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Senate Committee Funding Resolutions,
109th Congress, and Funding Authorizations
104th - 109th Congresses
February 25, 2005
R. Eric Petersen
Analyst in American National Government
Government and Finance Division
Congressional Research Service { The Library of Congress
Senate Committee Funding Resolutions, 109th
Congress, and Funding Authorizations 104th - 109th
Congresses
Summary
All standing and select committees of the Senate (except for the Appropriations
and Ethics Committees) obtain their operating budgets pursuant to a biennial
committee funding resolution. On January 6, 2005, the Majority and Minority
Leaders of the Senate engaged in a colloquy regarding committee funding, and
announced their agreement to 60- 40 split of all personnel funds, after allocations for
non-designated administrative and clerical staff appointed by a committee chair
which both parties agreed served all members. The leaders also agreed that the
chairman and ranking member of any committee may, by mutual agreement, modify
the allocation of personnel funds.
The Senate, on February 17, 2005, agreed to a biennial funding resolution by
unanimous consent.
The Senate Committee on Rules and Administration has jurisdiction over
committee funding resolutions, and also issues regulations governing committee
funding and staff. Committee funding and staff are also regulated by Senate rules,
as well as by statute. The funds authorized by resolution are appropriated in
legislative branch appropriations acts.
This report, which will be updated as events warrant, provides actual committee
funding requests and authorizations for Senate committees in the 104th-109th
Congresses, and committee funding requests in constant (January 2005) dollars for
the 104th-108th Congresses.
Contents
Senate Committee Funding Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
List of Tables
Table 1. Senate Committee Funding, Committee Requests and Funding
Approved by the Senate, 109th Congress, Actual Dollars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Table 2. Senate Committee Funding, Committee Requests and Funding
Approved by the Senate, 108th Congress, Actual Dollars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Table 3. Senate Committee Funding, Committee Requests and Funding
Approved by the Senate, 107th Congress, Actual Dollars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Table 4. Senate Committee Funding, Committee Requests and Funding
Approved by the Senate, 106th Congress, Actual Dollars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Table 5. Senate Committee Funding, Committee Requests and Funding
Approved by the Senate, 105th Congress, Actual Dollars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Table 6. Senate Committee Funding, Committee Requests and Funding
Approved by the Senate, 104th Congress, Actual Dollars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Table 7. Senate Committee Funding, Committee Requests and Funding
Approved by the Senate, 108th Congress, Constant Dollars . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Table 8. Senate Committee Funding, Committee Requests and Funding
Approved by the Senate, 107th Congress, Constant Dollars . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Table 9. Senate Committee Funding, Committee Requests and Funding
Approved by the Senate, 106th Congress, Constant Dollars . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Table 10. Senate Committee Funding, Committee Requests and Funding
Approved by the Senate, 105th Congress, Constant Dollars . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Table 11. Senate Committee Funding, Committee Requests and Funding
Approved by the Senate, 104th Congress, Constant Dollars . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Senate Committee Funding Resolutions,
109th Congress, and Funding Authorizations
104th - 109th Congresses
All standing and select committees of the Senate (except for the Appropriations
and Ethics Committees) obtain their operating budgets pursuant to a biennial
committee funding resolution. Senate action is typically not contentious because
there are guarantees in Senate rules providing at least one-third of committee staff
and funds to the minority. On January 6, 2005, the Majority and Minority Leaders
of the Senate engaged in a colloquy regarding committee funding, and announced
their agreement to 60 - 40 split of all personnel funds, after allocations for nondesignated administrative and clerical staff appointed by a committee chair which
both parties agreed served all members. The leaders also agreed that the chairman
and ranking member of any committee may, by mutual agreement, modify the
allocation of personnel funds.1 The Senate, on February 17, 2005, agreed to a
biennial funding resolution by unanimous consent.2 Table 1 displays Senate
committee funding levels for the 109th Congress.
Senate Committee Funding Rules
The Senate biennial committee funding process applies to all Senate committees
except Appropriations and Ethics, which have permanent authorizations for their
staff and operating expenses. The Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
has jurisdiction over committee funding resolutions, and also issues regulations
governing committee funding and staff. Committee funding and staff are also
regulated by Senate rules, especially Rule XXVI, paragraph 9, and Rule XXVII, as
well as by statute. The funds authorized by resolution are appropriated in legislative
branch appropriations acts.
