Financial Services and General Government 
September 29, 2023 
(FSGG) FY2024 Appropriations: Overview 
Baird Webel 
The Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) appropriations bill includes funding for 
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the Department of the Treasury, the Executive Office of the President, the judiciary, the District 
Manager 
of Columbia, and more than two dozen independent agencies. The House and Senate FSGG bills 
  
fund the same agencies, with one exception: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission 
(CFTC) is usually funded through the Agriculture appropriations bill in the House and the FSGG 
 
bill in the Senate.  
President’s budget. President Biden submitted his full FY2024 budget request on March 9, 2023. The request included a 
total of $54.2 billion for agencies funded through the FSGG appropriations bill, including a net total of $295 million for the 
CFTC. 
House action. The House Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2024 (H.R. 4664), was marked 
up in subcommittee on June 22, 2023; marked up in full committee on July 13, 2023; and reported (H.Rept. 118-145) on July 
17, 2023. Approximate total FY2024 funding in the reported bill was $33.6 billion. Another $345 million for the CFTC was 
included in the Agriculture appropriations bill (H.R. 4368; H.Rept. 118-124). The combined total of $34.0 billion was 
approximately $20.2 billion less than the President’s FY2023 request. The largest amount of this difference is due to over 
$10 billion in rescissions of multiyear IRS funding previously provided in P.L. 117-169.  
Senate action. The Senate Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2024 (S. 2309), was marked up 
in subcommittee on July 11, 2023, and marked up in full committee and reported (S.Rept. 118-61) on July 13, 2023. 
Approximate total FY2023 funding in the reported bill was $39.1 billion, including $365 million for the CFTC. The total was 
approximately $15 billion less than the President’s FY2023 request with the largest amount of this difference due to over $10 
billion in rescissions of IRS funding previously provided in P.L. 117-169. 
Although financial services are a major focus of the FSGG appropriations bills, these bills do not include funding for many 
financial regulatory agencies, which are funded outside of the appropriations process. FSGG appropriations bills, however, 
have occasionally contained additional legislative provisions related to such agencies. In FY2024, H.R. 4664 includes 
specific language changing the leadership structure for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and bringing the 
independently funded agency into the regular appropriations process. 
 
 
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Contents 
Administration and Congressional Action ....................................................................................... 1 
Financial Regulatory Agencies and FSGG Appropriations ............................................................. 7 
Committee Structure and Scope ...................................................................................................... 8 
 
Tables 
Table 1. Status of FY2024 Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) 
Appropriations .............................................................................................................................. 2 
Table 2. FSGG Appropriations, FY2023-FY2024 ........................................................................... 2 
Table 3. Department of the Treasury Appropriations, FY2023-FY2024 ......................................... 3 
Table 4. Executive Office of the President (EOP) Appropriations, FY2023-FY2024..................... 4 
Table 5. The Judiciary Appropriations, FY2023-FY2024 ............................................................... 4 
Table 6. District of Columbia Special Federal Payments Appropriations,  FY2023-
FY2024 ......................................................................................................................................... 5 
Table 7. FSGG Independent Agencies Appropriations, FY2023-FY2024 ...................................... 5 
  
Contacts 
Author Information .......................................................................................................................... 9 
 
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Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) FY2024 Appropriations: Overview 
 
he Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) appropriations bill includes 
funding for a wide variety of federal government functions and government-wide direction 
T on usage of funds.1 The bill funds: 
•  the Department of the Treasury (Title I),2  
•  the Executive Office of the President (Title II),  
•  the judiciary (Title III),3  
•  the District of Columbia (Title IV),4 and  
•  more than two dozen independent agencies (Title V).  
Title VI of the bill typically funds mandatory retirement accounts for the entire government and 
contains additional general provisions applying to the funding provided to agencies through the 
FSGG bill. Title VII typically contains general provisions that apply government-wide.  
The House and Senate FSGG bills fund the same agencies, with one exception: The Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is funded through the Agriculture appropriations bill in the 
House and the FSGG bill in the Senate. Where the CFTC is funded upon enactment typically 
depends on which chamber originated the law, which alternates annually. Thus, the enacted 
amounts for the CFTC have historically been in the Agriculture appropriations bill one year and 
the FSGG appropriations bill the following year. This structure has existed in its current form 
since the 2007 reorganization of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.  
Although financial services are a major focus of the FSGG appropriations bill, the bill does not 
include funding for many financial regulatory agencies, which are instead funded outside of the 
appropriations process. However, it is not uncommon for legislative provisions addressing 
various financial regulatory issues to be included in titles at the end of the bill. 
Administration and Congressional Action 
President Biden submitted his full FY2024 budget request on March 9, 2023. The request 
included a total of $54.2 billion for agencies funded through the FSGG appropriations bill, 
including a net total of $295 million for the CFTC.5  
The House Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2024 (H.R. 4664), 
was marked up in subcommittee on June 22, 2023; marked up in full committee on July 13, 2023; 
and reported (H.Rept. 118-145) on July 17, 2023. Approximate total FY2023 funding in the 
reported bill was $33.6 billion. Another $345 million for the CFTC was included in the 
Agriculture appropriations bill (H.R. 4368; H.Rept. 118-124). The combined total of $34.0 billion 
was approximately $20.2 billion less than the President’s FY2023 request. The largest amount of 
 
1 For a complete list of the CRS experts covering the various FSGG agencies, see CRS Report R42638, 
Appropriations: CRS Experts, by James M. Specht and Justin Murray.  
2 For more information, see CRS In Focus IF12440, Internal Revenue Service Appropriations, FY2024, by Gary 
Guenther.  
3 For more information, see CRS In Focus IF12353, Judiciary Budget Request, FY2024, by Barry J. McMillion.  
4 For more information, see CRS Report R47319, FY2023 District of Columbia Budget and Appropriations, by Joseph 
V. Jaroscak.  
5 The CFTC request was for a total of $411 million, to be offset with $116 million of user fees, which would require 
congressional authorization. See the CFTC FY2024 budget request at https://www.cftc.gov/sites/default/files/
CFTC_FY_2024_President_Budget_Report.pdf, particularly “Administration’s Proposal on User Fees” starting on p. 
46. 
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this difference is due to over $10 billion in rescissions of multiyear IRS funding previously 
provided in P.L. 117-169. 
The Senate Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2024 (S. 2309), was 
marked up in subcommittee on July 11, 2023, and marked up in full committee and reported 
(S.Rept. 118-61) on July 13, 2023. Approximate total FY2023 funding in the reported bill was 
$39.1 billion, including $365 million for the CFTC. The total was approximately $15 billion less 
than the President’s FY2023 request, with the largest amount of this difference due to over $10 
billion in rescissions of directly appropriated IRS funding previously provided in P.L. 117-169. 
Table 1 below reflects the status of FY2024 FSGG appropriations measures at key points in the 
appropriations process. Table 2 lists, largely by title, the amounts requested by the President and 
included in the FSGG bills. Tables 3-7, respectively, detail the amounts for the Treasury, the 
Executive Office of the President, the judiciary, the District of Columbia, and the independent 
agencies. Specific columns in Tables 3-7 are FSGG agencies’ enacted amounts for FY2023, the 
President’s FY2024 request, and the FY2024 amounts from the committee-reported versions of 
H.R. 4664 and S. 2309. 
Table 1. Status of FY2024 Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) 
Appropriations 
Subcommittee 
Markup 
Final Adoption 
House 
 House 
Senate 
Senate 
Conference 
Enact-
House 
Senate  Report   Passage  Report   Passage 
Report 
House 
Senate 
ment  
June 22,  July 11, 
July 17, 
July 13, 
2023 
2023 
2023 
— 
2023 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
Source: Prepared by CRS. 
Table 2. FSGG Appropriations, FY2023-FY2024 
Millions of Dollars 
FY2023 
FY2024 
FY2024 
Agency 
Enacted 
Request 
H.R. 4664 
S. 2309 
Enacted 
Department of the Treasury  
14,049.8 
16,336.5 
2,855.2 
4,074.8 
— 
Executive Office of the President 
879.6 
887.5 
799.1 
807.6 
— 
Judiciary 
8,994.5 
9,637.7 
9,183.4 
9,066.8 
— 
District of Columbia 
791.9 
850.4 
802.7 
788.9 
— 
Independent Agencies 
4,412.8 
4,781.5 
-1,342.0 
2,711.4 
— 
Mandatory Retirement Accounts 
21,418.6 
21,661.6 
21,661.6 
21,661.6 
— 
Total 
50,547.2 
54,155.1 
33,960.0 
39,111.0 
— 
Sources: H.Rept. 118-145, H.Rept. 118-124, and S.Rept. 118-61 (reflecting both regular and supplemental 
appropriations in P.L. 117-328).  
Notes: All figures are rounded to the nearest $100,000. Totals may not sum due to rounding. Figures are net 
reflecting rescissions and offsetting col ections. Fol owing the Appropriations Committees reports, the FY2023 
enacted total does not include a $1.4 bil ion rescission to previous direct appropriations made in P.L. 118-5. The 
FY2024 FSGG bil  totals do include rescissions to such previous direct appropriations. 
Totals for each column include funding for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which is funded in the 
House through the Agriculture appropriations bil  and in the Senate through the FSGG bil .  
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Rescissions from the Treasury’s Asset Forfeiture Fund are contained in Title VI and are included in the total for 
the Department of the Treasury. 
The mandatory spending for the President’s salary is contained in Title VI, whereas the rest of presidential 
spending is in Title II.  
The “Mandatory Retirement Accounts” amount is contained in Title VI.  
The “Independent Agencies” total is primarily in Title V but also reflects funding or rescissions for the Public 
Company Accounting Oversight Board scholarships and the Oversight.gov website (Inspectors General Council) 
in Title VI and the Office of Personnel Management and the Commission on Federal Naming and Displays in Title 
VII.  
Table 3. Department of the Treasury Appropriations, FY2023-FY2024 
Millions of Dollars 
FY2023 
FY2024 
FY2024 
 
