[House Report 117-291]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


117th Congress }                                             {  Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session    }                                             { 117-291

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ADJUSTING THE AMOUNT PROVIDED FOR THE EXPENSES OF CERTAIN COMMITTEES OF 
  THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS

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   April 21, 2022.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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Ms. Lofgren, from the Committee on House Administration, submitted the 
                               following

                              R E P O R T

                             together with

                             MINORITY VIEWS

                      [To accompany H. Res. 1035]

    The Committee on House Administration, to whom was referred 
the resolution (H. Res. 1035) adjusting the amount provided for 
the expenses of certain committees of the House of 
Representatives in the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, having 
considered the same, reports favorably thereon without 
amendment and recommends that the resolution be agreed to.

                                CONTENTS

                                                                   Page
Background and Need for the Resolution...........................     1
Summary of the Resolution........................................     2
Introduction and Referral........................................     3
Hearings.........................................................     3
Committee Consideration..........................................     3
Committee Record Votes...........................................     3
Committee Oversight Findings and Recommendations.................     3
Statement of Budget Authority and Related Items..................     3
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate........................     3
Performance Goals and Objectives.................................     4
Expense Resolution Subsequent to the Primary Expense Resolution..     4
Minority Views...................................................     5

                 BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR THE RESOLUTION

    House rule X, clause 6 charges the Committee on House 
Administration (``Committee'') with the responsibility of 
authorizing the expenses, including staff salaries, for the 
committees of the House of Representatives (``House''), except 
the Committee on Appropriations. During the first session of a 
Congress, the Committee will typically report a primary expense 
resolution that accounts for both sessions of a Congress. The 
Committee fulfilled this responsibility for the 117th Congress 
when it reported, and the House agreed to, House Resolution 
316.
    To develop House Resolution 316, the Committee consulted 
with Chairs and Ranking Members, and, on April 15, 2021, the 
Committee met to markup the resolution. The Committee agreed by 
voice vote to report the resolution favorably to the House, 
which subsequently agreed to the resolution on April 20, 2021.
    On March 15, 2022, President Joe Biden signed into the law 
the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022 (``Act''). In 
addition to funding various other Legislative Branch agencies 
and entities, Division I of the Act provided funding to 
committees of the House beyond what was previously authorized 
pursuant to House Resolution 316.
    In accordance with the total amount of funds is provided in 
the chart below. These funds, to be used by committees for 
official expenses, including equipment and staff, were neither 
anticipated nor available at the time the Committee reported 
House Resolution 316, the primary expense resolution.

                       SUMMARY OF THE RESOLUTION

    Section 1 of House Resolution 1035 adjusts the aggregate 
amounts committees received for the entirety of the 117th 
Congress.
    Section 2 of the resolution authorizes the adjusted amounts 
for the Second Session of the 117th Congress pursuant to the 
Act.
    The amounts are as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Second
                Committee                   117th Total      Session,
                                                             Adjusted
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 Agriculture............................      12,903,444       6,758,947
 Armed Services.........................      19,499,783      10,381,791
 Budget.................................      11,444,418       5,994,695
 Select Committee on the Climate Crisis.       4,060,000       2,145,000
 Education and Labor....................      16,514,033       8,650,208
 Energy and Commerce....................      24,276,492      12,559,115
 Ethics.................................       7,366,162       3,858,466
 Financial Services.....................      18,828,344       9,862,466
 Foreign Affairs........................      18,172,203       9,518,773
 Homeland Security......................      16,877,072       8,840,371
 House Administration...................      12,071,622       6,481,432
 PSC on Intelligence....................      13,740,458       7,197,383
 Judiciary..............................      17,862,842       9,356,727
 Select Committee on the Modernization         2,146,625       1,145,375
 of Congress............................
 Natural Resources......................      15,320,258       8,024,897
 Oversight and Reform...................      29,183,624      15,286,660
 Rules..................................       7,578,176       4,167,807
 Science, Space, and Technology.........      12,215,318       6,398,500
 Small Business.........................       6,831,416       3,578,361
 Transportation and Infrastructure......      20,154,063      10,556,890
 Veterans' Affairs......................      10,063,152       5,271,175
 Ways and Means.........................      20,880,218      10,780,114
                                         -------------------------------
     Totals.............................     317,989,723     166,815,153
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                COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION OF H. RES. 1035

                       INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL

    On April 6, 2022, Representative Zoe Lofgren of California 
and Representative Rodney Davis of Illinois introduced House 
Resolution 1035, which was referred to the Committee on House 
Administration.

