[House Report 115-1121]
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Union Calendar No. 888
115th Congress } { Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session } { 115-1121
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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 FIFTEENTH CONGRESS
January 3, 2017
through
January 2, 2019
Pursuant to Clause 1(d) of Rule XI
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January 2, 2019.--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
115th Congress
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RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey, Chairman
HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky\1\ NITA M. LOWEY, New York
ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio
KAY GRANGER, Texas PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana
MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho JOSE E. SERRANO, New York
JOHN ABNEY CULBERSON, Texas ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut
JOHN R. CARTER, Texas DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina
KEN CALVERT, California LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California
TOM COLE, Oklahoma SANFORD D. BISHOP, Jr., Georgia
MARIO DIAZ-BALART, Florida BARBARA LEE, California
CHARLES W. DENT, Pennsylvania\2\ BETTY McCOLLUM, Minnesota
TOM GRAVES, Georgia TIM RYAN, Ohio
KEVIN YODER, Kansas C.A. DUTCHRUPPERSBERGER, Maryland
STEVE WOMACK, Arkansas 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 DEREK KILMER, Washington
DAVID P. JOYCE, Ohio MATT CARTWRIGHT, Pennsylvania
DAVID G. VALADAO, California GRACE MENG, New York
ANDY HARRIS, Maryland MARK POCAN, Wisconsin
MARTHA ROBY, Alabama KATHERINE M. CLARK, Massachusetts
MARK E. AMODEI, Nevada PETE AGUILAR, California
CHRIS STEWART, Utah
DAVID YOUNG, Iowa
EVAN H. JENKINS, West Virginia\4\
STEVEN M. PALAZZO, Mississippi
DAN NEWHOUSE, Washington
JOHN R. MOOLENAAR, Michigan
SCOTT TAYLOR, Virginia
JOHN H. RUTHERFORD, Florida\3\
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Nancy Fox, Clerk and Staff Director
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\1\Chairman Emeritus.
\2\Resigned from the 115th Congress May 12, 2018.
\3\Appointed to the committee May 16, 2018.
\4\Resigned from the 115th Congress Sept. 30, 2018.
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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
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January 2, 2019
Hon. Paul D. Ryan,
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 115th Congress, pursuant to clause
1(d) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives.
With best regards,
Sincerely,
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen,
Chairman.
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Union Calendar No. 888
115th Congress } { Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session } { 115-1121
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ANNUAL REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS DURING
THE 115TH CONGRESS
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January 2, 2019.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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Mr. Frelinghuysen, 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 52 during the 115th 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
115th Congress are displayed in Appendix C.)
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SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS ACTIONS
115th Congress
The House Committee on Appropriations implemented an
ambitious agenda during the 115th Congress. Unfinished work on
eleven fiscal year 2017 bills from the 114th Congress continued
in earnest during the first session of the 115th Congress. The
Committee completed the fiscal year 2017 appropriations bills
in May 2017, following the passage of an interim 1-week
continuing resolution. The Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2017, (H.R. 244) was enacted as Public Law 115-31 on May 5,
2017, two days after the House approved the measure by a vote
of 309-118.
The contents of Public Law 115-31 are as follows:
Division A--Agriculture, Rural Development, Food
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 2017;
Division B--Commerce, Justice, Science, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017;
Division C--Department of Defense Appropriations
Act, 2017;
Division D--Energy and Water Development and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017;
Division E--Financial Services and General
Government Appropriations Act, 2017;
Division F--Department of Homeland Security
Appropriations Act, 2017;
Division G--Department of the Interior,
Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017;
Division I--Legislative Branch Appropriations
Act, 2017;
Division J--Department of State, Foreign
Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017;
Division K--Transportation, Housing and Urban
Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017; and
Division L--Military Construction and Veterans
Affairs--Additional Appropriations Act, 2017.
Enactment of Public Law 115-31 cleared the way for the
Committee to initiate work on fiscal year 2018 bills. The
Committee held its first subcommittee markup on June 12, 2017,
leading to the full committee reporting the fiscal year 2018
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs bill on June 22,
2017. Within a month, the Committee reported out all fiscal
year 2018 appropriations bills with the last bills approved on
July 19, 2017.
The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs bill was
then combined with the Defense, Energy & Water and Legislative
Branch bills, along with funding for the border wall, and
presented together to the House as the Make America Secure
Appropriations Act, 2018 (H.R. 3219). The House passed this
package of four appropriations bills on July 27, 2017, by a
vote of 235-192. All 12 appropriation bills were then combined
into H.R. 3354 and passed by the House on September 14, 2017,
by a vote of 211-198. This was the first time the House had
passed all twelve appropriations bills before the end of the
fiscal year since 2009.
Final action on the fiscal year 2018 appropriations bills
occurred in March 2018, with enactment of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2018 (H.R. 1625). The House debated and
passed the bill on March 22, 2018, by a vote of 256-167. The
next day, the Senate approved the package by a vote of 65-32.
Later that day, March 23, 2018, the President signed the Act
into law. (P.L. 115-141)
The contents of Public Law 115-141 are as follows:
Division A--Agriculture, Rural Development, Food
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 2018;
Division B--Commerce, Justice, Science, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018;
Division C--Department of Defense Appropriations
Act, 2018;
Division D--Energy and Water Development and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018;
Division E--Financial Services and General
Government Appropriations Act, 2018;
Division F--Department of Homeland Security
Appropriations Act, 2018;
Division G--Department of the Interior,
Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018;
Division H--Departments of Labor, Health and
Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2018;
Division I--Legislative Branch Appropriations
Act, 2018;
Division J--Military Construction and Veterans
Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018;
Division K--Department of State, Foreign
Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2018; and
Division L--Transportation, Housing and Urban
Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018.
With the passage of H.R. 244 and H.R. 1625, the Congress
completed final action on 23 spending bills by March 23, 2018.
During the second session, the Committee's work on the
fiscal year 2019 appropriations bills followed a similarly
ambitious schedule. The first subcommittee markups for the
year, for the Military Construction & Veterans Affairs and
Legislative Branch bills, were reported to the full Committee
on April 26, 2018.
The Committee once again completed work on all 12
appropriations bills before the end of July, reporting the last
bill, Homeland Security, on July 26, 2018. The Energy & Water
bill, H.R. 5895, became the vehicle for three bills, including
the Military Construction and Legislative Branch bills. The
package was approved by the House on June 8, 2018, by a vote of
235-179. Conferees were appointed on June 28, 2018 to complete
work on the package. A meeting of the conferees was held on
September 5, 2018. The House agreed to the conferenced version
of the package on September 13, 2018 by a vote of 377-20. The
President signed the package on September 21, 2018. (P.L. 115-
244)
The Defense bill was debated and passed by the House on
June 28, 2018, by a vote of 359-49. The Senate combined the
Defense and Labor, HHS bills and sent the amended bill back to
the House. Conferees were appointed on September 4, 2018 and a
meeting of the conferees was held on September 13, 2018. The
conference agreement, along with the first continuing
resolution (through December 7, 2018), was filed in the House
that same day. The House approved the package on September 26,
2018, by a vote of 361-61. The President signed the package on
September 28, 2018. (P.L. 115-245) This was the first time five
bills had been enacted before the start of the fiscal year
since 1996.
The Interior-Environment bill, H.R. 6147, initially became
the vehicle for two bills (combined with Financial Services),
when the House debated and passed the package on July 19, 2018,
by a vote of 217-99. The Senate then added two bills,
Agriculture and Transportation, approved the four-bill package
and sent it back to the House. Conferees were appointed on
September 6, 2018, and a meeting of the conferees was held on
September 13, 2018. As of the end of the 2d session, these
bills along with the Commerce, Justice, Science; Homeland
Security; and State and Foreign Operations were still under
deliberation.
The Committee also provided crucial emergency funding in
fiscal year 2017 and 2018 supplemental appropriations in order
to respond to and recover from multiple disasters including
hurricanes, wildfires, floods, typhoons, and volcanic
eruptions. On September 8, 2017, the House approved H.R. 601 by
a vote of 316-90. Division B of this package contained the
first of three supplemental appropriations providing emergency
funding in response to Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, and other
natural disasters. The President signed the bill the same day
it was passed by the House. (P.L. 115-56)
The second supplemental was first passed by the House on
December 21, 2017 by a vote of 251-169. After no additional
legislative action on this bill, the House passed another
version on October 12, 2017 by a vote of 353-69. This emergency
funding was provided to replenish emergency funding accounts in
response to Hurricane Maria and other natural disasters in
Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, as well as
wildfires in the West. The President signed this supplemental
on October 26, 2017. (P.L. 115-72) The third supplemental, H.R.
1892, was passed by the House on February 6, 2018 by a vote of
245-182. The bill was amended by the Senate, after which the
House approved the amended version on February 9, 2018, by a
vote of 240-186. This bill also included language amending the
spending caps for fiscal years 2018 and 2019; extending the
continuing resolution through March 23, 2018; and extending the
debt limit, as estimated, through March 1, 2019. The President
signed the bill the same day it was passed by the House,
February 9, 2018. (P.L. 115-123)
During consideration of appropriations bills during the
115th Congress, the Committee continued to place a high
priority on having a Member-driven process through ``regular
order,'' so that Members of the House could be assured of an
open, transparent, and fair appropriations process. All Members
of the House were invited to submit their priorities to every
subcommittee before bills were drafted. Bills were considered
in open subcommittee and committee markups, with information on
those bills publicly available before markups. Every effort was
made to ensure that any Member of the House who had an
amendment that complied with House Rules would have the
opportunity to have that amendment considered on the House
floor. This commitment to providing opportunities for all
Members to have input into the bills helped to ensure support
for the bills throughout the legislative process.
The Committee placed 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 115th Congress. The Committee conducted 109
hearings, receiving testimony from 1,249 witnesses during the
first session, and conducted 84 hearings with 651 witnesses
during the second session. These hearings informed and guided
the Committee in the development of the fiscal year 2018 and
fiscal year 2019 appropriations bills.
In total, 28 regular appropriations bills were enacted in
the 115th Congress (11 for fiscal year 2017, 12 for fiscal year
2018, and 5 for fiscal year 2019), in addition to three
supplementals and eight continuing resolutions.
The charts and tables following this summary display the
history of fiscal year 2018 and fiscal year 2019
appropriations, as well as budget comparisons for the fiscal
year 2018 and fiscal year 2019 funding levels.
HISTORY OF FISCAL YEAR 2018 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. 3268/S. 1603 June 28 Voice Vote 115-232 (\1\) 115-131 .................... P.L. 115-141 (\3\)
Agriculture July 12 July 17 July 20 March 23, 2018
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H.R. 3267/S. 1662 June 29 31-21 115-231 (\1\) 115-139 .................... (\3\)
Commerce, Justice, Science July 13 July 17 July 27
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H.R. 3219 June 26 Voice Vote 115-219 (\1\)(\2\) .................... .................... (\3\)
Defense June 29 July 13
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H.R. 3266/S. 1609 June 28 Voice Vote 115-230 (\1\)(\2\) 115-132 .................... (\3\)
Energy and Water Development July 12 July 17 July 20
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H.R. 3280 June 29 31-21 115-234 (\1\) .................... .................... (\3\)
Financial Services July 13 July 17
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H.R. 3355 July 12 30-22 115-239 (\1\)(\2\) .................... .................... (\3\)
Homeland Security July 18 July 21
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H.R.3354 July 12 31-21 115-238 211-198 .................... .................... (\3\)
Interior, Environment July 18 July 21 Sept. 14(\1\)
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H.R. 3358/S. 1771 July 13 28-22 115-244 (\1\) 115-150 .................... (\3\)
Labor, HHS, Education July 19 July 24 Sept. 7
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H.R. 3162/S. 1648 June 23 Voice Vote 115-199 (\1\)(\2\) 115-137 .................... (\3\)
Legislative Branch June 29 July 6 July 27
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H.R. 2998/S.1557 June 12 Voice Vote 115-188 (\1\)(\2\) 115-130 .................... (\3\)
Military Construction, June 15 June 22 July 13
Veterans Affairs
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H.R. 3362/S. 1780 July 13 Voice Vote 115-253 (\1\) 115-152 .................... (\3\)
State, Foreign Operations July 19 July 24 Sept. 7
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H.R. 3353/S. 1655 July 11 31-20 115-237 (\1\) 115-138 .................... (\3\)
Transportation, HUD July 17 July 21 July 27
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All dates are calendar year 2017 unless otherwise indicated.
