[House Report 112-354]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


                                                 Union Calendar No. 239
112th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    112-354
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                      COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                          S E M I A N N U A L

                              R E P O R T

                                   of

                          COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES

                      ONE HUNDRED TWELFTH CONGRESS

                            (First Session)

                            January 5, 2011

                                through

                           December 31, 2011

                   Pursuant to Clause 1(d) of Rule XI




 December 30, 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

                                 (112th Congress--1st Session)

                    HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky, Chairman

 C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida\1\       NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington
 JERRY LEWIS, California\1\         MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio
 FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia            PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana
 JACK KINGSTON, Georgia             NITA M. LOWEY, New York
 RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New JerseyJOSE E. SERRANO, New York
 TOM LATHAM, Iowa                   ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut
 ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama        JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia
 JO ANN EMERSON, Missouri           JOHN W. OLVER, Massachusetts
 KAY GRANGER, Texas                 ED PASTOR, Arizona
 MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho          DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina
 JOHN ABNEY CULBERSON, Texas        MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York
 ANDER CRENSHAW, Florida            LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California
 DENNY REHBERG, Montana             SAM FARR, California
 JOHN R. CARTER, Texas              JESSE L. JACKSON, Jr., Illinois
 RODNEY ALEXANDER, Louisiana        CHAKA FATTAH, Pennsylvania
 KEN CALVERT, California            STEVEN R. ROTHMAN, New Jersey
 JO BONNER, Alabama                 SANFORD D. BISHOP, Jr., Georgia
 STEVEN C. LaTOURETTE, Ohio         BARBARA LEE, California
 TOM COLE, Oklahoma                 ADAM B. SCHIFF, California
 JEFF FLAKE, Arizona                MICHAEL M. HONDA, California
 MARIO DIAZ-BALART, Florida         BETTY McCOLLUM, Minnesota         
 CHARLES W. DENT, Pennsylvania      
 STEVE AUSTRIA, Ohio                
 CYNTHIA M. LUMMIS, Wyoming         
 TOM GRAVES, Georgia                
 KEVIN YODER, Kansas                
 STEVE WOMACK, Arkansas             
 ALAN NUNNELEE, Mississippi         
   
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 1}}Chairman Emeritus    
                                    
               William B. Inglee, Clerk and Staff Director

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                         LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

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                                                  December 30, 2011
Hon. John A. Boehner,
The Speaker,
U.S. House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: I am pleased to transmit herewith a 
semiannual report on the activities of the Committee on 
Appropriations during the 112th Congress, 1st Session, pursuant 
to clause 1(d) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives.
    With best regards,
            Sincerely,
                                             Harold Rogers,
                                                          Chairman.

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 239
112th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    112-354

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  SEMIANNUAL REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 
                DURING THE 112TH CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION

                                _______
                                

 December 30, 2011.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on 
            the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

                                _______
                                

    Mr. Rogers, from the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the 
                               following

                          S E M I A N N U A L

                              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 50 during the 112th 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 
112th Congress are displayed in Appendix C.)

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                   SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS ACTIONS


                     First Session--112th Congress

    When the 112th Congress convened on January 5, 2011, the 
Federal Government was operating under a continuing resolution 
(CR). This CR provided FY 2011 funding through March 4, 2011 
for all agencies and programs included in the Committee's 12 
appropriations bills. The first order of business for the 
Committee in the 112th Congress was completion of the FY 2011 
appropriations.
    The Chairman drafted and introduced H.R. 1, which reduced 
FY 2011 discretionary appropriations $61 billion below the FY 
2010 enacted appropriations level and $100 billion below the 
level requested by the President. This bill was passed by the 
House on February 19, 2011, after four legislative days and 
approximately 43 hours of debate under a modified open rule, 
during which 162 amendments were offered. Subsequently, 
negotiations with the Senate and the administration led to a 
final continuing resolution to fund the government through the 
remainder of the year. The final compromise appropriations 
bill--the Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing 
Appropriations Act, 2011 (P.L. 112-10)--reduced FY 2011 regular 
discretionary spending nearly $40 billion below the FY 2010 
enacted level and over $78 billion below the President's 
request.
    At the same time the Committee worked to finish FY 2011 
appropriations, it also began efforts to draft the FY 2012 
appropriations bills. The Committee places a high priority on 
conducting detailed reviews of agency budgets and exercising 
comprehensive oversight on the programs under its jurisdiction. 
Therefore, an aggressive schedule of budget and oversight 
hearings was developed. Starting on February 9, 2011, the 
Committee conducted 148 hearings, receiving testimony from 
nearly 300 witnesses. The hearings informed and guided the 
Committee in its development of the FY 2012 appropriations 
bills.
    The first subcommittee markups of the FY 2012 bills 
occurred on May 13, 2011, with the Homeland Security 
subcommittee and the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agencies subcommittee presenting their bills. Over 
the course of the following months, the Committee reported nine 
bills to the House, and the House passed six of those bills.
    The FY 2012 regular appropriations cycle concluded with the 
passage of two consolidated appropriations bills that included 
all 12 regular appropriations measures and avoided the need for 
another long-term continuing resolution. The first consolidated 
bill, P.L. 112-55, included the Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2012; the Commerce, Justice, Science, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012; and the 
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012. This bill was passed by the 
House on November 17, 2011 and enacted into law on November 18, 
2011. The second bill, which passed the House on December 16, 
2011, included the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 
2012; the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 
2012; the Financial Services and General Government 
Appropriations Act, 2012; the Department of Homeland Security 
Appropriations Act, 2012; the Department of the Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012; the 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012; the Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, 2012; the Military Construction and 
Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012; 
and the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 2012. In addition to the two 
consolidated Acts, the House considered and passed the Disaster 
Relief Appropriations Act, 2012.
    With the enactment of the FY 2012 appropriations Acts, the 
Committee achieved savings of nearly $31 billion in total 
discretionary spending compared to the FY 2011 level and a 
savings of $95 billion in total spending compared to FY 2010. 
The tables following this summary display the levels provided 
in the appropriations bills during the first session.
    The Committee also implemented several measures, consistent 
with House rules, to increase transparency and openness in its 
consideration of bills. All subcommittee draft bills are posted 
on the Committee's website at least 24 hours prior to the 
subcommittee markup. In addition, subcommittee draft reports 
are posted 24 hours prior to the full Committee markup. The 
Committee also posts public notices of markups, amendments 
adopted during markups, and votes taken during markups.
    The following is a tabular display of the appropriations 
actions of the committee during the 112th Congress, first 
session, indicating the various bill numbers, dates, report 
numbers, and public law numbers:

                                                                         HISTORY OF FISCAL YEAR 2012 APPROPRIATIONS ACTS
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                                                                                                                                                 Conference Report No.
             Subcommittee               Bill and Report Number    Subcommittee Markup    Full Committee Vote and   House Vote and Date Passed    and Date Agreed to in    Public Law No. Enacted
                                                                                              Date of Markup                  House                    the House                   Date
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Agriculture                                         H.R. 2112                   May 24               Voice Vote                       217-203         H. Rept. 112-284              P.L. 112-55
                                             H. Rept. 112-101                                            May 31                       June 16              November 17              November 18
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Commerce, Justice, Science                          H.R. 2596                   July 7               Voice Vote            Added to H.R. 2112                    (\2\)              P.L. 112-55
                                             H. Rept. 112-169                                           July 13                 (Agriculture)                                       November 18
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Defense                                             H.R. 2219                   June 1               Voice Vote                        336-87                    (\3\)              P.L. 112-74
                                             H. Rept. 112-110                                           June 14                        July 8                                       December 23
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Energy and Water\1\                                 H.R. 2354                   June 2         26 yeas--20 nays                       219-196                    (\3\)              P.L. 112-74
                                             H. Rept. 112-118                                           June 15                       July 15                                       December 23
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Financial Services                                  H.R. 2434                  June 16         27 yeas--21 nays                                                  (\3\)              P.L. 112-74
                                             H. Rept. 112-136                                           June 23                                                                     December 23
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Homeland Security                                   H.R. 2017                   May 13         27 yeas--20 nays                       231-188                    (\3\)              P.L. 112-74
                                              H. Rept. 112-91                                            May 24                        June 2                                       December 23
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Interior, Environment                               H.R. 2584                   July 7         28 yeas--18 nays           Floor consideration                    (\3\)              P.L. 112-74
                                             H. Rept. 112-151                                           July 12                   July 25-28,                                       December 23
                                                                                                                                   not passed
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Labor, HHS, Education                                                                                                                                            (\3\)              P.L. 112-74
                                                                                                                                                                                    December 23
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Legislative Branch                                  H.R. 2551                   July 7         28 yeas--19 nays                       252-159                    (\3\)              P.L. 112-74
                                             H. Rept. 112-148                                           July 13                       July 22                                       December 23
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Military Construction, Veterans                     H.R. 2055                   May 13               Voice Vote                         411-5         H. Rept. 112-331              P.L. 112-74
 Affairs                                      H. Rept. 112-94                                            May 24                       June 14              December 16              December 23
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State, Foreign Operations                                                      July 27                                                                           (\3\)              P.L. 112-74
                                                                                                                                                                                    December 23
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Transportation, HUD                                                        September 9                                     Added to H.R. 2112                    (\2\)              P.L. 112-55
                                                                                                                                (Agriculture)                                       November 18
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Disaster Relief Appropriations                      H.R. 3672                                                                          351-67                                       P.L. 112-77
                                                                                                                                  December 16                                       December 23
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\1\On June 23, the Committee approved by voice vote a correction to the Energy and Water bill reported by the Full Committee.