                                HEARINGS

    On March 12, 2021, the Committee held a hearing titled 
``Committee Funding for the 117th Congress.'' Committees that 
submitted a bipartisan request to the Committee were not 
required to appear. Only the Vice Chair and Ranking Member of 
the Committee on the Judiciary appeared before the Committee 
and provided testimony regarding that Committee's budget 
request for the 117th Congress. The information provided by 
committees prior to and at the hearing further contributed to 
thedevelopment of House Resolution 316 and informed the 
Committee's approach to House Resolution 1035.

                        COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION

    On April 7, 2022, the Committee met to markup House 
Resolution 1035. The Committee ordered the resolution reported 
favorably to the House by voice vote, with a quorum present.

                         COMMITTEE RECORD VOTES

    In compliance with House rule XIII, clause 3(b), with 
respect to each record vote on an amendment or motion to 
report, together with the names of those voting for and 
against, the Committee states that there were no recorded votes 
during the consideration of this resolution.

            COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

    In compliance with House rule XIII, clause 3(c)(1), the 
Committee states that the findings and recommendations of the 
Committee, based on oversight activities under House rule X, 
clause 2(b)(1), are incorporated into the descriptive section 
of this report.

            STATEMENT OF BUDGET AUTHORITY AND RELATED ITEMS

    The resolution does not provide new budget authority, new 
spending authority, new credit authority, or an increase or 
decrease in revenues or tax expenditures and a statement under 
House rule XIII, clause 3(c)(2), and section 308(a)(1) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is not required.

               CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE

    In compliance with House rule XIII, clause 3(c)(3), the 
Committee states, with respect to House Resolution 1035, that 
the Director of the Congressional Budget Office did not submit 
a cost estimate and comparison under section 402 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

                    PERFORMANCE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

    In compliance with House rule XIII, clause 3(c)(4), the 
Committee states that House Resolution 1035 serves as a 
supplemental expense resolution for the Second Session of the 
117th Congress. The performance goal and objective of House 
Resolution 1035 is thus to provide adequate expenses for 
certain committees of the House, ensuring that each may acquire 
and retain appropriate staff and equipment to carry out their 
legislative and oversight duties.

             EXPENSE RESOLUTION SUBSEQUENT TO THE PRIMARY 
                           EXPENSE RESOLUTION

    In compliance with House rule X, clause 6(b)(2), the 
Committee states that this matter is necessary because the Act 
was not signed into law until after adoption of the primary 
expense resolution for the 117th Congress. The total amount of 
additional funds is $15,509,462.00 for Committees to carry out 
their official duties.

                             MINORITY VIEWS

   COMMITTEE REPORT ACCOMPANYING H. RES. 1035--ADJUSTING THE AMOUNT 
    PROVIDED FOR THE EXPENSES OF CERTAIN COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF 
        REPRESENTATIVES IN THE ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS

    We support adjusting the amount provided for the expenses 
of certain House committees for this Congress due to the 
increase in the Fiscal Year 2022 Legislative Branch 
Appropriation. This increase provides additional resources to 
the minority offices of each committee to ensure they can 
adequately compensate and retain experienced and qualified 
staff to fulfill committee's important oversight and 
legislative responsibilities.
    It is unfortunate that committees will not receive the same 
level of increases that member offices received due, in part, 
to the unlimited resources provided to the Select Committee to 
Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol 
which was authorized ``such sums as may be necessary for the 
expenses'' of the Select Committee.
                                              Rodney Davis,
                                                    Ranking Member.