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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 197 

Providing for the expenses of certain committees of the House of 

Representatives in the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 7, 2023 

Mr. STEIL (for himself and Mr. MORELLE) 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 Eighteenth Congress. 

1 Resolved, 

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

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

5 Eighteenth Congress, there shall be paid out of the appli6 cable 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, $14,193,788; Committee on Armed Serv4 ices, $25,961,870; Committee on the Budget, 

5 $11,989,390; Committee on Education and the Workforce, 

6 $19,066,789; Committee on Energy and Commerce, 

7 $27,696,649; Committee on Ethics, $9,276,290; Com8 mittee on Financial Services, $20,370,000; Committee on 

9 Foreign Affairs, $21,653,516; Committee on Homeland 

10 Security, $18,923,976; Committee on House Administra11 tion, $15,307,290; Permanent Select Committee on Intel12 ligence, $17,195,413; Committee on the Judiciary, 

13 $22,713,454; Committee on Natural Resources, 

14 $17,602,284; Committee on Oversight and Accountability, 

15 $29,923,636; Committee on Rules, $8,335,614; Com16 mittee on Science, Space, and Technology, $16,291,019; 

17 Committee on Small Business, $7,370,092; Select Com18 mittee on the Strategic Competition Between the United 

19 States and the Chinese Communist Party, $8,892,625; 

20 Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 

21 $21,766,388; Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, 

22 $10,753,197; and Committee on Ways and Means, 

23 $27,306,852. 


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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, 2023, and ending immediately 

7 before noon on January 3, 2024. 

8 (b) COMMITTEES AND AMOUNTS.—The committees 

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

10 on Agriculture, $7,096,894; Committee on Armed Serv11 ices, $12,294,760; Committee on the Budget, $5,994,695; 

12 Committee on Education and the Workforce, $9,255,723; 

13 Committee on Energy and Commerce, $13,752,741; Com14 mittee on Ethics, $4,517,066; Committee on Financial 

15 Services, $10,185,000; Committee on Foreign Affairs, 

16 $10,826,758; Committee on Homeland Security, 

17 $9,461,988; Committee on House Administration, 

18 $7,405,638; Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 

19 $8,197,541; Committee on the Judiciary, $11,356,727; 

20 Committee on Natural Resources, $8,801,142; Committee 

21 on Oversight and Accountability, $14,772,228; Committee 

22 on Rules, $4,167,807; Committee on Science, Space, and 

23 Technology, $7,902,914; Committee on Small Business, 

24 $3,621,296; Select Committee on the Strategic Competi25 tion Between the United States and the Chinese Com26 munist Party, $4,470,816; Committee on Transportation 


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1 and Infrastructure, $10,883,194; Committee on Veterans’ 

2 Affairs, $5,271,175; and Committee on Ways and Means, 

3 $13,004,876. 

4 SEC. 3. SECOND SESSION LIMITATIONS. 

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

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

7 more than the amount specified in such subsection shall 

8 be available for expenses incurred during the period begin9 ning at noon on January 3, 2024, and ending immediately 

10 before noon on January 3, 2025. 

11 (b) COMMITTEES AND AMOUNTS.—The committees 

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

13 on Agriculture, $7,096,894; Committee on Armed Serv14 ices, $13,667,110; Committee on the Budget, $5,994,695; 

15 Committee on Education and the Workforce, $9,811,066; 

16 Committee on Energy and Commerce, $13,943,908; Com17 mittee on Ethics, $4,759,224; Committee on Financial 

18 Services, $10,185,000; Committee on Foreign Affairs, 

19 $10,826,758; Committee on Homeland Security, 

20 $9,461,988; Committee on House Administration, 

21 $7,901,652; Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 

22 $8,997,872; Committee on the Judiciary, $11,356,727; 

23 Committee on Natural Resources, $8,801,142; Committee 

24 on Oversight and Accountability, $15,151,408; Committee 

25 on Rules, $4,167,807; Committee on Science, Space, and 


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1 Technology, $8,388,105; Committee on Small Business, 

2 $3,748,796; Select Committee on the Strategic Competi3 tion Between the United States and the Chinese Com4 munist Party, $4,421,809; Committee on Transportation 

5 and Infrastructure, $10,883,194; Committee on Veterans’ 

6 Affairs, $5,482,022; and Committee on Ways and Means, 

7 $14,301,976. 

8 SEC. 4. VOUCHERS. 

9 Payments under this resolution shall be made on 

10 vouchers authorized by the committee involved, signed by 

11 the chair of such committee, and approved in the manner 

12 directed by the Committee on House Administration. 

13 SEC. 5. REGULATIONS. 

14 Amounts made available under this resolution shall 

15 be expended in accordance with regulations prescribed by 

16 the Committee on House Administration. 

17 SEC. 6. RESERVE FUND FOR UNANTICIPATED EXPENSES. 

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

19 reserve fund for unanticipated expenses of committees for 

20 the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress. 

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

22 shall have a balance of $4,000,000, of which— 

23 (1) $1,500,000 shall be available for unantici24 pated expenses incurred during the period beginning 


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1 at noon on January 3, 2023, and ending imme2 diately before noon on January 3, 2024; and 

3 (2) $2,500,000 shall be available for unantici4 pated expenses incurred during the period beginning 

5 at noon on January 3, 2024, and ending imme6 diately before noon on January 3, 2025. 

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

8 reserve fund under this section shall be paid to a com9 mittee pursuant to an allocation approved by the Com10 mittee on House Administration. 

11 SEC. 7. ADJUSTMENT AUTHORITY. 

12 The Committee on House Administration shall have 

13 authority to make adjustments in amounts under section 

14 1, if necessary to comply with an order of the President 

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

16 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or to conform 

17 to any change in appropriations for the purposes of such 

18 section 1. 

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