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                                                 Union Calendar No. 555
113th Congress    }                                      {      Report 
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session       }                                      {      113-724                                                                
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                      COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              A N N U A L

                              R E P O R T

                                   of

                          COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES

                    ONE HUNDRED THIRTEENTH CONGRESS

                            (Second Session)

                            January 3, 2014

                                through

                            January 2, 2015

                   Pursuant to Clause 1(d) of Rule XI

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January 2, 2015.--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  
                   
                 (113th Congress--2d Session)

              HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky, Chairman

 FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia               NITA M. LOWEY, New York
 JACK KINGSTON, Georgia                MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio
 RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey   PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana
 TOM LATHAM, Iowa                      JOSEE E. SERRANO, New York
 ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama           ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut
 KAY GRANGER, Texas                    JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia    
 MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho             ED PASTOR, Arizona   
 JOHN ABNEY CULBERSON, Texas           DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina    
 ANDER CRENSHAW, Florida               LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California          
 JOHN R. CARTER, Texas                 SAM FARR, California
 KEN CALVERT, California               CHAKA FATTAH, Pennsylvania
 TOM COLE, Oklahoma                    SANFORD D. BISHOP, Jr., Georgia
 MARIO DIAZ-BALART, Florida            BARBARA LEE, California
 CHARLES W. DENT, Pennsylvania         ADAM B. SCHIFF, California
 TOM GRAVES, Georgia                   MICHAEL M. HONDA, California
 KEVIN YODER, Kansas                   BETTY McCOLLUM, Minnesota
 STEVE WOMACK, Arkansas                TIM RYAN, Ohio
 ALAN NUNNELEE, Mississippi            DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Florida
 JEFF FORTENBERRY, Nebraska            HENRY CUELLAR, Texas
 THOMAS J. ROONEY, Florida             CHELLIE PINGREE, Maine
 CHARLES J. FLEISCHMANN, Tennessee     MIKE QUIGLEY, Illinois
 JAIME HERRERA BEUTLER, Washington     WILLIAM L. OWENS, New York
 DAVID P. JOYCE, Ohio
 DAVID G. VALADAO, California
 ANDY HARRIS, Maryland
 MARTHA ROBY, Alabama
 MARK E. AMODEI, Nevada
 CHRIS STEWART, Utah                
                   
               William E. Smith, Clerk and Staff Director

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                         LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

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                                                    January 2, 2015
Hon. John A. Boehner,
The Speaker,
U.S. House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: I am pleased to transmit herewith the 
annual report on the activities of the Committee on 
Appropriations during the 113th Congress, 2d 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. 555
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 ANNUAL REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS DURING 
                   THE 113TH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION

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January 2, 2015.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed

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

                              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 51 during the 113th 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 
113th Congress are displayed in Appendix C.)

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                   SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS ACTIONS


                     Second Session--113th Congress

    The House Committee on Appropriations was active on many 
fronts during the second session of the 113th Congress. Most 
significantly, the Committee began the mark-up process for its 
annual appropriations bills at the earliest date since prior to 
the enactment of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. The 
first subcommittee markups for the fiscal year 2015 
appropriations bills occurred on April 3, 2014. The early start 
on fiscal year 2015 appropriations, as well as the completion 
of fiscal year 2014 appropriations, was made possible in large 
part by the budget agreement included in the Bipartisan Budget 
Act of 2013. This agreement established achievable 
discretionary budget levels for both fiscal years 2014 and 
2015.
    When the second session of the 113th Congress opened, the 
federal government was operating under a continuing resolution 
(CR). This CR provided fiscal year 2014 funding through January 
15, 2014, for all agencies and programs included in the 
Committee's twelve appropriations bills (a subsequent CR 
extended that date to January 18). On January 13, the 
Committee, having worked diligently over the prior several 
weeks in negotiations with the Senate Appropriations Committee, 
released the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014. This Act, 
which contained the final agreements on all the appropriations 
bills for fiscal year 2014, was debated and passed by the House 
on January 15. It passed the Senate on January 16 and was 
signed by the President the next day, becoming Public Law 113-
76.
    The contents of Public Law 113-76 are as follows:

        Division A--Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2014;
        Division B--Commerce, Justice, Science, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014;
        Division C--Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 2014;
        Division D--Energy and Water Development and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014;
        Division E--Financial Services and General 
Government Appropriations Act, 2014;
        Division F--Department of Homeland Security 
Appropriations Act, 2014;
        Division G--Department of the Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014;
        Division H--Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2014;
        Division I--Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 2014;
        Division J--Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014;
        Division K--Department of State, Foreign 
Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2014; and
        Division L--Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014.

    Completion of the fiscal year 2014 appropriations bills 
paved the way for the start of work on the fiscal year 2015 
bills. While the President's budget request for fiscal year 
2015 was not submitted to Congress until March 4, the Committee 
began to hold hearings in late February. This led to the first 
subcommittee markups--for the Military Construction and 
Veterans Affairs bill and the Legislative Branch bill--on April 
3, the earliest subcommittee markups on annual appropriations 
bills have been held in forty years. By the middle of July, the 
Committee ordered reported eleven of its twelve annual bills, 
and the House passed seven of those bills: Commerce, Justice, 
Science; Defense; Energy and Water Development; Financial 
Services and General Government; Legislative Branch; Military 
Construction and Veterans Affairs; and Transportation and 
Housing and Urban Development.
    During the consideration of the fiscal year 2015 bills, the 
Committee continued to place a high priority on ``regular 
order,'' so that Members of the House could be assured of an 
open, transparent, and fair appropriations process. Bills were 
considered in open subcommittee and committee markups, with 
information on those bills publicly available before markups. 
Bills were brought to the House floor under rules that 
protected the right of every Member of the House to offer 
amendments. This commitment to ``regular order'' greatly 
enhances the Committee's ability to get its work done.
    The Committee also 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 for the second session. During 2014, the Committee 
conducted 97 hearings, receiving testimony from 895 witnesses. 
These hearings informed and guided the Committee in the 
development of the FY 2015 appropriations bills.
    Since the regular FY 2015 appropriations bills were not 
enacted by the beginning of the fiscal year on October 1, 2014, 
a temporary continuing resolution was required. This continuing 
resolution provided funds through December 11, 2014, and was 
passed by the House and the Senate and signed by the President 
in mid-September. In December, the Committee completed 
negotiations with the Senate Appropriations Committee on the 
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, 
which included full-year appropriations for eleven of the 
twelve annual bills and an extension of continuing 
appropriations until February 27, 2015, for the Department of 
Homeland Security appropriations bill. This bipartisan 
compromise product passed the House on December 11, and passed 
the Senate on December 13. The measure was signed into law by 
the President on December 16.
    The contents of the Consolidated and Further Continuing 
Appropriations Act, 2015, follow. Divisions A through L are the 
products of the Appropriations Committee; divisions M through Q 
are non-appropriations matters that were included in the Act:

        Division A--Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2015;
        Division B--Commerce, Justice, Science, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015;
        Division C--Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 2015;
        Division D--Energy and Water Development and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015;
        Division E--Financial Services and General 
Government Appropriations Act, 2015;
        Division F--Department of the Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015;
        Division G--Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2015;
        Division H--Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 2015;* Division I--Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015;
        Division J--Department of State, Foreign 
Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2015;
        Division K--Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015;
        Division L--Further Continuing Appropriations, 
2015;
        Division M--Expatriate Health Coverage 
Clarification Act of 2014;
        Division N--Other Matters;
        Division O--Multiemployer Pension Reform;
        Division P--Other Retirement-Related 
Modifications; and
        Division Q--Budgetary Effects.

    The Committee also worked on supplemental appropriations 
for fiscal year 2014 during the second session. On August 1, 
2014, the House passed a joint resolution (H.J. Res 76) to 
provide $225 million to the Department of Defense for the 
procurement of the Iron Dome defense system. This joint 
resolution became Public Law 113-145. The Committee also 
drafted the ``Secure the Southwest Border Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 2014'' (H.R. 5230), which passed in the 
House on August 1 but did not advance in the Senate.
    The charts and tables following this summary display the 
history of FY 2014 and FY 2015 appropriations, as well as 
budget comparisons for the enacted FY 2014 and FY 2015 funding 
levels.
      
      
      
      
      
      