\1\The House passed a 12-bill omnibus as of 9/14/2017 (H.R. 3354).
\2\H.R. 3219, or the Make America Secure Appropriations Act, 2018, which included Defense, Energy and Water, Military Construction, and Legislative Branch and part of Homeland Security, first
passed the House on July 27 by a vote of 235-192 and was then folded into H.R. 3354.
\3\Fiscal Year 2018 Omnibus (H.R. 1625).
HISTORY OF FISCAL YEAR 2019 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. 5961/S. 2976 May 9 31-20 115-706 ................... 115-259 92-6(\3\) .....................
Agriculture May 16 May 24 May 24 August 1
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H.R. 5952/S. 3072 May 9 32-19 115-704 ................... 115-275 .................... .....................
Commerce, Justice, Science May 17 May 24 June 14
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H.R. 6157/S. 3159 June 7 48-4 115-769 359-49 115-290 85-7(\4\) P.L. 115-245(\1\)
Defense June 13 June 20 June 28 June 28 August 23 September 28
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H.R. 5895/S. 2975 May 7 29-20 115-697 235-179 115-258 86-5 P.L. 115-244(\2\)
Energy and Water May 16 May 21 June 8 May 24 June 25 September 21
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H.R. 6258/S.3107 May 24 28-20 115-792 217-199(\3\) 115-281 92-6(\3\) .....................
Financial Services June 13 June 28 July 19 June 21 August 1
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H.R. 6776/S. 3109 July 19 29-22 115-948 ................... 115-283 .................... .....................
Homeland Security July 25 September 12 June 21
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H.R. 6147/S. 3073 May 15 25-20 115-765 217-199(\3\) 115-276 92-6(\3\) .....................
Interior, Environment June 6 June 19 July 19 June 14 August 1
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H.R. 6470/S. 3158 June 15 30-22 115-862 ................... 115-289 85-7(\4\) (\1\)
Labor, HHS, Education July 11 July 23 June 28 August 23
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H.R. 5894/S. 3071 April 26 47-0 115-696 235-179 115-274 86-5 (\2\)
Legislative Branch May 8 May 21 June 8 June 14 June 25
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H.R. 5786/S. 3024 April 26 47-0 115-673 235-179 115-269 86-5 (\2\)
Military Construction, May 8 May 11 June 8 June 7 June 25
Veterans Affairs
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H.R. 6385/S. 3108 June 13 30-21 115-829 ................... 115-282 .................... .....................
State, Foreign Operations June 20 July 16 June 21
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H.R. 6072/S. 3023 May 16 34-17 115-750 ................... 115-268 92-6(\3\) .....................
Transportation, HUD May 23 June 12 June 7 August 1
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All dates are calendar year 2018 unless otherwise indicated.
\1\ Fiscal Year 2019 Consolidated Defense, Labor-HHS-ED, & Continuing Resolution through December 7, 2018.
\2\ Fiscal Year 2019 E&W, Leg. Branch, and MCVA Consolidated Act.
\3\ On July 19, 2018, the House passed H.R. 6147, as amended to include two regular appropriations acts: Interior-Environment (Div. A); and Financial Services-General Government (Div. B). On
August 1, 2018, the Senate passed H.R. 6147, as amended to include four regular appropriations acts: Interior-Environment (Div. A); Financial Services-General Government (Div. B);
Agriculture (Div. C); and Transportation-HUD (Div. D).
\4\ On August 18, 2018, the Senate passed H.R. 6157, as amended to include two regular appropriations acts: Defense (Div. A); Labor HHS (Div. B).
2018 APPROPRIATIONS--115th CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION
[Dollars in millions]
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President's Request Enacted Bills vs. President's
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Fiscal Year 2018 Bills\1\ ----------------------------
Discretionary Mandatory Discretionary Mandatory Discretionary Mandatory
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Agriculture (H.R. 1625, P.L. 115-141)\2\....................... 15,913 110,691 23,259 110,691 7,346 ...........
Commerce, Justice, Science (H.R. 1625, P.L. 115-141)........... 48,960 339 59,600 339 10,640 ...........
Defense (H.R. 1625, P.L. 115-141).............................. 631,010 514 654,618 514 23,608 ...........
Energy and Water (H.R. 1625, P.L. 115-141)..................... 34,321 ............ 43,200 ............ 8,879 ...........
Financial Services and General Government (H.R. 1625, P.L. 115- 22,698 22,388 23,423 22,388 725 ...........
141)..........................................................
Homeland Security (H.R. 1625, P.L. 115-141).................... 50,794 1,673 55,252 1,673 4,458 ...........
Interior, Environment (H.R. 1625, P.L. 115-141)................ 27,199 62 35,252 62 8,053 ...........
Labor, HHS, Education (H.R. 1625, P.L. 115-141)................ 138,469 778,472 178,996 778,472 40,527 ...........
Legislative Branch (H.R. 1625, P.L. 115-141)................... 4,865 143 4,700 143 -165 ...........
Military Construction, Veterans Affairs (H.R. 1625, P.L. 115- 89,417 95,874 92,741 95,874 3,324 ...........
141)..........................................................
State, Foreign Operations (H.R. 1625, P.L. 115-141)............ 40,521 159 54,018 159 13,497 ...........
Transportation, HUD (H.R. 1625, P.L. 115-141).................. 47,928 ............ 70,300 ............ 22,372 ...........
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 (Division D of H.R. 601, .............. ............ .............. ............ .............. ...........
P.L. 115-56)..................................................
Making Further Continuing Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2018 .............. ............ .............. ............ .............. ...........
(Division A of H.J. Res. 123, P.L. 115-90)....................
Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act 2018 (Division .............. ............ 4,686 ............ 4,686 ...........
A of H.R. 1370, P.L. 115-96)\3\...............................
Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 (Division B of .............. ............ .............. ............ .............. ...........
H.R. 195, P.L. 115-120).......................................
Further Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 .............. ............ .............. ............ .............. ...........
(Division B of H.R. 1892, P.L. 115-123).......................
Continuing Appropriations Amendments Act, 2018 (H.R. 1301, P.L. .............. ............ .............. ............ .............. ...........
115-124)......................................................
Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief .............. ............ 36,517 ............ 36,517 ...........
Requirements Act of 2017 (Division A of H.R. 2266, P.L. 115-
72)...........................................................
Further Additional Supplemental Appropriations, 2018 (Division .............. ............ 84,436 ............ 84,436 ...........
B of H.R. 1892, P.L. 115-123).................................
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Total, Fiscal Year 2018 Bills.............................. 1,152,095 1,010,315 1,420,998 1,010,315 268,903 ...........
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Regular Appropriations................................. 1,065,632 1,010,315 1,208,000 1,010,315 142,368 ...........
Disaster Designated.................................... 6,793 ............ 7,366 ............ 573 ...........
Emergency Appropriations............................... .............. ............ 125,639 ............ 125,639 ...........
Program Integrity...................................... 1,896 ............ 1,896 ............ .............. ...........
Global War on Terrorism/Overseas Contingencies......... 77,774 ............ 78,097 ............ 323 ...........
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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).
\2\ Fiscal Year 2018 funding for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is included in the amounts for the Agriculture bill.
\3\ Division B of H.R. 1370; P.L. 115-96 included emergency funding for Missile Defense.
2019 APPROPRIATIONS--115th CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION
[Dollars in millions]
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President's Request House Reported, Passed, or Bills vs. President's
------------------------------ Enacted Bills\4\ Request
Fiscal Year 2019 Bills\1\ ----------------------------------------------------------
Discretionary Mandatory Discretionary Mandatory Discretionary Mandatory
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Agriculture (H.R. 5961)\2\..................................... 17,036 40,695 23,242 40,695 6,206 ...........
Commerce, Justice, Science (H.R. 5952)......................... 65,641 319 65,520 319 -3,121 ...........
Defense (Division A of H.R. 6157, P.L.115-245)................. 675,473 514 674,383 514 -1,090 ...........
Energy and Water (Division A of H.R. 5895, P.L.115-244)........ 31,843 ............ 44,640 ............ 12,797 ...........
Financial Services and General Government (H.R. 6258).......... 26,588 22,406 23,423 22,406 -3,165 ...........
Homeland Security (H.R. 6776).................................. 54,085 1,740 58,095 1,740 4,010 ...........
Interior, Environment (H.R. 6147)\3\........................... 29,796 62 35,247 62 5,451 ...........
Labor, HHS, Education (Division B of H.R. 6157, P.L. 115-245).. 169,303 783,118 179,973 783,118 10,670 ...........
Legislative Branch (Division B of H.R. 5895, P.L. 115-244)..... 4,976 145 4,836 145 -140 ...........
Military Construction, Veterans Affairs (Division C of H.R. 115- 97,051 106,125 98,057 106,125 1,006 ...........
5895, P.L. 115-244)...........................................
State, Foreign Operations (H.R. 6385).......................... 42,271 159 54,018 159 11,747 ...........
Transportation, HUD (H.R. 6072)................................ 47,990 ............ 73,480 ............ 25,490 ...........
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 (Division C of H.R. 6157, .............. ............ .............. ............ ..............
P.L. 115-245).................................................
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Total, Fiscal Year 2019 Bills............................ 1,262,053 955,283 1,331,914 955,283 69,861 ...........
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Regular Appropriations............................... 1,187,686 955,283 1,244,832 955,283 57,146 ...........
Disaster Designated.................................. 8,171 ............ 6,652 ............ 1,519 ...........
Emergency Appropriations............................. -4,729 ............ 1,680 ............ 6,409 ...........
Program Integrity.................................... 2,226 ............ 1,897 ............ -329 ...........
Global War on Terrorism/Overseas Contingencies....... 68,699 ............ 76,853 ............ 8,154 ...........
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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).
\2\ Fiscal Year 2019 funding for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is included in the amounts for the Committee reported Agriculture bill.
\3\ The President requested $1.519 billion for a proposed fire category. This amount was included in the Disaster Designated category.
\4\ Seven of the 12 appropriations bills are not enacted. Agriculture; Commerce, Justice, State; Homeland Security; State, Foreign Operations; and
Transportation, HUD have been reported in the House.
Continuing Resolutions--115th Congress
Fiscal Year 2017 Continuing Resolutions
H.J.Res. 99--Making further continuing appropriations for
fiscal year 2017, and for other purposes (Expiration
date May 5, 2017)
--House passed April 28, 2017, 382-30
--Senate passed, April 28, 2017, voice vote
--Signed by the President, April 28, 2017 (P.L. 115-30)
Fiscal Year 2018 Continuing Resolutions
H.R. 601--Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 and Supplemental
Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act,
2017 (Expiration date December 8, 2017)
--House passed, September 6, 2017, 419-3
--Senate passed, September 7, 2017, 80-17
--Signed by the President, September 8, 2017 (P.L. 115-56)
H.J.Res. 123--Making further continuing appropriations for
fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes (Expiration
date December 22, 2017)
--House passed December 7, 2017, 235-193
--Senate passed December 7, 2017, 81-14
--Signed by the President, December 8, 2017 (P.L. 115-90)
H.R. 1370--Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act,
2018 (Expiration date January 19, 2018) (Note: vehicle
was Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign
Authorization Act of 2017)
--House passed December 21, 2017, 231-188
--Senate passed December 21, 2017, 66-32
--Signed by the President, December 22, 2017 (P.L. 115-96)
H.R. 195--Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018
(Expiration date February 8, 2018) (Note: vehicle was
Federal Register Printing Savings Act of 2017)
--House passed January 22, 2018, 266-150
--Senate passed January 22, 2018, 81-18
--Signed by the President, January 22, 2018 (P.L. 115-120)
H.R. 1892--Supplemental Appropriations, Tax Relief, and
Medicaid Changes Relating to Certain Disasters and
Further Extension of Continuing Appropriations
(Expiration date March 23, 2018) (Note: vehicle was
Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018)
--House passed February 9, 2018, 240-186
--Senate passed February 9, 2018, 71-28
--Signed by the President, February 9, 2018 (P.L. 115-123)
Fiscal Year 2019 Continuing Resolutions
H.R. 6157--Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human
Services and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 and
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 (Expiration date
December 7, 2018)
--Senate passed September 18, 2018, 93-7
--House passed September 26, 2018, 361-61
--Signed by President September 28, 2018 (P.L. 115-245)
H.J.Res 143--Making further continuing appropriations for
fiscal year 2019, and for other purposes (Expiration
date December 21, 2018)
--House passed December 6, 2018, Unanimous Consent
--Senate passed December 6, 2018, Voice Vote
--Signed by President December 7, 2018 (P.L. 115-298)
INVESTIGATIONS CONDUCTED BY THE COMMITTEE
(115th Congress)
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. As of the
end of 115th Congress, the investigative staff has completed or
has under active review 37 separate studies or investigations.
