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House Calendar No. 20 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 173 

[Report No. 115–38] 

Providing for the expenses of certain committees of the House of 

Representatives in the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 7, 2017 

Mr. HARPER submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on House Administration 

MARCH 15, 2017 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for the expenses of certain committees of the 

House of Representatives in the One Hundred Fifteenth 

Congress. 

1 Resolved, 

2 SECTION 1. COMMITTEE EXPENSES FOR THE ONE HUN3 DRED FIFTEENTH CONGRESS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—With respect to the One Hundred 

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1 ance with this primary expense resolution, not more than 

2 the amount specified in subsection (b) for the expenses 

3 (including the expenses of all staff salaries) of each com4 mittee named in such subsection. 

5 (b) COMMITTEES AND AMOUNTS.—The committees 

6 and amounts referred to in subsection (a) are: Committee 

7 on Agriculture, $11,437,517; Committee on Armed Serv8 ices, $16,188,340; Committee on the Budget, 

9 $10,380,424; Committee on Education and the Workforce, 

10 $14,454,212; Committee on Energy and Commerce, 

11 $20,531,442; Committee on Ethics, $6,681,326; Com12 mittee on Financial Services, $16,580,450; Committee on 

13 Foreign Affairs, $15,673,986; Committee on Homeland 

14 Security, $15,007,846; Committee on House Administra15 tion, $10,343,130; Permanent Select Committee on Intel16 ligence, $12,100,000; Committee on the Judiciary, 

17 $15,350,572; Committee on Natural Resources, 

18 $13,758,344; Committee on Oversight and Government 

19 Reform, $18,259,682; Committee on Rules, $6,460,562; 

20 Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 

21 $10,969,956; Committee on Small Business, $6,287,037; 

22 Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 

23 $17,416,000; Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, 

24 $7,958,062; and Committee on Ways and Means, 

25 $17,940,692. 


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1 SEC. 2. FIRST SESSION LIMITATIONS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Of the amount provided for in 

3 section 1 for each committee named in subsection (b), not 

4 more than the amount specified in such subsection shall 

5 be available for expenses incurred during the period begin6 ning at noon on January 3, 2017, and ending immediately 

7 before noon on January 3, 2018. 

8 (b) COMMITTEES AND AMOUNTS.—The committees 

9 and amounts referred to in subsection (a) are: Committee 

10 on Agriculture, $5,699,668; Committee on Armed Serv11 ices, $8,094,170; Committee on the Budget, $5,190,212; 

12 Committee on Education and the Workforce, $7,146,429; 

13 Committee on Energy and Commerce, $10,265,721; Com14 mittee on Ethics, $3,340,663; Committee on Financial 

15 Services, $8,290,225; Committee on Foreign Affairs, 

16 $7,836,993; Committee on Homeland Security, 

17 $7,503,923; Committee on House Administration, 

18 $5,021,565; Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 

19 $6,050,000; Committee on the Judiciary, $7,625,286; 

20 Committee on Natural Resources, $6,879,172; Committee 

21 on Oversight and Government Reform, $9,129,841; Com22 mittee on Rules, $3,230,281; Committee on Science, 

23 Space, and Technology, $5,484,978; Committee on Small 

24 Business, $3,037,400; Committee on Transportation and 

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1 fairs, $3,979,031; and Committee on Ways and Means, 

2 $8,954,346. 

3 SEC. 3. SECOND SESSION LIMITATIONS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Of the amount provided for in 

5 section 1 for each committee named in subsection (b), not 

6 more than the amount specified in such subsection shall 

7 be available for expenses incurred during the period begin8 ning at noon on January 3, 2018, and ending immediately 

9 before noon on January 3, 2019. 

10 (b) COMMITTEES AND AMOUNTS.—The committees 

11 and amounts referred to in subsection (a) are: Committee 

12 on Agriculture, $5,737,849; Committee on Armed Serv13 ices, $8,094,170; Committee on the Budget, $5,190,212; 

14 Committee on Education and the Workforce, $7,307,783; 

15 Committee on Energy and Commerce, $10,265,721; Com16 mittee on Ethics, $3,340,663; Committee on Financial 

17 Services, $8,290,225; Committee on Foreign Affairs, 

18 $7,836,993; Committee on Homeland Security, 

19 $7,503,923; Committee on House Administration, 

20 $5,321,565; Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 

21 $6,050,000; Committee on the Judiciary, $7,725,286; 

22 Committee on Natural Resources, $6,879,172; Committee 

23 on Oversight and Government Reform, $9,129,841; Com24 mittee on Rules, $3,230,281; Committee on Science, 

25 Space, and Technology, $5,484,978; Committee on Small 


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1 Business, $3,249,637; Committee on Transportation and 

2 Infrastructure, $8,760,500; Committee on Veterans’ Af3 fairs, $3,979,031; and Committee on Ways and Means, 

4 $8,986,346. 

5 (c) REVIEW OF USE OF FUNDS IN FIRST SESSION.— 

6 (1) REVIEW.—None of the amounts provided 

7 for in section 1 for a committee named in subsection 

8 (b) may be available for expenses of the committee 

9 after March 15, 2018, unless the chair or ranking 

10 minority member of the committee appears and pre11 sents testimony at a hearing of the Committee on 

12 House Administration held prior to such date to re13 view the committee’s use of the amounts provided 

14 for in section 1 during the first session of the One 

15 Hundred Fifteenth Congress and to determine 

16 whether the amount specified in subsection (b) with 

17 respect to the committee should be updated on the 

18 basis of the review. 

19 (2) WAIVER.—The Committee on House Ad20 ministration may waive the application of paragraph 

21 (1) to any or all of the committees named in sub22 section (b). 

23 SEC. 4. VOUCHERS. 

24 Payments under this resolution shall be made on 

25 vouchers authorized by the committee involved, signed by 


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1 the chairman of such committee, and approved in the 

2 manner directed by the Committee on House Administra3 tion. 

4 SEC. 5. REGULATIONS. 

5 Amounts made available under this resolution shall 

6 be expended in accordance with regulations prescribed by 

7 the Committee on House Administration. 

8 SEC. 6. RESERVE FUND FOR UNANTICIPATED EXPENSES. 

9 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established a 

10 reserve fund for unanticipated expenses of committees for 

11 the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress. 

12 (b) AMOUNT.—The reserve fund under this section 

13 shall have a balance of $2,500,000, of which— 

14 (1) $1,250,000 shall be available for unantici15 pated expenses incurred during the period beginning 

16 at noon on January 3, 2017, and ending imme17 diately before noon on January 3, 2018; and 

18 (2) $1,250,000 shall be available for unantici19 pated expenses incurred during the period beginning 

20 at noon on January 3, 2018, and ending imme21 diately before noon on January 3, 2019. 

22 (c) ALLOCATION TO COMMITTEES.—Amounts in the 

23 reserve fund under this section shall be paid to a com24 mittee pursuant to an allocation approved by the Com25 mittee on House Administration. 


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1 SEC. 7. ADJUSTMENT AUTHORITY. 

2 The Committee on House Administration shall have 

3 authority to make adjustments in amounts under section 

4 1, if necessary to comply with an order of the President 

5 issued under section 251A or 254 of the Balanced Budget 

6 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or to conform 

7 to any change in appropriations for the purposes of such 

8 section 1. 


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House Calendar No. 20 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 173 

[Report No. 115–38] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for the expenses of certain committees of 

dred Fifteenth Congress. the House of Representatives in the One HunMARCH 15, 2017 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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