                                                                         HISTORY OF FISCAL YEAR 2014 APPROPRIATIONS ACTS
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                                                                                House                                                            Senate                          Public Law
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   Bill Number -------- Subcommittee                                                                                                                                           Public Law No.
                                         Subcommittee Markup  Full Committee Vote     House Report No.    Vote Total --------    Senate Report No.    Vote Total --------      -------- Date
                                                               and Date of Markup   -------- Date Filed       Date Passed       -------- Date Filed       Date Passed             Approved
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      H.R. 2410/S. 1244                              June 5           Voice Vote                113-116   ...................               113-46   ....................                 (\1\)
  Agriculture                                                            June 13                June 18                                    June 27
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      H.R. 2787/S. 1329                             July 10           Voice Vote                113-171   ...................               113-78   ....................                 (\1\)
  Commerce, Justice, Science                                             July 17                July 23                                    July 18
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      H.R. 2397/S. 1429                              June 5           Voice Vote                113-113              315-109                113-85   ....................                 (\1\)
Defense                                                                  June 12                June 17              July 24              August 1
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      H.R. 2609/S. 1245                             June 18                28-21                113-135              227-198                113-47   ....................                 (\1\)
  Energy and Water                                                       June 26                 July 2              July 10               June 27
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      H.R. 2786/S. 1371                             July 10                27-21                113-172   ...................               113-80   ....................                 (\1\)
  Financial Services                                                     July 17                July 23                                    July 25
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      H.R. 2217                                      May 16           Voice Vote                 113-91              245-182                113-77   ....................                 (\1\)
  Homeland Security                                                       May 22                 May 29               June 6               July 18
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                                                    July 23   ...................  .....................  ...................  ....................  ....................                 (\1\)
  Interior, Environment                                                  July 31
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      S. 1284                           ....................  ...................  .....................  ...................               113-71   ....................                 (\1\)
  Labor, HHS, Education                                                                                                                    July 11
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      H.R. 2792/S. 1283                              July 9           Voice Vote                113-173   ...................               113-70   ....................                 (\1\)
  Legislative Branch                                                     July 18                July 23                                    July 11
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                                                                   HISTORY OF FISCAL YEAR 2014 APPROPRIATIONS ACTS--Continued
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                                                                                House                                                            Senate                          Public Law
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   Bill Number -------- Subcommittee                                                                                                                                           Public Law No.
                                         Subcommittee Markup  Full Committee Vote     House Report No.    Vote Total --------    Senate Report No.    Vote Total --------      -------- Date
                                                               and Date of Markup   -------- Date Filed       Date Passed       -------- Date Filed       Date Passed             Approved
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      H.R. 2216                                      May 15           Voice Vote                 113-90                421-4                113-48   ....................                 (\1\)
  Military Construction,                                                  May 21                June 27               June 4               June 27
  Veterans Affairs
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      H.R. 2855/S. 1372                             July 19           Voice Vote                113-185   ...................               113-81   ....................                 (\1\)
  State, Foreign Operations                                              July 24                June 30                                    July 25
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      H.R. 2610/S. 1243                             June 19                28-20                113-136   ...................               113-45   ....................                 (\1\)
  Transportation, HUD                                                    June 27                 July 2                                    June 27
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      H.R. 3547                         ....................  ...................  .....................              359-67   ....................                72-26            P.L. 113-76
  Consolidated Appropriations Act,                                                                             Jan. 15, 2014                               Jan. 16, 2014          Jan. 17, 2014
 2014\2\
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      H.J. Res. 76\3\                   ....................  ...................  .....................               395-8   ....................            Unanimous           P.L. 113-145
  Emergency Supplemental                                                                                        Aug. 1, 2014                                            Consent    Aug. 4, 2014
  Appropriations Resolution, 2014                                                                                                                           Aug. 1, 2014
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      H.R. 5230                         ....................  ...................  .....................             223-189   ....................  ....................  .....................
  Secure the Southwest                                                                                          Aug. 1, 2014
  Border Supplemental
  Appropriations Act, 2014
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All dates are calendar year 2013 unless otherwise noted.
\1\Included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 (P.L. 113-76).
\2\The final fiscal year 2014 appropriations were included in H.R. 3547, which originated as the ``Space Launch Liability Indemnification Act.'' The bill originally passed the House on
  December 2, 2013 and passed the Senate with an amendment on December 12, 2013. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014, was a House amendment to the Senate amendment.
\3\H.J. Res. 76, which originally passed the House on October 11, 2013 as the ``National Nuclear Security Administration Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014,'' became the vehicle for
  $225 million in supplemental appropriations for procurement of the Iron Dome defense system. The Senate amended the resolution and the House subsequently agreed to the Senate amendments.


                                                                         HISTORY OF FISCAL YEAR 2015 APPROPRIATIONS ACTS
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                                                                                House                                                            Senate                          Public Law
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   Bill Number -------- Subcommittee                                                                                                                                           Public Law No.
                                         Subcommittee Markup  Full Committee Vote     House Report No.    Vote Total --------    Senate Report No.    Vote Total --------      -------- Date
                                                               and Date of Markup   -------- Date Filed       Date Passed       -------- Date Filed       Date Passed             Approved
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      H.R. 4800/S. 2389                              May 20                31-18                113-468   ...................              113-164   ....................                 (\1\)
  Agriculture                                                             May 29                 June 4                                     May 22
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      H.R. 4660/S. 2437                            April 30           Voice Vote                113-448               321-87               113-181   ....................                 (\1\)
  Commerce, Justice, Science                                               May 8                 May 15               May 30                June 5
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      H.R. 4870                                      May 30           Voice Vote                113-473               340-73               113-211   ....................                 (\1\)
Defense                                                                  June 10                June 13              June 20               July 17
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      H.R. 4923                                     June 10           Voice Vote                113-486              253-170   ....................  ....................                 (\1\)
  Energy and Water                                                       June 18                June 20              July 10
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      H.R. 5016                                     June 18                28-21                113-508              228-195   ....................  ....................                 (\1\)
  Financial Services                                                     June 25                 July 2              July 16
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      H.R. 4903/S. 2534                              May 28           Voice Vote                113-481   ...................              113-198   ....................                 (\2\)
  Homeland Security                                                      June 11                June 19                                    June 26
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      H.R. 5171                                      July 9                29-19                113-551   ...................  ....................  ....................                 (\1\)
  Interior, Environment                                                  July 15                July 23
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                                        ....................  ...................  .....................  ...................  ....................  ....................                 (\1\)
  Labor, HHS, Education
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      H.R. 4487                                     April 3           Voice Vote                113-417               402-14               113-196   ....................                 (\1\)
  Legislative Branch                                                     April 9               April 17                May 1               June 19
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                                                                   HISTORY OF FISCAL YEAR 2015 APPROPRIATIONS ACTS--Continued
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                                                                                House                                                            Senate                          Public Law
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   Bill Number -------- Subcommittee                                                                                                                                           Public Law No.
                                         Subcommittee Markup  Full Committee Vote     House Report No.    Vote Total --------    Senate Report No.    Vote Total --------      -------- Date
                                                               and Date of Markup   -------- Date Filed       Date Passed       -------- Date Filed       Date Passed             Approved
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      H.R. 4486                                     April 3           Voice Vote                113-416                416-1               113-174   ....................                 (\1\)
  Military Construction,                                                 April 9               April 17             April 30                May 22
  Veterans Affairs
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      H.R. 5013/S. 2499                             June 17           Voice Vote                113-499   ...................              113-195   ....................                 (\1\)
  State, Foreign Operations                                              June 24                June 27                                    June 19
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      H.R. 4745/S. 2438                               May 7                28-21                113-464              229-192               113-182   ....................                 (\1\)
  Transportation, HUD                                                     May 21                 May 27              June 10                June 5
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      H.R. 83                           ....................  ...................  .....................             219-206   ....................                56-40           P.L. 113-235
  Consolidated and Further Continuing                                                                                Dec. 11                                     Dec. 13                Dec. 16
  Appropriations Act
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All dates are calendar year 2014 unless otherwise noted.
\1\Included as part of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act.
\2\ Continuing appropriations through February 27, 2015, were included as part of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act (Division L).


                                                           2014 APPROPRIATIONS--113th CONGRESS
                                                                  [Dollars in millions]
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                                                                      President's Request                 Enacted              Enacted vs. President's
                                                                ------------------------------------------------------------           Request
                   Fiscal Year 2014 Bills\1\                                                                                ----------------------------
                                                                  Discretionary    Mandatory    Discretionary    Mandatory    Discretionary   Mandatory
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Agriculture (H.R. 3547, P.L. 113-76)\2\........................          19,966       42,981           20,880       42,981              914  ...........
Commerce, Justice, Science (H.R. 3547, P.L. 113-76)............          51,186          347           51,600          347              414  ...........
Defense (H.R. 3547, P.L. 113-76)...............................         596,584          514          572,042          514          -24,542  ...........
Energy and Water (H.R. 3547, P.L. 113-76)......................          34,484  ............          34,060  ............            -424  ...........
Financial Services and General Government (H.R. 3547, P.L. 113-          24,011       21,229           21,851       21,229           -2,160  ...........
 76)...........................................................
Homeland Security (H.R. 3547, P.L. 113-76).....................          44,654        1,460           45,123        1,460              469  ...........
Interior, Environment (H.R. 3547, P.L. 113-76)\3\..............          29,970           62           30,058           62               88  ...........
Labor, HHS, Education (H.R. 3547, P.L. 113-76)\4\,\5\..........         167,089      603,055          157,697      603,055           -9,392  ...........
Legislative Branch (H.R. 3547, P.L. 113-76)....................           4,511          128            4,258          128             -253  ...........
Military Construction, Veterans Affairs (H.R. 3547, P.L. 113-            74,691       79,465           73,299       79,465           -1,392  ...........
 76)...........................................................
State, Foreign Operations (H.R. 3547, P.L. 113-76).............          51,677          159           49,001          159           -2,676  ...........
Transportation, HUD (H.R. 3547, P.L. 113-76)\6\................          58,017  ............          50,856  ............          -7,161  ...........
Secure the Southwest Border Act of 2014 (H.R. 5230)\7\.........           4,346  ............  ..............  ............          -4,346  ...........
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Resolution, 2014                      225  ............             225  ............  ..............  ...........
 (H.J.Res. 76, P.L. 113-145)\8\................................
Making Continuing Appropriations for Military Pay (H.R. 3210,    ..............  ............  ..............  ............  ..............  ...........
 P.L. 113-39)\9\...............................................
Department of Defense Survivor Benefits Continuing Resolution    ..............  ............  ..............  ............  ..............  ...........
 (H.J.Res. 91, P.L. 113-44)....................................
FY 2014 Continuing Resolution (H.R. 2775, P.L. 113-46).........  ..............  ............  ..............  ............  ..............  ...........
Making Further Continuing Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2014    ..............  ............  ..............  ............  ..............  ...........
 (H.J.Res. 106, P.L. 113-73)...................................
                                                                ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total, FY 2014 Bills.......................................       1,161,411      749,400        1,110,950      749,400          -50,461  ...........
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        Regular Appropriations.................................       1,064,841      749,400        1,012,237      749,400          -52,604  ...........
        Disaster Designated....................................           5,785  ............           5,626  ............            -159  ...........
        Emergency Appropriations...............................           4,571  ............             225  ............          -4,346  ...........
        Program Integrity......................................           1,685  ............             924  ............            -761  ...........
        Global War on Terrorism/Overseas Contingencies.........          84,529  ............          91,938  ............           7,409  ...........
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\1\Amounts include for Overseas Contingency Operations, disasters, emergencies and program integrity. Such funding is designated pursuant to section
  251(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget and Deficit Control Act of 1985 (BBEDCA).
\2\Funding for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is included in the amounts for the Agriculture bill.
\3\Interior bill as reported to full committee on 7-23-13. Bill included a net reduction of -$2,634 million in prior year emergency spending.
\4\The FY 2014 Budget proposed $1,273 million in funding for Continuing Disability Reviews and for Health Care Fraud and Abuse allowed under section
  251(b) of the BBEDCA be shifted to the mandatory budget. This proposal was not acted upon by Congress during this session. Therefore amounts for these
  items are included above in the President's discretionary request.
\5\Amounts for the House bill are shown at the level provided in its section 302(b) suballocation included in H. Rpt. 113-143, the Report on the Revised
  Suballocation of Budget Allocations for Fiscal Year 2014.
\6\The Committee did not accept the President's FY 2014 Budget proposal to shift portions of surface transportation spending to the mandatory budget.
  Therefore, the figures here have been adjusted to reflect this funding.
\7\Administration request totaled $4,348 million in emergency spending across several subcommittees. The House passed version H.R. 5230 net to zero
  budget authority. The bill was not enacted.
\8\This bill provided funding for the Iron Dome defense system. There was no official Administration request for the funding, but the funding was
  supported by the Administration.
\9\Funding was subsumed by section 117 of P.L. 113-46.