Soon after a new Congress convenes, generally by January 31 of the first
session, each Senate committee (except Appropriations and Ethics) requests funds
for two years. The formal request comes as a Senate resolution introduced by the
chair of each committee, after formal review of the request by all committee
members. The various resolutions are referred to the Rules and Administration
Committee. Each committee supports its request by submitting supplementary
materials, including those specified by the Rules and Administration Committee. In
recent Congresses, that panel has advised committees on the permissible increase, or
required decrease, it hopes to impose on Senate committees, compared to the funding
1
“Funding Levels,” Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 151, Jan. 6, 2005, pp. S40S41.
2
S.Res. 50, adopted Feb 17, 2005.
CRS-2
level in the previous Congress. Committees requesting funds in excess of these
guidelines have been asked to include a justification in their budget submissions.
The Rules and Administration Committee may then hold hearings during which
committee leaders testify on their budget requests, although in recent Congresses,
testimony from some or all committees has been omitted in the interest of time. The
Rules and Administration Committee chair will normally introduce an omnibus
resolution incorporating the amounts requested each of the Senate committees in
their individual resolutions. The Rules and Administration Committee will then
usually meet to markup the resolution and, after final approval by the committee,
report it to the Senate and issue an accompanying written report. On occasions where
both parties have been in agreement on the funding resolution, it has been discharged
by unanimous consent from the committee without a formal markup or written
report. The Senate then considers the funding resolution under normal Senate rules
and procedures, although in recent Congresses, the Senate has agreed to the funding
resolution by unanimous consent with little, if any, floor discussion.
If a committee requires additional funds after the omnibus resolution has been
agreed to, funds may be requested essentially in the same way as they were for its
two-year budget. The Senate has minimized the need for supplemental funding,
however, by allowing committees to use unspent funds from one period specified in
the omnibus resolution during the next funding period. Since the 106th Congress, the
omnibus funding resolution has also contained a special reserve from which
unexpected funding needs by any Senate committee could be met, upon the request
of its chair and ranking member, and the approval of the chair and ranking member
of the Rules and Administration Committee.
Senate Rule XXVII requires that each committee’s staff reflect the ratio of
majority and minority committee members and that the minority receive “fair
consideration” in the appointment of staff. A majority of the minority party members
of a committee may request at least one-third of the personnel funds for hiring
minority staff. This ratio is calculated after excluding funds for staff who perform
administrative and clerical functions for the committee as a whole, if any, as agreed
to by the chair and ranking minority member. Committee staff may be supplemented
by consultants and staff detailed to the committee from federal agencies, subject to
such restrictions as the Committee on Rules and Administration may impose.
The Senate took several steps in 1999 to move to a biennial funding process that
more clearly reflects a fiscal year orientation. In the funding resolution agreed to in
1999 and again in 2001, the aggregate authorization for each committee is
apportioned among three calendar periods — from March 1 to September 30 of the
first year of a Congress, from October 1 to September 30 of the following year, and
from October 1 to the following February 28. This permits the Senate to identify
more precisely the amounts authorized for each fiscal year and the subsequent
appropriations required.
Tables 2 through 6 provide committee funding requests and authorizations for
Senate committees in the 104th-108th Congresses. Tables 7 through 12 provide the
same information, calculated in constant (January 2005) dollars.
