Appropriations: CRS Experts

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Appropriations: CRS Experts

Updated ~~October 4, 2019~~March 3, 2020 (R42638)

Tables

Table 1. General: Cross-Cutting Issues, Bill Coordinators
Table 2. Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations
Table 3. Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations
Table 4. Department of Defense Appropriations
Table 5. Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations
Table 6. Financial Services and General Provisions Government-Wide Appropriations
Table 7. Department of Homeland Security Appropriations
Table 8. Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations
Table 9. Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations
Table 10. Legislative Branch Appropriations
Table 11. Military Construction and Veterans Affairs ~~and Related Agencies Appropriations~~
Table 12. Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations
Table 13. Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations

Appropriations are one part of a complex federal budget process that includes budget resolutions, appropriations (regular, supplemental, and continuing) bills, rescissions, and budget reconciliation bills. This report is a guide to the CRS experts who have subject matter expertise in these processes, and in the 12 individual appropriations bills in particular.

The following tables provide the names and contact information for CRS experts on appropriations, and policy concerns related to appropriations. Table 1 is a summary table that provides the names and contact information for experts on general appropriations, appropriations jurisdictions and processes, and identifies the coordinators of the CRS appropriations products on each of the 12 regular appropriations bills. Tables 2-13 provide detailed lists of appropriation and policy experts associated with each individual regular appropriation bill.

Table 1. General: Cross-Cutting Issues, Bill Coordinators

Area of Expertise	Name/Title	Phone	Email
General Issues	James Specht	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Appropriations Team	James Specht	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Cross-cutting issues	David Randall Peterman	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Appropriations Procedures and Budget Enforcement	James V. Saturno	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Bill Heniff	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Kate P. McClanahan	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Megan Lynch	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Agriculture	Jim Monke	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Commerce, Justice, and Science
Department of Justice (Coordinator)	Nathan James	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Department of Commerce (Coordinator)	Jennifer D. Williams	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Science Agencies (Coordinator)	John Sargent	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Defense	Pat Towell	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Brendan McGarry	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Energy and Water	Mark Holt	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Financial Services and General Provisions Government-Wide	Baird Webel	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Homeland Security	William L. Painter	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies	Carol Hardy Vincent	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Labor, HHS, and Education and Related Agencies
HHS Coordinators	Karen E. Lynch	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Jessica Tollestrup	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Labor Coordinator	David H. Bradley	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Education Coordinator	Kyle D. Shohfi	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Legislative Branch	Ida A. Brudnick	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs	G. James Herrera	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Sidath Viranga Panangala	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
State and Foreign Operations Appropriations
Coordinator	Marian Lawson	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Coordinator	Cory Gill	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Coordinator	Emily Morgenstern	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Transportation, HUD, and Related Agencies
Transportation coordinator	David Randall Peterman	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
HUD coordinator	Maggie McCarty	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]

Table 2. Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations

Area of Expertise	Name	Phone	Email
Coordinator and USDA budget	Jim Monke	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Agricultural Marketing Service	Joel Greene	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service	Tadlock Cowan	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Commodity Futures Trading Commission	Rena S. Miller	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Conservation	Megan Stubbs	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Crop insurance	Randy Schnepf	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Disaster assistance	Megan Stubbs	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Farm loans and credit	Jim Monke	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Food and Drug Administration	Agata Dabrowska	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Food safety, generally	Renée Johnson	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Food safety, meat and poultry inspection	Joel Greene	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
International food assistance	Alyssa R. Casey	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Nutrition and domestic food assistance	Randy Alison Aussenberg	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Kara Clifford Billings	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Research and extension	Genevieve Croft	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Rural development	Alyssa R. Casey	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Trade	Anita Regmi	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]

