5-11-2010GAO-10-541R, St. Lawrence Seaway: Estimates for the Asset Renewal
 Program Will Change, and Implementing Best Practices May Improve the
 Estimates' Reliability--5-13-2010GAO-10-623R, Foreign Assistance: U.S. Assistance to the West Bank and
 Gaza for Fiscal Years 2008 and 2009--5-14-2010GAO-10-498, Debt Management: Treasury Was Able to Fund Economic
 Stabilization and Recovery Expenditures in a Short Period of Time, but
 Debt Management Challenges Remain--5-18-2010GAO-10-610R, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: An Appropriate
 Methodology Is Needed for Determining Administrative Costs Attributable
 to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry--5-20-2010GAO-10-663, Business Systems Modernization: Scope and Content of DOD's
 Congressional Report and Executive Oversight of Investments Need to
 Improve--5-24-2010GAO-10-566R, Defense Management: DOD Needs to Assess Effectiveness and
 Determine Future Direction for Its High Performing Organizations
 Initiative--5-27-2010GAO-10-390, Campaign Finance Reform: Experiences of Two States That
 Offered Full Public Funding for Political Candidates--5-28-2010GAO-10-592, Military Readiness: Navy Needs to Reassess Its Metrics and
 Assumptions for Ship Crewing Requirements and Training--6-9-2010GAO-10-657, Electronic Records Archive: Status Update on the National
 Archives and Records Administration's Fiscal Year 2010 Expenditure
 Plan--6-11-2010GAO-10-802R, Homeland Security: Preliminary Observations on the Federal
 Protective Service's Workforce Analysis and Planning Efforts--6-14-2010GAO-10-648R, Preliminary Observations on Funding, Oversight, and
 Investigations and Prosecutions of ACORN or Potentially Related
 Organizations--6-14-2010GAO-10-731, U.S. Postal Service: Mail Processing Network Initiatives
 Progressing, and Guidance for Consolidating Area Mail Processing
 Operations Being Followed--6-16-2010GAO-10-625, High Speed Rail: Learning From Service Start-ups, Prospects
 for Increased Industry Investment, and Federal Oversight Plans--6-17-
 2010GAO-10-634, Troubled Asset Relief Program: Further Actions Needed to
 Fully and Equitably Implement Foreclosure Mitigation Programs--6-24-
 2010GAO-10-842T, Warfighter Support: Preliminary Observations on DOD's
 Progress and Challenges in Distributing Supplies and Equipment to
 Afghanistan--6-25-2010GAO-10-743R, Management Report: Improvements Are Needed in Internal
 Control Over Financial Reporting for the Troubled Asset Relief Program--
 6-30-2010GAO-10-762, Secret Service: Additional Guidance Would Enhance Financial
 Management and Communication of Candidate Protection Spending to
 Congress--6-30-2010GAO-10-531, Troubled Asset Relief Program: Treasury's Framework for
 Deciding to Extend TARP Was Sufficient, but Could be Strengthened for
 Future Decisions--6-30-2010GAO-10-660, Warfighter Support: Actions Needed to Improve the Joint
 Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization's System of Internal
 Control--7-1-2010GAO-10-758R, Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) Program Faces Cost,
 Schedule and Performance Risks--7-2-2010GAO-10-627, Department of Energy: Further Actions Are Needed to Improve
 DOE's Ability to Evaluate and Implement the Loan Guarantee Program--7-
 12-2010GAO-10-854R, Federal Bureau of Prisons: BOP Has Mechanisms in Place to
 Address Most Second Chance Act Requirements and Is Working to Implement
 an Initiative Designed to Reduce Recidivism--7-14-2010GAO-10-797R, Millennium Challenge Corporation: Summary Fact Sheets for
 17 Compacts--7-14-2010GAO-10-676, Defense Acquisitions: Missile Defense Program Instability
 Affects Reliability of Earned Value Management Data--7-14-2010GAO-10-682, Export-Import Bank: Reaching New Targets for Environmentally
 Beneficial Exports Presents Major Challenges for Bank--7-14-2010GAO-10-932T, Afghanistan Development: USAID Continues to Face Challenges
 in Managing and Overseeing U.S. Development Assistance Programs--7-15-