                                                           2015 APPROPRIATIONS--113th CONGRESS
                                                                  [Dollars in millions]
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                                                                      President's Request        House Reported or Passed       Bills vs. President's
                                                                ------------------------------------------------------------           Request
                   Fiscal Year 2015 Bills\1\                                                                                ----------------------------
                                                                  Discretionary    Mandatory    Discretionary    Mandatory    Discretionary   Mandatory
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Agriculture (H.R. 83, P.L. 113-235)............................          20,168      114,937           20,691      114,937              523  ...........
Commerce, Justice, Science (H.R. 83, P.L. 113-235).............          50,174          317           50,103          317              -71  ...........
Defense (H.R. 83, P.L. 113-235)................................         554,436          514          554,306          514             -130  ...........
Energy and Water (H.R. 83, P.L. 113-235).......................          33,683  ............          34,202  ............             519  ...........
Financial Services and General Government (H.R. 83, P.L. 113-            23,821       21,498           21,820       21,498           -2,001  ...........
 235)\2\.......................................................
Homeland Security (H.R. 83, P.L. 113-235)\3\...................          44,770        1,576           45,243        1,576              473  ...........
Interior, Environment (H.R. 83, P.L. 113-235)..................          30,628           62           30,416           62             -212  ...........
Labor, HHS, Education (H.R. 83, P.L. 113-235)..................         162,344      643,680          160,989      643,680           -1,355  ...........
Legislative Branch (H.R. 83, P.L. 113-235).....................           4,462          132            4,300          132             -162  ...........
Military Construction, Veterans Affairs (H.R. 83, P.L. 113-235)          71,943       85,535           72,029       85,535               86  ...........
State, Foreign Operations (H.R. 83, P.L. 113-235)..............          52,078          159           51,791          159             -287  ...........
Transportation, HUD (H.R. 83, P.L. 113-235)\4\.................          59,852  ............          53,770  ............          -6,082  ...........
Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 (H.J. Res. 124, P.L.  ..............  ............  ..............  ............  ..............  ...........
 113-164)......................................................
Fiscal Year 2015 Continuing Resolution (H.J. Res. 130, P.L. 113- ..............  ............  ..............  ............  ..............  ...........
 202)..........................................................
Making Further Continuing Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2015    ..............  ............  ..............  ............  ..............  ...........
 (H.J. Res. 131, P.L. 113-203).................................
                                                                ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total, FY 2015 Bills.......................................       1,108,359      868,410        1,099,660      868,410           -8,699  ...........
                                                                ========================================================================================
        Regular Appropriations.................................       1,022,607      868,410        1,013,348      868,410           -9,259  ...........
        Disaster Designated....................................           7,787  ............           5,717  ............          -2,070  ...........
        Emergency appropriations...............................           4,924  ............           5,405  ............             481  ...........
        Program Integrity......................................           1,628  ............           1,484  ............            -144  ...........
        Global War on Terrorism/Overseas Contingencies.........          71,413  ............          73,706  ............           2,293  ...........
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\1\Amounts include funds for Overseas Contingency Operations, disasters, emergencies and program integrity. Such funding is designated pursuant to
  section 251(b)(2) of the Balanced  Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (BBEDCA) Totals for the Presidents request excludes funding for
  the Opportunity, Growth and Security Initiative.
\2\In FY 2015 funding for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is included in the amounts for the Financial Services bill.
\3\Funding level reflects the rate of operations provided in the 2015 Continuing Resolution (P.L. 113-164) and extended through February 27, 2015 by
  Division L of H.R. 83.
\4\Congress did not accept the President's FY 2015 Budget proposal to shift portions of surface transportation spending to the mandatory budget.
  Therefore, the figures here have been  adjusted to reflect this funding.

         Continuing Resolutions--Second Session, 113th Congress


                 Fiscal Year 2014 Continuing Resolution

H.J. Res. 106--Making further continuing appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes. (Expiration 
        date January 18, 2014)

    --House passed, January 14, 2014, voice vote

    --Senate passed, January 15, 2014, 86-14

    --Signed by the President, January 15, 2014 (P.L. 113-73)

                Fiscal Years 2015 Continuing Resolutions

H.J. Res. 124--Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 
        2015, and for other purposes. (Expiration date December 
        11, 2014)

    --House passed, September 17, 2014, 319-108

    --Senate passed, September 18, 2014, 78-22

    --Signed by the President, September 19, 2014 (P.L. 113-
        164)

H.J. Res. 130--Making further continuing appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2015, and for other purposes. (Expiration 
        date December 13, 2014)

    --House passed, December 11, 2014, by unanimous consent

    --Senate passed, December 11, 2014, by voice vote

    --Signed by the President, December 12, 2014 (P.L. 113-202)

H.J. Res. 131--Making further continuing appropriations for 
        fiscal year 2015, and for other purposes. (Expiration 
        date December 17, 2014)

    --House passed, December 12, 2014, by unanimous consent

    --Senate passed, December 13, 2014, by voice vote

    --Signed by the President, December 13, 2014 (P.L. 113-203)

Division L, H.R. 83--Consolidated and Further Continuing 
        Appropriations Act, 2015 (Covering activities within 
        the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations 
        bill, expiration date February 27, 2015)

    --House passed, December 11, 2014, 219-206

    --Senate passed, December 13, 2014, 56-40

    --Signed by the President, December 16, 2014 (P.L. 113-
        235).
                             OVERSIGHT PLAN

    Pursuant to clause 2(d)(1) of rule X, the committee 
submitted the following Oversight Plan on January 23, 2013:

        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 Oversight and 
        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 Activity

    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 fiscal 
situation, 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 
responsibility 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 these goals in the 113th 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 second session of the 
        113th Congress, the Appropriations Committee held 97 
        hearings, heard testimony from 895 witnesses and 
        published 76 volumes of hearings totaling 61,072 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 
        potential duplication in Government programs, budget 
        practices in Federal agencies, 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. 
        In the second session of the 113th Congress, the 
        Committee has completed or has had under active review 
        64 studies by the Surveys and Investigations staff. 
        Additionally, the Government Accountability Office has 
        issued 118 investigative reports for the Committee and 
        has in process another 252 reports.
          (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


                      (113th Congress--2d Session)


                               (Annual).