Table 3. Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations

Area of Expertise	Name	Phone	Email
Departments
Department of Justice (Coordinator)	Nathan James	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Department of Commerce (Coordinator)	Jennifer D. Williams	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Science Agencies (Coordinator)	John Sargent	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Agencies and Policy Areas
OJP, COPS, BOP, U.S. Marshals	Nathan James	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
ATF	William Krouse	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Juvenile Justice, U.S. Attorneys	Kristin Finklea	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
DEA, OVW	Lisa N. Sacco	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
FBI	Nathan James	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Trade-related agencies: ITA, ITC, USTR	M. Angeles Villarreal	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
BEA	Jeff Stupak	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
BIS	Ian F. Fergusson	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
EDA, MBDA	~~Eugene Boyd~~ Julie Lawhorn	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Census Bureau, ESA	Jennifer D. Williams	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Patent and Trademark Office	Marcy Gallo	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Office of Science and Technology Policy	John Sargent	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
NIST	John Sargent	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
NOAA	Eva Lipiec	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
NASA, National Space Council	Daniel Morgan	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
NSF	Laurie Harris	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Telecommunications, NTIA	Laurie Harris	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission	Abigail B. Overbay	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Legal Services Corporation	Libby Perl	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]

Table 4. Department of Defense Appropriations

Area of Expertise	Name	Phone	Email
Coordinator	Pat Towell	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Brendan McGarry	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Intelligence Community	Michael DeVine	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Military personnel social issues	Kristy Kamarck	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Force structure and policy	Pat Towell	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Military compensation	Lawrence Kapp	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Reserve component issues	Lawrence Kapp	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Acquisition process	Heidi M. Peters	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Current military operations	Kathleen J. McInnis	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Ground combat systems	Andrew Feickert	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Military aviation systems	Jeremiah Gertler	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Missile defense systems	John R. Hoehn	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Nuclear weapons	Amy Woolf	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Naval systems	Ronald O'Rourke	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Cyber-warfare	Catherine Theohary	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
War Costs (Overseas Contingency Operations	Brendan McGarry	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]

Table 5. Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations

Solar and renewable energy

Area of Expertise	Name	Phone	Email
General (Coordinator)	Mark Holt	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Corrie E. Clark	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Corps of Engineers	~~Nicole Carter~~ Anna Normand	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Corps of Engineers (supplemental appropriations)	~~Anna Normand~~ Nicole Carter	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Bureau of Reclamation	Charles V. Stern	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Renewable energy and Electricity	Corrie E. Clark	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]	Corrie E. Clark	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Energy efficiency	Corrie E. Clark	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Nuclear energy	Mark Holt	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Fossil energy research	~~Mark Holt~~ Ashley Lawson	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Strategic Petroleum Reserve	~~Robert Pirog~~ Heather Greenley	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Science programs and ARPA-E	Daniel Morgan	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Nuclear weapons stewardship	Amy Woolf	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Nonproliferation	Mary Beth Nikitin	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
DOE Environmental Management	David Bearden Lance Larson	[phone number scrubbed] [phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed] [email address scrubbed]
Power Marketing Administrations	Charles V. Stern	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Bonneville Power Administration	Charles V. Stern	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Federal Regional Authorities and Commissions	Michael H. Cecire	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Alyssa R. Casey	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Eugene Boyd	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]

Table 6. Financial Services and General Provisions Government-Wide Appropriations

Area of Expertise	Name	Phone	Email
Coordinator	Baird Webel	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Department of the Treasury	Gary Guenther	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Judiciary	Barry J. McMillion	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
District of Columbia	Joseph V. Jaroscak	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Commodity Futures Trading Commission	Rena S. Miller	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Consumer Product Safety Commission	Gary Guenther	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Elections Assistance Commission	Karen Shanton	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Executive Office of the President	Barbara Schwemle	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Federal Communications Commission	Patty Figliola	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: OIG	Raj Gnanarajah	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Federal Elections Commission	R. Sam Garrett	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Federal Labor Relations Authority	Barbara Schwemle	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Federal Trade Commission	Gary Guenther	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
General Services Administration	Garrett Hatch	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Government-wide General Provisions	Barbara Schwemle	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Internal Revenue Service	Gary Guenther	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Merit Systems Protection Board	Barbara Schwemle	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
National Credit Union Administration	Darryl Getter	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
National Archives and Records Administration	Meghan Stuessy	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Office of Government Ethics	Jacob Straus	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Office of Personnel Management	Barbara Schwemle	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Office of Special Counsel	Barbara Schwemle	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board	Garrett Hatch	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board	Raj Gnanarajah	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Securities and Exchange Commission	Gary Shorter	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Selective Service System	Kristy Kamarck	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Small Business Administration	Robert Dilger	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Sean Lowry	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
U.S. Postal Service	Michelle Christensen	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
United State Tax Court	Garret Hatch	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Government-wide General Provisions	Barbara Schwemle	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Cuba	Mark Sullivan	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]