 2010GAO-10-717, Defense Management: DOD Needs Better Information and
 Guidance to More Effectively Manage and Reduce Operating and Support
 Costs of Major Weapon Systems--7-20-2010GAO-10-644, Department of Education: Improved Dissemination and Timely
 Product Release Would Enhance the Usefulness of the What Works
 Clearinghouse--7-23-2010GAO-10-686, Defense Acquisitions: Guidance Needed on Navy's Use of
 Investment Incentives at Private Shipyards--7-26-2010GAO-10-695, Department of Defense: Additional Actions Needed to Improve
 Financial Management of Military Equipment--7-26-2010GAO-10-790, Coast Guard: Deepwater Requirements, Quantities, and Cost
 Require Revalidation to Reflect Knowledge Gained--7-27-2010GAO-10-886, Performance Measurement: Better Alignment to Strategic Goals
 and Data Verification Needed at the Corporation for National and
 Community Service--7-28-2010GAO-10-898, Technology Assessment: Explosives Detection Technologies to
 Protect Passenger Rail--7-28-2010GAO-10-865, Military Naturalizations: USCIS Generally Met Mandated
 Processing Deadlines, but Processing Applicants Deployed Overseas Is a
 Challenge--7-29-2010GAO-10-696, Military Personnel: Enhanced Collaboration and Process
 Improvements Needed for Determining Military Treatment Facility Medical
 Personnel Requirements--7-29-2010GAO-10-784, Recovery Act: Most DOE Cleanup Projects Appear to Be Meeting
 Cost and Schedule Targets, but Assessing Impact of Spending Remains a
 Challenge--7-29-2010GAO-10-877R, U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Border Security
 Fencing, Infrastructure and Technology Fiscal Year 2010 Expenditure
 Plan--7-30-2010GAO-10-771, Defense Infrastructure: Army's Privatized Lodging Program
 Could Benefit from More Effective Planning --7-30-2010GAO-10-719, Financial Assistance: Ongoing Challenges and Guiding
 Principles Related to Government Assistance For Private Sector
 Companies--8-3-2010GAO-10-860, Homeland Security: US-VISIT Pilot Evaluations Offer Limited
 Understanding of Air Exit Options--8-10-2010GAO-10-874, Export Promotion: Increases in Commercial Service Workforce
 Should Be Better Planned--8-31-2010GAO-10-937, University Research: Policies for the Reimbursement of
 Indirect Costs Need to Be Updated--9-8-2010GAO-10-977R, Military Training: DOD Continues to Improve Its Report on
 the Sustainability of Training Ranges--9-14-2010GAO-10-816, Nuclear Waste: Actions Needed to Address Persistent Concerns
 with Efforts to Close Underground Radioactive Waste Tanks at DOE's
 Savannah River Site--9-14-2010GAO-10-909, Public Transportation: Use of Contractors is Generally
 Enhancing Transit Project Oversight, and FTA is Taking Actions to
 Address Some Stakeholder Concerns--9-14-2010GAO-10-1052R, Export Promotion: The Export-Import Bank's Financing of
 Dual-Use Exports--9-15-2010GAO-10-836, President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief: Efforts to Align
 Programs with Partner Countries' HIV-AIDS Strategies and Promote
 Partner Country Ownership--9-20-2010GAO-10-685R, House and Senate Campaign Expenditures: Available
 Historical Data Limited, but Range of Limited Estimates for Reported
 Media-Related Expenditures Possible--9-21-2010GAO-10-873, Building Security: New Federal Standards Hold Promise, But
 Could Be Strengthened to Better Protect Leased Space--9-22-2010GAO-10-988R, Defense Infrastructure: Department of Defense's Energy
 Supplemental Report--9-29-2010GAO-10-861, Troubled Asset Relief Program: Bank Stress Test Offers
 Lessons as Regulators Take Further Actions to Strengthen Supervisory
 Oversight--9-29-2010GAO-10-1037R, Office of the Federal Detention Trustee's (OFDT) Cost
 Estimation Methods Reflect Features of Best Practices, but Processes
 Could be Enhanced--9-30-2010GAO-11-47, Troubled Asset Relief Program: Opportunities Exist to Apply
 Lessons Learned from the Capital Purchase Program to Similarly Designed
 Programs and to Improve the Repayment Process--10-4-2010GAO-11-64, Global Health: Trends in U.S. Spending for Global HIV-AIDS