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 although there may be some
longer-term studies. 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
2017 through December 2018, listed by the requesting
subcommittee, follows.
STUDIES COMPLETED, STARTED OR REMAINING ACTIVE BY THE SURVEYS AND
INVESTIGATIONS STAFF COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, 115th CONGRESS
agriculture, rural development, food and drug administration, and
related agencies
--Emergency Watershed Protection Program Floodplain
--AG's Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service and Food Safety &
Inspection Service in Assessing Animal Health Issues of Similar
Jurisdiction
--AG Research Program Under the Jurisdiction of USDA and USAID
commerce, justice, science, and related agencies
--NOAA Current and Expire Appropriations
--National Weather Service
defense
--MIP CBJBs for Each Major Service Component, SOCOM, & Defense Agencies
--US CYBER COM (Classified)
--SATCOM Program Run by DOD and the Services
--Personnel & Equipment Readiness Across the Active and Reserve
Components of the Military Services
--Rapid Acquisition Organizations Within the DOD
--Performance Problems Associated with Navy's LCS
energy and water development, and related agencies
--DOE's Funding for Cyber Security Unclass
financial services and general government
--Small Business Administration Disaster Loans Program
homeland security
--Immigration & Customs Enforcement Budget
--Secret Service Operational Mission Support Procedures
interior, environment, and related agencies
--Implications and History of General and Administrative Provisions
Contained in Interior 2017
--Wild Horse and Burro Program
--Interior Reprogramming Part II
labor, health and human services, education, and related agencies
--No studies
legislative branch
--No studies
military construction, veterans affairs, and related agencies
--MILCON Project History By State
--Future Years Defense Program Review
--SOCOM Military Construction Planning Process
--DOD Funding Request for MILCON Projects European Reassurance
Initiative from 2015 to Present
--VA Hospital Construction Costs
--Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund
--Construction of the Military Hospital at Fort Bliss, TX
--Veteran's Affairs IT
multiple subcommittees
--General and Administrative Provisions
state, foreign operations, and related agencies
--New London Embassy Constructions
--New Embassy Design and Construction
transportation, housing and urban development, and related agencies
--HUD Project Based Contract Administrators
--HUD Moving to Work Program
--Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands Community Development Block Grant
--Consolidation of Federal Aviation Administration Facilities
--HUD Administration of Grants Under the Continuum Care Program
--FAA Efforts to Address New and Emerging Cyber Vulnerabilities in FAA
Technology Acquisitions
--FAA Commercial Space Transportation
--FTA Capital Investment Grant Program
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 GAO
which were underway during the 115th Congress follows:
FORMAL U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE REPORTS AND TESTIMONIES
ISSUED TO HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE AND SUBCOMMITTEE JANUARY 2,
2017--DECEMBER 31, 2018
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Product Number, Product Title, and Publication Date
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GAO-19-184R Financial Audit: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection's
GAO-19-89 Depot Maintenance: DOD Has Improved the Completeness of Its
Biennial Core Report, 11/14/2018
GAO-19-54 Defense contracting: DOD Should Clarify Criteria for Using
Lowest Price Technically Acceptable Process, 11/13/2018
GAO-19-143R Information Security: OPM Has Implemented Many of GAO's 80
Recommendations, but Over One-Third Remain Open, 11/13/2018
GAO-19-152R Financial Audit: Office of Financial Stability (Troubled
Asset Relief Program) Fiscal Years 2018 and 2017 Financial Statements,
11/9/2018
GAO-19-42 Arctic Planning: Navy Report to Congress Aligns with Current
Assessments of Arctic Threat Levels and Capabilities Required to
Execute DOD's Strategy, 11/8/2018
GAO-19-46 Global Development Lab: USAID Leverages External Contributions
but Needs to Ensure Timely Data and Transparent Reporting, 11/7/2018
GAO-19-127R Nuclear Weapons Sustainment: Fiscal Year 2018 Nuclear Forces
Budget Estimates, 11/2/2018
GAO-19-26 Working Children: Federal Injury Data and Compliance
Strategies Could Be Strengthened, 11/2/2018
GAO-19-29 Defense Nuclear Enterprise: DOD Continues to Address
Challenges but Needs to Better Define Roles and Responsibilities and
Approaches to Collaboration, 11/1/2018
GAO-19-38 Department of Housing and Urban Development: Better Guidance
and Performance Measures Would Help Strengthen Enforcement Efforts, 10/
30/2018
GAO-19-78 National Air and Space Museum: Smithsonian's Efforts to
Improve Reliability of Its Revitalization Project's Cost Estimate Are
Ongoing, 10/25/2018
GAO-19-4 DOD Installation Services: Use of Intergovernmental Support
Agreements Has Had Benefits, but Additional Information Would Inform
Expansion, 10/23/2018
GAO-18-604SU Army Modernization: Actions Needed to Measure Progress and
to Fully Identify Near-Term Costs, 9/28/2018
B-329199 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services--Application of
Anti-Lobbying and Publicity or Propaganda Provisions, 9/25/2018
GAO-18-688R Defense Efficiency Initiatives: Observations on DOD's
Reported Reductions to Its Headquarters and Administrative Activities,
9/24/2018
GAO-18-620 Drinking Water: Approaches for Identifying Lead Service Lines
Should Be Shared with All States, 9/21/2018
GAO-18-422 Biological Select Agents and Toxins: Actions Needed to
Improve Management of DOD's Biosafety and Biosecurity Program, 9/20/
2018
GAO-18-617 Nuclear Nonproliferation: The Administration's 2018 Plan for
Verification and Monitoring Met Most Reporting Requirements but Did Not
Include Future Costs and Funding Needs, 9/14/2018
GAO-18-652 Indian Health Service: Considerations Related to Providing
Advance Appropriation Authority, 9/13/2018
GAO-18-527 District OF Columbia: Improved Reporting Could Enhance
Management of the Tuition Assistance Grant Program, 9/6/2018
GAO-18-618 Central American Police Training: State and USAID Should
Ensure Human Rights Content Is Included as Appropriate, and State
Should Improve Data, 9/5/2018
GAO-18-440 Law Enforcement: Few Individuals Denied Firearms Purchases
Are Prosecuted and ATF Should Assess Use of Warning Notices in Lieu of
Prosecutions, 9/5/2018
GAO-18-472 2017 Hurricanes and Wildfires: Initial Observations on the
Federal Response and Key Recovery Challenges, 9/4/2018
GAO-18-600 Coast Guard Acquisitions: Polar Icebreaker Program Needs to
Address Risks before Committing Resources, 9/4/2018
GAO-18-557 Defense Logistics: DOD Needs to Improve Budget Estimates and
Accuracy of Forecasts for Airlift Services, 9/4/2018
GAO-18-683R Export-Import Bank: Status of End-Use Monitoring of Dual-Use
Exports as of August 2018, 8/30/2018
B-329504 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency--Application of Publicity
or Propaganda and Anti-Lobbying Provisions to Then-Administrator's
Appearance in a Trade Association's Video, 8/22/2018
GAO-18-635 2020 Census: Census Bureau Improved the Quality of Its Cost
Estimation but Additional Steps Are Needed to Ensure Reliability, 8/17/
2018
GAO-18-605 Military Readiness: Air Force Plans to Replace Aging
Personnel Recovery Helicopter Fleet, 8/16/2018
GAO-18-490R National Nuclear Security Administration Contracting: Review
of the NNSA Report on the Sandia Contract Competition, 8/14/2018
GAO-18-621R Military Readiness: DOD Has Not Yet Incorporated Leading
Practices of a Strategic Management Planning Framework in Retrograde
and Reset Guidance, 8/10/2018
GAO-18-541S Unmanned Aircraft: The Navy Has Reduced MQ-25 Development
Risk, but Should Improve Its Cost Estimate, 8/9/2018
GAO-18-612 Foreign Assistance: U.S. Assistance for the West Bank and
Gaza, Fiscal Years 2015 and 2016, 8/8/2018
GAO-18-523 Aircraft Carrier Dismantlement and Disposal: Options Warrant
Additional Oversight and Raise Regulatory Questions, 8/2/2018
GAO-18-572R Nuclear Supply Chain: DOE Has Not Used Its Enhanced
Procurement Authority but Is Assessing Potential Use, 8/2/2018
GAO-18-553 Foreign Military Sales: Financial Oversight of the Use of
Overhead Funds Needs Strengthening, 7/30/2018
GAO-18-509 Improvised Threats: Warfighter Support Maintained, but
Clearer Responsibilities and Improved Information Sharing Needed, 7/24/
2018
GAO-18-492 Export-Import Bank: The Bank Needs to Continue to Improve
Fraud Risk Management, 7/19/2018
GAO-18-476 NASA Commercial Crew Program: Plan Needed to Ensure
Uninterrupted Access to the International Space Station, 7/11/2018
GAO-18-457 Conflict Minerals: Company Reports on Mineral Sources in 2017
Are Similar to Prior Years and New Data on Sexual Violence Are
Available, 6/28/2018
GAO-18-298 Information Technology: IRS Needs to Take Additional Actions
to Address Significant Risks to Tax Processing, 6/28/2018
GAO-18-447 Military Readiness: Analysis of Maintenance Delays Needed to
Improve Availability of Patriot Equipment for Training, 6/20/2018
GAO-18-394 Lead Paint in Housing: HUD Should Strengthen Grant Processes,
Compliance Monitoring, and Performance Assessment, 6/19/2018
GAO-18-505R Nuclear Nonproliferation: The Administration's 2015 Plan and
2017 Update for Nuclear Proliferation Verification and Monitoring
Generally Did Not Address Reporting Requirements, 6/18/2018
GAO-18-532R State and USAID: Status of GAO Recommendations Made in 2015
and 2016,P 6/15/2018
GAO-18-442R VA Health Care: Independent Verification and Validation of
Patient Self-Scheduling Systems Was Consistent with the Faster Care for
Veterans Act of 2016,P 6/13/2018
GAO-18-238SP Navy Shipbuilding: Past Performance Provides Valuable
Lessons for Future Investments, 6/6/2018
GAO-18-321 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: Development Is Nearly Complete,
but Deficiencies Found in Testing Need to Be Resolved [Reissued with
Revisions June. 13, 2018],P 6/5/2018
GAO-18-421 Small Business Loans: Additional Actions Needed to Improve
Compliance with the Credit Elsewhere Requirement, 6/5/2018
GAO-18-281 Veterans Choice Program: Improvements Needed to Address
Access-Related Challenges as VA Plans Consolidation of its Community
Care Programs, 6/4/2018
GAO-18-370 National Science Foundation: Revised Policies on Developing
