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House Calendar No. 11 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 115 

[Report No. 113–20] 

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 

MARCH 18, 2013 

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 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 

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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, $10,072,374; Committee on Armed Serv8 ices, $13,127,070; Committee on the Budget, 

9 $10,277,648; Committee on Education and the Workforce, 

10 $13,905,526; Committee on Energy and Commerce, 

11 $19,041,032; Committee on Ethics, $6,040,918; Com12 mittee on Financial Services, $14,788,964; Committee on 

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

14 Security, $14,067,176; Committee on House Administra15 tion, $9,201,120; Permanent Select Committee on Intel16 ligence, $8,779,516; Committee on the Judiciary, 

17 $14,154,032; Committee on Natural Resources, 

18 $13,111,658; Committee on Oversight and Government 

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

20 Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 

21 $10,565,510; Committee on Small Business, $5,985,376; 

22 Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 

23 $16,364,614; Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, 

24 $6,097,092; and Committee on Ways and Means, 

25 $16,846,822. 


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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, 2013, and ending immediately 

7 before noon on January 3, 2014. 

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 

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

2 $8,423,411. 

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, 2014, and ending immediately 

9 before noon on January 3, 2015. 

10 (b) COMMITTEES AND AMOUNTS.—The committees 

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

12 on Agriculture, $5,036,187; Committee on Armed Serv13 ices, $6,563,535; Committee on the Budget, $5,138,824; 

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

15 Committee on Energy and Commerce, $9,520,516; Com16 mittee on Ethics, $3,020,459; Committee on Financial 

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

18 $7,388,112; Committee on Homeland Security, 

19 $7,033,588; Committee on House Administration, 

20 $4,600,560; Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 

21 $4,389,758; Committee on the Judiciary, $7,077,016; 

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

23 on Oversight and Government Reform, $8,940,437; Com24 mittee on Rules, $2,857,408; Committee on Science, 

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


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

2 Infrastructure, $8,182,307; Committee on Veterans’ Af3 fairs, $3,048,546; and Committee on Ways and Means, 

4 $8,423,411. 

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, 2014, 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 Thirteenth 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 Thirteenth Congress. 

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

13 under this section shall be equal to the sum of the fol14 lowing: 

15 (1) The amount by which the amount made 

16 available for ‘‘House of Representatives—Committee 

17 Employees, Standing Committees, Special and Se18 lect’’ for fiscal year 2013 exceeds the amount that 

19 would be made available for ‘‘House of Representa20 tives—Committee Employees, Standing Committees, 

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

22 of Defense, Military Construction and Veterans Af23 fairs, and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 

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1 resentatives on March 6, 2013), as reduced pursuant 

2 to the provisions of division D of such Act. 

3 (2) The amount by which the amount made 

4 available for ‘‘House of Representatives—Committee 

5 Employees, Standing Committees, Special and Se6 lect’’ for fiscal year 2014 exceeds the amount made 

7 available for ‘‘House of Representatives—Committee 

8 Employees, Standing Committees, Special and Se9 lect’’ for fiscal year 2013. 

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

11 reserve fund under this section shall be paid to a com12 mittee pursuant to an allocation approved by the Com13 mittee on House Administration. 

14 SEC. 7. ADJUSTMENT AUTHORITY. 

15 The Committee on House Administration shall have 

16 authority to make adjustments in amounts under section 

17 1, if necessary to comply with an order of the President 

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

19 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or to conform 

20 to any change in appropriations for the purposes of such 

21 section 1. 


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House Calendar No. 11 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 115 

[Report No. 113–20] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for the expenses of certain committees of 

dred Thirteenth Congress. the House of Representatives in the One HunMARCH 18, 2013 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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