Enacted 
Request 
H.R. 4664  S. 2309 
Enacted 
Departmental Offices (Salaries and 
273.9 
332.2 
248.1 
273.9 
— 
Expenses) 
Committee on Foreign Investment in the 
(21) 
(21) 
(21) 
(21) 
— 
United States Fund 
Terrorism and Financial Intelligence  
216.1 
244.0 
206.8 
221.1 
— 
Cybersecurity Enhancement 
100.0 
215.0 
150.0 
100.0 
— 
Department-wide Systems and Capital 
11.1 
30.9 
14.6 
11.1 
— 
Investments 
Office of Inspector General 
48.9 
49.2 
43.0 
48.9 
— 
Treasury Inspector General for Tax 
174.3 
187.4 
170.3 
174.3 
— 
Administration 
Special Inspector General for Troubled 
9.0 
— 
— 
— 
— 
Asset Relief Program 
Special Inspector General for Pandemic 
12.0 
16.0 
12.0 
12.0 
— 
Recovery 
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network 
190.2 
228.9 
166.0 
190.2 
— 
Bureau of the Fiscal Service 
372.5 
399.3 
368.2 
386.5 
— 
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade 
148.9 
155.6 
135.0 
153.9 
— 
Bureau 
Community Development Financial 
324.0 
341.5 
278.6 
334.0 
— 
Institutions Fund 
Internal Revenue Service (Total) 
12,319.1 
14,136.6 
11,237.6 
2,319.1 
— 
IRS Rescission 
— 
— 
-10,175.0 
-10,000 
— 
Treasury Forfeiture Fund (Rescission) 
-150.0 
 