Costs and Schedules Could Improve Estimates for Large Facilities, 6/1/
2018
GAO-18-459 Animal Use in Federal Research: Agencies Share Information,
but Reporting and Data Quality Could Be Strengthened, 5/31/2018
GAO-18-449 Counterterrorism: DOD Should Fully Address Security
Assistance Planning Elements in Global Train and Equip Project
Proposals, 5/30/2018
GAO-18-324 Missile Defense: The Warfighter and Decision Makers Would
Benefit from Better Communication about the System's Capabilities and
Limitations, 5/30/2018
GAO-18-380 VA Health Care: Progress Made Towards Improving Opioid
Safety, but Further Efforts to Assess Progress and Reduce Risk Are
Needed, 5/29/2018
GAO-18-230 Defense Infrastructure: DOD Needs to Improve the Accuracy of
Its Excess Capacity Estimates, 5/24/2018
GAO-18-326 DOD Major Automated Systems: Adherence to Best Practices Is
Needed to Better Manage and Oversee Business Programs, 5/24/2018
GAO-18-362 Infectious Disease Threats: Funding and Performance of Key
Preparedness and Capacity-Building Programs, 5/24/2018
GAO-18-192 Warfighter Support: An Assessment of DOD Documents Used in
Previous Efforts to Rebalance to the Pacific, 5/24/2018
GAO-18-339SP Homeland Security Acquisitions: Leveraging Programs'
Results Could Further DHS's Progress to Improve Portfolio Management, 5/
17/2018
GAO-18-403 Collegiate Aviation Schools: Stakeholders' Views on
Challenges for Initial Pilot Training Programs, 5/15/2018
GAO-18-389 Zika Supplemental Funding: Status of HHS Agencies'
Obligations, Disbursements, and the Activities Funded, 5/14/2018
GAO-18-412R Defense Contracting: Use by the Department of Defense of
Indefinite-Delivery Contracts from Fiscal Years 2015 through 2017, 5/10/
2018
GAO-18-401 Foreign Military Sales: Controls Should Be Strengthened to
Address Substantial Growth in Overhead Account Balances, 5/10/2018
GAO-18-280SP NASA: Assessments of Major Projects, 5/1/2018
GAO-18-359 Presidential Helicopter: VH-92A Program Is Stable and Making
Progress While Facing Challenges [Reissued with Revisions May 9, 2018],
4/30/2018
GAO-18-371SP 2018 Annual Report: Additional Opportunities to Reduce
Fragmentation, Overlap, and Duplication and Achieve Other Financial
Benefits, 4/26/2018
GAO-18-163 Federal Student Loans: Actions Needed to Improve Oversight of
Schools' Default Rates, 4/26/2018
GAO-18-448T Fiscal Year 2019 Budget Request: U.S. Government
Accountability Office, 4/25/2018
GAO-18-253 Military Readiness: Clear Policy and Reliable Data Would Help
DOD Better Manage Service Members' Time Away from Home, 4/25/2018
GAO-18-360SP Weapon Systems Annual Assessment: Knowledge Gaps Pose Risks
to Sustaining Recent Positive Trends, 4/25/2018
GAO-18-416T 2020 Census: Continued Management Attention Needed to
Mitigate Key Risks Jeopardizing a Cost-Effective and Secure
Enumeration, 4/18/2018
GAO-18-343 Immigration Detention: Opportunities Exist to Improve Cost
Estimates, 4/18/2018
GAO-18-364 Amphibious Combat Vehicle: Program Should Take Steps to
Ensure Manufacturing Readiness, 4/17/2018
GAO-18-130 Defense Business Systems: DOD Needs to Continue Improving
Guidance and Plans for Effectively Managing Investments, 4/16/2018
B-329603 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency--Installation of
Soundproof Privacy Booth, 4/16/2018
GAO-18-385R Coast Guard Acquisitions: Status of Coast Guard's Heavy
Polar Icebreaker Acquisition, 4/13/2018
GAO-18-288 Veterans Health Administration: Opportunities Exist for
Improving Veterans' Access to Health Care Services in the Pacific
Islands, 4/12/2018
GAO-18-330 DOD Contracted Services: Long-Standing Issues Remain about
Using Inventory for Management Decisions, 3/29/2018
GAO-18-350 Ebola Recovery: USAID Has Initiated or Completed Most
Projects, but a Complete Project Inventory Is Still Needed for
Evaluating Its Efforts, 3/28/2018
GAO-18-292 Food and Drug Administration: Information on Mifeprex
Labeling Changes and Ongoing Monitoring Efforts, 3/28/2018
GAO-18-101 Defense Infrastructure: Action Needed to Increase the
Reliability of Construction Cost Estimates, 3/27/2018
GAO-18-352 VA Disability Benefits: Improved Planning Practices Would
Better Ensure Successful Appeals Reform, 3/22/2018
GAO-18-199 Food Safety: Federal Efforts to Manage the Risk of Arsenic in
Rice, 3/16/2018
GAO-18-268 U.S. Ports of Entry: CBP Public-Private Partnership Programs
Have Benefits, but CBP Could Strengthen Evaluation Efforts, 3/15/2018
GAO-18-271 Customs and Border Protection: Automated Trade Data System
Yields Benefits, but Interagency Management Approach Is Needed, 3/14/
2018
GAO-18-328R National Roadside Survey: NHTSA Changed Methodology to
Address Driver Concerns, 3/12/2018
B-328450 Commodity Futures Trading Commission--Liabilities Outside of
the Government's Control, 3/6/2018
GAO-18-273 James Webb Space Telescope: Integration and Test Challenges
Have Delayed Launch and Threaten to Push Costs Over Cap, 2/28/2018
GAO-18-217 Defense Acquisition Workforce: Opportunities Exist to Improve
Practices for Developing Program Managers, 2/15/2018
GAO-18-249 Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States:
Treasury Should Coordinate Assessments of Resources Needed to Address
Increased Workload, 2/14/2018
GAO-18-243 UN Peacekeeping: Cost Estimate for Hypothetical U.S.
Operation Exceeds Actual Costs for Comparable UN Operation, 2/6/2018
GAO-18-56 Forest Service: Improvements Needed in Internal Controls over
Budget Execution Processes, 1/31/2018
GAO-18-256 Financial Services Regulations: Procedures for Reviews under
Regulatory Flexibility Act Need to Be Enhanced, 1/30/2018
GAO-18-102 Water and Wastewater Workforce: Recruiting Approaches Helped
Industry Hire Operators, but Additional EPA Guidance Could Help
Identify Future Needs, 1/26/2018
GAO-18-5 Higher Education: Expert Views of U.S. Accreditation, 12/22/
2017
GAO-18-158 Columbia Class Submarine: Immature Technologies Present Risks
to Achieving Cost, Schedule, and Performance Goals, 12/21/2017
GAO-18-195R Minority-and Women-Owned Business Contracting: Analysis of
DOD Contract Awards, Fiscal Years 2010-2016, 12/18/2017
GAO-18-251RSU DHS Financial Management: Key Factors, Metrics, and
Processes Used to Identify Best Alternative for the TRIO System
Modernization Project, 12/15/2017
GAO-18-74 Global Positioning System: Better Planning and Coordination
Needed to Improve Prospects for Fielding Modernized Capability, 12/12/
2017
B-329092 Impoundment of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy
Appropriation Resulting from Legislative Proposals in the President's
Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2018, 12/12/2017
GAO-18-29 Personnel Security Clearances: Additional Actions Needed to
Ensure Quality, Address Timeliness, and Reduce Investigation Backlog,
12/12/2017
GAO-18-128 European Reassurance Initiative: DOD Needs to Prioritize
Posture Initiatives and Plan for and Report Their Future Cost, 12/8/
2017
GAO-18-131 Electricity Markets: Four Regions Use Capacity Markets to
Help Ensure Adequate Resources, but FERC Has Not Fully Assessed Their
Performance, 12/7/2017
GAO-18-26SU Personnel Security Clearances: Additional Actions Needed to
Address Quality, Timeliness, and Investigation Backlog, 12/7/2017
GAO-18-88 Medicare and Medicaid: CMS Needs to Fully Align Its Antifraud
Efforts with the Fraud Risk Framework, 12/5/2017
GAO-18-139 Defense Contracting: DOD's Use of Lowest Price Technically
Acceptable Source Selection Procedures to Acquire Selected Services, 11/
30/2017
GAO-18-125R WIC: USDA's Review of Vegetables Available under the Program
Followed Leading Research Practices, 11/30/2017
GAO-18-116 Government Procurement: Effect of Restriction on DHS's
Purchasing of Foreign Textiles Is Limited, 11/21/2017
GAO-18-185R Financial Audit: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection's
Fiscal Years 2017 and 2016 Financial Statements, 11/15/2017
GAO-18-122R Plutonium Disposition: Observations on DOE and Army Corps
Assessments of the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility Contract, 11/
15/2017
GAO-18-237SP GAO Bid Protest Annual Report to Congress for Fiscal Year
2017, 11/13/2017
GAO-18-170R Financial Audit: Office of Financial Stability (Troubled
Asset Relief Program) Fiscal Years 2017 and 2016 Financial Statements,
11/9/2017
GAO-18-81 Military Readiness: Actions Are Needed to Enhance Readiness of
Global Response Force to Support Contingency Operations, 10/27/2017
GAO-18-75 F-35 Aircraft Sustainment: DOD Needs to Address Challenges
Affecting Readiness and Cost Transparency, 10/26/2017
GAO-18-28 NASA Human Space Exploration: Integration Approach Presents
Challenges to Oversight and Independence, 10/19/2017
GAO-18-124 Veterans Health Administration: Better Data and Evaluation
Could Help Improve Physician Staffing, Recruitment, and Retention
Strategies, 10/19/2017
GAO-18-78 Drinking Water: DOD Has Acted on Some Emerging Contaminants
but Should Improve Internal Reporting on Regulatory Compliance, 10/18/
2017
GAO-18-181 Reserve Component Travel: DOD Should Assess the Effect of
Reservists' Unreimbursed Out-of-Pocket Expenses on Retention, 10/16/
2017
GAO-18-144 Defense Nuclear Enterprise: Processes to Monitor Progress on
Implementing Recommendations and Managing Risks Could Be Improved, 10/5/
2017
GAO-18-168SU Military Readiness: Personnel Shortfalls and Persistent
Operational Demands Strain Army Missile Defense Units and Personnel, 10/
5/2017
GAO-17-738 Federal Contracting: Additional Management Attention and
Action Needed to Close Contracts and Reduce Audit Backlog, 9/28/2017
GAO-17-773 Nuclear Proliferation: NNSA Needs to Improve Its Program
Management Policy and Practices, 9/28/2017
GAO-17-799 DHS Financial Management: Better Use of Best Practices Could
Help Manage System Modernization Project Risks, 9/26/2017
B-328477 U.S. Department of Agriculture--Economy Act Transfers for
Details of Personnel,P 9/26/2017
GAO-17-577 Modernizing the Nuclear Security Enterprise: A Complete Scope
of Work Is Needed to Develop Timely Cost and Schedule Information for
the Uranium Program, 9/8/2017
GAO-17-693 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Use of Special
Interest Projects to Fund Prevention Research Centers, 9/7/2017
GAO-17-681SP Diplomatic Security: Key Oversight Issues, 9/7/2017
GAO-17-769 Military Training: DOD Met Annual Reporting Requirements in
Its 2017 Sustainable Ranges Report, 9/6/2017
GAO-17-647 Navy Unmanned Aerial Refueling System: Acquisition Addresses
Validated Requirements and Reflects a Knowledge-Based Approach, 9/6/
2017