 and Other Health Assistance in Fiscal Years 2001-2008--10-8-2010GAO-11-112, Defense Acquisitions: DOD Needs to Reassess Joint Cruise
 Missile Costs before Starting New Production Phase--10-13-2010GAO-11-41, Intragovernmental Revolving Funds: NIST's Interagency
 Agreements and Workload Require Management Attention--10-20-2010GAO-11-22, Defense Acquisition Workforce: DOD's Training Program
 Demonstrates Many Attributes of Effectiveness, but Improvement Is
 Needed--10-28-2010GAO-11-60, Military Housing: Installations Need to Share Information on
 Their Section 801 On-Base Housing Contracts--10-28-2010GAO-11-51R, FEMA Has Made Limited Progress in Efforts to Develop and
 Implement a System to Assess National Preparedness Capabilities--10-29-
 2010GAO-11-174, Financial Audit: Office of Financial Stability (Troubled
 Asset Relief Program) Fiscal Years 2010 and 2009 Financial Statements--
 11-15-2010GAO-11-72, Information Technology: HUD Needs to Better Define
 Commitments and Disclose Risks for Modernization Projects in Future
 Expenditure Plans--11-23-2010GAO-11-43, Information Security: Federal Agencies Have Taken Steps to
 Secure Wireless Networks, but Further Actions Can Mitigate Risk--11-30-
 2010
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  ACTIVE ASSIGNMENTS IN PROCESS FOR HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE AND
                  SUBCOMMITTEES AS OF NOVEMBER 30, 2010
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CH-53K HEAVY LIFT REPLACEMENT PROGRAM TO REPLACE CH-53E HELICOPTERS
 (ASM)GROUND-BASED MIDCOURSE DEFENSE ELEMENT ACQUISITION STRATEGY,
 CAPABILITIES, AND ENHANCEMENTS (ASM)ASSESSMENTS OF SELECTED LARGE-SCALE NASA PROJECTS (ASM)FISCAL YEAR 2010 ASSESSMENT OF MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY'S COST, SCHEDULE,
 TESTING AND PERFORMANCE (ASM)OMB SERVICE CONTRACT INVENTORY GUIDANCE FOR CIVILIAN AGENCIES (ASM)ANNUAL ASSESSMENT OF F-35 JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER ACQUISITION PROGRAM (ASM)PERFORMANCE OF DOD WEAPON PROGRAMS-FISCAL YEAR 2011 (ASM)TRAINING FOR DOD'S NON-STATUTORY ACQUISITION WORKFORCE (ASM)CHANGES AFFECTING THE EVOLVED EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE PROGRAM (ASM)B-2 BOMBER EXTREMELY HIGH FREQUENCY INCREMENT 2 PROGRAM ANTENNA SYSTEM
 CHANGE (ASM)DUPLICATE CONTRACTING EFFORTS WITHIN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT (ASM)UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS PAYLOAD AND CONTROL STATIONS DUPLICATIONS
 (ASM)IMPACT OF THE H-1B CAP ON UNITED STATES COMPETITIVENESS (EWIS)DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CHARTERING AUTHORITIES-MANDATE (EWIS)EVALUATING THE PERFORMANCE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES REFUGEE
 RESETTLEMENT PROGRAMS (EWIS)RECOVERY ACT: REVIEW OF RACE TO THE TOP AND INNOVATION GRANTS (EWIS)DOMESTIC FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS SHOW SIGNS OF POTENTIAL INEFFICIENCY
 IN OVERLAP (COBURN) (EWIS)OVERLAP AND DUPLICATION AMONG TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS (EWIS)DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY--ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLE MANUFACTURER INCENTIVE
 AND LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAMS' CREDIT MODELSDISASTER RELIEF FUND REIMBURSEMENTS TO AMERICAN RED CROSS FOR 2008TROUBLED ASSETS RELIEF PROGRAM (FMCI)STATUS OF HOUSING FINANCED UNDER USDA'S FARM LABOR HOUSING PROGRAM
 (FMCI)TROUBLED ASSET RELIEF PROGRAM: UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF TARP PROGRAMS TWO
 YEARS AFTER AUTHORIZATION (FMCI)TROUBLED ASSET RELIEF PROGRAM: AIG INDICATORS UPDATE SUMMER 2010 (FMCI)TROUBLED ASSET RELIEF PROGRAM 60-DAY REPORT ON LOAN MODIFICATIONS (HAMP
 III) (FMCI)OPPORTUNITIES TO REDUCE DUPLICATION, FRAGMENTATION, AND OVERLAP IN RURAL
 AND URBAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS (FMCI)FORECLOSURE MITIGATION (FMCI)INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES'S CONTRACT HEALTH SERVICES PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS
 (HC)DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE (HC)TEMPORARY ADJUSTMENTS TO THE FEDERAL SHARE OF MEDICAID FUNDING DURING
 NATIONAL ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS (HC)DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DRUG
 PROCUREMENT DUPLICATION OF EFFORTS (HC)THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE'S (DOD) AND THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
 AFFAIRS' (VA) EFFORTS TO MEET COMMON HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT)
 BUSINESS NEEDS (IT)FISCAL YEAR 2010 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD)
 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) MODERNIZATION EXPENDITURE (SPEND) PLAN,
 SECOND SUBMISSION (IT)SECURITY OF FEDERAL AGENCIES' WIRELESS NETWORKS AND TECHNOLOGIES (LOUO
 VERSION) (IT)SECURITY OF FEDERAL AGENCIES' WIRELESS NETWORKS AND TECHNOLOGIES (PUBLIC
 VERSION) (IT)INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE'S IT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT PROCESS (IT)REVIEW OF IRS'S NEW STRATEGY FOR MANAGING INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYER ACCOUNTS
 (IT)FISCAL YEAR 2011 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (IRS) BUSINESS SYSTEMS
 MODERNIZATION (BSM) EXPENDITURE PLAN (IT)THE INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM (IAT)DELIVERING AND SAFEGUARDING AID FOR CYCLONE NARGIS IN BURMA (IAT)PAKISTAN NUCLEAR NETWORKS COOPERATION (IAT)PAKISTAN'S PROGRESS COMBATING TERRORISM AND SUSTAINING A CIVILIAN-LED
 GOVERNMENT (IAT)MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION RESULTS AUDIT (IAT)MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES IN AMERICAN SAMOA AND THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE
 NORTHERN MARIANA ISLAND 2011 (IAT)MCC RESULTS IN THE HONDURAS AND CAPE VERDE COMPACTS (IAT)REVIEW OF STATE DEPARTMENT DISPOSAL OF ARMORED VEHICLES (IAT)MANAGEMENT OF UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (IAT)SEXUAL AND GENDER BASED VIOLENCE IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
 (IAT)U.S. ASSISTANCE TO HAITI FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF EARTHQUAKE-AFFECTED
 HOUSING AND INFRASTRUCTURE (IAT)MILITARY PERSONNEL: OPPORTUNITIES EXIST TO IMPROVE PLANNING FOR MEDICAL
 PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN (DCM)DEFENSE INFRASTRUCTURE: HIGH-LEVEL FEDERAL INTERAGENCY COORDINATION IS
 WARRANTED TO ADDRESS TRANSPORTATION NEEDS NOT MET BY THE DEFENSE ACCESS
 ROADS PROGRAM (DCM)GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE INITIATIVE IMPLEMENTATION AND REPORTING (DCM)WARFIGHTER SUPPORT: IMPROVED JOINT OVERSIGHT AND REPORTING ON DOD'S
 PREPOSITIONING PROGRAMS MAY INCREASE EFFICIENCIES (DCM)OPERATIONAL CONTRACT SUPPORT PREDEPLOYMENT TRAINING FOR NON-ACQUISITION
 PERSONNEL (DCM)DOD ENHANCED USE LEASE PROGRAM (DCM)DEFENSE INFRASTRUCTURE: FURTHER ACTIONS NEEDED TO SUPPORT AIR FORCE
 ELECTRONIC WARFARE EVALUATION SIMULATOR RELOCATION PLANS (DCM)TRANSFORMATION OF IOWA AND MILAN ARMY AMMUNITION PLANTS (DCM)DOD'S PLANS TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR BALLISTIC
 MISSILE DEFENSE (BMD) (DCM)READINESS AND COST IMPACTS TO NUCLEAR PROPULSION PLANT DEPOT MAINTENANCE
 WORKFORCE FROM NUCLEAR CARRIER HOMEPORTING AT MAYPORT, FL (DCM)VIABILITY OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA SHIP MAINTENANCE INDUSTRIAL BASE TO
 SUPPORT NUCLEAR-POWERED AIRCRAFT CARRIER (DCM)NUCLEAR-POWERED AIRCRAFT CARRIER HOMEPORTING COSTS AT NAVAL STATION
 MAYPORT, FLORIDA (DCM)DOD'S MEDICAL COMMAND STRUCTURE (DCM)DOD'S PROCESS FOR SETTING HOUSING ALLOWANCE RATES (DCM)DOD'S INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE (ISR) ENTERPRISE
 EFFORTS TO MAXIMIZE EFFICIENCIES EFFECTIVENESS DEPARTMENT-WIDE (DCM)DOD ENGINEERING AND HEALTH SUPPORT ACTIVITIES TO HELP BUILD PARTNER
 NATIONSECURITY CAPACITY (DCM)TRENDS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE'S MANAGEMENT HEADQUARTERS (DCM)AIR FORCE FOOD TRANSFORMATION INITIATIVE (DCM)JOINT IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE DEFEAT ORGANIZATION (JIEDDO)