Table 7. Department of Homeland Security Appropriations

Alyssa King

Area of Expertise	Name	Phone	Email
Coordinator, Department of Homeland Security; also Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Disaster Relief Fund (DRF), and Headquarters Consolidation	William L. Painter	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Departmental Management, Personnel Issues	Barbara L. Schwemle	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Analysis and Operations	Lisa Sacco	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Office of Inspector General	~~Kathryn A. Francis~~ Ben Wilhelm	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection	Audrey Singer	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services	William A. Kandel	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Transportation Security Administration; Aviation Security	Bart Elias	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Personnel and Administration	Alan Ott	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
USCG Shipbuilding	Ronald O'Rourke	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
USCG Coast Guard	John Frittelli	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
U.S. Secret Service; Federal Protective Service; FEMA Preparedness Grants	Shawn Reese	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Cybersecurity	Chris Jaikaran	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
CISA, Infrastructure Protection	Brian E. Humphreys	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
CISA, Infrastructure Protection; Office of Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction	Frank Gottron	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
FEMA, Disaster Response and Individual Assistance Program	Elizabeth Webster	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
FEMA, Mitigation Programs and National Flood Insurance Program	Diane P. Horn	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
FEMA, Public Assistance Program	~~Natalie Keegan~~ Erica Lee	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
FEMA, Fire Grants and U.S. Fire Administration	Jill C. Gallagher	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Disaster Declarations	Bruce R. Lindsay	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Science and Technology; Research and Development	Daniel Morgan	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]

Table 8. Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations

Area of Expertise	Name	Phone	Email
Coordinator	Carol Hardy Vincent	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry	David M. Bearden	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Bureau of Indian Affairs~~, Coordinator~~	~~Peter Folger~~ Tana Fitzpatrick	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Bureau of Indian Education	Cassandria Dortch	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Bureau of Land Management	Carol Hardy Vincent	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management	Laura B. Comay	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement	Laura B. Comay	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Environmental Protection Agency	Robert Esworthy	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Fish and Wildlife Service	R. Eliot Crafton	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Forest Service	Katie Hoover	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Indian Health Service	Elayne J. Heisler	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Land and Water Conservation Fund	Carol Hardy Vincent	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (Superfund authorities)	David M. Bearden	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Office of Insular Affairs	R. Sam Garrett	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Office of Natural Resources Revenue	~~Marc Humphries~~ Laura B. Comay	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement	Lance N. Larson	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities	Shannon S. Loane	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
National Park Service	Laura B. Comay	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Smithsonian Institution	Shannon S. Loane	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
U.S. Geological Survey	Anna E. Normand	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Wildland Fire Management	Katie Hoover	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]