GAO-17-709 VA Health Care: Opportunities Exist for Improving
Implementation and Oversight of Enrollment Processes for Veterans, 9/5/
2017
GAO-17-482 Defense Contracted Services: DOD Needs to Reassess Key
Leadership Roles and Clarify Policies for Requirements Review Boards, 8/
31/2017
GAO-17-730R Export-Import Bank: Status of End-Use Monitoring of Dual-Use
Exports as of August 2017, 8/29/2017
GAO-17-733 Conflict Minerals: Information on Artisanal Mined Gold and
Efforts to Encourage Responsible Sourcing in the Democratic Republic of
the Congo, 8/23/2017
GAO-17-703 Foreign Military Sales: DOD Needs to Improve Its Use of
Performance Information to Manage the Program, 8/22/2017
GAO-17-503 Navy Readiness: Actions Needed to Maintain Viable Surge
Sealift and Combat Logistics Fleets [Reissued on October 31, 2017], 8/
22/2017
GAO-17-555 Higher Education: Education Should Address Oversight and
Communication Gaps in Its Monitoring of the Financial Condition of
Schools, 8/21/2017
GAO-17-609 Surplus Missile Motors: Sale Price Drives Potential Effects
on DOD and Commercial Launch Providers, 8/16/2017
GAO-17-641R Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications: Update on Air
Force Oversight Effort and Selected Acquisition Programs, 8/15/2017
GAO-17-682 Foreign Military Sales: Expanding Use of Tools to
Sufficiently Define Requirements Could Enable More Timely Acquisitions,
8/14/2017
GAO-17-574 Higher Education: Students Need More Information to Help
Reduce Challenges in Transferring College Credits, 8/14/2017
GAO-17-588R Defense Logistics: Plan to Improve Management of Defective
Aviation Parts Should Be Enhanced, 8/9/2017
GAO-17-690R F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: DOD's Proposed Follow-on
Modernization Acquisition Strategy Reflects an Incremental Approach
Although Plans Are Not Yet Finalized, 8/8/2017
GAO-17-614Information Security: OPM Has Improved Controls, but Further
Efforts Are Needed, 8/3/2017
GAO-17-459SU Information Security: OPM Has Improved Controls, but
Further Efforts Are Needed, 8/3/2017
GAO-17-653 Prepositioned Stocks: DOD Needs to Develop a Department-Wide
Vision and Goals to Guide Program Management, 7/31/2017
GAO-17-706 Refugees: Actions Needed by State Department and DHS to
Further Strengthen Applicant Screening Process and Assess Fraud Risks,
7/31/2017
GAO-17-737 Refugees: State and Its Partners Have Implemented Several
Antifraud Measures but Could Further Reduce Staff Fraud Risks, 7/31/
2017
GAO-17-648 U.S. Democracy Assistance in Burma: USAID and State Could
Strengthen Oversight of Partners' Due Diligence Procedures, 7/28/2017
GAO-17-635 Inland Harbors: The Corps of Engineers Should Assess Existing
Capabilities to Better Inform Dredging Decisions, 7/26/2017
GAO-17-724 Defense Efficiency Initiatives: DOD Needs to Improve the
Reliability of Cost Savings Estimates, 7/24/2017
GAO-17-535SU Defense Efficiency Initiatives: DOD Needs to Improve the
Reliability of Cost Savings Estimates, 7/24/2017
GAO-17-636 Homeless Veterans: VA Should Improve Reporting on the
Benefits Provided by Leases of Unneeded Property, 7/20/2017
GAO-17-557 Nuclear Weapons Sustainment: Budget Estimates Report Contains
More Information than in Prior Fiscal Years, but Transparency Can Be
Improved, 7/20/2017
GAO-17-680R Animal Welfare: Information on the U.S. Horse Population, 7/
17/2017
GAO-17-701 Biological Defense: Additional Information That Congress May
Find Useful as It Considers DOD's Advanced Development and
Manufacturing Capability, 7/17/2017
GAO-17-467 Improper Payments: Improvements Needed in CMS and IRS
Controls over Health Insurance Premium Tax Credit, 7/13/2017
GAO-17-564 Investigational New Drugs: FDA Has Taken Steps to Improve the
Expanded Access Program but Should Further Clarify How Adverse Events
Data Are Used, 7/11/2017
GAO-17-522R Chemical and Biological Defense: DOD Has Identified an
Infrastructure Manager and Is Developing the Position's Roles and
Responsibilities, 7/7/2017
GAO-17-499 Defense Science and Technology: Adopting Best Practices Can
Improve Innovation Investments and Management, 6/29/2017
GAO-17-582 Operational Support Airlift: Fleet Sufficiency is Assessed
Annually, 6/28/2017
GAO-17-309 Weapon Systems: Prototyping Has Benefited Acquisition
Programs, but More Can Be Done to Support Innovation Initiatives, 6/27/
2017
GAO-17-461 Defense Infrastructure: Additional Data and Guidance Needed
for Alternatively Financed Energy Projects, 6/20/2017
GAO-17-540 Oil, Gas, and Coal Royalties: Raising Federal Rates Could
Decrease Production on Federal Lands but Increase Federal Revenue, 6/20/
2017
GAO-17-179 VA Information Technology: Pharmacy System Needs Additional
Capabilities for Viewing, Exchanging, and Using Data to Better Serve
Veterans, 6/14/2017
GAO-17-530R Military Readiness: DOD Has Not Incorporated Leading
Practices of a Strategic Management Planning Framework in Retrograde
and Reset Guidance, 6/9/2017
GAO-17-490 Satellite Acquisitions: Agencies May Recover a Limited
Portion of Contract Value When Satellites Fail, 6/9/2017
GAO-17-458SU Army Readiness: Progress Made Implementing New Concept, but
Actions Needed to Improve Results, 6/8/2017
GAO-17-526REPA Science Advisory Board: Policy Statement on Science
Quality and Integrity, 6/8/2017
GAO-17-444SU Refugees: Actions Needed by State Department and DHS to
Further Strengthen Applicant Screening Process and Assess Fraud Risks,
6/7/2017
GAO-17-446SU Refugees: State and Its Partners Have Implemented Several
Antifraud Measures but Could Further Reduce the Risk of Staff Fraud, 6/
7/2017
GAO-17-381 Missile Defense: Some Progress Delivering Capabilities, but
Challenges with Testing Transparency and Requirements Development Need
to Be Addressed, 5/30/2017
GAO-17-589T High Risk: Actions Needed to Address Serious Weaknesses in
Federal Management of Programs Serving Indian Tribes, 5/24/2017
GAO-17-447 Indian Affairs: Actions Needed to Better Manage Indian School
Construction Projects, 5/24/2017
GAO-17-421 Indian Affairs: Further Actions Needed to Improve Oversight
and Accountability for School Safety Inspections, 5/24/2017
GAO-17-437 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: Implementation
of Federal Minimum Wage and Immigration Laws, 5/18/2017
GAO-17-413 Navy Force Structure: Actions Needed to Ensure Proper Size
and Composition of Ship Crews, 5/18/2017
GAO-17-303SP NASA: Assessments of Major Projects, 5/16/2017
GAO-17-431 Personal Protective Equipment: Army and Marine Corps Are
Pursuing Efforts to Reduce the Weight of Items Worn or Carried in
Combat, 5/5/2017
GAO-17-297SU Biological Defense: Additional Information That Congress
May Find Useful as It Considers DOD's Report on Its Advanced
Development and Manufacturing Capability,P 5/4/2017
GAO-17-584T 2020 Census: Sustained Attention to Innovations, IT Systems,
and Cost Estimation Is Needed, 5/3/2017
GAO-17-393 Medicare Advantage: CMS Should Use Data on Disenrollment and
Beneficiary Health Status to Strengthen Oversight, 4/28/2017
GAO-17-414 NASA Human Space Exploration: Delay Likely for First
Exploration Mission,P 4/27/2017
GAO-17-233 Strategic Human Capital Management: NRC Could Better Manage
the Size and Composition of Its Workforce by Further Incorporating
Leading Practices, 4/27/2017
GAO-17-491SP 2017 Annual Report: Additional Opportunities to Reduce
Fragmentation, Overlap, and Duplication and Achieve Other Financial
Benefits, 4/26/2017
GAO-17-400 K-12 Education: Education Needs to Improve Oversight of Its
21st Century Program, 4/26/2017
GAO-17-341 National Nuclear Security Administration: Action Needed to
Address Affordability of Nuclear Modernization Programs, 4/26/2017
GAO-17-517R SEC Conflict Minerals Rule: 2017 Review of Company
Disclosures in Response to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Rule, 4/26/2017
GAO-17-351 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: DOD Needs to Complete
Developmental Testing Before Making Significant New Investments, 4/24/
2017
GAO-17-402 Amphibious Combat Vehicle Acquisition: Cost Estimate Meets
Best Practices, but Concurrency between Testing and Production
Increases Risk, 4/18/2017
GAO-17-323 Littoral Combat Ship and Frigate: Delaying Planned Frigate
Acquisition Would Enable Better-Informed Decisions, 4/18/2017
GAO-17-239 Nuclear Security: DOE Could Improve Aspects of Nuclear
Security Reporting,P 4/11/2017
GAO-17-320 Advanced Manufacturing: Commerce Could Strengthen
Collaboration with Other Agencies on Innovation Institutes, 4/6/2017
GAO-17-346SP Homeland Security Acquisitions: Earlier Requirements
Definition and Clear Documentation of Key Decisions Could Facilitate
Ongoing Progress, 4/6/2017
GAO-17-415 Marine Corps Asia Pacific Realignment: DOD Should Resolve
Capability Deficiencies and Infrastructure Risks and Revise Cost
Estimates, 4/5/2017
GAO-17-107SU Marine Corps Asia-Pacific Realignment: DOD Should Resolve
Capability Deficiencies and Infrastructure Risks and Revise Cost
Estimates, 4/5/2017
GAO-17-333SP Defense Acquisitions: Assessments of Selected Weapon
Programs, 3/30/2017
GAO-17-322 DOD Major Automated Information Systems: Improvements Can Be
Made in Applying Leading Practices for Managing Risk and Testing, 3/30/
2017
GAO-17-422 Troubled Asset Relief Program: Few Participants Remain as
Treasury Continues to Wind Down Capital Purchase Program, 3/29/2017
GAO-17-255R Building Partner Capacity: Inventory of Department of
Defense Security Cooperation and Department of State Security
Assistance Efforts, 3/24/2017
GAO-17-370 KC-46 Tanker Modernization: Delivery of First Fully Capable
Aircraft Has Been Delayed over One Year and Additional Delays Are
Possible, 3/24/2017
GAO-17-204 Immigration Status Verification for Benefits: Actions Needed
to Improve Effectiveness and Oversight, 3/23/2017
GAO-17-294 Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Changes Planned to Budget
Structure and Justification, 3/8/2017
GAO-17-70 VA Construction: Improved Processes Needed to Monitor Contract
Modifications, Develop Schedules, and Estimate Costs, 3/7/2017
GAO-17-192 Antibiotic Resistance: More Information Needed to Oversee Use
of Medically Important Drugs in Food Animals, 3/2/2017
GAO-17-211 Navy Shipbuilding: Need to Document Rationale for the Use of
Fixed-Price Incentive Contracts and Study Effectiveness of Added
Incentives, 3/1/2017
B-328323 U.S. Forest Service--Line Item Appropriation for Acquiring
Aircraft for the Next-Generation Airtanker Fleet, 2/28/2017
GAO-17-7 Joint Exercise Program: DOD Needs to Take Steps to Improve the
Quality of Funding Data, 2/24/2017
GAO-17-137 NASA Commercial Crew Program: Schedule Pressure Increases as