\2\Included in the conference report for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies (H. Rept. 112-284).

\3\Included in the conference report for Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies (H. Rept. 112-331).

                      112th Congress--1st Session


                              (Semiannual)


                Fiscal Year 2011 Continuing Resolutions

H.J. Res. 44--Making further continuing appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2011, and for other purposes. Approved 
        March 2, 2011 (P.L. 112-4).
H.J. Res. 48--Making further continuing appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2011, and for other purposes. Approved 
        March 18, 2011 (P.L. 112-6).
H.R. 1363--Further additional continuing appropriations 
        amendments, 2011. Approved April 9, 2011 (P.L. 112-8).
H.R. 1473--Making appropriations for the Department of Defense 
        and the other departments and agencies of the 
        government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
        2011, and for other purposes. Approved April 15, 2011 
        (P.L. 112-10).

                      112th Congress--1st Session


                              (Semiannual)


                Fiscal Year 2012 Continuing Resolutions

H.R. 2017--Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 
        2012, and for other purposes. Approved September 30, 
        2011 (P.L. 112-33).
H.R. 2608--Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 
        2012, and for other purposes. Approved October 5, 2011 
        (P.L. 112-36).
H.R. 2112--Consolidated and further continuing appropriations 
        act, 2012. Approved November 18, 2011 (P.L. 112-55).
H.J. Res. 94--Making further continuing appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes. Approved 
        December 16, 2011 (P.L. 112-67).
H.J. Res. 95--Making further continuing appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes. Approved 
        December 17, 2011 (P.L. 112-68).

                                                   2011 APPROPRIATIONS--112th 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 2011 Bills

Agriculture (P.L. 112-10)........................................        $23,129     $111,874          $19,922     $111,874        -$3,207   ...........
Commerce, Justice, Science (P.L. 112-10).........................         60,539          256           53,428          256         -7,111   ...........
Defense (P.L. 112-10)............................................        689,020          292          670,848          292        -18,172   ...........
Energy and Water (P.L. 112-10)...................................         35,344  ............          31,682  ............        -3,662   ...........
Financial Services and General Government (P.L. 112-10)..........         25,253       21,153           21,950       21,153         -3,303   ...........
Homeland Security (P.L. 112-10)..................................         43,636        1,300           41,915        1,300         -1,721   ...........
Interior, Environment (P.L. 112-10)..............................         32,377          450           29,559          450         -2,818   ...........
Labor, HHS, Education (P.L. 112-10)\2\...........................        170,611      561,924          156,177      560,777        -14,434        -1,147
Legislative Branch (P.L. 112-10).................................          5,134          133            4,541          133           -593   ...........
Military Construction, Veterans Affairs (P.L. 112-10)............         77,255       69,190           74,373       69,190         -2,882   ...........
State, Foreign Operations (P.L. 112-10)..........................         56,646          159           48,162          159         -8,484   ...........
Transportation, HUD (P.L. 112-10)................................         68,738  ............          55,367  ............       -13,371   ...........
Fifth FY 2011 Continuing Resolution (P.L. 112-4).................  .............  ............  ..............  ............  .............  ...........
Sixth FY 2011 Continuing Resolution (P.L. 112-6).................  .............  ............  ..............  ............  .............  ...........
Seventh FY 2011 Continuing resolution (P.L. 112-8)...............  .............  ............  ..............  ............  .............  ...........
Eighth FY 2011 Continuing Resolution (P.L. 112-10)...............  .............  ............  ..............  ............  .............  ...........
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    Total, FY 2011 Bills.........................................      1,287,683      766,731        1,207,924      765,584        -79,759        -1,147
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        Regular Appropriations...................................      1,128,345  ............       1,049,782  ............       -78,563   ...........
        Emergency appropriations/Other...........................  .............  ............          -1,259  ............  .............  ...........
        Global War on Terrorism/Overseas Contingencies...........        159,337  ............         159,401  ............            64   ...........
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Fiscal Year 2011 Supplemental Appropriations

Emergency Designated\3\..........................................            500  ............  ..............  ............
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\1\Amounts included for the Global War on Terrorism for FY 2011 are designated pursuant to 3(c)(2) of H. Res. 5.

\2\Congress did not accept the President's FY 2011 Budget proposal to shift of Pell Grant funding to the mandatory budget. Therefore, the figures here
  have been adjusted to reflect this funding.

\3\Amount requested on September 9, 2011.


                                                   2012 APPROPRIATIONS--112th 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 2012 Bills

Agriculture (P.L. 112-55)\2\.....................................         22,291      116,916           20,137      116,916         -2,154   ...........
Commerce, Justice, Science (P.L. 112-55)\2\......................         57,675          272           52,944          272         -4,731   ...........
Defense (P.L. 112-74)............................................        656,779          514          633,229          514        -23,550   ...........
Energy and Water (P.L. 112-74)\2\................................         36,505  ............          33,734  ............        -2,771   ...........
Financial Services and General Government (P.L. 112-74)..........         25,700       21,455           21,526       21,455         -4,174   ...........
Homeland Security (P.L. 112-74)\2\...............................         48,177        1,440           46,258        1,440         -1,919   ...........
Interior, Environment (P.L. 112-74)..............................         31,291          456           29,175          456         -2,116   ...........
Labor, HHS, Education (P.L. 112-74)\3\...........................        180,801      536,436          156,767      536,436        -24,034   ...........
Legislative Branch (P.L. 112-74).................................          4,855          136            4,307          136           -548   ...........
Military Construction, Veterans Affairs (P.L. 112-74)............         73,791       67,916           71,747       67,916         -2,044   ...........
State, Foreign Operations (P.L. 112-74)..........................         59,499          159           53,343          159         -6,156   ...........
Transportation, HUD (P.L. 112-55)\2\\4\..........................         74,712  ............          57,312  ............       -17,400   ...........
First FY 2012 Continuing Resolution (P.L. 112-33)................  .............  ............  ..............  ............  .............  ...........
Second FY 2012 Continuing Resolution (P.L. 112-36)...............  .............  ............  ..............  ............  .............  ...........
Third FY 2012 Continuing Resolution (included in P.L. 112-55)....  .............  ............  ..............  ............  .............  ...........
Fourth FY 2012 Continuing Resolution (P.L. 112-67)...............  .............  ............  ..............  ............  .............  ...........
Fifth FY 2012 Continuing Resolution (P.L. 112-68)................  .............  ............  ..............  ............  .............  ...........
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    Total, FY 2012 Bills.........................................      1,272,076      745,700        1,180,479      745,700        -91,597   ...........
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        Regular Appropriations...................................      1,140,967      745,700        1,042,999      745,700        -97,968   ...........
        Program Integrity (P.L. 112-77)..........................  .............  ............             483  ............           483   ...........
        Emergency appropriations.................................            -35  ............  ..............  ............            35   ...........
        Disaster Designated (P.L. 112-55, P.L. 112-77)...........          4,600  ............          10,453  ............         5,853   ...........
        Global War on Terrorism/Overseas Contingencies...........        126,544  ............         126,544  ............  .............  ...........