 
-150.0 
— 
Total 
14,049.8 
16,336.5 
2,855.2 
4,074.8 
— 
Sources: H.Rept. 118-145 and S.Rept. 118-61 (reflecting both regular and supplemental appropriations in P.L. 
117-328). 
Notes: All figures are rounded to the nearest $100,000. Totals may not sum due to rounding. Unless otherwise 
labeled, figures are net reflecting rescissions and offsetting col ections. Figures in parentheses are gross amounts, 
which are then offset with col ections and thus are treated as zeros in the totals. Fol owing the Appropriations 
Committees reports, the FY2023 enacted total does not include a $1.4 bil ion rescission to previous direct 
appropriations made in P.L. 118-5. The FY2024 FSGG bil  totals do include rescissions to previous direct 
appropriations. 
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For more information on Treasury appropriations, contact CRS Analyst in Public Finance Gary Guenther. 
Table 4. Executive Office of the President (EOP) Appropriations, FY2023-FY2024 
Millions of Dollars 
FY2023 
FY2024 
FY2024 
 
Enacted 
Request 
H.R. 4664 
S. 2309 
Enacted 
The White House (Total) 
235.5 
242.1 
195.1 
235.5 
— 
Office of Management and Budget 
128.0 
137.5 
116.0 
128.0 
— 
Intellectual Property Enforcement 
1.9 
2.0 
1.8 
1.9 
— 
Coordinator 
Office of the National Cyber Director 
21.9 
22.6 
21.0 
21.9 
— 
Office of National Drug Control Policy 
471.1 
461.5 
451.0 
479.2 
— 
Unanticipated Needs 
1.0 
1.0 
1.0 
1.0 
— 
Information Technology Oversight and 
13.7 
14.2 
8.0 
-66.3 
— 
Reform 
Special Assistance to the President 
6.1 
6.3 
4.8 
6.1 
— 
(Salaries and Expenses) 
Official Residence of the Vice President 
0.3 
0.3 
0.3 
0.3 
— 
(Operating Expenses) 
Total: EOP and Funds 
879.6 
887.5 
799.1 
807.6 
— 
Appropriated to the President 
Sources: H.Rept. 118-145 and S.Rept. 118-61 (reflecting both regular and supplemental appropriations in P.L. 
117-328). 
Notes: All figures are rounded to the nearest $100,000. Totals may not sum due to rounding. Figures are net 
reflecting rescissions and offsetting col ections. Most of the table’s funding is contained in Title II except the 
presidential salary included in the White House total, which is mandatory spending in Title VI. 
For more information on the appropriations for the Executive Office of the President, congressional offices may 
contact CRS Analyst in American National Government Barbara Schwemle. 
Table 5. The Judiciary Appropriations, FY2023-FY2024 
Millions of Dollars 
FY2023 
FY2024 
FY2024 
 
Enacted 
Request 
H.R. 4664  S. 2309 
Enacted 
U.S. Supreme Court (Total) 
141.7 
150.8 
147.6 
143.1 
— 
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal 
40.1 
42.7 
42.0 
39.7 
— 
Circuit 
U.S. Court of International Trade 
23.6 
24.4 
24.1 
23.3 
— 
U.S. Courts of Appeals, District Courts, 
8,630.6 
9,248.6 
8,805.7 
8,702.1 
— 
and Other Judicial Services (Total) 
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts 
102.7 
113.0 
107.3 
102.7 
— 
Federal Judicial Center 
34.3 
35.1 
34.2 
34.3 
— 
United States Sentencing Commission 
21.6 
23.2 
22.5 
21.6 
— 
Total: Judiciary 
8,994.5 
9,637.7 
9,183.4 
9,066.8 
— 
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Sources: H.Rept. 118-145 and S.Rept. 118-61 (reflecting both regular and supplemental appropriations in P.L. 
117-328). 
Notes: All figures are rounded to the nearest $100,000. Totals may not sum due to rounding. Figures are net 
reflecting rescissions and offsetting col ections. The “Judicial Security” funding from FY2022 was supplemental 
funding contained in P.L. 117-167. For FY2023, it was contained in the administrative provisions in Title III, 
Section 307. 
For more information on judiciary appropriations, congressional offices may contact CRS Analyst in American 
National Government Barry J. McMil ion. 
Table 6. District of Columbia Special Federal Payments Appropriations,  
FY2023-FY2024 
Millions of Dollars 
FY2023 
FY2024 
FY2024 
 