    The Appropriations Committee is dedicated to strong and 
active oversight of Departmental programs and activities. In 
addition to the routine oversight conducted as part of the 
appropriations process the Committee uses its own Survey and 
Investigations Division to pursue program issues in depth 
including those specific to an Agency or Department and those 
that are crosscutting with government-wide impacts. During the 
113th Congress, the Appropriations Committee has continued the 
accelerated use of the S&I Division initiated at the start of 
the 112th Congress. As of the end of October 2014, the 
investigative staff has completed or has under active review 64 
separate studies or investigations. Combined with the 59 
studies the Division initiated or completed in calendar year 
2013, the Committee expects to have conducted well over 100 
separate oversight actions during the 113th Congress.
    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 
of 2014 through December of 2014, listed by the requesting 
Subcommittee, follows.
   STUDIES COMPLETED, STARTED OR REMAINING ACTIVE BY THE SURVEYS AND 
  INVESTIGATIONS STAFF, COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, SECOND SESSION, 
                             113TH CONGRESS
                 (JANUARY 3, 2014 TO DECEMBER 31, 2014)
                        STUDIES BY SUBCOMMITTEE
   agriculture, rural development, food and drug administration, and 
                            related agencies
--Office of the Chief Information Officer Cybersecurity Investments to 
        Secure Information Technology Assets of the USDA
--WIC Management Evaluation Process
--USDA's Risk Management Agency
--USDA's Rental Assistance Program
            commerce, justice, science, and related agencies
--Grants management processes of Departments of Commerce and Justice, 
        the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the 
        National Science Foundation
--NOAA special fisheries fund accounts
                                defense
--DOD and Intelligence Community efforts to develop cyber workforce
--Method and data sources to prepare annual report relating to depot-
        level maintenance and repair workloads
--Utilization of long-term TDY for Guard and Reserve forces
--Status and direction of the Overhead Persistent Infrared 
        modernization plan
--Review process and plans for the Intelligence Community Information 
        Technology Enterprise
--Evaluate the roles and responsibilities of selected DOD agencies in 
        conducting certain operations
--Size and costs of the U.S. military's general officer corps
--Status of DOD's Prepositioned Stocks
--Security safeguards for the Intelligence Community Information 
        Technology Environment
--FY 2015 DOD Operation and Maintenance Baseline Budget Review
--FY 2015 DOD ``Overseas Contingency Operations'' Operation and 
        Maintenance Budget Review
--Comparative Analysis of House and Senate Recommendations for the FY 
        2015 DOD Operation and Maintenance Budget
--Tuition Assistance benefit for active duty, reserve, and Guard
--F-35 Joint Strike Fighter software development
           energy and water development, and related agencies
--DOE site office model
--U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project activity in the Everglades
               financial services and general government
--GSA's real property disposal activities
--GSA's Working Capital Fund
--Department of the Treasury's Working Capital Fund
                           homeland security
--U.S. Customs and Border Protection's budget process
--DHS Science and Technology Directorate
--Use of Administratively Uncontrollable Overtime at DHS
--Contract types and usage across DHS
--Challenges facing DHS in deploying cybersecurity capabilities
              interior, environment, and related agencies
--Maintenance backlog needs & priorities for Bureau of Land Management, 
        National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of 
        Indian Affairs, Forest Service, and Indian Health Service
--Natural Resource Damage Assessment Fund
--Costs of Forest Service firefighting aircraft
--Determination of unobligated balances and construction expenditure 
        for the proposed Eisenhower Memorial
--DOI's support of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan
   labor, health and human services, education, and related agencies
--No studies
     military construction, veterans affairs, and related agencies
--Relocation of the USMC to Guam
--VA Patient-Centered Community Care initiative
--Future requirements for military construction across DOD
--Design Requirements and NATO MILCON funding for the AN/TPY-2 radar 
        site in Turkey
--VA electronic health record
--VA prescription drug monitoring activities
--VA advance funding for medical care
--East Cost missile defense site
--Veterans Benefits Management System paperless disability claims 
        processing
--VA implementation of the Patient-Centered Community Care Program
--Budgets and operations of the Arlington National Cemetery, the 
        American Battle Monuments Commission, and the VA National 
        Cemetery Administration
            state, foreign operations, and related agencies
--Interagency transfers
--Authorities ``notwithstanding any provision of law''
--Taxation of Foreign Assistance
--Foreign Exchange Programs
--Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)
--New London Embassy construction
--New embassy design and construction
  transportation, housing and urban development, and related agencies
--Implications of Settlement Agreement between DHUD & Carmen Thompson 
        (Civil Action No. MJG 95-309 (D.Md))
                 multiple subcommittees/full committee
--Reprogramming of appropriated funds by Federal departments & agencies
--Appropriations provisions that have been made permanent law
--Review of general and administrative provisions
--Department and agency reports on the status of funds
--Duplication in Federal Government Programs
--Survey of Federal disaster relief programs
--Administration's plan for rebuilding after Hurricane Sandy

    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. 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 second session of the 
113th Congress follows:

  FORMAL U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE REPORTS AND TESTIMONIES
 ISSUED TO HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE AND SUBCOMMITTEES--JANUARY 1,
                         2014--DECEMBER 12, 2014
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Product Number, Title, and Publication Date
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
GAO-15-32, Regional Missile Defense: DOD's 2014 Report Generally
 Addressed Required Reporting Elements, but Excluded Additional Key
 Details, 12-1-2014
 
GAO-15-75, Building Partner Capacity: State and DOD Need to Define Time
 Frames to Guide and Track Global Security Contingency Fund Projects, 11-
 20-2014
 
GAO-15-22, Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier: Congress Should Consider
 Revising Cost Cap Legislation to Include All Construction Costs, 11-20-
 2014
 
GAO-15-52, Consumer Product Safety Oversight: Opportunities Exist to
 Strengthen Coordination and Increase Efficiencies and Effectiveness, 11-
 19-2014
 
GAO-15-88, Defense Contractors: Additional Actions Needed to Facilitate
 the Use of DOD's Inventory of Contracted Services 11-19-2014
 
GAO-15-256SP, GAO Bid Protest Annual Report to Congress for Fiscal Year
 2014,
  11-18-2014
 
GAO-15-45, Overseas Military Construction: Observations on U.S.
 Contractor Preference,
  11-18-2014
 
GAO-15-96, NOAA's Observing Systems: Additional Steps Needed to Achieve
 an Integrated, Cost-Effective Portfolio, 11-17-2014
 
GAO-15-26, Alternatives to Detention: Improved Data Collection and
 Analyses Needed to Better Assess Program Effectiveness, 11-13-2014
 
GAO-15-44, Defense Contract Audit Agency: Additional Guidance Needed
 Regarding DCAA's Use of Companies' Internal Audit Reports, 11-12-2014
 
GAO-15-132R, Financial Audit: Office of Financial Stability (Troubled
 Asset Relief Program) Fiscal Years 2014 and 2013 Financial Statements,
 11-7-2014
 
GAO-15-133, Specialty Metals: DOD Dissemination of National Security
 Waiver Information Could Enhance Awareness and Compliance with
 Restrictions, 10-16-2014
 
GAO-15-17, Consumer Product Safety Commission: Challenges and Options
 for Responding to New and Emerging Risks, 10-14-2014
 
GAO-15-126, Nuclear Weapons: Some Actions Have Been Taken to Address
 Challenges with the Uranium Processing Facility Design, 10-10-2014
 
GAO-15-57R, National Defense: Department of Defense's Waiver of
 Competitive Prototyping Requirement for the Navy's Fleet Replenishment
 Oiler Program, 10-8-2014
 
GAO-15-5, Trouble Asset Relief Program: Treasury Could Better Analyze
 Data to Improve Oversight of Servicers' Practices, 10-6-2014
 
GAO-15-64, Compounded Drugs: TRICARE's Payment Practices Should Be More
 Consistent with Regulations, 10-2-2014
 
GAO-14-849R, Unmanned Aerial Systems: Department of Homeland Security's
 Review of U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Use and Compliance with
 Privacy and Civil Liberty Laws and Standards, 9-30-2014
 
GAO-14-823, U.S. Currency: Reader Program Should Be Evaluated While
 Other Accessibility Features for Visually Impaired Persons Are
 Developed, 9-26-2014
 
GAO-14-827, Littoral Combat Ship: Navy Complied with Regulations in
 Accepting Two Lead Ships, but Quality Problems Persisted after
 Delivery, 9-25-2014
 
GAO-14-726, Inspectors General: DHS OIG's Structure, Policies, and
 Procedures Are Consistent with Standards, but Areas for Improvement
 Exist, 9-24-2014
 
GAO-14-758, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Some Privacy and
 Security Procedures for Data Collections Should Continue Being
 Enhanced, 9-22-2014
 
GAO-14-577, DOD Joint Bases: Implementation Challenges Demonstrate Need
 to Reevaluate the Program, 9-19-2014
 
GAO-14-777, Depot Maintenance: Accurate and Complete Data Needed to Meet
 DOD's Core Capability Reporting Requirements, 9-18-2014
 
GAO-14-801, Defense Planning: DOD Needs Specific Measures and Milestones
 to Gauge Progress of Preparations for Operational Access Challenges, 9-
 10-2014
 
GAO-14-745, Military Personnel: DOD Needs to Update General and Flag
 Officer Requirements and Improve Availability of Associated Costs, 9-9-
 2014
 
GAO-14-537, Veterans Affairs: Data Needed to Help Improve Decisions
 Concerning Veterans' Access to Burial Options, 9-9-2014
 
GAO-14-538, Defense Infrastructure: DOD Needs to Improve Its Efforts to
 Identify Unutilized and Underutilized Facilities, 9-8-2014
 
GAO-14-855, DOD Education Benefits: Action Is Needed to Ensure
 Evaluations of Postsecondary Schools Are Useful, 9-8-2014
 
GAO-14-820R, Special Operations Forces: DOD's Report to Congress
 Generally Addressed the Statutory Requirements but Lacks Detail, 9-8-
 2014
 
GAO-14-719, Export-Import Bank: Monitoring of Dual-Use Exports Should Be
 Improved,
  8-28-2014
 
GAO-14-707, Contractor Performance: Actions Taken to Improve Reporting
 of Past Performance Information, 8-7-2014
 
GAO-14-698, Troubled Asset Relief Program: Government's Exposure to Ally
 Financial Lessens as Treasury's Ownership Share Declines, 8-5-2014
 
GAO-14-711R, Active and Reserve Unit Costs: DOD Report to Congress
 Generally Addressed the Statutory Requirements but Lacks Detail, 7-31-
 2014
 
GAO-14-668, Defense Management: DOD Needs to Improve Future Assessments
 of Roles and Missions, 7-31-2014
 
GAO-14-584, Defense Contracting: Factors DOD Considers When Choosing
 Best Value Processes Are Consistent with Guidance for Selected
 Acquisitions, 7-30-2014
 
GAO-14-749, Littoral Combat Ship: Additional Testing and Improved Weight
 Management Needed Prior to Further Investments, 7-30-2014
 
GAO-14-626R, Missile Defense: DOD's Report Provides Limited Insight on
 Improvements to Homeland Missile Defense and Acquisition Plans, 7-17-
 2014
 
GAO-14-592, Coastal Zone Management: Opportunities Exist for NOAA to
 Enhance Its Use of Performance Information, 7-16-2014
 
B-325526, Department of Defense--Obligation of Bonuses under Military
 Service Agreements, 7-16-2014
 
GAO-14-615R, Military Training: Observations on Efforts to Prepare
 Personnel to Survive Helicopter Crashes into Water, 7-14-2014
 
GAO-14-482, Security Force Assistance: The Army and Marine Corps Have
 Ongoing Efforts to Identify and Track Advisors, but the Army Needs a
 Plan to Capture Advising Experience,
  7-11-2014
 
GAO-14-565, Human Capital: DOD Should Fully Develop Its Civilian
 Strategic Workforce Plan to Aid Decision Makers, 7-9-2014
 
GAO-14-566, NOAA Aircraft: Aging Fleet and Future Challenges Underscore
 the Need for a Capital Asset Plan, 7-9-2014
 