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\1\Amounts included for the Global War on Terrorism have been designated pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
  Control Act of 1985.
\2\Amounts included for Disasters have been designated pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
  1985.
\3\Amounts included for additional funding for program integrity activities were designated pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(B) of the Balanced Budget and
  Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. Funding was included in P.L. 112-77.
\4\The Committee does not accept the President's FY 2012 Budget proposal to shift surface transportation spending to the mandatory budget. Therefore,
  the figures here have been adjusted to reflect this funding.

                             OVERSIGHT PLAN

    Pursuant to clause 2(d)(1) of rule X, the committee 
submitted the following Oversight Plan on February 8, 2011:

        OVERSIGHT PLANS OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

    Clause 2(d)(1) of Rule X of the Rules of the House requires 
each standing committee of the House to adopt oversight plans 
at the beginning of each Congress. Specifically, the Rule 
states in part:
          ``Rule X, clause 2(d)(1). Not later than February 15 
        of the first session of a Congress, each standing 
        committee shall, in a meeting that is open to the 
        public and with a quorum present, adopt its oversight 
        plan for that Congress. Such plan shall be submitted 
        simultaneously to the Committee on Government Reform 
        and to the Committee on House Administration.''

            JURISDICTION OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

    Rule X of the Rules of the House vests in the Committee on 
Appropriations broad responsibility over the Federal budget. 
Specifically the Rule defines the Committee's jurisdiction, as 
follows:
          ``Rule X clause 1(b). Committee on Appropriations.
          (1) Appropriation of the revenue for the support of 
        the Government.
          (2) Rescissions of appropriations contained in 
        appropriations 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 that may indicate the necessity or 
        desirability of enacting new or additional legislation; 
        and
          (2) its formulation, consideration, and enactment of 
        such 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--
          (A) the application, administration, execution, and 
        effectiveness of laws and programs addressing subjects 
        within its jurisdiction;
          (B) the organization and operation of Federal 
        agencies and entities having responsibilities for the 
        administration and execution of laws and programs 
        addressing subjects within its jurisdiction;
          (C) any conditions or circumstances that may indicate 
        the necessity or desirability of enacting new or 
        additional legislation addressing subjects within its 
        jurisdiction (whether or not a bill or resolution has 
        been introduced with respect thereto); and
          (D) future research and forecasting on subjects 
        within its jurisdiction.

                      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 
any 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 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 under 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 instruction 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 or 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.
    Rule XIII of the Rules of the House prescribes special 
reporting requirements of the Committee on Appropriations. 
Specifically Rule XIII, clause 3(f) states:

                           Content of Reports

    ``(f)(1) A report of the Committee on Appropriations on a 
general appropriation bill shall include--
          (A) a concise statement describing the effect of any 
        provision of the accompanying bill that directly or 
        indirectly changes the application of existing law; and
          (B) a list of all appropriations contained in the 
        bill for expenditures not currently authorized by law 
        for the period concerned (except 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.
    (2) Whenever the Committee on Appropriations reports a bill 
or joint resolution including matter specified in clause 
1(b)(2) or (3) of rule X, it shall include--
          (A) in the bill or joint resolution, separate 
        headings for ``Rescissions'' and ``Transfers of 
        Unexpended Balances''; and
          (B) in the report of the committee, a separate 
        section listing such rescissions and transfers.''

                             OVERSIGHT PLAN

    The Committee on Appropriations is strongly committed to 
stringent and comprehensive oversight of federal discretionary 
spending to ensure that taxpayer dollars are being invested 
wisely and prudently on behalf of the American people. 
Oversight should not be a partisan exercise, but a serious 
evaluation and accounting of how taxpayer dollars are being 
utilized by Government agencies and programs.
    Because of the historic nature of the Nation's financial 
crisis, Congress must go further in exercising oversight than 
ever before. This Congress must get into the weeds, root out 
waste, abuse and duplicative spending in federal programs, and 
reject ``more money'' solutions to our budgetary challenges.
    As part of this focus, the Appropriations Committee must 
maintain continual pressure on federal agency officials and 
department heads in order to promote accountability and 
responsibly by the agencies regarding the investment of 
American tax dollars. In addition, the Committee will utilize, 
where appropriate, information and testimony from non-
government entities to further scrutinize federal spending and 
the effectiveness and necessity of government programs.
    To accomplish theses goal for in the 112th Congress, the 
Committee on Appropriations intends to engage in the following 
oversight actions:
          (1) Subcommittee Hearings. The Appropriations 
        Committee holds itself to the highest standards for 
        analyses of the President's budget and supplemental 
        funding requests. During the previous Republican 
        majority, the Appropriations Committee held 304 
        hearings, heard testimony from 2,463 witnesses and 
        published 165 volumes of hearings totaling 155,056 
        pages.
          These subcommittee hearings will include testimony 
        from federal agency officials with responsibility over 
        the spending of taxpayer dollars, as well as non-
        government individuals and entities with relevant 
        budgetary information and analysis.
          (2) Investigations. In addition to open oversight 
        hearings, the Committee will also engage in in-depth, 
        comprehensive studies and investigations into agency 
        activities when it is deemed necessary. Specifically, 
        these investigations may include examination of the use 
        of discretionary funding for the American Reinvestment 
        and Recovery Act (ARRA), and for the Health Care Reform 
        legislation, as well as others. Many of these 
        investigations will be conducted by the Committee's 
        Surveys and Investigations staff, who are highly 
        qualified and experienced in the detailed examination 
        of federal budgets. In addition, the Committee will 
        continue to utilize the investigative expertise of the 
        Government Accountability Office and the Inspectors 
        General of the various Federal agencies. Under previous 
        Republican control of the House in the 109th Congress, 
        the Surveys and Investigations staff produced 43 
        studies and received 211 investigative reports from the 
        Government Accountability
        Office.
          (3) Appropriations Bills. The ``Power of the Purse'' 
        is the Committee's primary responsibility, as outlined 
        in Article I, Section 9, and Clause 7 of the U.S. 
        Constitution which states that ``no money shall be 
        drawn from the Treasury but in Consequence of 
        Appropriations made by Law.'' The manner in which the 
        Committee chooses to provide or withhold federal 
        funding will be undertaken with the utmost level of 
        care and concern over the prudent and responsible use 
        of taxpayer funds, based on its in-depth review of each 
        agencies programs and budget through its informed 
        analyses. The Committee will strictly adhere to its 
        responsibilities under the Congressional Budget Act by 
        ensuring its strict conformance with the total 
        discretionary spending levels established in the Budget 
        Resolution. The Committee will fulfill its 
        responsibility to allocate those funds among the 
        subcommittees based on the prioritization of limited 
        spending based on its analyses and
        reviews.
               INVESTIGATIONS CONDUCTED BY THE COMMITTEE


                     (112th Congress--1st Session)


                              (Semiannual)

    During the first session of the 112th Congress, the 
Committee conducted 28 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 (known as directives) 
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.
    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. Investigators include a small number 
of permanent staff, personnel on detail from Federal agencies, 
and independent contractors.
    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 from January 
through December of 2011, listed by the requesting 
Subcommittee, follows.