Enacted 
Request 
H.R. 4664  S. 2309 
Enacted 
Resident Tuition Support 
40.0 
40.0 
40.0 
40.0 
— 
Emergency Planning and Security  
30.0 
48.0 
28.0 
30.0 
— 
District of Columbia Courts 
291.1 
315.6 
301.2 
291.1 
— 
Defender Services 
24.0 
21.0 
21.0 
21.0 
— 
Court Services and Offender Supervision 
285.0 
296.9 
287.3 
285.0 
— 
Agency 
Public Defender Service 
53.6 
59.6 
57.3 
53.6 
— 
Criminal Justice Coordinating Council 
2.5 
2.5 
2.2 
2.5 
— 
Judicial Commissions 
0.6 
0.9 
0.6 
0.6 
— 
School Improvement 
52.5 
52.5 
52.5 
52.5 
— 
D.C. National Guard 
0.6 
0.6 
0.6 
0.6 
— 
HIV/AIDS Prevention 
4.0 
5.0 
4.0 
4.0 
— 
D.C. Water and Sewer 
8.0 
8.0 
8.0 
8.0 
— 
Total: Special Federal Payments 
791.9 
850.4 
802.7 
788.9 
— 
Sources: H.Rept. 118-145 and S.Rept. 118-61 (reflecting both regular and supplemental appropriations in P.L. 
117-328). 
Notes: All figures are rounded to the nearest $100,000. Totals may not sum due to rounding. Figures are net 
reflecting rescissions and offsetting col ections. The federal payment for the DC Water and Sewer Authority 
includes a provision requiring a 100% match from the authority. 
For more information on DC appropriations, congressional offices may contact CRS Analyst in Economic 
Development Policy Joseph V. Jaroscak. 
Table 7. FSGG Independent Agencies Appropriations, FY2023-FY2024 
Millions of Dollars 
FY2023 
FY2024 
FY2024 
Agency 
Enacted 
Request 
H.R. 4664  S. 2309 
Enacted 
Administrative Conference of the United 
3.5 
3.5 
3.5 
3.5 
— 
States 
Goldwater Foundation 
2.0 
— 
— 
— 
— 
Commodity Futures Trading Commissiona 
365.0 
295.0 
345.0 
365.0 
— 
Inspectors General Council (Oversight.gov) 
0.9 
5.4 
0.9 
8.0 
— 
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FY2023 
FY2024 
FY2024 
Agency 
Enacted 
Request 
H.R. 4664  S. 2309 
Enacted 
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 
NA 
— 
-2.0 
— 
— 
Consumer Product Safety Commission 
152.5 
212.6 
139.1 
152.5 
— 
Election Assistance Commission 
103.0 
333.8 
20.0 
103.0 
— 
Federal Communications Commissionb 
(390.2) 
(410.7) 
(382.0) 
(410.7) 
— 
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: 
(47.5) 
(49.8) 
(46.5) 
(47.5) 
— 
Office of Inspector Generalc 
Federal Election Commission 
81.7 
93.5 
74.5 
81.7 
— 
Federal Labor Relations Authority 
29.4 
33.7 
28.0 
29.4 
— 
Federal Permitting Improvement Steering 
0.0 
10.0 
9.8 
— 
— 
Council 
Federal Trade Commission 
220.0 
298.0 
84.5 
158.0 
— 
General Services Administrationd 
-77.2 
779.2 
-1,153.4 
-919.9 
— 
GSA rescission 
— 
— 
-3,201.0 
— 
— 
Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation 
3.0 
3.0 
2.5 
3.0 
— 
Merit Systems Protection Board 
52.0 
61.5 
49.3 
52.0 
— 
Udall Foundation 
5.7 
6.0 
5.1 
5.7 
— 
National Archives and Records 
490.3 
467.6 
451.7 
510.4 
— 
Administration 
National Credit Union Administration 
3.5 
4.0 
3.5 
3.5 
— 
Office of Government Ethics 
24.5 
23.0 
22.4 
23.0 
— 
Office of Personnel Management 
420.1 
506.5 
371.9 
456.1 
— 
(Discretionary) 
Office of Special Counsel 
31.9 
33.8 
31.9 
31.9 
— 
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board 
10.6 
14.4 
13.7 
11.7 
— 
Public Building Reform Board 
4.0 
4.0 
3.6 
4.0 
— 
Public Company Accounting Oversight 
(2.0) 
(2.0) 
(2.0) 
(2.0) 
— 
Board Scholarships 
Securities and Exchange Commissionb 
(2,209.8) 
(2,475.5) 
(2,039.3) 
(2,403.6) 
— 
Selective Service System 
31.7 
31.3 
31.3 
31.3 
— 
Small Business Administration (SBA) 
2,076.2 
1,129.6 
966.1 
1,219.0 
— 
U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Fund 
50.3 
75.5 
35.4 
50.3 
— 
USPS Office of Inspector General 
271.0 
290.6 
274.5 
271.0 
— 
U.S. Tax Court 
57.3 
65.7 
46.4 
57.3 
— 
Total: Independent Agencies (Net 
4,412.8 
4,781.4 
-1,342.0 
2,711.4 
— 