10/01/200509/30/2006
$3,670,623
$6,778,457
$5,611,167
$5,915,179
$6,080,372
$5,133,032
$4,732,998
$7,165,470
$5,769,387
$7,981,411
10/01/200602/28/2007
$1,562,289
$2,886,176
$2,388,363
$2,518,660
$2,588,267
$2,185,132
$2,014,046
$3,049,082
$2,452,849
$3,397,620
$7,323,813
$13,524,118
$11,195,608
$11,801,709
$12,131,685
$10,241,466
$9,443,733
$14,295,917
$11,512,824
$15,924,607
Totals
03/01/200509/30/2005
$2,090,901
$3,859,485
$3,196,078
$3,367,870
$3,463,046
$2,923,302
$2,696,689
$3,765,508
$3,095,171
$4,545,576
10/01/2005- 10/01/200609/30/2006 02/28/2007
$3,670,623 $1,562,289
$6,778,457 $2,886,176
$5,611,167 $2,388,363
$5,915,179 $2,518,660
$6,080,372 $2,588,267
$5,133,032 $2,185,132
$4,732,998 $2,014,046
$6,610,598 $2,813,662
$5,434,387 $2,313,266
$7,981,411 $3,397,620
$8,686,896
$2,431,002
$2,286,820
$2,445,763
$2,537,525
$1,972,189
$5,355,503
$0
$3,698,827 $17,331,730 $4,946,007 $8,686,896 $3,698,827 $17,331,730
$0
$1,035,189 $4,850,188 $1,383,997 $2,431,002 $1,035,189 $4,850,188
$0
$973,120 $4,562,883 $1,302,943 $2,286,820 $973,120 $4,562,883
$0
$1,040,152 $4,880,444 $1,193,865 $2,096,382 $892,457 $4,182,704
-$697,740
$1,080,025 $5,062,996 $1,445,446 $2,537,525 $1,080,025 $5,062,996
$0
$838,771 $3,935,344 $1,124,384 $1,972,189 $838,771 $3,935,344
$0
$2,279,493 $10,685,590 $3,050,594 $5,355,503 $2,279,493 $10,685,590
$0
$4,375,000 $7,500,000 $3,125,000 $15,000,000
$53,275,691 $93,531,590 $39,809,931 $186,617,212 $56,938,753 $99,792,337 $42,412,233 $199,143,323 -$2,473,889
$4,946,007
$1,383,997
$1,302,943
$1,394,529
$1,445,446
$1,124,384
$3,050,594
Difference
$7,323,813
$0
$13,524,118
$0
$11,195,608
$0
$11,801,709
$0
$12,131,685
$0
$10,241,466
$0
$9,443,733
$0
$13,189,768 -$1,106,149
$10,842,824
-$670,000
$15,924,607
$0
Totals
$5,112,891 $8,977,796 $3,821,870 $17,912,557 $5,112,891 $8,977,796 $3,821,870 $17,912,557
03/01/200509/30/2005
$2,090,901
$3,859,485
$3,196,078
$3,367,870
$3,463,046
$2,923,302
$2,696,689
$4,081,365
$3,290,588
$4,545,576
109th Congress Approved
Source: Data taken from committee funding resolutions introduced in the Senate for the 109th Congress (2005-2006).
Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
Armed Services
Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Budget
Commerce, Science and Transportation
Energy and Natural Resources
Environment and Public Works
Finance
Foreign Relations
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs
Judiciary
Rules and Administration
Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Veterans Affairs
Special Committee on Aging
Select Committee Indian Affairs
Select Committee on Intelligence
Reserve Fund
Totals
Committee
109th Congress Request
Table 1. Senate Committee Funding, Committee Requests and Funding Approved by the Senate,
109th Congress, Actual Dollars
CRS-3
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
85.70%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
92.26%
94.18%
100.00%
% of
Request
$8,110,222
$2,269,014
$2,139,332
$1,958,451
$2,372,258
$1,848,350
$3,726,412
$4,605,727
$1,288,413
$1,215,913
$1,112,475
$1,347,927
$1,051,310
$2,117,309
$3,548,551 $16,264,500
$967,696 $4,525,123
$911,668 $4,266,913
$834,987 $3,905,913
$1,011,165 $4,731,350
$787,173 $3,686,833
$1,588,401 $7,432,122
$3,179,327 $14,873,248
$6,844,162
$12,621,837
$10,460,328
$11,013,528
$11,332,168
$9,564,698
$8,831,249
$12,325,055
$10,299,017
$16,728,552
Totals
10/01/200402/28/2005
$1,462,700
$2,698,836
$2,235,697
$2,355,010
$2,422,263
$2,044,614
$1,886,876
$2,634,121
$1,886,876