Contractors Delay Key Events, 2/16/2017
GAO-17-165 District of Columbia Charter Schools: Multi-Agency Plan
Needed to Continue Progress Addressing High and Disproportionate
Discipline Rates, 2/9/2017
B-327830 Commodity Futures Trading Commission-Consistency of Real
Property Leases with the Miscellaneous Receipts Statute, 2/8/2017
GAO-17-182 Critical Infrastructure Protection: Additional Actions by DHS
Could Help Identify Opportunities to Harmonize Access Control Efforts,
2/7/2017
GAO-17-120 Drug-Free Communities Support Program: Agencies Have
Strengthened Collaboration but Could Enhance Grantee Compliance and
Performance Monitoring, 2/7/2017
GAO-17-281 Information Technology: HUD Needs to Address Significant
Weaknesses in Its Cost Estimating Practices, 2/7/2017
GAO-17-231 Medical Devises: Cancer Risk Led FDA to Warn Against Certain
Uses of Power Morcellators and Recommend New Labeling, 2/7/2017
GAO-17-406RSU NATO Enlargement: President's Report on Montenegro
Addresses Senate Resolution Requirements but Includes Limited Detail on
Costs to NATO and the United States, 2/2/2017
GAO-17-174 Nuclear Waste: Benefits and Costs Should Be Better Understood
Before DOE Commits to a Separate Repository for Defense Waste, 1/31/
2017
GAO-17-114 Military Personnel: DOD and the Coast Guard Need to Screen
for Gambling Disorder Addiction and Update Guidance, 1/30/2017
GAO-17-151 Military Base Realignments and Closures: DOD Has Improved
Environmental Cleanup Reporting but Should Obtain and Share More
Information, 1/19/2017
GAO-17-141 National Nuclear Security Administration: A Plan
Incorporating Leading Practices Is Needed to Guide Cost Reporting
Improvement Effort, 1/19/2017
GAO-17-236 Troubled Asset Relief Program: Status of Housing Programs, 1/
9/2017
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GAO ACTIVE REQUESTS AND MANDATES IN PROCESS FOR HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE AND SUBCOMMITTEES AS OF NOVEMBER 26, 2018
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HUD'S REAL ESTATE ASSESSMENT CENTER
FOREIGN FINANCIAL ASSET REPORTING BY TAXPAYERS LIVING ABROAD
OWNERSHIP TRANSPARENCY OF DOD CONTRACTORS
UNIT LEVEL TRAINING COSTS TO BUILD FULL-SPECTRUM READINESS
DOD VENDOR VETTING
FHA CONVEYABLE CONDITIONS
DOD EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL CAPABILITIES
DOD CONTRACTOR BUSINESS SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
AIR AMBULANCE SERVICES
NUMBER OF EXISTING LEAD SERVICE LINES
NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION'S KANSAS CITY PLANT
CAPABILITIES
INTEROPERABLE WARHEAD-1 PROGRESS AND PLANS
SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM REVITALIZATION PROJECT COST
ESTIMATE
FDA IMPORT ALERTS FOR SEAFOOD
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE COMPARISON
COLUMBIA CLASS SUBMARINE
FOOD LOSS AND WASTE
FINANCIAL INTEGRATION AT THE NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
SPACE BATTLE MANAGEMENT COMMAND AND CONTROL
GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS TRAINING
NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION'S HIGH-EXPLOSIVES CAPABILITIES
DATE LABELS ON PACKAGED FOODS
DOD CONTRACTORS' SAFETY AND HEALTH RECORDS
NASA HUMAN SPACE EXPLORATION
DOD INSTALLATION ACCESS CONTROL INITIATIVES
DOD HISTORIC BUILDINGS
OFFSHORING AND FOREIGN INVESTMENT EFFECTS ON INDUSTRIAL BASE
DOD FACILITIES CLIMATE ADAPTATION
2019 ANNUAL WEAPON SYSTEMS MACRO ANALYSIS
2019 ANNUAL WEAPON SYSTEMS ASSESSMENTS
FAA STAFFING MODEL FOR INSPECTORS
RURAL VETERANS CEMETERY ACCESS
TRANSIT PROJECT COSTS
CIVILIAN MARKSMANSHIP PROGRAM
AFGHANISTAN SECURITY FORCES FUND TRAINING COSTS
INTEROPERABLE WARHEAD-1 REQUIREMENTS AND ALTERNATIVES
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION LARGE FACILITIES (2019)
DOD PERSONNEL RECOVERY REPORT
NEXT GENERATION AIR DOMINANCE 2019
COBRA DANE RADAR SUSTAINMENT
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH WHISTLEBLOWER RESOURCES AND LEADING PRACTICES
IRAQ SECURITY COOPERATION OFFICE ACTIVITIES
VA HIV TESTING POLICY
TRAINING FOR NON-ACQUISITION WORKFORCE
FORWARD DEPLOYED NAVAL FORCE SHIP MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR CAPACITY
COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF SELECTED DATA CENTERS
NASA'S COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM
VA CARE FOR MINORITY VETERANS
KOREAN MISSILE DEFENSE
GUIDED MISSILE FRIGATE
TIMELINESS OF DEFENSE ACQUISITION REGULATION UPDATES
VA SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER CAPACITY
DOD ACQUISITION WORKFORCE HIRING FLEXIBILITIES
DOD OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE PILOT
MILITARY HEALTH SYSTEM GENESIS IMPLEMENTATION
DOD CONTRACT FINANCING
OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY STRATEGIES & PROGRAMS
NUCLEAR COMMAND, CONTROL, AND COMMUNICATIONS ACQUISITION PROGRAMS UPDATE
ACQUISITION & CROSS-SERVICING AGREEMENTS (ACSAS)
HUD DATA PROTECTION
NEVADA NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY SITE CONTRACT COMPETITION
DHS NONIMMIGRANT OVERSTAY METRIC
NAVAL SHIPYARD IMPROVEMENT PLAN
MARINE CORPS CIVILIAN PAY MANAGEMENT
VA MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT CHALLENGES
ACCESSIBILITY OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS
CELL CULTURED FOOD PRODUCTS
EMERGING THREATS OF HIGH NATIONAL SECURITY CONSEQUENCE--FY19 REPORT
MAINTENANCE OF JOINT SURVEILLANCE ATTACK RADAR SYSTEM (E-8C)
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION: COST INCREASE REPORTS
HUMAN RIGHTS TRAINING FOR FOREIGN SECURITY FORCES
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES
NNSA MICROELECTRONICS RECAPITALIZATION EFFORTS
SURFACE WARFARE OFFICER TRAINING
USE OF RESTRAINT AND SECLUSION IN SCHOOLS
DOMESTIC URANIUM INDUSTRIAL BASE
W80-4 NUCLEAR WARHEAD LIFE EXTENSION PROGRAM
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GAO PENDING REQUESTS AND MANDATES IN PROCESS FOR HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE AND SUBCOMMITTEES AS OF NOVEMBER 26, 2018
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TO CONDUCT A STUDY ON THE CONDITION OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES OF
REVIEW PUBLIC AWARENESS AND EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS RELATED TO THE EFFECTS
OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE ON VICTIMS' BRAIN HEALTH AND ITS
CONNECTION TO TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY EXPERIENCED BY VICTIMS.
REVIEW DOD'S USE OF OTHER TRANSACTION AUTHORITY (OTA) PURSUANT TO 10 USC
2371B, TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE DOD'S EMPLOYMENT OF THIS AUTHORITY
CONFORMS TO APPLICABLE STATUTES AND DOD'S GUIDELINES, TO INCLUDE THE
IDENTIFICATION OF ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICTS WITH 31 USC 1301.
REVIEW OF THE FEDERAL EFFORTS TO SUPPORT RECYCLING.
REVIEW AND VERIFY WHETHER THE SAVINGS REPORTED BY THE CHIEF MANAGEMENT
OFFICER (CMO) ARE ACCURATE.
DOD SHALL ESTABLISH A CONSISTENT REPORTING FRAMEWORK TO ESTABLISH A
BASELINE FOR THE COSTS TO PERFORM ALL COVERED ACTIVITIES.
DOD TO REFORM ENTERPRISE BUSINESS OPERATIONS OF DOD, THROUGH REDUCTIONS,
ELIMINATIONS, OR IMPROVEMENTS, ACROSS ALL ORGANIZATIONS AND ELEMENTS OF
THE DEPARTMENT WITH RESPECT TO COVERED ACTIVITIES IN ORDER TO INCREASE
EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY OF MISSION EXECUTION.
REVIEW OF THE ANNUAL ASSESSMENT OF SELECTED DOD ACQUISITION PROGRAMS AND
INITIATIVES.
DOE ADMINISTRATOR TO REPORT ON COSTS AND BENEFITS OF THE COMPETITION FOR
ANY NEW CONTRACTS AWARDED TO MANAGE AND OPERATE FACILITIES OF THE
ADMINISTRATION.
DOD'S CHIEF MANAGEMENT OFFICER (CMO) SUBMIT A PLAN, SCHEDULE AND COST
ESTIMATE FOR REFORMING ENTERPRISE BUSINESS OPERATIONS OF THE DOD,
THROUGH REDUCTIONS, ELIMINATIONS, OR IMPROVEMENTS, ACROSS ALL
ORGANIZATIONS AND ELEMENTS OF THE DOD WITH RESPECT TO COVERED
ACTIVITIES IN ORDER TO INCREASE EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY OF MISSION
EXECUTION.
REVIEW THE EARLY PLANNING FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OVERHEAD PERSISTENT
INFRARED (OPIR) SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED GROUND CAPABILITIES.
REVIEW DOD'S SPACE PROTECTION PROGRAMS.
REQUESTS THAT GAO UPDATE ITS REPORT ENTITLED ``NONPROFIT, FOR-PROFIT,
AND GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS: UNCOMPENSATED CARE AND OTHER COMMUNITY
BENEFITS''(GAO-05-743T).
REVIEW AND SUBMIT RECOMMENDATIONS ON EXISTING BARRIERS TO OBTAINING AND
PAYING FOR ADEQUATE MEDICAL CARE FOR SURVIVORS OF CHILDHOOD CANCER.
REVIEW OF THE NATIONWIDE ANALYSIS OF THE MEDICAL GENETICS WORKFORCE, TO
INCLUDE ALL MEDICAL GENETICS PROFESSIONALS. INCLUDE A DETERMINATION AS
TO WHETHER THERE ARE SUFFICIENT QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS FOR THIS
IMPORTANT AND GROWING HEALTH NEED, AS WELL AS WHETHER THERE ARE
PARTICULAR GEOGRAPHIC AREAS OF THE COUNTRY THAT LACK ACCESS TO GENETIC
COUNSELING.
REVIEW THE SOLID STATE LASER-TECHNOLOGY MATURATION (SSL-TM ) PROGRAM.
REVIEW INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT TREATMENT CAPACITY, AVAILABILITY, AND
NEEDS.
REVIEW OF EMPLOYEE PAY, HIRING, AND PROMOTION IN THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE
BY GENDER.
DETERMINE WHETHER UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY (USMMA) SHOULD
BE SUBJECT TO THE PROTECTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS OF TITLE IX, THE UNIFORM
CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE (UCMJ) OR ANY OTHER LAWS DESIGNED TO ENSURE
THAT CAMPUSES REMAIN FREE OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND ASSAULT.
REVIEW THE SECURITY IMPLICATIONS OF THE USE OF FAA AIRPORT FUNDS FOR
CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS WITH FOREIGN-OWNED, DIRECTED, OR SUBSIDIZED
COMPANIES THAT HAVE BEEN DETERMINED BY A U.S. FEDERAL COURT, ONCE ALL
APPEALS ARE FINAL, TO HAVE MISAPPROPRIATED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND
TRADE SECRETS FROM A UNITED STATES COMPANY.
TO ISSUE A REPORT THAT WILL INCLUDE: 1) A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROCESSES
USED TO COLLECT AND CALCULATE AMTRAK ON-TIME PERFORMANCE DATA AND
METRICS; 2) A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROCESSES USED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSES
OF ON-TIME PERFORMANCE DELAYS, SUCH AS SIGNAL DELAYS, FREIGHT TRAIN
INTERFERENCE, OR ROUTING; AND 3) AN ASSESSMENT OF THE PROCESS USED TO
COORDINATE BETWEEN AMTRAK AND HOST RAILROADS TO CONFIRM AND FINALIZE ON-
TIME PERFORMANCE DATA AND METRICS.
REVIEW OF THE EFFECTS OF DIET-RELATED CHRONIC DISEASES.