Table 9. Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations

Area of Expertise	Name	Phone	Email
Overall Coordinators	Karen E. Lynch	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Jessica Tollestrup	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Department of Labor (DOL)
DOL Appropriations Coordinator	David H. Bradley	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Job training and employment services	David H. Bradley	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Mine Safety and Health Administration	Scott Szymendera	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Occupational Safety and Health Administration	Scott Szymendera	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs	Scott Szymendera	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Older Americans Act, employment programs	Angela Napili	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Kirsten J. Colello	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Pension and welfare benefits	John J. Topoleski	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Elizabeth A. Myers	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Trade adjustment assistance	Benjamin Collins	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Unemployment compensation	Julie M. Whittaker	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Katelin P. Isaacs	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Veterans employment	Benjamin Collins	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Wage and hour standards	David H. Bradley	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Workforce Investment and Opportunity Act (WIOA)	David H. Bradley	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
HHS Appropriations Coordinators	Karen E. Lynch	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Jessica Tollestrup	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Abortion, legal issues	Jon O. Shimabukuro	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Abortion policy and procedures	Kavya ~~Sekhar~~ Sekar	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Victoria L. Elliot	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)	Amanda K. Sarata	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
AIDS, Ryan White programs	Elayne J. Heisler	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Victoria L. Elliott	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Bioterrorism, HHS funding	Sarah A. Lister	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Kavya Sekar	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Cancer research	Kavya Sekar	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)	Sarah A. Lister	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Kavya Sekar	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)	Alison Mitchell	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Cliff Binder	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Chafee Foster Care Independence Program/ Education and Training Voucher Program	Adrienne L. Fernandes-Alcantara	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Child abuse and neglect, child welfare	Emilie Stoltzfus	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Child care and development	Karen E. Lynch	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP; funded in authorizing laws, not through LHHS)	Evelyne P. Baumrucker	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Alison Mitchell	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Community Services Block Grant	Libby Perl	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Developmental Disabilities Act	William R. Morton	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Elder Abuse and Neglect, Elder Justice	Kirsten J. Colello	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Family Planning, Title X	Angela Napili	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Victoria L. Elliott	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Federal health centers	Elayne J. Heisler	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Food and Drug Administration (FDA; funded through Agriculture appropriations act, not through LHHS)	Agata Dabrowska	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Victoria R. Green	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Foster care and adoption	Emilie Stoltzfus	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Global health; international AIDS, TB, and malaria	Tiaji Salaam-Blyther	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Head Start	Karen E. Lynch	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Health professions/health workforce programs	Elayne J. Heisler	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)	Elayne J. Heisler	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Immunization	Sarah A. Lister	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Kavya Sekar	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Indian Health Service (IHS; funded through Interior-Environment appropriations, not through LHHS)	Elayne J. Heisler	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)	Libby Perl	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Maternal and Child Health Block Grant	Victoria L. Elliott	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Medicaid	Alison Mitchell	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Needle exchange, AIDS	Sarah A. Lister	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Kavya Sekar	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
NIH, health research policy	Kavya Sekar	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Older Americans Act	Angela Napili	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Kirsten J. Colello	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Pandemic/seasonal influenza	Sarah A. Lister	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Kavya Sekar	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Prevention and Public Health Fund (funded by the Affordable Care Act, not through LHHS)	Sarah A. Lister	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Kavya Sekar	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Refugee resettlement assistance	Andorra Bruno	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Runaway and Homeless Youth Act	Adrienne L. Fernandes-Alcantara	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Social Services Block Grant	Karen E. Lynch	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Stem cell research, cloning	Kavya Sekar	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Amanda K. Sarata	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)	Johnathan Duff	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF; funded in authorizing laws, not through LHHS)	Gene Falk	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Department of Education (ED)
ED appropriations coordinator	Kyle D. Shohfi	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Accountability	Rebecca R. Skinner	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Adult education and literacy	Benjamin Collins	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
After-school programs	Kyrie E. Dragoo	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Assessment in education	Rebecca R. Skinner	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Block grants (education)	Rebecca R. Skinner	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Career and technical education (Perkins)	Boris Granovskiy	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Charter schools	Rebecca R. Skinner	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
College costs and prices	Joselynn H. Fountain	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Elementary and secondary education	Rebecca R. Skinner	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
English language acquisition	Boris Granovskiy	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Cassandria Dortch	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Higher education	Alex Hegji	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Kyle D. Shohfi	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Impact Aid	Rebecca R. Skinner	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Indian education	Cassandria Dortch	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
International education programs	Jeffrey J. Kuenzi	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Pell grants	Cassandria Dortch	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Reading programs	Kyrie E. Dragoo	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Rehabilitation Act	Kyrie E. Dragoo	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
School and campus safety	Kyrie E. Dragoo	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
School choice	Rebecca R. Skinner	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education	Boris Granovskiy	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Special education, IDEA	Kyrie E. Dragoo	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Student financial assistance/need analysis	Alex Hegji	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Benjamin Collins	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Student loans	Alex Hegji	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Kyle D. Shohfi	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Teacher recruitment, preparation, and training	Jeffrey J. Kuenzi	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Title I, Education for the Disadvantaged	Rebecca R. Skinner	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Vocational rehabilitation	~~Benjamin Collins~~ Kyrie E. Dragoo	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Related Agencies
Committee for Purchase from People Who are Blind or Severely Disabled (U.S. AbilityOne Commission)	William R. Morton	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Corporation for National & Community Service (VISTA, Senior Corps, AmeriCorps)	Joselynn Fountain	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Abigail R. Overbay	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Corporation for Public Broadcasting	Frank Gottron	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Lena A. Gomez	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Institute of Museum and Library Services	Kyrie E. Dragoo	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
National Labor Relations Board	David H. Bradley	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
National Labor Relations Board, legal issues	Jon O. Shimabukuro	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
National Mediation Board	David H. Bradley	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Railroad Retirement Board	Zhe Li	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Social Security Administration (SSA), administrative expenses	William R. Morton	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Barry Huston	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)	William R. Morton	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Barry Huston	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]

