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fairs, $3,979,031; and Committee on Ways and Means, 
$8,954,346. 
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, 2018, and ending immediately 
before noon on January 3, 2019. 
(b) COMMITTEES AND AMOUNTS.—The committees 
and amounts referred to in subsection (a) are: Committee 
on Agriculture, $5,737,849; Committee on Armed Serv-
ices, $8,094,170; Committee on the Budget, $5,190,212; 
Committee on Education and the Workforce, $7,307,783; 
Committee on Energy and Commerce, $10,265,721; Com-
mittee on Ethics, $3,340,663; Committee on Financial 
Services, $8,290,225; Committee on Foreign Affairs, 
$7,836,993; 
Committee 
on 
Homeland 
Security, 
$7,503,923; 
Committee 
on 
House 
Administration, 
$5,321,565; Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 
$6,050,000; Committee on the Judiciary, $7,725,286; 
Committee on Natural Resources, $6,879,172; Committee 
on Oversight and Government Reform, $9,129,841; Com-
mittee on Rules, $3,230,281; Committee on Science, 
Space, and Technology, $5,484,978; Committee on Small 
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Business, $3,249,637; Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure, $8,760,500; Committee on Veterans’ Af-
fairs, $3,979,031; and Committee on Ways and Means, 
$8,986,346. 
(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, 2018, 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 Fifteenth 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). 
SEC. 4. VOUCHERS. 
Payments under this resolution shall be made on 
vouchers authorized by the committee involved, signed by 
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the chairman of such committee, and approved in the 
manner directed by the Committee on House Administra-
tion. 
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 Fifteenth Congress. 
(b) AMOUNT.—The reserve fund under this section 
shall have a balance of $2,500,000, of which— 
(1) $1,250,000 shall be available for unantici-
pated expenses incurred during the period beginning 
at noon on January 3, 2017, and ending imme-
diately before noon on January 3, 2018; and 
(2) $1,250,000 shall be available for unantici-
pated expenses incurred during the period beginning 
at noon on January 3, 2018, and ending imme-
diately before noon on January 3, 2019. 
(c) ALLOCATION TO COMMITTEES.—Amounts in the 
reserve fund under this section shall be paid to a com-
mittee pursuant to an allocation approved by the Com-
mittee on House Administration. 
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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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House Calendar No. 20 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 173 
[Report No. 115–38] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for the expenses of certain committees of 
the House of Representatives in the One Hun-
dred Fifteenth Congress. 
MARCH 15, 2017 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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