TO CONDUCT A REPORT ON 1) WHAT EXTENT THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
CENTERS OF STANDARDIZATION ACHIEVE THEIR STATED OBJECTIVES; 2) METRICS
USED TO MEASURE ACHIEVEMENTS THOUGHT TO BE DERIVED FROM THE CENTERS; 3)
HOW MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES COMPORT WITH BEST PRACTICES FOR SUCH
MEASUREMENT; 4) POTENTIAL LIABILITY THE CENTERS MAY INCUR IN THE EVENT
THAT PROBLEMS DEVELOP; AND 5) HOW THE NAVY AND AIR FORCE HAVE
COMPARABLE CENTERS OR PROCEDURES FOR ACHIEVING STANDARDIZATION AND HOW
EFFECTIVELY THE LESSONS LEARNED ARE SHARED.
REVIEW ITS CLASSIFICATION AND DECLASSIFICATION PRACTICES AND POLICIES
REGARDING ITS POSTURE, ORDER OF BATTLE, AND POLICIES IN CYBERSPACE.
REVIEW AND DETERMINE THE ADEQUACY AND APPROPRIATE BALANCE OF PRACTICAL
AT-SEA, VIRTUAL, CLASSROOM, AND OTHER TRAINING FOR SWO CANDIDATES.
NNSA TO SOLICIT FROM EACH OF ITS EIGHT NATIONAL SECURITY LABORATORIES
AND PLANTS SPECIFIC REGULATIONS OR SOURCES OF REGULATION THAT ARE
PARTICULARLY BURDENSOME.
REVIEW POLICIES GOVERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) CYBER HYGIENE
AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ITS CYBERSECURITY CULTURE AND COMPLIANCE
INITIATIVE AND CYBER WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
REVIEW (1) HOW DOD SHARES AND IMPLEMENTS LESSONS LEARNED AT INDIVIDUAL
DEPOTS WITH OTHER DEPOTS; (2) HOW SPECIFIC WEAPON SYSTEMS REPAIR
ACTIVITIES BENEFIT FROM IMPLEMENTATION OF LESSONS LEARNED; (3) HOW DOD
IDENTIFIES FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE WHETHER DEPOTS COMPLETE THEIR WEAPON
SYSTEM MAINTENANCE MISSION ON TIME AND SHARED THESE FACTORS AMONG
THEMSELVES; (4) HOW DOD ENSURES THAT DEPOT WORKLOAD REQUIREMENTS
GENERATE REQUIRED DEPOT CAPABILITY AND CAPACITY; AND (5) HOW DOD
IDENTIFIES RISK TO MEETING DEPOT WORKLOAD TIMEFRAMES, DEVELOPS
STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS RISK, AND SHARES RISK MANAGEMENT.
NASA'S PROPOSED LUNAR-FOCUSED PROGRAMS-INCLUDING THE LUNAR ORBITAL
PLATFORM-AS PART OF ITS SEMIANNUAL ASSESSMENT OF NASA MAJOR PROJECTS
WHEN A LUNAR-FOCUSED PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO HAVE AN ESTIMATED LIFE-
CYCLE COST OVER $250 MILLION.
REVIEW OF THE FDA'S OVERSIGHT AND INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT GALLEYS AND
LAVATORIES.
REVIEW NNSA'S MANAGEMENT OF THE ADVANCED SIMULATION AND COMPUTING (ASC)
PROGRAM TO EVALUATE THE NNSA'S PROCESS FOR SETTING REQUIREMENTS AND
EVALUATING ALTERNATIVES FOR THE ASC PROGRAM AND TO IDENTIFY THE
ESTIMATED COSTS OF THE NNSA'S FUTURE SYSTEMS COMPARED TO PREVIOUS HIGH
PERFORMANCE COMPUTING (HPC) ACQUISITIONS.
REVIEW DOE'S SYSTEM OF TRACKING UNALLOWABLE, DISPUTED, OR IMPROPER
PAYMENTS AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE DOE'S METHODOLOGY FOR
REPORTING ACCURATE, REPRESENTATIVE, AND MEANINGFUL DATA ON IMPROPER
PAYMENTS. NO REPORTING DATE.
REVIEW OF THE RECENT OUTBREAKS OF FOODBORNE ILLNESS.
REVIEW OF THE VA'S DATA COLLECTION AND REPORTING PROCEDURES FOR
INFORMATION ON GENDER, RACE, ETHNICITY, AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION OF
VETERANS.
IF ANY FURLOUGHS OR REDUCTION IN FORCE OF PERSONNEL OCCURS AT THE
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION (CFTC), CFTC MUST SUBMIT A REPORT
TO THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEES DETAILING REASONS FOR CONDUCTING THE
FURLOUGH OR REDUCTION IN FORCE. REPORT DUE 30 DAYS AFTER IT OCCURS.
DHS TO REPORT ON HOW TO IMPROVE ITS COLLECTION AND USE OF DATA SETS
NECESSARY TO DEVELOP AN ESTIMATE FOR THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF THOSE
ILLEGALLY PRESENT IN THE U.S. REPORT 180 DAYS AFTER ENACTMENT.
DHS TO SUBMIT A RISK-BASED PLAN FOR IMPROVING SECURITY ALONG THE BORDERS
OF THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING THE USE OF PERSONNEL, FENCING, OTHER
FORMS OF TACTICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, AND TECHNOLOGY.
VA TO SUBMIT QUARTERLY REPORTS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF VA'S ELECTRONIC
HEALTH RECORDS. REPORT TO INCLUDE DETAILED OBLIGATIONS, EXPENDITURES,
AND DEPLOYMENT STRATEGY BY VA FACILITY.
REVIEW THE TICKET TO WORK PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDES ASSISTANCE TO DISABLED
BENEFICIARIES TO RETURN TO WORK.
TO EXAMINE REHABILITATION AND PROSTHETICS MEANT FOR FEMALE VETERANS.
REVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT'S ADHERENCE TO
THE LONG STANDING STATUTORY REQUIREMENT IS CURRENTLY CONTAINED IN
SECTION 710 OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT
APPROPRIATIONS ACT.
REVIEW OF LARGE GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS OUTSOURCING FUNCTIONS TO
OPERATIONS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
TO EVALUATE PROPOSED AND COMPLETED TRANSFERS OF EXCESS HIGH MOBILITY
MULTIPURPOSE WHEELED VEHICLES (HUMVEES) FROM 2012 TO 2016 TO FOREIGN
COUNTRIES UNDER THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961.
TO EVALUATE INCURRED COST AUDITS CONDUCTED FROM OCTOBER 1, 2019, TO
AUGUST 31, 2023, TO INCLUDE (1) THE TIMELINESS, INDIVIDUAL COST, AND
QUALITY OF INCURRED COST AUDITS PERFORMED BY THE DEFENSE CONTRACT AUDIT
AGENCY (DCAA) AND BY QUALIFIED PRIVATE AUDITORS; (2) THE COST TO DOD
CONTRACTORS FOR INCURRED COST AUDITS PERFORMED BY DCAA AND BY QUALIFIED
PRIVATE AUDITORS; (3) THE EFFECT, IF ANY, ON OTHER TYPES OF AUDITS
CONDUCTED BY DCAA THAT RESULTS FROM INCURRED COST AUDITS CONDUCTED BY
QUALIFIED PRIVATE AUDITORS; AND (4) THE CAPABILITY AND CAPACITY OF
COMMERCIAL AUDITORS TO CONDUCT INCURRED COST AUDITS FOR DOD.
PILOT PROGRAM ALLOWING DOD TO ENTER INTO UP TO FIVE CONTRACTS FOR
PERIODS OF NOT MORE THAN 10 YEARS FOR SERVICES.
LEGISLATION MODIFIES AGENCY COST OR PRICING DATA AND REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS.
ESTABLISHES IN THE DEPT OF TREASURY A TECHNOLOGY MODERNIZATION FUND AND
BOARD FOR TECHNOLOGY-RELATED ACTIVITIES, TO IMPROVE INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY, AND TO ENHANCE CYBERSECURITY ACROSS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
TO EVALUATE THE IMPLEMENTATION AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROGRAM FOR THE
IMPROVEMENT OF CONTRACTOR BUSINESS SYSTEMS ESTABLISHED BY THE FY 2011
NDAA, INCLUDING IMPLEMENTATION, COSTS AND EFFECTS OF THE PROGRAM ON
DEFENSE AGENCIES, CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE AND OVERSIGHT, AUDITS OF
CONTRACTOR BUSINESS SYSTEMS AND OTHER MATTERS.
SECRETARY OF THE ARMY TO TRANSFER SURPLUS FIREARMS TO THE CORPORATION
FOR THE PROMOTION OF RIFLE PRACTICE AND FIREARMS SAFETY AND REQUIRES AN
EVALUATION OF FUTURE TRANSFERS BY A FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT CENTER (FFRDC).
REVIEW THE BIANNUAL BRIEFINGS REGARDING THE WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT
(WIPP).
TO EVALUATE (1) OPM'S EFFORTS TO PREVENT, MITIGATE, AND RESPOND TO DATA
BREACHES INVOLVING SENSITIVE PERSONNEL RECORDS AND INFORMATION; (2)
OPM'S CYBERSECURITY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, INCLUDING THOSE RELATING
TO IT BEST PRACTICES SUCH AS DATA ENCRYPTION, MULTIFACTOR
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Appendix A
Committee on Appropriations
COMMITTEE RULES
(Adopted for the 115th Congress on January 24, 2017)
RESOLVED, That the rules and practices of the Committee on
Appropriations, House of Representatives, in the One Hundred
Fourteenth 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 Fifteenth
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 an 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), or contracts or payments
originating from a foreign government, 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 and related to the subject matter of the
hearing. 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. The disclosure
referred to in this paragraph shall include the amount
and source of each Federal grant (or subgrant thereof)
or contract (or subcontract thereof) related to the
subject matter of the hearing, and the amount and
country of origin of any payment or contract related to
the subject matter of the hearing originating with a
foreign government.
(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 5-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, and shall be
conducted in accordance with the requirements set forth 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 5-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) Duplicative Programs--Each Committee report on a bill
or joint resolution that establishes or reauthorizes a Federal
program shall contain a statement indicating whether such
program is known to be duplicative of another program, pursuant
to clause 3(c)(5) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of
Representatives.
(i) Supplemental or Minority Views:
(1) If, at the time the Committee approves any
measure or matter, any Committee Member gives notice of
intention to file supplemental, minority, additional,
or dissenting 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,
additional, or dissenting 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, additional, or
dissenting 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,
additional, or dissenting 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,
additional, or dissenting views shall be entitled,
insofar as is practicable and in accordance with the
printing requirements as determined by the
subcommittee, to include such views in the Committee
Print with respect to that measure or matter.
(j) Availability of Reports--A copy of each bill,
resolution, or report shall be made available to each Member of
the Committee at least three calendar days (excluding
Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) in advance of the date
on which the Committee is to consider each bill, resolution, or
report; Provided, That this subsection may be waived by
agreement between the Chairman and the Ranking Minority Member
of the full Committee.
(k) Performance Goals and Objectives--Each Committee report
shall contain a statement of general performance goals and
objectives, including outcome-related goals and objectives, for
which the measure authorizes funding.
(l) Motion to go to Conference--The Chairman is directed to
offer a motion under clause 1 of rule XXII of the Rules of the
House whenever the Chairman considers it appropriate.
Sec. 7: Voting
(a) No vote by any Member of the Committee or any of its
subcommittees with respect to any measure or matter may be cast
by proxy.
(b) The vote on any question before the Committee shall be
taken by the yeas and nays on the demand of one-fifth of the
Members present.
(c) The Chairman of the Committee or the chairman of any of
its subcommittees may--
(1) postpone further proceedings when a record vote
is ordered on the question of approving a measure or
matter or on adopting an amendment;
(2) resume proceedings on a postponed question at any
time after reasonable notice.
