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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 173 

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 

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 

5 Fifteenth Congress, there shall be paid out of the applica6 ble accounts of the House of Representatives, in accord7 ance with this primary expense resolution, not more than 

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

9 (including the expenses of all staff salaries) of each com10 mittee named in such subsection. 


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1 (b) COMMITTEES AND AMOUNTS.—The committees 

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

3 on Agriculture, $11,437,517; Committee on Armed Serv4 ices, $16,188,340; Committee on the Budget, 

5 $10,380,424; Committee on Education and the Workforce, 

6 $14,454,212; Committee on Energy and Commerce, 

7 $20,531,442; Committee on Ethics, $6,681,326; Com8 mittee on Financial Services, $16,580,450; Committee on 

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

10 Security, $15,007,846; Committee on House Administra11 tion, $10,343,130; Permanent Select Committee on Intel12 ligence, $12,100,000; Committee on the Judiciary, 

13 $15,350,572; Committee on Natural Resources, 

14 $13,758,344; Committee on Oversight and Government 

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

16 Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 

17 $10,969,956; Committee on Small Business, $6,287,037; 

18 Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 

19 $17,416,000; Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, 

20 $7,958,062; and Committee on Ways and Means, 

21 $17,940,692. 

22 SEC. 2. FIRST SESSION LIMITATIONS. 

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

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

25 more than the amount specified in such subsection shall 


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1 be available for expenses incurred during the period begin2 ning at noon on January 3, 2017, and ending immediately 

3 before noon on January 3, 2018. 

4 (b) COMMITTEES AND AMOUNTS.—The committees 

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

6 on Agriculture, $5,699,668; Committee on Armed Serv7 ices, $8,094,170; Committee on the Budget, $5,190,212; 

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

9 Committee on Energy and Commerce, $10,265,721; Com10 mittee on Ethics, $3,340,663; Committee on Financial 

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

12 $7,836,993; Committee on Homeland Security, 

13 $7,503,923; Committee on House Administration, 

14 $5,021,565; Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 

15 $6,050,000; Committee on the Judiciary, $7,625,286; 

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

17 on Oversight and Government Reform, $9,129,841; Com18 mittee on Rules, $3,230,281; Committee on Science, 

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

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

21 Infrastructure, $8,655,500; Committee on Veterans’ Af22 fairs, $3,979,031; and Committee on Ways and Means, 

23 $8,954,346. 


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1 SEC. 3. SECOND 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, 2018, and ending immediately 

7 before noon on January 3, 2019. 

8 (b) COMMITTEES AND AMOUNTS.—The committees 

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

10 on Agriculture, $5,737,849; Committee on Armed Serv11 ices, $8,094,170; Committee on the Budget, $5,190,212; 

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

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

19 $6,050,000; Committee on the Judiciary, $7,725,286; 

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

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

2 $8,986,346. 

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

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

5 for in section 1 for a committee named in subsection 

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

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

8 minority member of the committee appears and pre9 sents testimony at a hearing of the Committee on 

10 House Administration held prior to such date to re11 view the committee’s use of the amounts provided 

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

13 Hundred Fifteenth Congress and to determine 

14 whether the amount specified in subsection (b) with 

15 respect to the committee should be updated on the 

16 basis of the review. 

17 (2) WAIVER.—The Committee on House Ad18 ministration may waive the application of paragraph 

19 (1) to any or all of the committees named in sub20 section (b). 

21 SEC. 4. VOUCHERS. 

22 Payments under this resolution shall be made on 

23 vouchers authorized by the committee involved, signed by 

24 the chairman of such committee, and approved in the 


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1 manner directed by the Committee on House Administra2 tion. 

3 SEC. 5. REGULATIONS. 

4 Amounts made available under this resolution shall 

5 be expended in accordance with regulations prescribed by 

6 the Committee on House Administration. 

7 SEC. 6. RESERVE FUND FOR UNANTICIPATED EXPENSES. 

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

9 reserve fund for unanticipated expenses of committees for 

10 the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress. 

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

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

13 (1) $1,250,000 shall be available for unantici14 pated expenses incurred during the period beginning 

15 at noon on January 3, 2017, and ending imme16 diately before noon on January 3, 2018; and 

17 (2) $1,250,000 shall be available for unantici18 pated expenses incurred during the period beginning 

19 at noon on January 3, 2018, and ending imme20 diately before noon on January 3, 2019. 

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

22 reserve fund under this section shall be paid to a com23 mittee pursuant to an allocation approved by the Com24 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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