 STUDIES COMPLETED OR STARTED BY THE SURVEYS AND INVESTIGATIONS STAFF 
              COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, 112TH CONGRESS
                    (JANUARY 3 TO DECEMBER 31, 2011)
                        STUDIES BY SUBCOMMITTEE
            commerce, justice, science, and related agencies
--Agency Capability to Report on Status of Balances at the Department 
        of Commerce, Department of Justice, and Related Agencies
                                defense
--Contracting at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence
--Department of Defense Use of Contractor Logistics Support
--Department of Defense's Telecommunications Expense Management
--Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund
--STEM Expertise of the DOD's Acquisition Workforce
--Department of Defense Protective Service Details
           energy and water development, and related agencies
--Obligation Process at the Department of Energy
--Grant Announcement Workforce
--Department of Energy--Uses of Program Dollars
                           homeland security
--Disaster Relief Fund
--Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (Classified)
              interior, environment, and related agencies
--Agency Capability to Report on Status of Balances at the Department 
        of the Interior, Environmental Protection Agency, and Related 
        Agencies
    labor, health and human services, education and related agencies
--Department of Labor Job Training Programs, with an Emphasis On 
        Workforce Investment Act Programs
     military construction, veterans affairs, and related agencies
--Relocation of Okinawa Air Base and Force Relocation of U.S. Marines 
        from Okinawa to Guam
--Plans to Relocate Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, and the 
        Force Relocation of U.S. Marines from Okinawa to Guam
--Department of Veterans Affairs Construction Activities
--Department of Veterans Affairs Disability Claims Processing
            state, foreign operations, and related agencies
--Hiring Initiatives of the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Agency 
        for International Development: An Update
--Application of Appropriated Funds Towards U.S. Assessments At the 
        United Nations
--U.S. Agency for International Development--Forward: Implementation 
        And Procurement Reform
--Department of State Methodologies and Procedures Employed to 
        Establish the Priority And the Specific Rationale for Each 
        Embassy (London)
--Implementing the Resources of PEPFAR
  transportation, housing and urban development, and related agencies
--Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development 
        Block Grant Disaster Relief And Recovery Process
--Federal Aviation Administration Policies and Procedures Related to 
        Air Traffic Controller Staffing and Fatigue
                             full committee
--General and Administrative Provisions for FY 2012
--Federal Disaster Relief Program
--Department and Agency Status Funds

    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 112th Congress 
follows:

  FORMAL U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE REPORTS AND TESTIMONIES
 ISSUED TO HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE AND SUBCOMMITTEES--JANUARY 1,
                         2011--DECEMBER 9, 2011
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                  Product Number, Title, and Issue Date
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GAO-12-173, State Small Business Credit Initiative: Opportunities Exist
 to Improve Program Oversight--12-07-2011

GAO-12-56, Intragovernmental Revolving Funds: Commerce Departmental and
 Census Working Capital Funds Should Better Reflect Key Operating
 Principles--11-18-2011

GAO-12-106R, U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Border Security
 Fencing, Infrastructure and Technology Fiscal Year 2011 Expenditure
 Plan--11-17-2011

GAO-12-68, Haiti Reconstruction: Factors Contributing to Delays in USAID
 Infrastructure Construction--11-16-2011

GAO-12-199SP, GAO Bid Protest Annual Report to the Congress for Fiscal
 Year 2011--11-15-2011

GAO-12-151, Dodd-Frank Act Regulations: Implementation Could Benefit
 from Additional Analyses and Coordination--11-10-2011

GAO-12-169, Financial Audit: Office of Financial Stability (Troubled
 Asset Relief Program) Fiscal Years 2011 and 2010 Financial Statements--
 11-10-2011

GAO-12-38, Medicaid: Prototype Formula Would Provide Automatic, Targeted
 Assistance to States during Economic Downturns--11-10-2011

GAO-12-96, Federal Bureau of Investigation: Actions Needed to Document
 Security Decisions and Address Issues with Condition of Headquarters
 Buildings--11-08-2011

GAO-12-45, Highway Emergency Relief: Strengthened Oversight of Project
 Eligibility Decisions Needed--11-08-2011

GAO-12-123, International Military Education and Training: Agencies
 Should Emphasize Human Rights Training and Improve Evaluations--10-27-
 2011

GAO-12-20R, VA Philippines Office: Maintain Operations, but More
 Information Needed to Determine Future Presence--10-27-2011

GAO-12-13R, Military Training: DOD's Report on the Sustainability of
 Training Ranges Meets Annual Reporting Requirements but Could Be
 Improved--10-19-2011

GAO-12-30, Consumer Product Safety Commission: Action Needed to
 Strengthen Identification of Potentially Unsafe Products--10-12-2011

GAO-12-23, National Cord Blood Inventory: Practices for Increasing
 Availability for Transplants and Related Challenges--10-07-2011

GAO-12-26, Business Systems Modernization: Internal Revenue Service's
 Fiscal Year 2011 Expenditure Plan--10-06-2011

GAO-12-33, E-Filing Tax Returns: Penalty Authority and Digitizing More
 Paper Return Data Could Increase Benefits--10-05-2011

GAO-11-852R, Defense Logistics: Department of Defense Has Enhanced
 Prepositioned Stock Management but Should Provide More Detailed Status
 Reports--09-30-2011

GAO-11-858, Motor Carrier Safety: More Assessment and Transparency Could
 Enhance Benefits of New Oversight Program--09-29-2011

GAO-11-922, United Nations: Improved Reporting and Member States'
 Consensus Needed for Food and Agriculture Organization's Reform Plan--
 09-29-2011

GAO-11-892, Defense Acquisition Workforce: Better Identification,
 Development, and Oversight Needed for Personnel Involved in Acquiring
 Services--09-28-2011

GAO-11-923R, DOD Met Statutory Reporting Requirements on Public-Private
 Competitions--09-26-2011

GAO-11-846, Excess Uranium Inventories: Clarifying DOE's Disposition
 Options Could Help Avoid Further Legal Violations--09-26-2011

GAO-11-804, Recovery Act Education Programs: Funding Retained Teachers,
 but Education Could More Consistently Communicate Stabilization
 Monitoring Issues--09-22-2011

GAO-11-848, Modernizing the Nuclear Security Enterprise: The National
 Nuclear Security Administration's Proposed Acquisition Strategy Needs
 Further Clarification and Assessment--09-20-2011

GAO-11-81, Excess Facilities: DOD Needs More Complete Information and a
 Strategy to Guide Its Future Disposal Efforts--09-19-2011

GAO-11-906R, Troubled Asset Relief Program: Status of GAO
 Recommendations to Treasury--09-16-2011

GAO-11-802, Chesapeake Bay: Restoration Effort Needs Common Federal and
 State Goals and Assessment Approach--09-15-2011

GAO-11-641, Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle: DOD Needs to Ensure New
 Acquisition Strategy is Based on Sufficient Information--09-15-2011

GAO-11-762, Information Technology: HUD's Expenditure Plan Satisfies
 Statutory Conditions, and Implementation of Management Controls Is
 Under Way--09-07-2011

GAO-11-744, Prescription Drug Control: DEA Has Enhanced Efforts to
 Combat Diversion, but Could Better Assess and Report Program Results--
 08-26-2011

GAO-11-769, Forest Service Business Services: Further Actions Needed to
 Re-examine Centralization Approach and to Better Document Associated
 Costs--08-25-2011

GAO-11-715, DOD Task Force For Business and Stability Operations:
 Actions Needed to Establish Project Management Guidelines and Enhance
 Information Sharing--07-29-2011

GAO-11-689R, FEMA and the Corps Have Taken Steps to Establish a Task
 Force, but FEMA Has Not Assessed the Costs of Collecting and Reporting
 All Levee-Related Concerns--07-29-2011

GAO-11-785, President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief: Program Planning
 and Reporting--07-29-2011

GAO-11-743, Coast Guard: Action Needed As Approved Deepwater Program
 Remains Unachievable--07-28-2011

GAO-11-700, Burma: UN and U.S. Agencies Assisted Cyclone Victims in
 Difficult Environment, but Improved U.S. Monitoring Needed--07-26-2011

GAO-11-676, Defense Management: Actions Needed to Improve Management of
 Air Force's Food Transformation Initiative--07-26-2011

GAO-11-728, Millennium Challenge Corporation: Compacts in Cape Verde and
 Honduras Achieved Reduced Targets--07-25-2011

GAO-11-710, Afghanistan: Actions Needed to Improve Accountability of
 U.S. Assistance to Afghanistan Government--07-20-2011

GAO-11-587, Investment Management: IRS Has a Strong Oversight Process
 but Needs to Improve How It Continues Funding Ongoing Investments--07-
 20-2011

GAO-11-786R, Pakistan Assistance: Relatively Little of the $3 Billion in
 Requested Assistance Is Subject to State's Certification of Pakistan's
 Progress on Nonproliferation and Counterterrorism Issues--07-19-2011