 INITIATIVES TO SUPPORT HUMANITARIAN MINE ACTIONS (DCM)DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE'S DISPOSAL OF EXCESS AND OBSOLETE FACILITIES (DCM)DOD'S USE AND MANAGEMENT OF INCENTIVE PAYS AND BONUSES FOR THE SERVICES
 (DCM)DOD'S FISCAL YEAR 2010 PREPOSITIONED STOCKS (DCM)THE STATE OF HORSE WELFARE IN THE UNITED STATES SINCE THE CESSATION OF
 HORSE SLAUGHTER IN 2007 (NRE)THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION'S (FDA) IMPLEMENTATION OF QUALIFIED
 HEALTH CLAIMS ON FOOD LABELS, IN LIGHT OF LEGAL ISSUES (NRE)THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION'S MANAGEMENT AND
 ADMINISTRATIVE COST PROCEDURES (NRE)DUPLICATION, FRAGMENTATION, AND OVERLAP IN SELECTED PROGRAMS,
 ACTIVITIES, AND FUNCTIONS GOVERNMENTWIDE (NRE)EFFECTIVENESS OF GULF OYSTER RISK MANAGEMENT PLAN (NRE)FOREST SERVICE CENTRALIZED BUSINESS SERVICES (NRE)IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY PROGRAM ACTION PLAN (NRE)FRAGMENTATION AND OVERLAP OF FEDERAL OVERSIGHT OF THE FOOD SAFETY SYSTEM
 (NRE)NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION CONTRACTING STRATEGY (NRE)DOE'S IMPLEMENTATION OF ITS LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM (NRE)COST SAVINGS AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAMS (NRE)DOE'S MANAGEMENT OF ITS DEPLETED, NATURAL, AND ENRICHED URANIUM
 INVENTORIES THAT ARE SURPLUS TO NATIONAL SECURITY (NRE)LONG-TERM STRATEGIES FOR U.S. NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION PROGRAMS (NRE)OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY'S PROCESS FOR DEVELOPING THE
 NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL BUDGET (HSJ)DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION EFFORTS TO COMBAT THE DIVERSION OF
 PRESCRIPTION DRUGS FOR ILLICIT USE (HSJ)ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS FOR REFORM NOW FUNDING, OVERSIGHT
 AND INVESTIGATIONS (PHASE II) (HSJ)DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY VIOLENT CRIME
 TASK FORCE DUPLICATION MANDATE (HSJ)OVERLAP OF TRANSPORTATION SECURITY INSPECTION AND RISK ASSESSMENT
 ACTIVITIES (HSJ)U.S. COAST GUARD'S VESSEL TRACKING SYSTEMS (HSJ)FEDERAL PROTECTION SERVICE FEE DESIGN (SI)U.S. CAPITOL POLICE'S INTEGRATION OF WORKFORCE AND SECURITY REQUIREMENTS
 (SI)STATE NEEDS DURING PERIODS OF NATIONAL ECONOMIC DOWNTURN (SI)U.S. CAPITOL POLICE BUDGET REVIEW (SI)DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF OUTCOME-BASED KEY NATIONAL INDICATOR SYSTEMS (SI)GRANTS. GOV MANAGEMENT OPTIONS (SI)DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE INTRAGOVERNMENTAL FUNDS (SI)BUDGET FORMULATION FOR THE DEFENSE CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE (DCOE) FOR
 PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH (PH) AND TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI) (SI)U.S. CAPITOL POLICE RADIOS SYSTEM REPLACEMENT REVIEW (ARM)HIGH-CONTAINMENT LABORATORIES: DUPLICATION OF OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES (ARM)FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
 COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY ANALYSIS 2010 ANALYSIS (PI)FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIERS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S COMMERCIAL VEHICLE
 INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND NETWORKS DEPLOYMENT GRANT PROGRAM (PI)THE CONDITION AND SECURITY OF FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
 HEADQUARTERS BUILDINGS (PI)COORDINATION OF TRANSPORTATION FOR TRANSPORTATION-DISADVANTAGED PERSONS
 (PI)FEDERAL FLEET ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLE USE AND COSTS (PI)UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND COST AVOIDANCE (PI)THE EFFECTS OF THE AUTO BAILOUT ON GM, CHRYSLER, AND AUTO INDUSTRY
 RELIANT COMMUNITIES (PI)
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                               Appendix A