When proceedings resume on a postponed question,
notwithstanding any intervening order for the previous
question, an underlying proposition shall remain
subject to further debate or amendment to the same
extent as when the question was postponed.
Sec. 8: Studies and Examinations
The following procedure shall be applicable with respect to
the conduct of studies and examinations of the organization and
operation of Executive Agencies under authority contained in
section 202 (b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946
and in clause (3)(a) of rule X of the Rules of the House of
Representatives:
(a) The Chairman is authorized to appoint such staff and,
in his discretion, arrange for the procurement of temporary
services of consultants, as from time to time may be required.
(b) Studies and examinations will be initiated upon the
written request of a subcommittee which shall be reasonably
specific and definite in character, and shall be initiated only
by a majority vote of the subcommittee, with the chairman of
the subcommittee and the ranking minority member thereof
participating as part of such majority vote. When so initiated
such request shall be filed with the Clerk of the Committee for
submission to the Chairman and the Ranking Minority Member and
their approval shall be required to make the same effective.
Notwithstanding any action taken on such request by the
chairman and ranking minority member of the subcommittee, a
request may be approved by a majority of the Committee.
(c) Any request approved as provided under subsection (b)
shall be immediately turned over to the staff appointed for
action.
(d) Any information obtained by such staff shall be
reported to the chairman of the subcommittee requesting such
study and examination and to the Chairman and Ranking Minority
Member, shall be made available to the members of the
subcommittee concerned, and shall not be released for
publication until the subcommittee so determines.
(e) Any hearings or investigations which may be desired,
aside from the regular hearings on appropriation items, when
approved by the Committee, shall be conducted by the
subcommittee having jurisdiction over the matter.
Sec. 9: Temporary Investigative Task Forces
(a) The Chairman of the full Committee, in consultation
with the Ranking Member of the full Committee, may establish
and appoint members to serve on task forces of the Committee,
to examine specific activities for a limited period of time in
accordance with clause 5(b)2(C) of rule X of the Rules of the
House.
(b) The Chairman of the full Committee shall issue a
written directive, in consultation with the Ranking Member of
the full Committee, delineating the specific activities to be
reviewed by a task force constituted pursuant to the preceding
paragraph.
(c) A task force constituted under this section shall
provide a written report of its findings and recommendations to
the full Committee Chairman and Ranking Member and members of
the relevant subcommittees having jurisdiction over the matters
reviewed. Such report shall be approved by a majority vote of
the task force and shall include any supplemental, minority,
additional, or dissenting 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 60 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 odd-numbered 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, additional, or dissenting
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).
(5) Bills and joint resolutions that provide new
budget authority, limitation on the use of funds, or
other authority relating to new direct loan obligations
and new loan guarantee commitments referencing section
504(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
* * * * * * *
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--
* * * * * * *
(d)(1) Not later than February 15 of the first session of a
Congress, each standing committee (other than the Committee on
Appropriations, the Committee on Ethics, and the Committee on
Rules) shall, in a meeting that is open to the public, adopt
its authorization and oversight plan for that Congress. Such
plan shall be submitted simultaneously to the Committee on
Oversight and Government Reform, the Committee on House
Administration, and the Committed on Appropriations.
(2) Each such plan shall include, with respect to
programs and agencies within the committee's
jurisdiction, and to the maximum extent practicable----
(A) a list of such programs or agencies
with lapsed authorizations that received
funding in the prior fiscal year or, in the
case of a program or agency with a permanent
authorization, which has not been subject to a
comprehensive review by the committee in the
prior three Congresses;
(B) a description of each such program or
agency to be authorized in the current
Congress;
(C) a description of each such program or
agency to be authorized in the next Congress,
if applicable;
(D) a description of any oversight to
support the authorization of each such program
or agency in the current Congress; and
(E) recommendations for changes to existing
law for moving such programs or agencies from
mandatory funding to discretionary
appropriations, where appropriate.
* * * * * * *
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. Frelinghuysen, 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
SANFORD D. BISHOP, Jr., Georgia KEVIN YODER, Kansas
ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut THOMAS J. ROONEY, Florida
CHELLIE PINGREE, Maine DAVID G. VALADAO, California
MARK POCAN, Wisconsin ANDY HARRIS, Maryland
DAVID YOUNG, Iowa
STEVEN M. PALAZZO, Mississippi
JURISDICTION
Department of Agriculture (except Forest Service)
Food and Drug Administration (HHS)
Related Agencies
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Farm Credit Administration
SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE,
AND RELATED AGENCIES
JOHN ABNEY CULBERSON, Texas,
Chairman
JOSE E. SERRANO, New York HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky
DEREK KILMER, Washington ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama
MATT CARTWRIGHT, Pennsylvania JOHN R. CARTER, Texas
GRACE MENG, New York MARTHA ROBY, Alabama
STEVEN M. PALAZZO, Mississippi
EVAN H. JENKINS, West Virginia
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
National Space Council
Office of Science and Technology Policy
Office of the United States Trade Representative
State Justice Institute
SUBCOMMITTEE ON DEFENSE
KAY GRANGER, Texas, Chairwoman
PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky
BETTY McCOLLUM, Minnesota KEN CALVERT, California
TIM RYAN, Ohio TOM COLE, Oklahoma
C.A.DUTCHRUPPERSBERGER,Maryland STEVE WOMACK, Arkansas
MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama
HENRY CUELLAR, Texas JOHN R. CARTER, Texas
MARIO DIAZ-BALART, Florida
TOM GRAVES, Georgia
MARTHA ROBY, Alabama
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 KEN CALVERT, California
PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana CHARLES J. FLEISCHMANN, Tennessee
DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Florida JEFF FORTENBERRY, Nebraska
PETE AGUILAR, California KAY GRANGER, Texas
JOSE E. SERRANO, New York JAIME HERRERA BEUTLER, Washington
DAVID P. JOYCE, Ohio
DAN NEWHOUSE, Washington
JURISDICTION
Department of Defense--Civil
Army Corps of Engineers--Civil
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 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
TOM GRAVES, Georgia, Chairman
MIKE QUIGLEY, Illinois KEVIN YODER, Kansas
JOSE E. SERRANO, New York JAIME HERRERA BEUTLER, Washington
MATT CARTWRIGHT, Pennsylvania MARK E. AMODEI, Nevada
SANFORD D. BISHOP, Jr., Georgia CHRIS STEWART, Utah
DAVID YOUNG, Iowa
JOHN R. MOOLENAAR, Michigan
JURISDICTION
Department of the Treasury (except International Affairs
Technical Assistance, and International Financial
Institutions)
District of Columbia
Executive Office of the President (except Office of Science and
Technology Policy, Office of the United States Trade
Representative, and Council on Environmental Quality and
Office of Environmental Quality)
The Judiciary
Independent Agencies
Administrative Conference of the United States
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, Community Development
Revolving Loan Fund
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
Public Buildings Reform 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, Government-wide
SUBCOMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY
KEVIN YODER, Kansas, Chairman\1\
LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California JOHN ABNEY CULBERSON, Texas
HENRY CUELLAR, Texas CHARLES J. FLEISCHMANN, Tennessee
DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina ANDY HARRIS, Maryland
C.A.DUTCHRUPPERSBERGER,Maryland STEVEN M. PALAZZO, Mississippi
DAN NEWHOUSE, Washington
SCOTT TAYLOR, Virginia
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\1\}Became chairman May
16, 2018. Preceded by John R.
Carter, Texas
JURISDICTION
Department of Homeland Security
SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES
KEN CALVERT, California, Chairman
BETTY McCOLLUM, Minnesota MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho
CHELLIE PINGREE, Maine TOM COLE, Oklahoma
DEREK KILMER, Washington DAVID P. JOYCE, Ohio
MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio CHRIS STEWART, Utah
MARK E. AMODEI, Nevada
EVAN H. JENKINS, West Virginia
JURISDICTION
Department of the Interior (except Bureau of Reclamation and
Central Utah Project)
Environmental Protection Agency
Related 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 (HHS)
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and
Arts Development
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
National Capital Planning Commission
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities (except
Institute of Museum and Library Services)
National Gallery of Art
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
(Superfund related activities)
Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation
Smithsonian Institution
Under Secretary for Natural Resources and the Environment
(USDA)
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
World War I Centennial Commission
SUBCOMMITTEE ON LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, EDUCATION, AND
RELATED AGENCIES
TOM COLE, Oklahoma, Chairman
ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho
LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California STEVE WOMACK, Arkansas
BARBARA LEE, California CHARLES J. FLEISCHMANN, Tennessee
MARK POCAN, Wisconsin ANDY HARRIS, Maryland
KATHERINE M. CLARK, Massachusetts MARTHA ROBY, Alabama
JAIME HERRERA BEUTLER, Washington
JOHN R. MOOLENAAR, Michigan
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 (Superfund-
related activities))
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
JEFF FORTENBERRY, Nebraska,
Chairman\1\
TIM RYAN, Ohio MARK E. AMODEI, Nevada
BETTY McCOLLUM, Minnesota DAN NEWHOUSE, Washington
DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Florida JOHN R. MOOLENAAR, Michigan
SCOTT TAYLOR, Virginia
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\1\}Became chairman
June 26, 2018. Preceded by Kevin
Yoder, Kansas
JURISDICTION
Architect of the Capitol
Capitol Police
Congressional Budget Office
Government Accountability Office
Government Publishing Office
House of Representatives
John C. Stennis Center
Joint Items
Library of Congress
Office of Compliance
Open World Leadership Center
Senate
United States Capitol Preservation Commission
SUBCOMMITTEE ON MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED
AGENCIES
JOHN R. CARTER, Texas, Chairman\1\
DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Florida THOMAS J. ROONEY, Florida
SANFORD D. BISHOP, Jr., Georgia DAVID G. VALADAO, California
BARBARA LEE, California STEVE WOMACK, Arkansas
TIM RYAN, Ohio EVAN H. JENKINS, West Virginia
SCOTT TAYLOR, Virginia
JOHN H. RUTHERFORD, Florida
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\1\}Became chairman May
16, 2018. Preceded by Charles W.
Dent, Pennsylvania
JURISDICTION
Department of Defense
Military Construction, Army, Navy (including Marine Corps),
Air Force, Defense-wide, and Guard and Reserve Forces
Military Family Housing Construction and Operation and
Maintenance, Army, Navy (including Marine Corps), Air
Force, and Defense-wide
Base Realignment and Closure Account
Chemical Demilitarization Construction, Defense-wide
Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund
Homeowners Assistance Fund
Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund
NATO Security Investment Program
Department of Veterans Affairs
Related Agencies
American Battle Monuments Commission
Armed Forces Retirement Home
U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Civil, Cemeterial Expenses, Army
SUBCOMMITTEE ON STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS,
AND RELATED PROGRAMS
HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky, Chairman
NITA M. LOWEY, New York KAY GRANGER, Texas
BARBARA LEE, California MARIO DIAZ-BALART, Florida
C.A.DUTCHRUPPERSBERGER,Maryland THOMAS J. ROONEY, Florida
GRACE MENG, New York JEFF FORTENBERRY, Nebraska
DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina CHRIS STEWART, Utah
JOHN H. RUTHERFORD, Florida
JURISDICTION
Agency for International Development
Department of State
Department of the Treasury
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
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 African Development Foundation
United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission
United States Institute of Peace
SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND
RELATED AGENCIES
MARIO DIAZ-BALART, Florida,
Chairman
DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina DAVID P. JOYCE, Ohio
MIKE QUIGLEY, Illinois JOHN ABNEY CULBERSON, Texas
KATHERINE M. CLARK, Massachusetts DAVID YOUNG, Iowa
PETE AGUILAR, California DAVID G. VALADAO, California
TOM GRAVES, Georgia
JOHN H. RUTHERFORD, Florida
JURISDICTION
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Transportation
Related Agencies
Federal Maritime Commission
National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Office of Inspector
General
National Transportation Safety Board
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
Surface Transportation Board
United States Access Board
United States Interagency Council on Homelessness
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