GAO-11-722, Space Research: Content and Coordination of Space Science
 and Technology Strategy Need to Be More Robust--07-19-2011

GAO-11-625, Ballistic Missile Defense: Actions Needed to Improve
 Training Integration and Increase Transparency of Training Resources--
 07-18-2011

GAO-11-716, Troubled Asset Relief Program: The Government's Exposure to
 AIG Following the Company's Recapitalization--07-18-2011

GAO-11-797R, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Contracts
 Awarded and Consultants Retained by Federal Departments and Agencies to
 Assist in Implementing the Act--07-14-2011

GAO-11-781R, Cost and Legal Authority for Selected Financial Literacy
 Programs and Activities--07-13-2011

GAO-11-702, The Democratic Republic of the Congo: Information on the
 Rate of Sexual Violence in War-Torn Eastern DRC and Adjoining
 Countries--07-13-2011

GAO-11-776R, Interagency Collaboration: Implications of a Common
 Alignment of World Regions among Select Federal Agencies--07-11-2011

GAO-11-746R, Military Readiness: Navy's Report to Congress on the Impact
 of Training and Crew Size on Surface Force Material Readiness--07-07-
 2011

GAO-11-611, Defense Centers of Excellence: Limited Budget and
 Performance Information on the Center for Psychological Health and
 Traumatic Brain Injury--06-30-2011

GAO-11-574, Defense Infrastructure: The Enhanced Use Lease Program
 Requires Management Attention--06-30-2011

GAO-11-658, Race to the Top: Reform Efforts Are Under Way and
 Information Sharing Could Be Improved--06-30-2011

GAO-11-684, Department of Defense: Further Actions Needed to
 Institutionalize Key Business System Modernization Management Controls--
 06-29-2011

GAO-11-600, Recovery Act: Funding Used for Transportation Infrastructure
 Projects, but Some Requirements Proved Challenging--06-29-2011

GAO-11-608, Recovery Act: Funds Supported Many Water Projects, and
 Federal and State Monitoring Shows Few Compliance Problems--06-29-2011

GAO-11-427, American Samoa and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
 Islands: Employment, Earnings, and Status of Key Industries Since
 Minimum Wage Increases Began--06-23-2011

GAO-11-228, Horse Welfare: Action Needed to Address Unintended
 Consequences from Cessation of Domestic Slaughter--06-22-2011

GAO-11-631, Military Cash Incentives: DOD Should Coordinate and Monitor
 Its Efforts to Achieve Cost-Effective Bonuses and Special Pays--06-21-
 2011

GAO-11-484, ACORN: Federal Funding and Monitoring [Reissued on June 17,
 2011]--06-14-2011

GAO-11-712R, HHS Research Awards: Use of Recovery Act and Patient
 Protection and Affordable Care Act Funds for Comparative Effectiveness
 Research--06-14-2011

GAO-11-725R, Private Health Insurance: Waivers of Restrictions on Annual
 Limits on Health Benefits--06-14-2011

GAO-11-622, Veterans' Health Care Budget Estimate: Changes Were Made in
 Developing the President's Budget Request for Fiscal Years 2012 and
 2013--06-14-2011

GAO-11-717R, Legislative Restrictions on Contractor Use of Mandatory
 Arbitration Agreements Have Had No Reported Impacts on National
 Security--06-13-2011

GAO-11-526, Military Readiness: Army and Marine Corps Reporting Provides
 Additional Data, but Actions Needed to Improve Consistency--06-03-2011

GAO-11-538R, OMB Service Contracts Inventory Guidance and
 Implementation--05-27-2011

GAO-11-367R, Troubled Asset Relief Program: Results of Housing
 Counselors Survey on Borrowers' Experiences with the Home Affordable
 Modification Program--05-26-2011

GAO-11-492, Budget Issues: Better Fee Design Would Improve Federal
 Protective Service's and Federal Agencies' Planning and Budgeting for
 Security--05-20-2011

GAO-11-578R, Counter-Improvised Explosive Devices: Most Initiatives
 Supported by the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization
 Have Limited Applicability to Humanitarian Demining--05-20-2011

GAO-11-415, Haiti Reconstruction: U.S. Efforts Have Begun, Expanded
 Oversight Still to Be Implemented--05-19-2011

GAO-11-462, Military Housing: Enhancements Needed to Housing Allowance
 Process and Information Sharing among Services--05-16-2011

GAO-11-647, Warfighter Support: Improved Joint Oversight and Reporting
 on DOD's Prepositioning Programs May Increase Efficiencies--05-16-2011

GAO-11-471, TARP: Treasury's Exit from GM and Chrysler Highlights
 Competing Goals, and Results of Support to Auto Communities Are
 Unclear--05-10-2011

GAO-11-478, Grants.gov: Additional Action Needed to Address Persistent
 Governance and Funding Challenges--05-06-2011

GAO-11-517R, The Department of Transportation Found That It Improperly
 Obligated Motor Carrier Grant Funds--05-05-2011

GAO-11-261R, Office of National Drug Control Policy: Agencies View the
 Budget Process as Useful for Identifying Priorities, but Challenges
 Exist--05-02-2011

GAO-11-490R, Defense Management: The Department of Defense's Fiscal Year
 2012 Corrosion Prevention and Control Budget Request--04-13-2011

GAO-11-510T, Opportunities to Reduce Potential Duplication in Federal
 Teacher Quality Programs--04-13-2011

GAO-11-506T, Employment and Training Programs: Opportunities Exist for
 Improving Efficiency--04-07-2011

GAO-11-325, Joint Strike Fighter: Restructuring Places Program on Firmer
 Footing, but Progress Still Lags--04-07-2011

GAO-11-379, Recovery Act: Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant
 Recipients Face Challenges Meeting Legislative and Program Goals and
 Requirements--04-07-2011

GAO-11-332, Defense Acquisitions: CH-53K Helicopter Program Has
 Addressed Early Difficulties and Adopted Strategies to Address Future
 Risks--04-04-2011

GAO-11-488R, Military Base Realignments and Closures: Review of the Iowa
 and Milan Army Ammunition Plants--04-01-2011

GAO-11-395, Medicaid: Improving Responsiveness of Federal Assistance to
 States during Economic Downturns--03-31-2011

GAO-11-369, Refugee Assistance: Little Is Known about the Effectiveness
 of Different Approaches for Improving Refugees' Employment Outcomes--03-
 31-2011

GAO-11-401, State and Local Governments: Knowledge of Past Recessions
 Can Inform Future Federal Fiscal Assistance--03-31-2011

GAO-11-329, Rural Housing Service: Opportunities Exist to Strengthen
 Farm Labor Housing Program Management and Oversight--03-30-2011

GAO-11-233SP, Defense Acquisitions: Assessments of Selected Weapon
 Programs--03-29-2011

GAO-11-388R, Defense Infrastructure: Ability of Ship Maintenance
 Industrial Base to Support a Nuclear Aircraft Carrier at Naval Station
 Mayport--03-29-2011

GAO-11-380R, Defense Acquisitions: Application of Lessons Learned and
 Best Practices in the Presidential Helicopter Program--03-25-2011

GAO-11-372, Missile Defense: Actions Needed to Improve Transparency and
 Accountability--03-24-2011

GAO-11-168, Taxpayer Account Strategy: IRS Should Finish Defining
 Benefits and Improve Cost Estimates--03-24-2011

GAO-11-289, Federal Food Safety Oversight: Food Safety Working Group Is
 a Positive First Step but Government-wide Planning Is Needed to Address
 Fragmentation--03-18-2011

GAO-11-474R, List of Selected Federal Programs That Have Similar or
 Overlapping Objectives, Provide Similar Services, or Are Fragmented
 Across Government Missions--03-18-2011

GAO-11-454T, Information Technology: Investment Oversight and Management
 Have Improved but Continued Attention Is Needed--03-17-2011

GAO-11-288, Troubled Asset Relief Program: Treasury Continues to Face
 Implementation Challenges and Data Weaknesses in Its Making Home
 Affordable Program--03-17-2011

GAO-11-453T, Fiscal Year 2012 Budget Request: U.S. Government
 Accountability Office--03-11-2011

