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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 245 

Providing for the expenses of certain committees of the House of 

Representatives in the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 21, 2019 

Ms. LOFGREN 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 Sixteenth 

Congress. 

1 Resolved, 

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

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

5 Sixteenth 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, $11,513,328; Committee on Armed Serv4 ices, $16,350,222; Committee on the Budget, 

5 $10,380,424; Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, 

6 $3,781,500; Committee on Education and Labor, 

7 $14,578,714; Committee on Energy and Commerce, 

8 $21,147,384; Committee on Ethics, $7,015,392; Com9 mittee on Financial Services, $17,077,862; Committee on 

10 Foreign Affairs, $16,240,724; Committee on Homeland 

11 Security, $15,308,002; Committee on House Administra12 tion, $10,644,422; Permanent Select Committee on Intel13 ligence, $12,463,000; Committee on the Judiciary, 

14 $15,860,594; Select Committee on the Modernization of 

15 Congress, $487,500; Committee on Natural Resources, 

16 $13,895,926; Committee on Oversight and Reform, 

17 $18,990,068; Committee on Rules, $6,654,378; Com18 mittee on Science, Space, and Technology, $11,079,654; 

19 Committee on Small Business, $6,196,296; Committee on 

20 Transportation and Infrastructure, $17,830,330; Com21 mittee on Veterans’ Affairs, $8,276,384; and Committee 

22 on Ways and Means, $18,266,864. 

23 SEC. 2. FIRST SESSION LIMITATIONS. 

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

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


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1 more than the amount specified in such subsection shall 

2 be available for expenses incurred during the period begin3 ning at noon on January 3, 2019, and ending immediately 

4 before noon on January 3, 2020. 

5 (b) COMMITTEES AND AMOUNTS.—The committees 

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

7 on Agriculture, $5,756,664; Committee on Armed Serv8 ices, $8,175,111; Committee on the Budget, $5,190,212; 

9 Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, $1,890,750; Com10 mittee on Education and Labor, $7,289,357; Committee 

11 on Energy and Commerce, $10,573,692; Committee on 

12 Ethics, $3,507,696; Committee on Financial Services, 

13 $8,538,931; Committee on Foreign Affairs, $8,120,362; 

14 Committee on Homeland Security, $7,654,001; Committee 

15 on House Administration, $5,172,211; Permanent Select 

16 Committee on Intelligence, $6,231,500; Committee on the 

17 Judiciary, $7,930,297; Select Committee on the Mod18 ernization of Congress, $450,000; Committee on Natural 

19 Resources, $6,947,963; Committee on Oversight and Re20 form, $9,495,034; Committee on Rules, $3,327,189; Com21 mittee on Science, Space, and Technology, $5,539,827; 

22 Committee on Small Business, $3,098,148; Committee on 

23 Transportation and Infrastructure, $8,915,165; Com24 mittee on Veterans’ Affairs, $4,138,192; and Committee 

25 on Ways and Means, $9,133,432. 


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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, 2020, and ending immediately 

7 before noon on January 3, 2021. 

8 (b) COMMITTEES AND AMOUNTS.—The committees 

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

10 on Agriculture, $5,756,664; Committee on Armed Serv11 ices, $8,175,111; Committee on the Budget, $5,190,212; 

12 Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, $1,890,750; Com13 mittee on Education and Labor, $7,289,357; Committee 

14 on Energy and Commerce, $10,573,692; Committee on 

15 Ethics, $3,507,696; Committee on Financial Services, 

16 $8,538,931; Committee on Foreign Affairs, $8,120,362; 

17 Committee on Homeland Security, $7,654,001; Committee 

18 on House Administration, $5,472,211; Permanent Select 

19 Committee on Intelligence, $6,231,500; Committee on the 

20 Judiciary, $7,930,297; Select Committee on the Mod21 ernization of Congress, $37,500; Committee on Natural 

22 Resources, $6,947,963; Committee on Oversight and Re23 form, $9,495,034; Committee on Rules, $3,327,189; Com24 mittee on Science, Space, and Technology, $5,539,827; 

25 Committee on Small Business, $3,098,148; Committee on 

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1 mittee on Veterans’ Affairs, $4,138,192; and Committee 

2 on Ways and Means, $9,133,432. 

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, 2020, 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 Sixteenth 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 chair of such committee, and approved in the manner 

25 directed by the Committee on House Administration. 


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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 Administration. 

5 SEC. 6. RESERVE FUND FOR UNANTICIPATED EXPENSES. 

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

7 reserve fund for unanticipated expenses of committees for 

8 the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress. 

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

10 shall have a balance of $8,000,000, of which— 

11 (1) $1,500,000 shall be available for unantici12 pated expenses incurred during the period beginning 

13 at noon on January 3, 2019, and ending imme14 diately before noon on January 3, 2020; and 

15 (2) $6,500,000 shall be available for unantici16 pated expenses incurred during the period beginning 

17 at noon on January 3, 2020, and ending imme18 diately before noon on January 3, 2021. 

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

20 reserve fund under this section shall be paid to a com21 mittee pursuant to an allocation approved by the Com22 mittee on House Administration. 

23 SEC. 7. ADJUSTMENT AUTHORITY. 

24 The Committee on House Administration shall have 

25 authority to make adjustments in amounts under section 

26 1, if necessary to comply with an order of the President 


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

2 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or to conform 

3 to any change in appropriations for the purposes of such 

4 section 1. 

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