Discretionary) 
Sources: H.Rept. 118-145 and S.Rept. 118-61 (reflecting both regular and supplemental appropriations in P.L. 
117-328). 
Notes: All figures are rounded to the nearest $100,000. Columns may not sum due to rounding. Figures in 
parentheses are gross amounts, which are then offset with col ections and are thus treated as zeros in the totals. 
The funding for the independent agencies is primarily in Title V, but the table also reflects funding or rescissions 
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in Title VI for the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board scholarships and the Oversight.gov website 
(Inspectors General Council) and in Title VII for the Office of Personnel Management and the Commission on 
Federal Naming and Displays.  
a.  The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is funded in the House through the Agriculture 
appropriations bil  and in the Senate through the FSGG bil .  
b.  The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are 
funded by col ecting regulatory fees (or “offsetting col ections”), often resulting in no direct appropriations. 
Therefore, the amounts shown for the FCC and the SEC represent budgetary resources, but those amounts 
are usually not included in the table totals. In FY2022, however, the FCC was provided emergency 
appropriations above the offsetting col ections in P.L. 117-58. 
c.  The funding amount for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (FDIC’s) Office of Inspector General 
is determined in the FSGG bil , but the funding is transferred from nonappropriated FDIC funds and thus is 
not included in total FSGG appropriations. 
d.  The General Services Administration’s (GSA’s) real property activities are funded through the Federal 
Buildings Fund (FBF), a multibil ion-dol ar revolving fund into which federal agencies deposit rental payments 
for leased GSA space. Congress makes the FBF revenue available each year to pay for GSA’s real property 
activities. A negative total for the FBF occurs when the amount of funds made available for expenditure in a 
fiscal year is less than the amount of new revenue expected to be deposited.  
Financial Regulatory Agencies and FSGG 
Appropriations 
Although financial services are a focus of the FSGG bill, the bill does not actually include 
funding for the regulation of much of the financial services industry.6 Financial regulatory 
agencies can be broadly subdivided into groups that regulate depositories (primarily banks), 
insurance, securities, and housing finance. Federal regulation of the banking industry is divided 
among the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Office of the 
Comptroller of the Currency, and the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (generally known 
as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or CFPB, which also has authorities over certain 
nonbank financial institutions).7 In addition, credit unions—another type of depository—which 
operate like banks in most ways, are regulated by the National Credit Union Administration 
(NCUA).8 None of these agencies receives primary funding through the appropriations process, 
with only the FDIC inspector general and a small program operated by the NCUA currently 
funded in the FSGG bill.  
Insurance is generally regulated at the state level, with some oversight at the holding company 
level by the Federal Reserve. There is a relatively small Federal Insurance Office (FIO) inside the 
Treasury that is funded through the Departmental Offices account, but the FIO has no regulatory 
authority.9 
Federal securities regulation is divided between the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) 
and the CFTC, both of which are funded through appropriations.10 The CFTC funding is a 
 