GAO-11-423T, Forest Service: Continued Work Needed to Address Persistent
 Management Challenges--03-10-2011

GAO-11-263, District of Columbia Charter Schools: Criteria for Awarding
 School Buildings to Charter Schools Needs Additional Transparency--03-
 09-2011

GAO-11-344, Electronic Tax Return Filing: Improvements Can Be Made
 before Mandate Becomes Fully Implemented--03-07-2011

GAO-11-299, Electronic Government: National Archives and Records
 Administration's Fiscal Year 2011 Expenditure Plan--03-04-2011

GAO-11-309, Defense Infrastructure: Navy Can Improve the Quality of Its
 Cost Estimate to Homeport an Aircraft Carrier at Naval Station Mayport--
 03-03-2011

GAO-11-257R, Depot Maintenance: Navy Has Revised Its Estimated Workforce
 Cost for Basing an Aircraft Carrier at Mayport, Florida--03-03-2011

GAO-11-419T, Foreign Operations: Key Issues for Congressional Oversight--
 03-03-2011

GAO-11-239SP, NASA: Assessments of Selected Large-Scale Projects--03-03-
 2011

GAO-11-422T, Environmental Protection Agency: Major Management
 Challenges--03-02-2011

GAO-11-424T, Department of the Interior: Major Management Challenges--03-
 01-2011

GAO-11-318SP, Opportunities to Reduce Potential Duplication in
 Government Programs, Save Tax Dollars, and Enhance Revenue--03-01-2011

GAO-11-273, Warfighter Support: DOD's Urgent Needs Processes Need a More
 Comprehensive Approach and Evaluation for Potential Consolidation--03-
 01-2011

GAO-11-219, Defense Health: Management Weaknesses at Defense Centers of
 Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury Require
 Attention--02-28-2011

GAO-11-416R, Motor Carrier Safety: FMCSA Has Devoted a Small but
 Increasing Amount of Resources to Develop the Compliance, Safety,
 Accountability Program but Is Requesting a Significant Increase for
 Full Implementation--02-25-2011

GAO-11-405R, Ryan White CARE Act: Estimated Effect of Continued
 Application of the Fiscal Year 2010 Stop-Loss Provision on 2011 Funding
 for Urban Areas--02-18-2011

GAO-11-310R, Department of State's Report to Congress and U.S. Oversight
 of Civilian Assistance to Pakistan Can Be Further Enhanced--02-17-2011

GAO-11-163, Military Personnel: DOD Addressing Challenges in Iraq and
 Afghanistan but Opportunities Exist to Enhance the Planning Process for
 Army Medical Personnel Requirements--02-10-2011

GAO-11-265, Electronic Health Records: DOD and VA Should Remove Barriers
 and Improve Efforts to Meet Their Common System Needs--02-02-2011

GAO-11-226, Financial Management: NOAA Needs to Better Document Its
 Policies and Procedures for Providing Management and Administration
 Services--01-31-2011

GAO-11-66, Afghanistan Security: Afghan Army Growing, but Additional
 Trainers Needed; Long-term Costs Not Determined--01-27-2011

GAO-11-181R, Defense Business Transformation: DOD Needs to Take
 Additional Actions to Further Define Key Management Roles, Develop
 Measurable Goals, and Align Planning Efforts--01-26-2011

GAO-11-123R, Defense Infrastructure: Further Actions Needed to Support
 Air Force Electronic Warfare Evaluation Simulator Relocation Plans--01-
 26-2011

GAO-11-165, Defense Infrastructure: High-Level Federal Interagency
 Coordination Is Warranted to Address Transportation Needs beyond the
 Scope of the Defense Access Roads Program--01-26-2011

GAO-11-46, Troubled Asset Relief Program: Third Quarter 2010 Update of
 Government Assistance Provided to AIG and Description of Recent
 Execution of Recapitalization Plan--01-20-2011

GAO-11-26, H-1B Visa Program: Reforms Are Needed to Minimize the Risks
 and Costs of Current Program--01-14-2011

GAO-11-74, Troubled Asset Relief Program: Status of Programs and
 Implementation of GAO Recommendations--01-12-2011

GAO-11-240R, DOD's 2010 Comprehensive Inventory Management Improvement
 Plan Addressed Statutory Requirements, But Faces Implementation
 Challenges--01-07-2011
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 ACTIVE U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE ASSIGNMENTS IN PROCESS FOR
 HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE AND SUBCOMMITTEES AS OF DECEMBER 9, 2011
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                                  Title
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IDENTIFICATION, CONSOLIDATION, & ELIMINATION OF DUPLICATIVE GOVERNMENT
 PROGRAMS

SERVICE MEMBERS' TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

OFFICE OF FINANCIAL STABILITY FISCAL YEAR 2012 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

ONGOING OVERSIGHT OF TROUBLED ASSET RELIEF PROGRAM

IMPACT OF HUD DEMONSTRATION ON RATIO OF TENANT-BASED VOUCHERS TO PROJECT-
 BASED VOUCHERS

DEPARTMENT OF ARMY ANTIDEFICIENCY ACT VIOLATIONS

REVIEW OF MEDICARE NATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING (NCB) PROGRAM FOR
 DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT (DME)

EVALUATIONS AND ASSESSMENTS

ASSISTANCE TO THE WEST BANK AND GAZA

SENATE RESOLUTION TREATY DOC 108-4: BULGARIA, ESTONIA, LATVIA,
 LITHUANIA, ROMANIA, SLOVAKIA & SLOVENIA

HOMELAND SECURITY--ANALYSIS & OPERATIONS

REVIEW OF METHODOLOGY USED FOR HEALTH FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION PRIORITY
 SYSTEM

STUDY ON PRICING OF OFFICE SUPPLIES

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT OF SELECTED WEAPON SYSTEMS PROGRAMS

REPORT ON THE STATUS OF LARGE-SCALE NASA PROGRAMS, PROJECTS, AND
 ACTIVITIES

GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE INITIATIVE IMPLEMENTATION AND REPORTING

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE STRATEGIC PLANNING

STATE SMALL BUSINESS CREDIT INITIATIVE

OVERSIGHT OF TREASURY'S SMALL BUSINESS LENDING FUND PROGRAM

REVIEW OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2011 BORDER SECURITY FENCING, INFRASTRUCTURE,
 TECHNOLOGY EXPENDITURE PLAN

CONGO MINERALS DISCLOSURE UNDER SECTION 1502 OF THE DODD-FRANK ACT

ONGOING AND COMPLETED EVALUATIONS OF PRESIDENT'S EMERGENCY PLAN FOR AIDS
 RELIEF (PEPFAR) PROGRAM

U.S. CAPITOL POLICE'S INTEGRATION OF WORKFORCE AND SECURITY REQUIREMENTS

PILOT PROGRAM FOR ACQUIRING MILITARY PURPOSE NONDEVELOPMENTAL ITEMS

DOD TRANSITION PROGRAMS

ARMY PROGRESS ON MODULAR UNITS

5-YR EXTENSION OF DOD TRAINING RANGE SUSTAINMENT PLAN REVIEW--(2012)

5-YR EXTENSION OF DOD TRAINING RANGE SUSTAINMENT PLAN REVIEW--(2013)

REVIEW OF DEFENSE DEPARTMENT'S REPORT ON CORROSION CONTROL & PREVENTION

ANNUAL REPORT ON PREPOSITIONED MATERIAL AND EQUIPMENT

CORROSION EVALUATION FOR DOD FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE

DOD EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL FORCE STRUCTURE PLANNING

AIR FORCE'S PILOT PROGRAM ON COMMERCIAL FEE-FOR-SERVICE AIR REFUELING
 SUPPORT

EVALUATE DOD PLAN TO ACCELERATE DEPLOYMENT OF ITS READINESS REPORTING
 SYSTEM (DRRS)

DOD PHARMACY PROGRAM

GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE REPORTS

SECURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL

ANNUAL COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON THE F-35 LIGHTING II AIRCRAFT
 ACQUISITION PROGRAM

RESTART OF ARLEIGH BURKE CLASS DESTROYER PRODUCTION AND PRODUCTION OF
 FUTURE VARIANTS

THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE'S PRESIDENTIAL HELICOPTER REPLACEMENT PROGRAM

REVIEW OF DOD'S 2010 DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE REPORT