GAO-14-661R, Afghanistan: Kabul Embassy Construction Costs Have
 Increased and Schedules Have Been Extended, 7-8-2014
 
GAO-14-595, Bulk Fuel Pricing: DOD Needs to Reevaluate Its Approach to
 Better Manage the Effect of Market Fluctuations, 7-8-2014
 
GAO-14-609, Electronic Health Records: Fiscal Year 2013 Expenditure Plan
 Lacks Key Information Needed to Inform Future Funding Decisions, 7-8-
 2014
 
GAO-14-447, Littoral Combat Ship: Deployment of USS Freedom Revealed
 Risks in Implementing Operational Concepts and Uncertain Costs, 7-8-
 2014
 
GAO-14-557, School Meal Programs: Implications of Adjusting Income
 Eligibility Thresholds and Reimbursement Rates by Geographic
 Differences, 7-8-2014
 
GAO-14-625, Software Licenses: DOD's Plan to Collect Inventory Data
 Meets Statutory Requirements, 7-8-2014
 
GAO-14-575, Conflict Minerals: Stakeholder Options for Responsible
 Sourcing Are Expanding, but More Information on Smelters Is Needed, 6-
 26-2014
 
GAO-14-659R, Prepositioned Stocks: DOD's Strategic Policy and
 Implementation Plan,
  6-24-2014
 
GAO-14-643R, Department of Defense's Waiver of Competitive Prototyping
 Requirement for the Army's Indirect Fire Protection Capability
 Increment 2, Block 1 Program, 6-11-2014
 
GAO-14-412, Surface Ships: Navy Needs to Revise Its Decommissioning
 Policy to Improve Future Decision Making, 6-11-2014
 
GAO-14-373, Nuclear Weapons: Ten-Year Budget Estimates for Modernization
 Omit Key Efforts, and Assumptions and Limitations Are Not Fully
 Transparent, 6-10-2014
 
GAO-14-440, Defense Headquarters: Guidance Needed to Transition U.S.
 Central Command's Costs to the Base Budget, 6-9-2014
 
GAO-14-579, Community Development Capital Initiative: Status of the
 Program and Financial Health of Remaining Participants, 6-6-2014
 
GAO-14-547R, Defense Acquisitions: Assessment of Institute for Defense
 Analyses' C-130 Avionics Modernization Program Analysis, 5-29-2014
 
GAO-14-512, Emergency Transportation Relief: Agencies Could Improve
 Collaboration Begun during Hurricane Sandy Response, 5-28-2014
 
GAO-14-442, Biological Defense: DOD Has Strengthened Coordination on
 Medical Countermeasures but Can Improve Its Process for Threat
 Prioritization, 5-15-2014
 
GAO-14-434, National Nuclear Security Administration: Agency Report to
 Congress on Potential Efficiencies Does Not Include Key Information, 5-
 15-2014
 
GAO-14-486, Defense Business Systems: Further Refinements Needed to
 Guide the Investment Management Process, 5-12-2014
 
GAO-14-517, Military Training: DOD Met Annual Reporting Requirements for
 Its 2014 Sustainable Ranges Report, 5-9-2014
 
GAO-14-375, Defense Transportation: DOD Needs to Take Actions to Improve
 the Transportation of Hazardous Material Shipments, 5-1-2014
 
GAO-14-367, DOE Loan Programs: DOE Should Fully Develop Its Loan
 Monitoring Function and Evaluate Its Effectiveness, 5-1-2014
 
B-325350, Department of State--United Nations Peacekeeping Credits, 4-30-
 2014
 
GAO-14-350R, Missile Defense: DOD's Report Provides Limited Insight on
 Testing Options for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense System, 4-30-
 2014
 
GAO-14-521R, Department of Defense's Waiver of Competitive Prototyping
 Requirement for the Army's Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle Program, 4-25-
 2014
 
GAO-14-402, HUD Rental Assistance Demonstration: Information on Initial
 Conversions to Project-Based Vouchers, 4-24-2014
 
GAO-14-490R, National Institutes of Health: Fiscal Year 2013 Research
 Funding Allocations across Selected Diseases and Conditions, 4-23-2014
 
GAO-14-530R, Warfighter Support: DOD Policy and Implementation Plan for
 Reconstitution of Forces, 4-23-2014
 
GAO-14-522R, Department of Defense's Waiver of Competitive Prototyping
 Requirement for the Air Force's B-2 Defensive Management System
 Modernization Program, 4-22-2014
 
GAO-14-295, Nuclear Weapons: Technology Development Efforts for the
 Uranium Processing Facility, 4-18-2014
 
GAO-14-294, Army Modular Force Structure: Annual Report Generally Met
 Requirements, but Challenges in Estimating Costs and Assessing
 Capability Remain, 4-16-2014
 
GAO-14-338SP, NASA: Assessments of Selected Large-Scale Projects, 4-15-
 2014
 
GAO-14-190, KC-46 Tanker Aircraft: Program Generally on Track, but
 Upcoming Schedule Remains Challenging, 4-10-2014
 
GAO-14-358R, Presidential Helicopter Acquisition: Update on Program's
 Progress toward Development Start, 4-10-2014
 
GAO-14-359R, Status of Efforts to Initiate an Amphibious Combat Vehicle
 Program,
  4-10-2014
 
GAO-14-280R, Defense Infrastructure: In-Kind Projects Initiated during
 Fiscal Years 2011 and 2012, 4-9-2014
 
GAO-14-345, Mine Safety: Basis for Proposed Exposure Limit on Respirable
 Coal Mine Dust and Possible Approaches for Lowering Dust Levels, 4-9-
 2014
 
GAO-14-343SP, 2014 Annual Report: Additional Opportunities to Reduce
 Fragmentation, Overlap, and Duplication and Achieve Other Financial
 Benefits, 4-8-2014
 
GAO-14-336, Military Capabilities: Navy Should Reevaluate Its Plan to
 Decommission the USS Port Royal, 4-8-2014
 
GAO-14-388, Troubled Asset Relief Program: Status of the Wind Down of
 the Capital Purchase Program, 4-7-2014
 
GAO-14-298, Information Technology: IRS Needs to Improve the Reliability
 and Transparency of Reported Investment Information, 4-2-2014
 
GAO-14-438R, Afghanistan: Changes to Updated U.S. Civil-Military
 Strategic Framework Reflect Evolving U.S. Role, 4-1-2014
 
GAO-14-351, Missile Defense: Mixed Progress in Achieving Acquisition
 Goals and Improving Accountability, 4-1-2014
 
GAO-14-381, American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
 Islands: Economic Indicators Since Minimum Wage Increases Began, 3-31-
 2014
 
GAO-14-340SP, Defense Acquisitions: Assessments of Selected Weapon
 Programs, 3-31-2014
 
GAO-14-246, National Institutes Of Health: Research Priority Setting,
 and Funding Allocations across Selected Diseases and Conditions, 3-31-
 2014
 
GAO-14-457 Programa Para Mitigar Activos Problematicos: Es necesario un
 mayor esfuerzo en el control de prestamos equitativos y en el acceso a
 los programas de vivienda por parte de personas sin dominio del ingles
 3-31-2014
 
GAO-14-337R, Defense Infrastructure: DOD's 2013 Facilities Corrosion
 Study Addressed Reporting Elements, 3-27-2014
 
GAO-14-309, Major Automated Information Systems: Selected Defense
 Programs Need to Implement Key Acquisition Practices, 3-27-2014
 
GAO-14-317, Manufacturing Extension Partnership: Most Federal Spending
 Directly Supports Work with Manufacturers, but Distribution Could Be
 Improved, 3-27-2014
 
GAO-14-255, Native American Housing: Additional Actions Needed to Better
 Support Tribal Efforts, 3-27-2014
 
GAO-14-304, Federal Contracting: Noncompetitive Contracts Based on
 Urgency Need Additional Oversight, 3-26-2014
 
GAO-14-333, Architect of the Capitol: Incorporating All Leading
 Practices Could Improve Accuracy and Credibility of Projects' Cost
 Estimates, 3-25-2014
 
GAO-14-242, Electronic Health Records: HHS Strategy to Address
 Information Exchange Challenges Lacks Specific Prioritized Actions and
 Milestones, 3-24-2014
 
GAO-14-322, F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: Problems Completing Software
 Testing May Hinder Delivery of Expected War fighting Capabilities, 3-24-
 2014
 
GAO-14-305R, Department of Health and Human Services: Solicitations of
 Support for Enroll America, 3-21-2014
 
GAO-14-248R, Regional Missile Defense: DOD's Report Provided Limited
 Information; Assessment of Acquisition Risks is Optimistic, 3-14-2014
 
GAO-14-216, Joint Professional Military Education: Opportunities Exist
 for Greater Oversight and Coordination of Associated Research
 Institutions, 3-10-2014
 
GAO-14-207, Electronic Health Record Programs: Participation Has
 Increased, but Action Needed to Achieve Goals, Including Improved
 Quality of Care, 3-6-2014
 
GAO-14-403T, Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Request: U.S. Government
 Accountability Office,
  3-5-2014
 
GAO-14-229, Contingency Contracting: State and USAID Made Progress
 Assessing and Implementing Changes, but Further Actions Needed, 2-14-
 2014
 
GAO-14-231, Plutonium Disposition Program: DOE Needs to Analyze the Root
 Causes of Cost Increases and Develop Better Cost Estimates, 2-13-2014
 
GAO-14-283, Information Technology: HUD's Expenditure Plan Satisfied
 Statutory Conditions; Sustained Controls and Modernization Approach
 Needed, 2-12-2014
 
GAO-14-211R, K-12 Education: Characteristics of the Investing in
 Innovation Fund, 2-7-2014
 
GAO-14-131, Economic Development Administration: Documentation of Award
 Selection Decisions Could Be Improved, 2-6-2014
 
