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105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 129

Providing amounts for the expenses of certain committees of the House

of Representatives in the One Hundred Fifth Congress.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 24, 1997

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

Committee on House Oversight

RESOLUTION

Providing amounts for the expenses of certain committees

of the House of Representatives in the One Hundred

Fifth Congress.

1 Resolved,

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

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

5 Fifth Congress, there shall be paid out of the applicable

6 accounts of the House of Representatives, in accordance

7 with this primary expense resolution, not more than the

8 amount specified in subsection (b) for the expenses (in9 cluding the expenses of all staff salaries) of each commit10 tee named in that 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, $7,656,162; Committee on Banking and

4 Financial Services, $8,901,617; Committee on the Budget,

5 $9,940,000; Committee on Commerce, $14,576,580; Com6 mittee on Education and the Workforce, $10,125,113;

7 Committee on House Oversight, $6,100,946; Permanent

8 Select Committee on Intelligence, $4,815,526; Committee

9 on International Relations, $10,368,358; Committee on

10 the Judiciary, $10,699,572; Committee on National Secu11 rity, $9,756,708; Committee on Resources, $9,876,550;

12 Committee on Rules, $4,649,102; Committee on Science,

13 $8,677,830; Committee on Small Business, $3,906,941;

14 Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, $2,456,300;

15 Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure,

16 $12,483,000; Committee on Veterans’ Affairs,

17 $4,344,160; and Committee on Ways and Means,

18 $11,066,841.

19 SEC. 2. FIRST SESSION LIMITATIONS.

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

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

22 more than the amount specified in such subsection shall

23 be available for expenses incurred during the period begin24 ning at noon on January 3, 1997, and ending immediately

25 before noon on January 3, 1998.
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1 (b) COMMITTEES AND AMOUNTS.—The committees

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

3 on Agriculture, $3,791,039; Committee on Banking and

4 Financial Services, $4,363,817; Committee on the Budget,

5 $4,970,000; Committee on Commerce, $7,122,959; Com6 mittee on Education and the Workforce, $5,002,127;

7 Committee on House Oversight, $3,093,200; Permanent

8 Select Committee on Intelligence, $2,358,040; Committee

9 on International Relations, $5,145,358; Committee on the

10 Judiciary, $5,054,800; Committee on National Security,

11 $4,729,454; Committee on Resources, $4,800,014; Com12 mittee on Rules, $2,306,407; Committee on Science,

13 $4,263,672; Committee on Small Business, $1,936,471;

14 Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, $1,276,300;

15 Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure,

16 $6,141,500; Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, $2,084,368;

17 and Committee on Ways and Means, $5,387,934.

18 SEC. 3. SECOND SESSION LIMITATIONS.

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

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

21 more than the amount specified in such subsection shall

22 be available for expenses incurred during the period begin23 ning at noon on January 3, 1998, and ending immediately

24 before noon on January 3, 1999.
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1 (b) COMMITTEES AND AMOUNTS.—The committees

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

3 on Agriculture, $3,865,123; Committee on Banking and

4 Financial Services, $4,537,800; Committee on the Budget,

5 $4,970,000; Committee on Commerce, $7,453,621; Com6 mittee on Education and the Workforce, $5,122,986;

7 Committee on House Oversight, $3,007,746; Permanent

8 Select Committee on Intelligence, $2,457,486; Committee

9 on International Relations, $5,223,000; Committee on the

10 Judiciary, $5,644,772; Committee on National Security,

11 $5,027,254; Committee on Resources, $5,076,536; Com12 mittee on Rules, $2,342,695; Committee on Science,

13 $4,414,158; Committee on Small Business, $1,970,470;

14 Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, $1,180,000;

15 Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure,

16 $6,341,500; Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, $2,259,792;

17 and Committee on Ways and Means, $5,678,907.

18 SEC. 4. VOUCHERS.

19 Payments under this resolution shall be made on

20 vouchers authorized by the committee involved, signed by

21 the chairman of such committee, and approved in the

22 manner directed by the Committee on House Oversight.
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1 SEC. 5. REGULATIONS.

2 Amounts made available under this resolution shall

3 be expended in accordance with regulations prescribed by

4 the Committee on House Oversight.

5 SEC. 6. ADJUSTMENT AUTHORITY.

6 The Committee on House Oversight shall have au7 thority to make adjustments in amounts under section 1,

8 if necessary to comply with an order of the President is9 sued under section 254 of the Balanced Budget and Emer10 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or to conform to any

11 reduction in appropriations for the purposes of such sec12 tion 1.

13 SEC. 7. OFFSET OF INCREASE IN COMMITTEE EXPENSES.

14 Any net increase in the aggregate amount of expenses

15 of committees for the One Hundred Fifth Congress over

16 the aggregate amount of funds appropriated for the ex17 penses of committees for the One Hundred Fourth Con18 gress shall be offset by reductions in expenses for other

19 legislative branch activities.

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