DOD SATELLITE OPERATIONS MODERNIZATION

FISCAL YEAR 2011 ASSESSMENT OF MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY'S ACQUISITION
 COST, SCHEDULE, TESTING AND PERFORMANCE

REVIEW OF U.S. TACTICAL VEHICLES INDUSTRIAL BASE AND FOREIGN

DOD'S USE OF FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS

EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE JOINT INTEGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT
 SYSTEM (JCIDS)

DEFENSE WORKFORCE: IN-SOURCING COULD BENEFIT FROM BETTER DATA, COST
 OVERSIGHT AND ALIGNMENT WITH HUMAN CAPITAL PLANS

OPERATIONAL CONTRACT SUPPORT: REVISED APPROACH NEEDED TO IMPROVE
 CONTRACT OVERSIGHT AND MANAGEMENT IN AFGHANISTAN

ARMY UNIT MANNING EFFECTS ON READINESS

ARMY AND MARINE CORPS PROCESSES FOR MODIFYING TABLES OF EQUIPMENT

ALTERNATIVE FINANCING FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS ON DOD INSTALLATIONS

DOD'S USE OF CONSULTANTS TO SUPPORT REAL PROPERTY PROGRAMS

ARCTIC CAPABILITIES: DOD ADDRESSED MANY SPECIFIED ELEMENTS IN ITS 2011
 ARCTIC REPORT BUT SHOULD TAKE STEPS TO MEET NEAR- AND LONG-TERM NEEDS

MANAGEMENT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS

DOD'S EFFORTS TO INSTITUTIONALIZE SECURITY FORCE ASSISTANCE CAPABILITIES
 WITHIN THE GENERAL PURPOSE FORCE

ARMY FULL SPECTRUM TRAINING MILE MANDATE

RISK ASSOCIATED WITH HOMEPORTING A NUCLEAR AIRCRAFT ON THE EAST COAST

RECOVERY CARE CONTINUUM ACROSS DOD AND VA FOR RECOVERING SERVICEMEMBERS
 AND VETERANS

AMOUNT, TYPE, AND FUTURE PLANS FOR U.S. ASSISTANCE TO YEMEN

PAKISTAN NUCLEAR NETWORKS COOPERATION USE OF GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL OR
 CONTRACTORS TO TRAIN THE AFGHAN NATIONAL POLICE

ASSESSMENT OF REPORTED OPTIONS FOR THE TRANSPORT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS,
 COMPONENTS, AND MATERIAL

DHS USE OF SHARED SERVICES WITHIN THE PREPAREDNESS DIRECTORATE-USE OF
 ECONOMY ACT

E-VERIFY

STATUS OF COAST GUARD'S DEVELOPMENT

PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE AND RECOVERY, EVALUATING FEMA'S
 READINESS

REVIEW OF COSTS & BENEFITS OF THE DEPT. OF HOMELAND SECURITY'S NEW
 REGIONAL

DISASTER RELIEF FUND REIMBURSEMENTS TO AMERICAN RED CROSS FOR 2008

STUDY OF HUD'S SAFETY STANDARDS

COORDINATION OF SERVICES

AUDIT OF SAMOA, GUAM, AND THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

ATTORNEY FEES CLAIMS AND PAYMENTS UNDER THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT
 AND OTHER STATUTES AT THE U.S. DEPARTMENTS AGRICULTURE AND INTERIOR

REVIEW OF MEDICARE NATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING (NCB) FOR DURABLE
 MEDICAL EQUIPMENT (DME)

INTERACTION OF RYAN WHITE ACT & MEDICARE PART D SPENDING

STUDY OF STATE HEALTH CARE REFORM

IMPACT OF ARRA ON HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS AND HEALTH TECHNOLOGY

TITLE 42 APPOINTMENTS AND COMPENSATION

TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT CAPITOL POLICE BOARD GOVERNANCE

RENOVATION OF THE CANNON BUILDING

U.S. CAPITOL POLICE RADIOS SYSTEM REPLACEMENT REVIEW

RECOVERY CARE CONTINUUM ACROSS DOD AND VA FOR SERVICEMEMBERS AND
 VETERANS

DOE'S IMPLEMENTATION OF ITS LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM

PERFORMANCE METRICS, BUDGET EXECUTION, AND COORDINATION OF THE NATIONAL
 NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION'S NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION PROGRAMS

REVIEW OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION'S (NSF) ACQUISITION SYSTEM

ASSESS ACTIONS OF OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY (OSTP) WITH
 REGARD TO SECTION 1340 OF DOD APPROPRIATIONS ACT

ASSESSMENTS OF SELECTED LARGE-SCALE NASA PROJECTS DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 INTRAGOVERNMENTAL FUNDS

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SHARED SERVICES FUNDING MECHANISMS

BASELINE & MANAGEMENT EVALUATIONS DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (DC) CHARTERING
 AUTHORITIES

CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU

FINANCIAL SERVICES REGULATIONS PERFORM AN EVALUATION OF THE COMMUNITY
 DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS (CDFI) PROGRAM ADMINISTERED BY THE
 DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY

HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM IMPLEMENTATION FUND

ANNUAL AUDIT & INVESTIGATION OF ONDCP PROGRAMS

REPORT ON PERCENTAGE OF FEDERAL GRANT DOLLARS AWARDED TO POVERTY
 COMMUNITIES, EMPOWERMENT ZONES, ENTERPRISE AND RENEWAL COMMUNITIES

ELECTION ADMINISTRATION ISSUES AND CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH
 IMPLEMENTING WEEKEND VOTING

QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH CARE FOR RETURNED PEACE CORPS
 VOLUNTEERS

BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNOR'S STRATEGIC PLAN FOR BROADCASTING TO CUBA

PAKISTAN NUCLEAR NETWORKS COOPERATION

MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION RESULTS AUDIT

ONGOING AND COMPLETED EVALUATIONS OF PRESIDENT'S EMERGENCY PLAN FOR AIDS
 RELIEF (PEPFAR) PROGRAM

HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

STUDY OF HUD'S SAFETY STANDARDS

HUD OFFICE OF COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAMS

FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION

HUD IT MODERNIZATION

STATE TRANSFER AUTHORITY AND FEDERAL HIGHWAY AND TRANSIT PROGRAMS

UPDATE OF INTERNAL CONTROL FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM U.S.
 MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY (USMMA)

HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT OPERATIONS AND ACTIVITIES

FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S GRANTS MANAGEMENT

NEW ENTRANT SAFETY ASSURANCE PROGRAM'S ABILITY TO IDENTIFY CHAMELEON
 MOTOR CARRIERS

RESULTS OF CONGESTION PRICING PROJECTS IN THE UNITED STATES
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                               Appendix A


                      COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS


                            COMMITTEE RULES


          (Adopted for the 112th Congress on February 8, 2011)

    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 Twelfth 
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 Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of a 
        Subcommittee or the Full Committee, including a 
        Chairman Emeritus may select and designate one staff 
        member who shall serve at the pleasure of that Member.
          (2) Notwithstanding, (b)(1) The Chairman may 
        prescribe such terms and conditions necessary to 
        achieve a reduction in the number of Assistants to 
        Members previously designated by a Member of the 
        Committee prior to the adoption of the Rules of the 
        House establishing the Committee for the 112th 
        Congress.
          (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.
          (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.
          (3) The Chairman shall announce the date, place, and 
        subject matter of each committee meeting for the 
        transaction of business, which may not commence earlier 
        than the third day on which members have notice 
        thereof, unless the Chairman, with the concurrence of 
        the Ranking Minority Member, or the Committee by 
        majority vote with a quorum present for the transaction 
        of business, determines there is good cause to begin 
        the meeting sooner, in which case the Chairman shall 
        make the announcement at the earliest possible date. An 
        announcement shall be published promptly in the Daily 
        Digest and made publicly available in electronic form.
          (4) At least 24 hours prior to the commencement of a 
        meeting for the markup of a bill or resolution, or at 
        the time an announcement is made pursuant to the 
        preceding subparagraph within 24 hours before such 
        meeting, the Chairman shall cause the text of such bill 
        or resolution to be made publicly available in 
        electronic form.
    (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 and also made available in 
        electronic form within 48 hours of such record vote. 
        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 Amendments Adopted--Not later than 24 
hours after the adoption of amendment to a bill or resolution, 
the Chairman shall cause the text of any amendment adopted 
thereto to be made publicly available in electronic form.