6 For a more complete discussion regarding the funding of financial regulators and general financial regulatory 
structure, see CRS Report R43391, Independence of Federal Financial Regulators: Structure, Funding, and Other 
Issues, by Henry B. Hogue, Marc Labonte, and Baird Webel; and CRS Report R44918, Who Regulates Whom? An 
Overview of the U.S. Financial Regulatory Framework, by Marc Labonte.  
7 For more information, see CRS In Focus IF10035, Introduction to Financial Services: Banking, by Raj Gnanarajah.  
8 For more information, see CRS In Focus IF11713, Introduction to Financial Services: Credit Unions, by Darryl E. 
Getter.  
9 For more information, see CRS In Focus IF10043, Introduction to Financial Services: Insurance, by Baird Webel. 
10 For more information, see CRS In Focus IF10032, Introduction to Financial Services: The Securities and Exchange 
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relatively straightforward appropriation from the general fund, whereas the SEC funding is 
provided by the FSGG bill but then offset through fees collected by the SEC.  
Housing finance, particularly the two large government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and 
Freddie Mac, is overseen by the Federal Housing Finance Agency,11 which is funded primarily 
through assessments on regulated entities and receives no funding through the FSGG bill. 
Although funding for many financial regulatory agencies may not be provided by the FSGG bill, 
legislative provisions affecting financial regulation in general and some of these agencies 
specifically have often been included in FSGG bills. For example, H.R. 4664 includes language 
changing the funding source and the leadership structure for the CFPB.12  
Committee Structure and Scope 
The House and Senate Committees on Appropriations reorganized their subcommittee structures 
in early 2007. Each chamber created a new Financial Services and General Government 
Subcommittee. In the House, the jurisdiction of the FSGG Subcommittee is composed primarily 
of agencies that had been under the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury, 
Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent 
Agencies, commonly referred to as TTHUD.13 In addition, the House FSGG Subcommittee was 
assigned four independent agencies that had been under the jurisdiction of the Science, State, 
Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Subcommittee: the Federal Communications 
Commission (FCC), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the SEC, and the Small Business 
Administration (SBA). 
In the Senate, the jurisdiction of the FSGG Subcommittee is a combination of agencies from the 
jurisdiction of three previously existing subcommittees. Most of the agencies that had been under 
the jurisdiction of the Transportation, Treasury, Judiciary, Housing and Urban Development, and 
Related Agencies Subcommittee were assigned to the FSGG Subcommittee.14 In addition, the 
District of Columbia, which had its own subcommittee in the 109th Congress, was placed under 
the purview of the FSGG Subcommittee, as were four independent agencies that had been under 
the jurisdiction of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee: the 
FCC, FTC, SEC, and SBA. As a result of this reorganization, the House and Senate FSGG 
Subcommittees have nearly identical jurisdictions except that CFTC is under the jurisdiction of 
the FSGG Subcommittee in the Senate and the Agriculture Subcommittee in the House. 
 
Commission (SEC), by Gary Shorter; and CRS In Focus IF10117, Introduction to Financial Services: Derivatives, by 
Rena S. Miller.  
11 For more information, see CRS In Focus IF11715, Introduction to Financial Services: The Housing Finance System, 
by Darryl E. Getter.  
12 For more information, see CRS Insight IN12247, Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) FY2024 
Appropriations Bill: CFPB’s Funding and Structure Provisions, by Cheryl R. Cooper and David H. Carpenter.  
13 The agencies previously under the jurisdiction of the House TTHUD subcommittee that did not become part of the 
FSGG Subcommittee were the Department of Transportation, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the 
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, the Federal Maritime Commission, the National 
Transportation Safety Board, the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, and the U.S. Interagency Council on 
Homelessness. 
14 The agencies that did not transfer from the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury, the 
Judiciary, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies to FSGG were the Department of Transportation, 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, 
the Federal Maritime Commission, the National Transportation Safety Board, the Neighborhood Reinvestment 
Corporation, and the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness. 
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Baird Webel 
   
Acting Section Research Manager 
    
 
 
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