GAO-14-117, Troubled Asset Relief Program: More Efforts Needed on Fair
 Lending Controls and Access for Non-English Speakers in Housing
 Programs, 2-6-2014
 
GAO-14-178, Federal Contracting: Commercial Item Test Program
 Beneficial, but Actions Needed to Mitigate Potential Risks, 2-4-2014
 
GAO-14-114, Federal Motor Carrier Safety: Modifying the Compliance,
 Safety, Accountability Program Would Improve the Ability to Identify
 High Risk Carriers, 2-3-2014
 
B-324987, District of Columbia--Local Budget Autonomy Amendment Act of
 2012, 1-30-2014
 
GAO-14-150, Defense Management: DOD's Conference Policy Is Generally
 Consistent with OMB's Requirements, 1-21-2014
 
GAO-14-134, Defense Efficiencies: Action Needed to Improve Evaluation of
 Initiatives,
  1-17-2014
 
GAO-14-287R, Space Acquisitions: Assessment of Overhead Persistent
 Infrared Technology Report, 1-13-2014
 
GAO-14-187R, Air Emissions: Status of Regulatory Activities and
 Permitting on Alaska's Outer Continental Shelf, 1-9-2014
 
GAO-14-72, James Webb Space Telescope: Project Meeting Commitments but
 Current Technical, Cost, and Schedule Challenges Could Affect Continued
 Progress, 1-8-2014
 
GAO-14-276SP, GAO Bid Protest Annual Report to Congress for Fiscal Year
 2013, 1-2-2014
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EVALUATION OF RACE TO THE TOP ASSESSMENT PROGRAM
 
OFFICE OF FINANCIAL STABILITY (TROUBLED ASSET RELIEF PROGRAM FINANCIAL
 AUDIT (FY2013)
 
STATE SMALL BUSINESS CREDIT INITIATIVE
 
ONGOING OVERSIGHT OF TROUBLED ASSET RELIEF PROGRAM
 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY ANTIDEFICIENCY ACT VIOLATIONS
 
MOST PREVALENT GROUNDS FOR SUSTAINING BID PROTESTS
 
REVIEW OF THE PREVALENCE, MORTALITY RATE, AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF EATING
 DISORDERS IN THE UNITED STATES
 
CONFLICT MINERALS
 
SEXUAL-AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
 
SENATE RESOLUTION TREATY DOC 108-4 BULGARIA, ESTONIA, LATVIA, LITHUANIA,
 ROMANIA, SLOVAKIA, & SLOVENIA
 
REVIEW OF METHODOLOGY USED FOR FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION PRIORITY SYSTEM
 
IDENTIFICATION, CONSOLIDATION, & ELIMINATION OF DUPLICATIVE GOVERNMENT
 PROGRAMS (451070)
 
REPORT ON USE OF FUNDS
 
THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION'S PRICING OF OFFICE SUPPLIES
 
DUPLICATE CONTRACTING EFFORTS WITHIN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
 
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION MULTIPLE AWARD SCHEDULES INTERAGENCY
 CONTRACTING FEES
 
NASA SYSTEMS
 
DUPLICATION GAP ANALYSIS
 
POTENTIAL FRAGMENTATION, OVERLAP AND DUPLICATION IN FEDERAL DISABILITY
 PROGRAMS
 
FISCAL YEAR 13 DUPLICATION, OVERLAP, FRAGMENTATION AND MAJOR COST
 SAVINGS OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATION, WORKFORCE AND INCOME SECURITY
 PROGRAMS
 
RECOVERY ACT: EDUCATION'S RACE TO THE TOP GRANTS
 
HURRICANE SANDY IMPROPER PAYMENTS READINESS
 
STATUS OF TARP AFTER SIX YEARS
 
OVERSIGHT OF AND PARTICIPATING IN MAKING HOME AFFORDABLE PROGRAMS
 
FRAMEWORK FOR ADDRESSING DUPLICATION, OVERLAP, AND FRAGMENTATION AMONG
 FEDERAL PROGRAMS
 
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY DUPLICATION, OVERLAP, AND FRAGMENTATION
 
2015 OPPORTUNITIES TO REDUCE DUPLICATION AND ACHIEVE OTHER FINANCIAL
 BENEFITS
 
CONGO CONFLICT MINERALS RULE UPDATE UNDER SECTION 1502 OF THE DODD-FRANK
 ACT
 
FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II CONDITIONAL FOOD AID
 
DEVELOPMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PLANNED 2012 GAO REPORT ON
 DUPLICATION, OVERLAP, AND FRAGMENTATION IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
 
OVERLAP AND DUPLICATION IN FEDERAL INVASIVE SPECIES PROGRAMS
 
DUPLICATION, OVERLAP, AND FRAGMENTATION OF FEDERAL WETLANDS PROGRAMS
 
POTENTIAL COST SAVINGS AT THE CAPITOL POWER PLANT
 
REVIEW TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION OF MODERNIZE AND INNOVATE THE DELIVERY
 OF AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS (MIDAS) THAT PROCESS BENEFITS
 
INTEGRATION OF ACQUISITION AND CAPABILITY DELIVERY SCHEDULES FOR MAJOR
 SATELLITE ACQUISITION
 
RESPONSIVE LOW-COST SPACE LAUNCH EFFORTS
 
ANNUAL REVIEWS OF APPROPRIATE CONTRACTOR MANPOWER PERFORMANCE
 
VIEWS OF DOD'S REPORT ON POTENTIAL FUTURE OPTIONS FOR ENHANCING
 BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE
 
REVIEW IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR SATELLITE CONTROL SYSTEMS
 
IMPROVEMENTS TO ACQUISITION ACCOUNTABILITY REPORTS ON BALLISTIC MISSILE
 DEFENSE SYSTEM
 
COMPLIANCE WITH LIMITATION ON CONTRACT SERVICES SPENDING
 
REPLACEMENT OF THE MISSION PLANNING AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM (MPAS)
 
SYSTEM (GPS) III OPERATIONAL CONTROL SYSTEM (OCS)
 
COUNTERFEIT SUSPECT COUNTERFEIT ELECTRONIC PARTS
 
ARMY PROGRESS ON MODULAR UNITS (FY 2015)
 
ANNUAL REPORT ON PREPOSITIONED MATERIAL AND EQUIPMENT
 
SAVINGS TO BE ACHIEVED IN DOD CIVILIAN PERSONNEL AND SERVICE CONTRACTOR
 WORKFORCE
 
SYSTEMS CENTER AND TRANSFER OF CIVILIAN PAY
 
DOD READINESS
 
REVIEW PROCEDURES & PROCESS DOD & STATE TO ADMINISTER THE GLOBAL
 SECURITY CONTINGENCY FUND
 
REVIEW OF IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE RETROGRADE, RECONSTITUTION OF
 OPERATING FORCES
 
JOINT REPORT ON COMMANDERS' EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROGRAM
 
AMERICAN CONTRACTORS PREFERENCE
 
REVIEW OF PROCESS FOR THE DISPOSITION OF EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES
 
EFFORTS TO PROTECT INFORMATION SYSTEMS FROM INSIDER THREAT
 
DOD'S REPORT ON SECURITY RISKS RELATED TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN U.S
 
LOGISTICS AND SUSTAINMENT ISSUES ARMY WORKLOAD AND PERFORMANCE SYSTEM
 
REVIEW OF READINESS METRICS
 
AIR FORCE'S PILOT PROGRAM ON COMMERCIAL FEE-FOR-SERVICE AIR REFUELING
 SUPPORT
 
EVALUATE DOD PLAN TO ACCELERATE FULL DEPLOYMENT OF ITS DEFENSE READINESS
 REPORTING SYSTEM
 
OPINION ASSESSING OBLIGATIONS OF MILITARY PERSONNEL MULTI-YEAR BONUSES
 
COMPARISON OF MEDICARE & TRICARE PROGRAMS IN IDENTIFYING IMPROPER
 PAYMENTS
 
AVAILABILITY OF COMPOUNDED PHARMACEUTICALS IN THE MILITARY HEALTH CARE
 SYSTEM
 
DOD PHARMACY PROGRAM
 
SENATE EXPLANATORY STATEMENT-INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS
 
EVALUATION OF THE DOD JOINT INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT
 
NUNN-MCCURDY REPORTING REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO MAJOR AUTOMATED
 INFORMATION SYSTEMS
 
ENHANCED PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY MANAGE SUPPLY CHAIN RISK
 
JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER PROGRAM
 
ITEMS PRIVATELY DEVELOPED FOR DOD USE
 
RISK ASSESSMENTS OF SELECTED DOD WEAPON PROGRAMS
 
COST AND SCHEDULE MACRO-ANALYSIS ON PERFORMANCE OF DOD'S MAJOR DEFENSE
 ACQUISITION PROGRAM PORTFOLIO
 
DOD ACQUISITION WORKFORCE PLAN
 
KC-46 AERIAL REFUELING TANKER PROGRAM
 
MISSILE DEFENSE 2015
 
PROCUREMENTOF THE MI-17 HELICOPTER
 
JUSTIFICATION OF PASS THROUGH CONTRACTS
 
THE DEPARTMENTS OF DEFENSE AND STATE AND USAID USE OF URGENT AND
 COMPELLING EXCEPTION TO COMPETITION
 
FORD CLASS AIRCRAFT CARRIER
 
GROUND RADAR AND GUIDED MUNITIONS DUPLICATION
 
DOD PROCESSES FOR MANAGING WEAPON SYSTEM PORTFOLIOS
 
LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP SURVIVABILITY AND LETHALITY
 
PRESIDENTIAL HELICOPTER
 
AMPHIBIOUS COMBAT VEHICLE
 
UNMANNED SURVEILLANCE AND STRIKE
 
ARMY INDUSTRIAL BASE ASSESSMENT
 
DOD ACQUISITION PROCESS AND ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCIES
 