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. 
        Such statements, with appropriate redactions to protect 
        the privacy of witnesses, shall be made publicly 
        available in electronic form not later than one day 
        after the witness appears.
    (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 (except for 
legitimate space or safety, in which case pool coverage shall 
be authorized). To the maximum practicable, the Committee shall 
provide audio and video coverage of each hearing or meeting for 
the transaction of business in a manner that allows the public 
to easily listen to and view the proceedings and shall maintain 
the recordings of such coverage in a manner that is easily 
accessible to the public.
    (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 made publicly available in 
electronic form.

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: Temporary Investigative Task Forces

    (a) The Chairman of the Full Committee, in consultation 
with the Ranking Member of the Full Committee, may establish 
and appoint members to serve on task forces of the Committee, 
to examine specific activities for a limited period of time in 
accordance with clause 5(b)2(C) of Rule X of the Rules of the 
House.
    (b) The Chairman of the Full Committee shall issue a 
written directive, in consultation with the Ranking Member of 
the Full Committee, delineating the specific activities to be 
reviewed by a task force constituted pursuant to the preceding 
paragraph.
    (c) A task force constituted under this section shall 
provide a written report of its findings and recommendations to 
the Full Committee Chairman and Ranking Member and members of 
the relevant subcommittees having jurisdiction over the matters 
reviewed. Such report shall be approved by a majority vote of 
the task force and shall include any supplemental, minority, or 
additional views submitted by a Member of the task force or a 
member of a subcommittee having jurisdiction over the matter 
reviewed.
    (d) Any information obtained during the course of such 
investigation, and any report produced by, a task force 
pursuant to this section, shall not be released until the 
Chairman of the Full Committee has authorized such release.
    (e) The Chairman is authorized to appoint such staff, and, 
in his discretion, arrange for the procurement of temporary 
services, as from time to time may be required.

Sec. 10: 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.

Sec. 11. Activities Reports:

    (a) Not later than the 30th day after June 1 and December 
1, the Committee shall submit to the House a semiannual report 
on the activities of the Committee.
    (b) After adjournment sine die of a regular session of 
Congress, or after December 15, whichever occurs first, the 
Chairman may file the second or fourth semiannual report with 
the Clerk of the House at any time and without the approval of 
the Committee, provided that a copy of the report has been 
available to each Member of the Committee for at least seven 
calendar days and the report includes any supplemental, 
minority, or additional views submitted by a Member of the 
Committee.
                               Appendix B


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


                                 Rule X


                       ORGANIZATION OF COMMITTEES

             Committees and Their Legislative Jurisdictions

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

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

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

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *


                   General Oversight Responsibilities

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

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *


                      Special Oversight Functions

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

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *


                   Additional Functions of Committees

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


                SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP AND JURISDICTION

NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Rogers, as Chairman of the Full 
  Committee, and Mr. Dicks, 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

 JACK KINGSTON, Georgia, Chairman

SAM FARR, California                 TOM LATHAM, Iowa
ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut         JO ANN EMERSON, Missouri
SANFORD D. BISHOP, Jr., Georgia      ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama
MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio                   CYNTHIA M. LUMMIS, Wyoming
                                     ALAN NUNNELEE, Mississippi
                                     TOM GRAVES, Georgia

                              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

 FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia, Chairman

CHAKA FATTAH, Pennsylvania           JOHN ABNEY CULBERSON, Texas
ADAM B. SCHIFF, California           ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama
MICHAEL M. HONDA, California         JO BONNER, Alabama
JOSE E. SERRANO, New York            STEVE AUSTRIA, Ohio
                                     TOM GRAVES, Georgia
                                     KEVIN YODER, Kansas

                              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

    C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida, 
             Chairman

NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington          JERRY LEWIS, California
PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana          RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New 
JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia             Jersey
MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio                   JACK KINGSTON, Georgia
STEVEN R. ROTHMAN, New Jersey        KAY GRANGER, Texas
MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York         ANDER CRENSHAW, Florida
                                     KEN CALVERT, California
                                     JO BONNER, Alabama
                                     TOM COLE, Oklahoma

                              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

   RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New 
         Jersey, Chairman

PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana          JERRY LEWIS, California
ED PASTOR, Arizona                   MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho
CHAKA FATTAH, Pennsylvania           DENNY REHBERG, Montana
JOHN W. OLVER, Massachusetts         RODNEY ALEXANDER, Louisiana
                                     STEVE WOMACK, Arkansas
                                     ALAN NUNNELEE, Mississippi

                              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

  JO ANN EMERSON, Missouri, Chair

JOSE E. SERRANO, New York            RODNEY ALEXANDER, Louisiana
BARBARA LEE, California              JO BONNER, Alabama
PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana          MARIO DIAZ-BALART, Florida
ED PASTOR, Arizona                   TOM GRAVES, Georgia
                                     KEVIN YODER, Kansas
                                     STEVE WOMACK, Arkansas

                              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

   ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama, 
             Chairman

DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina       JOHN R. CARTER, Texas
LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California    JOHN ABNEY CULBERSON, Texas
NITA M. LOWEY, New York              RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New 
JOHN W. OLVER, Massachusetts         Jersey
                                     TOM LATHAM, Iowa
                                     ANDER CRENSHAW, Florida
                                     CHARLES W. DENT, Pennsylvania

                              JURISDICTION

  Department of Homeland Security

      SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES

    MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho, 
             Chairman

JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia             JERRY LEWIS, California
BETTY McCOLLUM, Minnesota            KEN CALVERT, California
MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York         STEVEN C. LaTOURETTE, Ohio
JOSE E. SERRANO, New York            TOM COLE, Oklahoma
                                     JEFF FLAKE, Arizona
                                     CYNTHIA M. LUMMIS, Wyoming

                              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

 DENNY REHBERG, Montana, Chairman

ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut         JERRY LEWIS, California
NITA M. LOWEY, New York              RODNEY ALEXANDER, Louisiana
JESSE L. JACKSON, Jr., Illinois      JACK KINGSTON, Georgia
LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California    KAY GRANGER, Texas
BARBARA LEE, California              MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho
                                     JEFF FLAKE, Arizona
                                     CYNTHIA M. LUMMIS, Wyoming

                              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

 ANDER CRENSHAW, Florida, Chairman

MICHAEL M. HONDA, California         STEVEN C. LaTOURETTE, Ohio
DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina       JO ANN EMERSON, Missouri
SANFORD D. BISHOP, Jr., Georgia      DENNY REHBERG, Montana
                                     KEN CALVERT, California

                              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

   JOHN ABNEY CULBERSON, Texas, 
             Chairman

SANFORD D. BISHOP, Jr., Georgia      C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida
SAM FARR, California                 JOHN R. CARTER, Texas
BETTY McCOLLUM, Minnesota            JEFF FLAKE, Arizona
JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia             STEVE AUSTRIA, Ohio
                                     KEVIN YODER, Kansas
                                     ALAN NUNNELEE, Mississippi

                              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

  KAY GRANGER, Texas, Chairwoman

NITA M. LOWEY, New York              JERRY LEWIS, California
JESSE L. JACKSON, Jr., Illinois      FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia
ADAM B. SCHIFF, California           TOM COLE, Oklahoma
STEVEN R. ROTHMAN, New Jersey        MARIO DIAZ-BALART, Florida
                                     CHARLES W. DENT, Pennsylvania
                                     STEVE AUSTRIA, Ohio

                              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

    TOM LATHAM, Iowa, Chairman

JOHN W. OLVER, Massachusetts         FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia
ED PASTOR, Arizona                   JOHN R. CARTER, Texas
MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio                   STEVEN C. LaTOURETTE, Ohio
DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina       MARIO DIAZ-BALART, Florida
                                     CHARLES W. DENT, Pennsylvania
                                     STEVE WOMACK, Arkansas

                              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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