                      COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS


                            COMMITTEE RULES


          (Adopted for the 111th Congress on January 21, 2009)

    RESOLVED, That the rules and practices of the Committee on 
Appropriations, House of Representatives, in the One Hundred 
Eleventh 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 Eleventh 
Congress.
    The foregoing resolution adopts the following rules:

Sec. 1: Power to Sit and Act

    (a) 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 and each of its subcommittees is 
authorized:
          (1) 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 
        as it deems necessary; and
          (2) 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.
    (b) 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 (a)(2) 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 (a)(2) 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 each authorized to sit as a member of all 
subcommittees and to participate, including voting, in all of 
the work of the subcommittees.

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:
          (1) 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. Effective as of such date as 
        the Chairman may determine, all other Members of the 
        Committee may also each select and designate one such 
        staff member.
          (2) Effective as of such date as the Chairman may 
        determine, the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of 
        the full committee and of each subcommittee may each 
        select and designate one staff member, in addition to 
        the staff member designated under the preceding 
        paragraph, who shall serve at the pleasure of the 
        Member making the designation.
          (3) Staff members designated under this subsection 
        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. Effective as of such date 
        as the Chairman may determine, the limit on 
        compensation under this subsection shall be increased 
        to 80 per centum of such maximum.
          (4) 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 the subcommittee 
        concerned, 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.
    (f) Availability of Record Votes on the Committee's 
Website.-- In addition to any other requirement of these rules 
or the Rules of the House, the Chairman shall make the record 
of the votes on any question on which a record vote is demanded 
available on the Committee's website not later than 3 
legislative days after such vote is taken. Such record shall 
include a description of the amendment, motion, order, or other 
proposition, the name of each member voting for and each member 
voting against such amendment, motion, order, or proposition, 
and the names of those members of the committee present but not 
voting.

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 subsection 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 appropriation bill shall contain a list of 
all appropriations contained in the bill for any expenditure 
not currently authorized by law for the period concerned 
(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) This subsection 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) Motion to go to Conference--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 or the chairman of 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 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.
    (5)(A) There is established a Select Intelligence Oversight 
Panel of the Committee on Appropriations (hereinafter in this 
paragraph referred to as the ``select panel''). The select 
panel shall be composed of not more than 13 Members, Delegates, 
or the resident Commissioner appointed by the Speaker, of whom 
not more than eight may be from the same political party. The 
select panel shall include the chairman and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Appropriations, the chairman and 
ranking minority member of of its Subcommittee on Defense, six 
additional members of the Committee on Appropriations, and 
three members of the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence.
    (B) The Speaker shall designate one member of the select 
panel as its chairman and one member as its ranking minority 
member.
    (C) Each member on the select panel shall be treated as 
though a member of the Committee on Appropriations for purposes 
of the select panel.
    (D) The select panel shall review and study on a continuing 
basis budget requests for and execution of intelligence 
activities; make recommendations to relevant subcommittees of 
the Committee on Appropriations; and, on an annual basis, 
prepare a report to the Defense Subcommittee of the Committee 
on Appropriations containing budgetary and oversight 
observations and recommendations for use by such subcommittee 
in preparation of the classified annex to the bill making 
appropriations for Department of Defense.
    (E) Rule XI shall apply to the select panel in the same 
manner as a subcommittee (except for clause 2(m)(1)(B) of that 
rule).
    (F) A subpoena of the Committee on Appropriations or its 
Subcommittee on Defense may specify terms of return to the 
select panel.
                               Appendix C


                SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP AND JURISDICTION

NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Obey, as Chairman of the Full 
  Committee, and Mr. Lewis of California, 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

  ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut, 
            Chairwoman

JACK KINGSTON, Georgia               SAM FARR, California
TOM LATHAM, Iowa                     ALLEN BOYD, Florida
JO ANN EMERSON, Missouri             SANFORD D. BISHOP, Jr., Georgia
RODNEY ALEXANDER, Louisiana          LINCOLN DAVIS, Tennessee
                                     MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio
                                     CHET EDWARDS, Texas
                                     MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York

                              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 COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES

 ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia, 
             Chairman

FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia              PATRICK J. KENNEDY, Rhode Island
JOHN ABNEY CULBERSON, Texas          CHAKA FATTAH, Pennsylvania
ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama          ADAM SCHIFF, California
JO BONNER, Alabama                   MICHAEL HONDA, California
                                     C.A. ``DUTCH'' RUPPERSBERGER, 
                                     Maryland
                                     JOSE E. SERRANO, New York
                                     PATRICK J. MURPHY, Pennsylvania

                              JURISDICTION

  Department of Commerce
  Department of Justice
  National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  National Science Foundation
  Related Agencies
    Antitrust Modernization Commission
    Commission on Civil Rights
    Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
    International Trade Commission
    Legal Services Corporation
    Marine Mammal Commission
    National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination 
      Council
    Office of Science and Technology Policy
    Office of the United States Trade Representative
    State Justice Institute

                        SUBCOMMITTEE ON DEFENSE

   NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington, 
             Chairman

C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida            PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana
RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN,New Jersey   JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia
TODD TIAHRT, Kansas                  MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio
JACK KINGSTON, Georgia               ALLEN BOYD, Florida
KAY GRANGER, Texas                   STEVEN R. ROTHMAN, New Jersey
HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky              SANFORD D. BISHOP, Jr., Georgia
                                     MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York
                                     CAROLYN C. KILPATRICK, Michigan
                                     TIM RYAN, Ohio

                              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 Construction 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

   PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana, 
             Chairman

RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New   JerseyCHET EDWARDS, Texas
ZACH WAMP, Tennessee                 ED PASTOR, Arizona
MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho            MARION BERRY, Arkansas
DENNIS R. REHBERG, Montana           CHAKA FATTAH, Pennsylvania
KEN CALVERT, California              STEVE ISRAEL, New York
RODNEY ALEXANDER, Louisiana          JOHN W. OLVER, Massachusetts
                                     LINCOLN DAVIS, Tennessee
                                     JOHN T. SALAZAR, Colorado
                                     PATRICK J. MURPHY, Pennsylvania

                              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 FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT

    JOSE E. SERRANO, New York, 
             Chairman

JO ANN EMERSON, Missouri             DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Florida
JOHN ABNEY CULBERSON, Texas          ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut
MARK STEVEN KIRK, Illinois           CHAKA FATTAH, Pennsylvania
ANDER CRENSHAW, Florida              BARBARA LEE, California
                                     ADAM SCHIFF, California
                                     STEVE ISRAEL, New York
                                     TIM RYAN, Ohio

                              JURISDICTION

  Department of the Treasury
  District of Columbia
  The Judiciary
  Executive Office of the President
    Compensation of the President
    Council of Economic Advisers
    Executive Residence at the White House
    Federal Drug Control Programs
    High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program
    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
    White House Repair and Restoration
  Independent Agencies
    Administrative Conference of the United States
    Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation
    Consumer Product Safety Commission
    Election Assistance Commission
    Federal Communications Commission
    Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Office of Inspector 
      General
    Federal Election Commission
    Federal Labor Relations Authority
    Federal Trade Commission
    General Services Administration
    Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation
    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
    Office of Government Ethics
    Office of Personnel Management and Related Trust Funds
    Office of Special Counsel
    Postal Regulatory Commission
    Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
    Securities and Exchange Commission
    Selective Service System
    Small Business Administration
    United States Postal Service, Payment to the Postal Service 
      Fund and Office of Inspector General
    United States Tax Court
  General Provisions, Governmentwide

          SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

  DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina 
             Chairman

HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky              CIRO RODRIGUEZ, Texas
JOHN R. CARTER, Texas                C.A. ``DUTCH'' RUPPERSBERGER, 
JOHN ABNEY CULBERSON, Texas          Maryland
MARK STEVEN KIRK, Illinois           ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia
KEN CALVERT, California              NITA M. LOWEY, New York
                                     LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California
                                     SAM FARR, California
                                     STEVEN R. ROTHMAN, New Jersey
                                     MARION BERRY, Arkansas