Table 10. Legislative Branch Appropriations

Area of Expertise	Name	Phone	Email
Coordinator	Ida A. Brudnick	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Congressional Staffing	R. Eric Petersen	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Ethics and lobbying	Jacob Straus	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Franking	William T. Egar	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Galleries and Restaurants	Sarah J. Eckman	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Members' representational allowance	Ida A. Brudnick	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]

Table 11. Military Construction and Veterans Affairs ~~and Related Agencies Appropriations~~

Barbara Salazar Torreon

Area of Expertise	Name	Phone	Email
MILCON Coordinator	G. James Herrera	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Acquisition	Heidi M. Peters	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Base closure	~~G. James Herrera~~ Christopher T. Mann	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Defense budget	Brendan McGarry	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Military construction	G. James Herrera	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Military installations	G. James Herrera	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Veterans Affairs Coordinator	Sidath Viranga Panangala	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Related agencies	Sidath Viranga Panangala	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Veterans Disability Compensation and Pension Benefits	Heather M. Salazar	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
National Cemeteries and Burial Benefits	Heather M. Salazar	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Veterans Education Benefits	Cassandria Dortch	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Veterans Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Benefits	Benjamin Collins	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Veterans Housing Benefits (including Veterans Homelessness)	Libby Perl	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Veterans Insurance and Indemnities	Heather M. Salazar	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Veterans Medical Care and Medical Research programs	Sidath Viranga Panangala	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Jared Sussman	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Department of Defense-Veterans Affairs Health Care Sharing	Sidath Viranga Panangala	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
General Department of Veterans Affairs Administration	Sidath Viranga Panangala	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Jared Sussman	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Department of Veterans Affairs, Facilities Construction and Leasing	Sidath Viranga Panangala	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Jared Sussman	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Department of Veterans Affairs, Information Technology, Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM)	~~Jared Sussman~~ Sidath Viranga Panangala	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	~~Sidath Viranga Panangala~~ Jared Sussman	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Grants for Construction of State Extended Care Facilities	Sidath Viranga Panangala	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Jared Sussman	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Grants for State Veterans Cemeteries	Heather M. Salazar	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
American Battle Monuments Commission	~~[email address scrubbed]~~ Heather M. Salazar	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Armed Forces Retirement Home	Sidath Viranga Panangala	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]

