Appropriations: CRS Experts

Appropriations: CRS Experts

Appropriations: CRS Experts

Updated March 3, 2020 (R42638)

Contents

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

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

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

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

Anna Normand

[phone number scrubbed]

[email address scrubbed]

Corps of Engineers (supplemental appropriations)

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]

Solar and renewable energy

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

Ashley Lawson

[phone number scrubbed]

[email address scrubbed]

Strategic Petroleum Reserve

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]

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

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

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]

Alyssa King

[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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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)

Sidath Viranga Panangala

[phone number scrubbed]

[email address scrubbed]

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

Heather M. Salazar

[phone number scrubbed]

[email address scrubbed]

Barbara Salazar Torreon

[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)

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])