                              JURISDICTION

  Department of Homeland Security

      SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES

JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia, Chairman

MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho            NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington
KEN CALVERT, California              ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia
STEVEN C. LaTOURETTE, Ohio           BEN CHANDLER, Kentucky
TOM COLE, Oklahoma                   MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York
                                     BETTY McCOLLUM, Minnesota
                                     JOHN W. OLVER, Massachusetts
                                     ED PASTOR, Arizona

                              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
    Eisenhower Commission
    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

DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin, Chairman

TODD TIAHRT, Kansas                  NITA M. LOWEY, New York
DENNIS R. REHBERG, Montana           ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut
RODNEY ALEXANDER, Louisiana          JESSE L. JACKSON, Jr., Illinois
JO BONNER, Alabama                   PATRICK J. KENNEDY, Rhode Island
TOM COLE, Oklahoma                   LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California
                                     BARBARA LEE, California
                                     MICHAEL HONDA, California
                                     BETTY McCOLLUM, Minnesota
                                     TIM RYAN, Ohio
                                     JOSE E. SERRANO, New York

                              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

DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Florida, 
               Chair

ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama          MICHAEL HONDA, California
STEVEN C. LaTOURETTE, Ohio           C.A. ``DUTCH'' RUPPERSBERGER, 
TOM COLE, Oklahoma                   Maryland
                                     CIRO RODRIGUEZ, Texas
                                     LINCOLN DAVIS, Tennessee
                                     PATRICK J. MURPHY, Pennsylvania

                              JURISDICTION

  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 CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED 
                        AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

   CHET EDWARDS, Texas, Chairman

ZACH WAMP, Tennessee                 SAM FARR, California
ANDER CRENSHAW, Florida              JOHN T. SALAZAR, Colorado
C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida            PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana
JOHN CARTER, Texas                   DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina
                                     PATRICK J. KENNEDY, Rhode Island
                                     ALLEN BOYD, Florida
                                     SANFORD D. BISHOP, Jr., Georgia

                              JURISDICTION

  Department of Defense
    Military Construction, Army, Navy (including Marine Corps), 
      Air Force, Defense-Wide, 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
    Base Realignment and Closure Accounts
    NATO Security Investment Program
  Department of Veterans Affairs
  Related Agencies
    American Battle Monuments Commission
    Armed Forces Retirement Home
    Department of Defense, Civil, Cemeterial Expenses, Army
    U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

    SUBCOMMITTEE ON STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED PROGRAMS

     NITA M. LOWEY, New York, 
            Chairwoman

KAY GRANGER, Texas                   JESSE L. JACKSON, Jr., Illinois
MARK STEVEN KIRK, Illinois           ADAM SCHIFF, California
ANDER CRENSHAW, Florida              STEVE ISRAEL, New York
DENNIS R. REHBERG, Montana           BEN CHANDLER, Kentucky
                                     STEVEN R. ROTHMAN, New Jersey
                                     BARBARA LEE, California
                                     JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia

                              JURISDICTION

  Agency for International Development
  Department of Defense
    Foreign Military Financing Program
    International Military Education and Training
  Department of State
  Department of the Treasury
    Debt Restructuring
    International Affairs Technical Assistance
    International Monetary Fund
    Multilateral Development Banks
  Export-Import Bank
  Millennium Challenge Corporation
  Overseas Private Investment Corporation
  Peace Corps
  Trade and Development Agency
  Related Programs
    African Development Foundation
    Broadcasting Board of Governors
    Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad
    Commission on International Religious Freedom
    Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
    Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic 
      of China
    HELP Commission
    Inter-American Foundation
    United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission
    United States Institute of Peace

  SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION, AND HOUSING AND 
                URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES

  JOHN W. OLVER, Massachusetts, 
             Chairman

TOM LATHAM, Iowa                     ED PASTOR, Arizona
FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia              CIRO RODRIGUEZ, Texas
JOHN R. CARTER, Texas                MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio
STEVEN C. LaTOURETTE, Ohio           DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina
                                     LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California
                                     MARION BERRY, Arkansas
                                     CAROLYN C. KILPATRICK, Michigan

                              JURISDICTION

  Department of Housing and Urban Development
  Department of Transportation
  Related Agencies
    Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
    Federal Maritime Commission
    National Transportation Safety Board
    Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
    United States Interagency Council on Homelessness
    Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
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