Table 12. Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations

Area of Expertise	Name	Phone	Email
General: Foreign Operations Policy issues/budget (Coordinator)	Marian Lawson	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
(Coordinator)	Cory Gill	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
(Coordinator)	Emily Morgenstern	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
General: State Department and Foreign Service issues/budget	Cory Gill	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Africa assistance	Alexis Arieff	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Asia assistance	Thomas Lum	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Broadcasting, International	Matthew Weed	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Development assistance (bilateral)	Marion Lawson	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Emily Morgenstern	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Nicholas Brown	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Diplomatic Security	Cory Gill	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Disaster/Humanitarian aid/refugees	Rhoda Margesson	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
DOD and security assistance	Liana Rosen	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Export-import bank	Shayerah Ilias Akhtar	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Family planning programs	Luisa Blanchfield	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Sara Tharakan	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Foreign aid	Marian Lawson	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Emily Morgenstern	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Nicholas Brown	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Foreign aid reform—USAID operations	Marian Lawson	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Emily Morgenstern	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Nicholas Brown	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Foreign Military Sales	Paul Kerr	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Health programs, including HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Tuberculosis, Child and Maternal	Tiaji Salaam-Blyther	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Sara Tharakan	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
International Affairs budget	Marian Lawson	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Cory Gill	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
International crime & narcotics	Liana Rosen	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
International organizations/UN funding	Luisa Blanchfield	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Latin America assistance	Peter Meyer	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Middle East assistance	Jeremy Sharp	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Millennium Challenge Corporation	Marian Lawson	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Multilateral development banks	Marty Weiss	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Rebecca Nelson	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Peace Corps	Nicholas Brown	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Peacekeeping	Luisa Blanchfield	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Public diplomacy	Matthew Weed	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Russia/East Europe assistance	Cory Welt	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
State Department Operations	Cory Gill	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Terrorism	John Rollins	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
United Nations/UN Peacekeeping	Luisa Blanchfield	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)	Marian Lawson	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Emily Morgenstern	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
	Nicholas Brown	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
U.S. Institute of Peace	Matthew Weed	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]

Table 13. Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations

Area of Expertise	Name	Phone	Email
Coordinator	David Randall Peterman	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Coordinator	Maggie McCarty	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Department of Transportation
Transportation Budget/Data Coordinator, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Surface Transportation Safety, Surface Transportation Security	David Randall Peterman	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Aviation Safety, Aviation Security, Federal Aviation Administration, National Transportation Safety Board	Bart Elias	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Airport and Airway Trust Fund, Federal Highway Administration	Robert S. Kirk	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Airport Improvement Program, Airport and Airway Trust Fund	Rachel Tang	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Freight Transportation, Maritime Administration, Surface Transportation Board	John Frittelli	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Federal Transit Administration, Highway Trust Fund, Surface Transportation Policy, Transit Policy	William J. Mallett	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Federal Railroad Administration, Freight and Passenger Rail	Ben Goldman	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Motor Vehicle Safety, Electric and Alternative-Fuel Vehicles and Infrastructure	Bill Canis	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Low-income housing programs and issues and general HUD: Tenant-based and Project-based Section 8, Public Housing, Choice Neighborhoods, HUD Administration, Lead Hazard and Healthy Homes	Maggie McCarty	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Community development programs and issues: Community Development Block Grants (CDBG)	~~Eugene Boyd~~ Joe Jaroscak	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Homeownership and other housing issues: Federal Housing Administration (FHA), Indian Housing, HOME Investment Partnership Program, Housing Trust Fund, Housing Counseling	Katie Jones	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Housing programs and issues for special populations: Elderly (202), Disabled (811), Homeless, AIDS housing, Fair Housing programs	Libby Perl	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Related Agencies
Federal Maritime Commission	John Frittelli	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
National Transportation Safety Board	Bart Elias	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation	Katie Jones	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
United States Access Board	Alison M. Smith	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]
United States Interagency Council on Homelessness	Libby Perl	[phone number scrubbed]	[email address scrubbed]

Author Contact Information

James M. Specht, Section Research Manager ([email address scrubbed], [phone number scrubbed])

Justin Murray, Senior Research Librarian ([email address scrubbed], [phone number scrubbed])

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