$3,576,035
Difference
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
85.75%
100.00%
% of
Request
$3,548,551 $16,264,500
$0
$967,696 $4,525,123
$0
$911,668 $4,266,913
$0
$834,987 $3,905,913
$0
$1,011,165 $4,731,350
$0
$787,173 $3,686,833
$0
$1,588,401 $7,432,122
$0
$2,500,000 $12,000,000
$38,531,996 $180,238,828 -$1,467,768
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
$0 100.00%
$6,844,162
$0
$12,621,837
$0
$10,460,328
$0
$11,013,528
$0
$11,332,168
$0
$9,564,698
$0
$8,831,249
$0
$12,325,055
$0
$8,831,249 -$1,467,768
$16,728,552
$0
Totals
$4,236,427 $7,457,494 $3,179,327 $14,873,248
03/01/2003- 10/01/200309/30/2003 09/30/2004
$1,949,860 $3,431,602
$3,594,172 $6,328,829
$2,979,871 $5,244,760
$3,136,108 $5,522,410
$3,227,950 $5,681,955
$2,724,301 $4,795,783
$2,516,590 $4,427,783
$3,511,241 $6,179,693
$2,516,590 $4,427,783
$4,764,738 $8,387,779
$4,605,727 $8,110,222
$1,288,413 $2,269,014
$1,215,913 $2,139,332
$1,112,475 $1,958,451
$1,347,927 $2,372,258
$1,051,310 $1,848,350
$2,117,309 $3,726,412
$3,500,000 $6,000,000
$48,313,956 $85,046,067 $36,346,573 $169,706,596 $51,396,922 $90,309,910
$7,457,494
$4,236,427
03/01/2003- 10/01/2003- 10/01/200409/30/2003
09/30/2004 02/28/2005
$1,949,860 $3,431,602 $1,462,700
$3,594,172 $6,328,829 $2,698,836
$2,979,871 $5,244,760 $2,235,697
$3,136,108 $5,522,410 $2,355,010
$3,227,950 $5,681,955 $2,422,263
$2,724,301 $4,795,783 $2,044,614
$2,516,590 $4,427,783 $1,886,876
$3,511,241 $6,179,693 $2,634,121
$2,933,624 $5,163,940 $2,201,453
$4,764,738 $8,387,779 $3,576,035
108th Congress Approved
Source: Data taken from committee funding resolutions introduced in the Senate for the 108th Congress (2003-2004).
Note: Renamed committees are listed according to their names in the 109th Congress.
Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
Armed Services
Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Budget
Commerce, Science and Transportation
Energy and Natural Resources
Environment and Public Works
Finance
Foreign Relations
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs
Judiciary
Rules and Administration
Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Veterans Affairs
Special Committee on Aging
Select Committee Indian Affairs
Select Committee on Intelligence
Reserve Fund
Totals
Committee
108th Congress Request
Table 2. Senate Committee Funding, Committee Requests and Funding Approved by the Senate,
108th Congress, Actual Dollars
CRS-4
10/01/200109/30/2002
$3,181,922
$5,859,150
$4,862,013
$5,112,126
$5,265,771
$4,443,495
$4,108,958
$5,729,572
$4,427,295
$6,910,215
Totals
$7,507,831 $3,212,052 $14,950,488 $4,230,605 $7,507,831 $3,212,052 $14,950,488
$2,099,802
$898,454 $4,181,297 $1,183,041 $2,099,802
$898,454
$4,181,297
$1,985,266
$848,624 $3,953,863 $1,119,973 $1,985,266
$848,624
$3,953,863
$1,814,368
$776,028 $3,613,148 $1,022,752 $1,814,368
$776,028
$3,613,148
$2,199,621
$940,522 $4,380,565 $1,240,422 $2,199,621
$940,522
$4,380,565
$1,718,989
$734,239 $3,423,982
$970,754 $1,718,989
$734,239
$3,423,982
$3,298,074 $1,410,164 $6,568,171 $1,859,933 $3,298,074 $1,410,164
$6,568,171
$2,000,000 $3,700,000 $1,600,000
$7,300,000
$44,140,402 $78,295,919 $33,485,138 $155,921,459 $46,140,402 $81,995,919 $35,085,138 $163,221,459
$4,230,605
$1,183,041
$1,119,973
$1,022,752
$1,240,422
$970,754
$1,859,933
$6,336,830
$11,667,484
$9,682,615
$10,179,861
$10,486,514
$8,848,874
$8,183,420
$11,410,443
$8,816,468
$13,761,217
$15,476,219
Totals
03/01/200109/30/2001
$1,794,378
$3,301,692
$2,741,526
$2,880,615
$2,968,783
