IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 316 
Providing for the expenses of certain committees of the House of 
Representatives in the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 14, 2021 
Ms. LOFGREN (for herself and Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on House Ad-
ministration 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for the expenses of certain committees of the 
House of Representatives in the One Hundred Seven-
teenth Congress. 
Resolved, 
SECTION 1. COMMITTEE EXPENSES FOR THE ONE HUN-
DRED SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—With respect to the One Hundred 
Seventeenth Congress, there shall be paid out of the appli-
cable accounts of the House of Representatives, in accord-
ance with this primary expense resolution, not more than 
the amount specified in subsection (b) for the expenses 
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(including the expenses of all staff salaries) of each com-
mittee named in such subsection. 
(b) COMMITTEES AND AMOUNTS.—The committees 
and amounts referred to in subsection (a) are: Committee 
on Agriculture, $12,288,994; Committee on Armed Serv-
ices, 
$18,155,984; 
Committee 
on 
the 
Budget, 
$10,899,446; Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, 
$3,865,000; Committee on Education and Labor, 
$15,727,650; Committee on Energy and Commerce, 
$22,834,754; Committee on Ethics, $7,015,392; Com-
mittee on Financial Services, $17,931,756; Committee on 
Foreign Affairs, $17,306,860; Committee on Homeland 
Security, $16,073,402; Committee on House Administra-
tion, $11,482,401; Permanent Select Committee on Intel-
ligence, $13,086,150; Committee on the Judiciary, 
$16,812,230; Select Committee on the Modernization of 
Congress, $1,942,500; Committee on Natural Resources, 
$14,590,722; Committee on Oversight and Reform, 
$27,793,928; Committee on Rules, $6,854,838; Com-
mittee on Science, Space, and Technology, $11,633,636; 
Committee on Small Business, $6,506,110; Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, $19,194,346; Com-
mittee on Veterans’ Affairs, $9,583,954; and Committee 
on Ways and Means, $19,600,208. 
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SEC. 2. FIRST SESSION LIMITATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Of the amount provided for in 
section 1 for each committee named in subsection (b), not 
more than the amount specified in such subsection shall 
be available for expenses incurred during the period begin-
ning at noon on January 3, 2021, and ending immediately 
before noon on January 3, 2022. 
(b) COMMITTEES AND AMOUNTS.—The committees 
and amounts referred to in subsection (a) are: Committee 
on Agriculture, $6,144,497; Committee on Armed Serv-
ices, $8,917,992; Committee on the Budget, $5,449,723; 
Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, $1,915,000; Com-
mittee on Education and Labor, $7,863,825; Committee 
on Energy and Commerce, $11,417,377; Committee on 
Ethics, $3,507,696; Committee on Financial Services, 
$8,965,878; Committee on Foreign Affairs, $8,653,430; 
Committee on Homeland Security, $8,036,701; Committee 
on House Administration, $5,590,190; Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence, $6,543,075; Committee on the 
Judiciary, $8,406,115; Select Committee on the Mod-
ernization of Congress, $971,250; Committee on Natural 
Resources, $7,295,361; Committee on Oversight and Re-
form, $13,896,964; Committee on Rules, $3,410,369; 
Committee 
on 
Science, 
Space, 
and 
Technology, 
$5,816,818; Committee on Small Business, $3,253,055; 
Committee 
on 
Transportation 
and 
Infrastructure, 
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$9,597,173; Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, $4,791,977; 
and Committee on Ways and Means, $9,800,104. 
SEC. 3. SECOND SESSION LIMITATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Of the amount provided for in 
section 1 for each committee named in subsection (b), not 
more than the amount specified in such subsection shall 
be available for expenses incurred during the period begin-
ning at noon on January 3, 2022, and ending immediately 
before noon on January 3, 2023. 
(b) COMMITTEES AND AMOUNTS.—The committees 
and amounts referred to in subsection (a) are: Committee 
on Agriculture, $6,144,497; Committee on Armed Serv-
ices, $9,237,992; Committee on the Budget, $5,449,723; 
Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, $1,950,000; Com-
mittee on Education and Labor, $7,863,825; Committee 
on Energy and Commerce, $11,417,377; Committee on 
Ethics, $3,507,696; Committee on Financial Services, 
$8,965,878; Committee on Foreign Affairs, $8,653,430; 
Committee on Homeland Security, $8,036,701; Committee 
on House Administration, $5,892,211; Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence, $6,543,075; Committee on the 
Judiciary, $8,406,115; Select Committee on the Mod-
ernization of Congress, $971,250; Committee on Natural 
Resources, $7,295,361; Committee on Oversight and Re-
form, $13,896,964; Committee on Rules, $3,444,469; 
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Committee 
on 
Science, 
Space, 
and 
Technology, 
$5,816,818; Committee on Small Business, $3,253,055; 
Committee 
on 
Transportation 
and 
Infrastructure, 
$9,597,173; Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, $4,791,977; 
and Committee on Ways and Means, $9,800,104. 
(c) REVIEW OF USE OF FUNDS IN FIRST SESSION.— 
(1) REVIEW.—None of the amounts provided 
for in section 1 for a committee named in subsection 
(b) may be available for expenses of the committee 
after March 15, 2022, unless the chair or ranking 
minority member of the committee appears and pre-
sents testimony at a hearing of the Committee on 
House Administration held prior to such date to re-
view the committee’s use of the amounts provided 
for in section 1 during the first session of the One 
Hundred Seventeenth Congress and to determine 
whether the amount specified in subsection (b) with 
respect to the committee should be updated on the 
basis of the review. 
(2) WAIVER.—The Committee on House Ad-
ministration may waive the application of paragraph 
(1) to any or all of the committees named in sub-
section (b). 
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SEC. 4. VOUCHERS. 
Payments under this resolution shall be made on 
vouchers authorized by the committee involved, signed by 
the chair of such committee, and approved in the manner 
directed by the Committee on House Administration. 
SEC. 5. REGULATIONS. 
Amounts made available under this resolution shall 
be expended in accordance with regulations prescribed by 
the Committee on House Administration. 
SEC. 6. RESERVE FUND FOR UNANTICIPATED EXPENSES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established a 
reserve fund for unanticipated expenses of committees for 
the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress. 
(b) AMOUNT.—The reserve fund under this section 
shall have a balance of $4,000,000, of which— 
(1) $1,500,000 shall be available for unantici-
pated expenses incurred during the period beginning 
at noon on January 3, 2021, and ending imme-
diately before noon on January 3, 2022; and 
(2) $2,500,000 shall be available for unantici-
pated expenses incurred during the period beginning 
at noon on January 3, 2022, and ending imme-
diately before noon on January 3, 2023. 
(c) ALLOCATION TO COMMITTEES.—Amounts in the 
reserve fund under this section shall be paid to a com-
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mittee pursuant to an allocation approved by the Com-
mittee on House Administration. 
SEC. 7. ADJUSTMENT AUTHORITY. 
The Committee on House Administration shall have 
authority to make adjustments in amounts under section 
1, if necessary to comply with an order of the President 
issued under section 251A or 254 of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or to conform 
to any change in appropriations for the purposes of such 
section 1. 
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