IV 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 115 

Providing for the expenses of certain committees of the House of 

Representatives in the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 13, 2013 

Mrs. MILLER of Michigan 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 Thirteenth 

Congress. 

1 Resolved, 

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

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

5 Thirteenth 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. 


srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
2 

•HRES 115 IH 

1 (b) COMMITTEES AND AMOUNTS.—The committees 

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

3 on Agriculture, $10,072,374; Committee on Armed Serv4 ices, $13,127,070; Committee on the Budget, 

5 $10,277,648; Committee on Education and the Workforce, 

6 $13,905,526; Committee on Energy and Commerce, 

7 $19,041,032; Committee on Ethics, $6,040,918; Com8 mittee on Financial Services, $14,788,964; Committee on 

9 Foreign Affairs, $14,776,224; Committee on Homeland 

10 Security, $14,067,176; Committee on House Administra11 tion, $9,201,120; Permanent Select Committee on Intel12 ligence, $8,779,516; Committee on the Judiciary, 

13 $14,154,032; Committee on Natural Resources, 

14 $13,111,658; Committee on Oversight and Government 

15 Reform, $17,880,874; Committee on Rules, $5,714,816; 

16 Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 

17 $10,565,510; Committee on Small Business, $5,985,376; 

18 Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 

19 $16,364,614; Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, 

20 $6,097,092; and Committee on Ways and Means, 

21 $16,846,822. 

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 


srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
3 

•HRES 115 IH 

1 be available for expenses incurred during the period begin2 ning at noon on January 3, 2013, and ending immediately 

3 before noon on January 3, 2014. 

4 (b) COMMITTEES AND AMOUNTS.—The committees 

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

6 on Agriculture, $5,036,187; Committee on Armed Serv7 ices, $6,563,535; Committee on the Budget, $5,138,824; 

8 Committee on Education and the Workforce, $6,952,763; 

9 Committee on Energy and Commerce, $9,520,516; Com10 mittee on Ethics, $3,020,459; Committee on Financial 

11 Services, $7,394,482; Committee on Foreign Affairs, 

12 $7,388,112; Committee on Homeland Security, 

13 $7,033,588; Committee on House Administration, 

14 $4,600,560; Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 

15 $4,389,758; Committee on the Judiciary, $7,077,016; 

16 Committee on Natural Resources, $6,555,829; Committee 

17 on Oversight and Government Reform, $8,940,437; Com18 mittee on Rules, $2,857,408; Committee on Science, 

19 Space, and Technology, $5,282,755; Committee on Small 

20 Business, $2,992,688; Committee on Transportation and 

21 Infrastructure, $8,182,307; Committee on Veterans’ Af22 fairs, $3,048,546; and Committee on Ways and Means, 

23 $8,423,411. 


srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
4 

•HRES 115 IH 

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, 2014, and ending immediately 

7 before noon on January 3, 2015. 

8 (b) COMMITTEES AND AMOUNTS.—The committees 

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

10 on Agriculture, $5,036,187; Committee on Armed Serv11 ices, $6,563,535; Committee on the Budget, $5,138,824; 

12 Committee on Education and the Workforce, $6,952,763; 

13 Committee on Energy and Commerce, $9,520,516; Com14 mittee on Ethics, $3,020,459; Committee on Financial 

15 Services, $7,394,482; Committee on Foreign Affairs, 

16 $7,388,112; Committee on Homeland Security, 

17 $7,033,588; Committee on House Administration, 

18 $4,600,560; Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 

19 $4,389,758; Committee on the Judiciary, $7,077,016; 

20 Committee on Natural Resources, $6,555,829; Committee 

21 on Oversight and Government Reform, $8,940,437; Com22 mittee on Rules, $2,857,408; Committee on Science, 

23 Space, and Technology, $5,282,755; Committee on Small 

24 Business, $2,992,688; Committee on Transportation and 

25 Infrastructure, $8,182,307; Committee on Veterans’ AfVerDate Mar 14 2013 20:51 Mar 14, 2013 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR115.IH HR115

srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
5 

•HRES 115 IH 

1 fairs, $3,048,546; and Committee on Ways and Means, 

2 $8,423,411. 

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, 2014, 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 Thirteenth 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 


srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
6 

•HRES 115 IH 

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 Thirteenth Congress. 

11 (b) BALANCE.—The balance of the reserve fund 

12 under this section shall be equal to the sum of the fol13 lowing: 

14 (1) The amount by which the amount made 

15 available for ‘‘House of Representatives—Committee 

16 Employees, Standing Committees, Special and Se17 lect’’ for fiscal year 2013 exceeds the amount that 

18 would be made available for ‘‘House of Representa19 tives—Committee Employees, Standing Committees, 

20 Special and Select’’ by division C of the Department 

21 of Defense, Military Construction and Veterans Af22 fairs, and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 

23 2013 (H.R. 933, as passed by the House of Rep24 resentatives on March 6, 2013), as reduced pursuant 

25 to the provisions of division D of such Act. 


srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
7 

•HRES 115 IH 

1 (2) The amount by which the amount made 

2 available for ‘‘House of Representatives—Committee 

3 Employees, Standing Committees, Special and Se4 lect’’ for fiscal year 2014 exceeds the amount made 

5 available for ‘‘House of Representatives—Committee 

6 Employees, Standing Committees, Special and Se7 lect’’ for fiscal year 2013. 

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

9 reserve fund under this section shall be paid to a com10 mittee pursuant to an allocation approved by the Com11 mittee on House Administration. 

12 SEC. 7. ADJUSTMENT AUTHORITY. 

13 The Committee on House Administration shall have 

14 authority to make adjustments in amounts under section 

15 1, if necessary to comply with an order of the President 

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

17 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or to conform 

18 to any change in appropriations for the purposes of such 

19 section 1. 

Æ 


srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with BILLS