NAVY'S RQ-4 TRITON UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE PROGRAM
 
IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ACQUISITION ACCOUNTABILITY REPORTS ON THE MISSILE
 DEFENSE SYSTEM
 
SMALL SURFACE COMBATANT STUDY
 
SHIPBUILDING WARRANTIES AND GUARANTEES
 
DOD SERVICE ACQUISITION REQUIREMENTS PROCESS
 
DOT&E ACTIVITIES AND PROCESSES
 
GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM USER EQUIPMENT AND GROUND CONTROL
 
DARPA, OSD, AND DEFENSE AGENCIES TECHNOLOGY TRANSITION
 
NUCLEAR COMMAND, CONTROL, AND COMMUNICATIONS
 
LONG-RANGE STRIKE BOMBER PROGRAM
 
DOD'S PROTOTYPING WAIVER FOR THE T-AO(X) OILER SHIPBUILDING PROGRAM
 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE'S ENERGY SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT DEFENSE LOGISTICS:
 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HAS ENHANCED PREPOSITIONED STOCK MANAGEMENT BUT
 SHOULD PROVIDE MORE DETAILED STATUS REPORTS
 
PREPOSITIONED STOCKS: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND A STANDARDIZED
 DEFINITION WOULD MAKE THE ANNUAL REPORT MORE USEFUL
 
DOD'S USE OF CONSULTANTS TO SUPPORT REAL PROPERTY PROGRAMS
 
AIR FORCE'S AIRLIFT REQUIREMENT
 
NUCLEAR WEAPONS: DOD'S PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTING NUCLEAR REDUCTIONS
 GENERALLY ADDRESSES THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS BUT LACKS SOME DETAIL
 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE'S PLAN TO IMPLEMENT NUCLEAR FORCE STRUCTURE
 
DEFENSE HEALTH CARE: ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS OF COST AND BENEFITS OF
 POTENTIAL GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE IS NEEDED
 
DEPOT MAINTENANCE: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION NEEDED TO MEET DOD'S CORE
 DEPOT REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
 
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE'S REPORT ON STRATEGIC SEAPORTS ADDRESSED ALL
 CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED ELEMENTS
 
STRATEGIC SEAPORTS: OPPORTUNITIES EXIST TO IMPROVE INTERAGENCY
 COORDINATION, READINESS REPORTING, AND PORT PREPAREDNESS
 
REGIONAL BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE--FY13 NDAA SECTION 229
 
COST ESTIMATES FOR SUSTAINING AND MODERNIZING STRATEGIC FORCES FOR
 FISCAL YEAR 2015
 
CONTINGENCY CONTRACTING: CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL TRACKING SYSTEM NEEDS
 BETTER PLANS AND GUIDANCE
 
DEFENSE INFRASTRUCTURE: A RISK MANAGEMENT APPROACH NEEDED DETERMINE
 THREAT FROM FOREIGN ENCROACHMENT AT TEST AND TRAINING RANGES
 
DOD RELIANCE ON LEASED SPACE TO MEET MISSION REQUIREMENTS
 
MILITARY READINESS: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE COMPONENTS HAVE REPORTED
 DECLINING RATINGS
 
MILITARY RISKS: IMPROVED SEQUENCING AND ADDITIONAL DETAILS COULD ENHANCE
 THE VALUE OF DOD'S REPORTS TO CONGRESS
 
POTENTIAL RELOCATION OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TENANTS ONTO MILITARY
 INSTALATIONS
 
DOD'S SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES CAPABILITY AND STRUCTURE
 
IMPLEMENTATION AND EFFECTS OF SEQUESTRATION ON DOD
 
DOD ASSET VISIBILITY EFFORTS
 
DOD EFFORTS TO SUSTAIN ARMY ARSENAL OPERATIONS
 
ASSESSMENT OF U.S. CYBER COMMAND
 
DOD READINESS METRICS
 
DOD UTILITY RESILIENCE
 
FORWARD DEPLOYED NAVAL FORCES
 
ASSESSMENT ON AIRBORNE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE
 
DOD'S ARCTIC CAPABILITIES
 
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD RECRUITING PRACTICES
 
NAVY PHASED MODERNIZATION PLAN FOR 14 SHIPS
 
TRAINING OF PILOTS OF UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
 DEFENSE
 
INSTALLATION OF NUCLEAR COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS AT U.S. STRATEGIC
 COMMAND
 
ARMY'S ACTIONS TO DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE STRUCTURE OF ITS ACTIVE,
 GUARD, AND RESERVE FORCES
 
DOD'S USE OF ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
 
GLOBAL FORCE MANAGEMENT AND OVERSEAS BURDEN-SHARING AGREEMENTS
 
WAR RESERVE SUPPLY CHAIN
 
U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND'S USE OF THE REGIONAL WEB INTERACTION PROGRAM
 
DOD VOLUNTARY EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
 
REVIEW OF DOD ASSET VALUATION AND AUDIT READINESS
 
MEDICARE AND TRICARE IMPROPER PAYMENTS
 
U.S. SECURITY ASSISTANCE TO YEMEN
 
2015 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION (BSM)
 ANNUAL REVIEW
 
THIRD ANNUAL REVIEW OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MAJOR AUTOMATED INFORMATION
 SYSTEM PROGRAMS
 
VA/DOD EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD INTEROPERABILITY
 
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT'S INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
 GOVERNANCE
 
LITHIUM SUSTAINMENT CAPABILITIES
 
DHS USE OF SHARED SERVICES WITHIN THE PREPAREDNESS DIRECTORATE-USE OF
 ECONOMY ACT
 
STATUS OF COAST GUARD'S DEEPWATER DEVELOPMENT
 
PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY, EVALUATING FEMA'S
 READINESS
 
CHEMICAL FACILITY ANTI-TERRORISM STANDARDS (CFATS) PROGRAM
 
STUDY ON PERFORMANCE OF FEDERALIZED VERSUS PRIVATIZED AIRPORTS
 
HOMELAND SECURITY REVIEWS AND FUTURE HOMELAND SECURITY PROGRAMS
 
REVIEW THE SIZE OF FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE'S WORKFORCE WITH LAW
 ENFORCEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES
 
FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE STRATEGIC HUMAN CAPITAL PLAN
 
REVIEW OF COSTS BENEFITS OF THE DEPT. OF HOMELAND SECURITY'S NEW
 REGIONAL STRUCTURE
 
THE U.S. COAST GUARD'S CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN
 
USCG AND DHS FLEET MIX ANALYSIS REVIEW
 
PERFORMANCE & ADOPTION OF DHS'S NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY PROTECTION SYSTEM
 (EINSTEIN) PROGRAM
 
FACILITY PROTECTIVE SERVICE'S DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY PLANS
 
ASSISTANCE RESOLVING ISSUE RELATED TO THE AMERICAN VETERANS DISABLED FOR
 LIFE MEMORIAL
 
CONDITION OF BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION SCHOOL FACILITIES
 
EPA PROCESSES FOR PROTECTING PERSONAL INFORMATION PURSUANT TO FOIA
 
FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY OF EPA'S CLEAN AND DRINKING WATER STATE
 REVOLVING FUNDS PROGRAMS
 
CONCERNS FOR ANY WORK RELATED RISK CORRIDORS' PROGRAM
 
FEASIBILITY, COST, BENEFITS, AND BARRIERS FOR CMS' MEDICARE
 TRANSACTIONAL SYSTEM
 
REVIEW OF FAST-TRACKING DRUGS AND DEVICES UNDER THE FOOD AND DRUG
 ADMINISTRATION (FDA) INNOVATION
 
INTERACTION OF RYAN WHITE ACT & MEDICARE PART D SPENDING
 
STUDY OF STATE HEALTH CARE REFORM INITIATIVES
 
RACE TO THE TOP (RTT) STATE AND DISTRICT CAPACITY
 
GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION
 
CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES OVERSIGHT OF PROVIDER NETWORK
 ADEQUACY IN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLANS
 
GAO REPORT COSTS ANALYSIS
 
CENTER FOR AUDIT
 
ELECTRONIC BID PROTEST FILING SYSTEM
 
REVIEW OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS--PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL SCHOLARS CENTER
 
ASSESS ADDING HHS CONTRACTING TO THE GAO HIGH RISK LIST
 
U.S. CAPITOL POLICE RADIOS SYSTEM REPLACEMENT REVIEW
 
U.S. COPYRIGHT OFFICE IT MANAGEMENT
 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS IT MANAGEMENT
 
POTENTIAL COST SAVINGS AT THE CAPITOL POWER PLANT
 
CANNON HOUSE BUILDING RENOVATION PROJECT OVERSIGHT
 
AMERICAN CONTRACTORS PREFERENCE
 
REVIEW OF DATA USED FOR DECOMMISSIONING THE COMBINED HEAD AND POWER
 PLANT AND CLEAR AIR FORCE
 
SENATE EXPLANATORY STATEMENT-INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS
 
GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE ASSESSMENT
 
RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING IMMINENT DANGER PAY DESIGNATIONS IN THE
 CENTCOM AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY
 
DOD'S USE OF IN-KIND PAYMENTS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATION OF
 FACILITIES
 
DEFENSE LOGISTICS: THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE'S REPORT ON STRATEGIC
 SEAPORTS ADDRESSED ALL CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED ELEMENTS
 
STRATEGIC SEAPORTS: OPPORTUNITIES EXIST TO IMPROVE INTERAGENCY
 COORDINATION, READINESS REPORTING, AND PORT PREPAREDNESS
 
DOD RELIANCE ON LEASED SPACE TO MEET MISSION REQUIREMENTS
 
POTENTIAL RELOCATION OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TENANTS ONTO MILITARY
 INSTALATIONS
 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CRISIS RESPONSE POSTURE TO PROTECT HIGH-THREAT
 AMERICAN FACILITIES AND PERSONNEL IN AFRICA
 
STATUS OF BRAC JOINTNESS RECOMMENDATIONS
 
FACILITIES MODERNIZATION MODEL
 
EFFECTIVENESS OF HOMELESS ASSISTANCE ACT AT BASES CLOSED UNDER BRAC
 
DEFENSE INFRASTRUCTURE: ARMY AND MARINE CORPS GROW THE FORCE
 CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS GENERALLY SUPPORT THE INITIATIVE
 
VETERANS AFFAIRS HEALTH CARE BUDGET ESTIMATE AND THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET
 REQUEST
 
VA/DOD EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD INTEROPERABILITY
 
SCIENTIFIC ENGAGEMENT OF NONPROLIFERATION
 
ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE FACILITIES
 
PLAN FOR IMPROVEMENT OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT OF NUCLEAR SECURITY
 ENTERPRISE
 
REVIEW OF DOE'S EXECUTION OF ITS INCENTIVES FOR INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES
 PROGRAM
 
COST ESTIMATES FOR SUSTAINING AND MODERNIZING STRATEGIC FORCES FOR
 FISCAL YEAR 2015
 
ROLES AND RESPONSBILITIES OF THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS COUNCIL
 
REVIEW OF ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND BUREAU OF RECLAMATION USE OF
 TECHNOLOGY IN FEDERAL PROCUREMENT
 
FY 2015 ANALYSIS OF THE NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION'S
 (NNSA) NUCLEAR SECURITY BUDGET MATERIALS FOR MODERNIZATION AND
 INFRASTRUCTURE RECAPITALIZATION
 
DOE'S IMPLEMENTATION OF ITS LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM
 
DOE LOAN PROGRAMS' COSTS TO THE GOVERNMENT
 
DOE'S ACTIONS TO ADDRESS SPACE CONCERNS WITH THE URANIUM PROCESSING
 FACILITY
 
NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION'S COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS FOR THE
 COMPETITION OF A MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CONTRACT
 
ASSESSMENT OF THE NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION'S
 NONPROLIFERATION PROGRAMS
 
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION'S CALIFORNIA WATER PROGRAMS--THE SAN JOAQUIN RIVER
 RESTORATION PROGRAM, CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT IMPROVEMENT ACT RESTORATION
 FUND, AND CALFED BAY-DELTA PROGRAM
 
REVIEW OF NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION'S ENHANCED
 SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM
 
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                               Appendix A


                      COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS


                            COMMITTEE RULES


          (Adopted for the 113th Congress on January 23, 2013)

    RESOLVED, That the rules and practices of the Committee on 
Appropriations, House of Representatives, in the One Hundred 
Twelfth 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 Thirteenth 
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 if notice is given pursuant to paragraph 
(d)(3).
    (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. Such notice shall also be made publicly 
        available in electronic form and shall be deemed to 
        satisfy paragraph (d)(3). 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 taken. 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) Committee records (including hearings, data, 
        charts, and files) 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) 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.
    (f) 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.
    (g) 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.
    (h) 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, all Members 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.
    (i) 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.
    (j) 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.
    (k) 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 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, only 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 on 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 January 2 of each year, the Committee 
shall submit to the House a 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 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 Mrs. Lowey, 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

   ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama, 
             Chairman

SAM FARR, California                 TOM LATHAM, Iowa
ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut         ALAN NUNNELEE, Mississippi
SANFORD D. BISHOP, Jr., Georgia      KEVIN YODER, Kansas
CHELLIE PINGREE, Maine               JEFF FORTENBERRY, Nebraska
                                     THOMAS J. ROONEY, Florida
                                     DAVID G. VALADAO, California

                              JURISDICTION

  Department of Agriculture (Except Forest Service)
  Farm Credit Administration
  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         ANDY HARRIS, Maryland
JOSEE E. SERRANO, New York           JOHN R. CARTER, Texas
                                     MARIO DIAZ-BALART, Florida
                                     MARK E. AMODEI, Nevada

                              JURISDICTION

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

                        SUBCOMMITTEE ON DEFENSE

   RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New 
         Jersey, Chairman

PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana          JACK KINGSTON, Georgia
JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia             KAY GRANGER, Texas
BETTY McCOLLUM, Minnesota            ANDER CRENSHAW, Florida
TIM RYAN, Ohio                       KEN CALVERT, California
WILLIAM L. OWENS, New York           TOM COLE, Oklahoma
MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio                   STEVE WOMACK, Arkansas
                                     ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama
                                     JOHN R. CARTER, Texas

                              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

    MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho, 
             Chairman

MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio                   RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New 
PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana          Jersey
ED PASTOR, Arizona                   ALAN NUNNELEE, Mississippi
CHAKA FATTAH, Pennsylvania           KEN CALVERT, California
                                     CHARLES J. FLEISCHMANN, Tennessee
                                     TOM GRAVES, Georgia
                                     JEFF FORTENBERRY, Nebraska

                              JURISDICTION

  Department of Energy (including the National Nuclear Security 
    Administration, Bonneville Power Administration, Southeastern 
    Power Administration, Western Area Power Administration, and 
    Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)
  Department of Defense--Civil
    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
    Northern Border Regional Commission
    Nuclear Regulatory Commission
    Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board
    Office of the Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas 
      Transportation Projects
    Southeast Crescent Regional Commission
    Tennessee Valley Authority

       SUBCOMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT

 ANDER CRENSHAW, Florida, Chairman

JOSEE E. SERRANO, New York           MARIO DIAZ-BALART, Florida
MIKE QUIGLEY, Illinois               TOM GRAVES, Georgia
MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio                   KEVIN YODER, Kansas
ED PASTOR, Arizona                   STEVE WOMACK, Arkansas
                                     JAIME HERRERA BEUTLER, Washington
                                     MARK E. AMODEI, Nevada

                              JURISDICTION

  Department of the Treasury
  District of Columbia
  The Judiciary
  Executive Office of the President (including Council of 
    Economic Advisers, Office of Management and Budget, Office of 
    National Drug Control Policy, and the White House)
  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 the 
      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 and Stewart L. Udall Foundation
    National Archives and Records Administration
    National Credit Union Administration
    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
    Recovery and Accountability Transparency 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

  JOHN R. CARTER, Texas, Chairman

DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina       JOHN ABNEY CULBERSON, Texas
LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California    RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New 
HENRY CUELLAR, Texas                 Jersey
WILLIAM L. OWENS, New York           TOM LATHAM, Iowa
                                     CHARLES W. DENT, Pennsylvania
                                     CHARLES J. FLEISCHMANN, Tennessee
                                     JACK KINGSTON, Georgia

                              JURISDICTION

  Department of Homeland Security

      SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES

 KEN CALVERT, California, Chairman

JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia             MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho
BETTY McCOLLUM, Minnesota            TOM COLE, Oklahoma
CHELLIE PINGREE, Maine               JAIME HERRERA BEUTLER, Washington
JOSEE E. SERRANO, New York           DAVID P. JOYCE, Ohio
                                     DAVID G. VALADAO, California
                                     CHRIS STEWART, Utah

                              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
    Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial 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
    Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

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

 JACK KINGSTON, Georgia, Chairman

ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut         STEVE WOMACK, Arkansas
LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California    CHARLES J. FLEISCHMANN, Tennessee
BARBARA LEE, California              DAVID P. JOYCE, Ohio
MICHAEL M. HONDA, California         ANDY HARRIS, Maryland
                                     MARTHA ROBY, Alabama
                                     CHRIS STEWART, Utah

                              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
    Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission
    Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
    National Council on Disability
    National Labor Relations Board
    National Mediation Board
    Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
    Railroad Retirement Board
    Social Security Administration

                   SUBCOMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

   TOM COLE, Oklahoma, Chairman

DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Florida    ANDY HARRIS, Maryland
JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia             MARTHA ROBY, Alabama
SANFORD D. BISHOP, Jr., Georgia      MARK E. AMODEI, Nevada
                                     CHRIS STEWART, Utah

                              JURISDICTION

  House of Representatives
  Joint Items
  Architect of the Capitol (Except Senate Items)
  Capitol Police
  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      ALAN NUNNELEE, Mississippi
SAM FARR, California                 JEFF FORTENBERRY, Nebraska
DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina       THOMAS J. ROONEY, Florida
CHAKA FATTAH, Pennsylvania           TOM GRAVES, Georgia
                                     DAVID G. VALADAO, California
                                     MARTHA ROBY, Alabama

                              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
    Department of Defense 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              FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia
ADAM B. SCHIFF, California           MARIO DIAZ-BALART, Florida
BARBARA LEE, California              CHARLES W. DENT, Pennsylvania
DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Florida    ANDER CRENSHAW, Florida
HENRY CUELLAR, Texas                 KEVIN YODER, Kansas
                                     THOMAS J. ROONEY, Florida

                              JURISDICTION

  Agency for International Development
  Department of State
  Department of the Treasury
    Debt Restructuring
    International Affairs Technical Assistance
    International Financial Institutions
  Export-Import Bank
  Millennium Challenge Corporation
  Overseas Private Investment Corporation
  Peace Corps
  Trade and Development Agency
  Related Programs and Agencies
    African Development Foundation
    Broadcasting Board of Governors
    Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund
    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
    East-West Center
    Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program
    Inter-American Foundation
    Israeli Arab Scholarship Program
    National Endowment for Democracy
    The Asia 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

ED PASTOR, Arizona                   FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia
DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina       CHARLES W. DENT, Pennsylvania
MIKE QUIGLEY, Illinois               KAY GRANGER, Texas
TIM RYAN, Ohio                       JAIME HERRERA BEUTLER, Washington
                                     DAVID P. JOYCE, Ohio
                                     MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho

                              JURISDICTION

  Department of Housing and Urban Development
  Department of Transportation
  Related Agencies
    Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
    Federal Housing Finance Agency, Office of Inspector General
    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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