$2,504,922
$2,318,050
$3,230,940
$2,495,457
$3,895,623
$4,380,936 $7,771,451 $3,323,832 $15,476,219 $4,380,936 $7,771,451 $3,323,832
10/01/200202/28/2003
$1,360,530
$2,506,642
$2,079,076
$2,187,120
$2,251,960
$1,900,457
$1,756,412
$2,449,931
$1,893,716
$2,955,379
$6,336,830
$11,667,484
$9,682,615
$10,179,861
$10,486,514
$8,848,874
$8,183,420
$11,410,443
$8,816,468
$13,761,217
10/01/200109/30/2002
$3,181,922
$5,859,150
$4,862,013
$5,112,126
$5,265,771
$4,443,495
$4,108,958
$5,729,572
$4,427,295
$6,910,215
10/01/200202/28/2003
$1,360,530
$2,506,642
$2,079,076
$2,187,120
$2,251,960
$1,900,457
$1,756,412
$2,449,931
$1,893,716
$2,955,379
03/01/200109/30/2001
$1,794,378
$3,301,692
$2,741,526
$2,880,615
$2,968,783
$2,504,922
$2,318,050
$3,230,940
$2,495,457
$3,895,623
107th Congress Approved
Source: Data taken from committee funding resolutions introduced in the Senate for the 107th Congress (2001-2002).
Note: Renamed committees are listed according to their names in the 109th Congress.
Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
Armed Services
Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Budget
Commerce, Science and Transportation
Energy and Natural Resources
Environment and Public Works
Finance
Foreign Relations
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs
Judiciary
Rules and Administration
Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Veterans Affairs
Special Committee on Aging
Select Committee Indian Affairs
Select Committee on Intelligence
Reserve Fund
Totals
Committee
107th Congress Request
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
% of
Request
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
$0 100.00%
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
Difference
Table 3. Senate Committee Funding, Committee Requests and Funding Approved by the Senate,
107th Congress, Actual Dollars
CRS-5
$52,933,922
$22,534,293
10/01/199910/01/200009/30/2000
02/28/2001
$2,118,150
$903,523
$3,796,030
$1,568,418
$3,160,739
$1,348,349
$3,449,315
$1,472,442
$3,823,318
$1,631,426
$2,924,935
$1,248,068
$2,688,097
$1,146,192
$3,762,517
$1,604,978
$3,158,449
$1,347,981
$4,560,792
$1,946,026
$5,026,582
$2,144,819
$4,845,263
$2,068,258
$1,647,719
$703,526
$1,330,794
$567,472
$1,246,174
$531,794
$1,459,827
$622,709
$1,260,534
$537,123
$2,674,687
$1,141,189
$75,468,215
$3,021,673
$5,364,448
$4,509,088
$4,921,757
$5,454,744
$4,173,003
$3,834,289
$5,367,495
$4,506,430
$6,506,818
$7,171,401
$6,913,521
$2,351,245
$1,898,266
$1,777,968
$2,082,536
$1,797,657
$3,815,876
Totals
10/01/199910/01/200009/30/2000
02/28/2001
$2,118,150
$903,523
$3,796,030
$1,568,418
$3,160,739
$1,348,349
$3,449,315
$1,472,442
$3,823,318
$1,631,426
$2,924,935
$1,248,068
$2,688,097
$1,146,192
$3,762,517
$1,604,978
$3,158,449
$1,347,981
$4,560,792
$1,946,026
$5,026,582
$2,144,819
$4,845,263
$2,068,258
$1,647,719
$703,526
$1,330,794
$567,472
$1,246,174
$531,794
$1,459,827
$622,709
$1,260,534
$537,123
$2,674,687
$1,141,189
$3,700,000
$1,600,000
$56,633,922
$24,134,293
$75,468,215
$3,021,673
$5,364,448
$4,509,088
$4,921,757
$5,454,744
$4,173,003
$3,834,289
$5,367,495
$4,506,430
$6,506,818
$7,171,401
$6,913,521
$2,351,245
$1,898,266
$1,777,968
$2,082,536
$1,797,657
$3,815,876
Totals
106th Congress Approved
Source: Data taken from committee funding resolutions introduced in the Senate for the 106th Congress (1999-2000).
Note: Renamed committees are listed according to their names in the 109th Congress.
Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
Armed Services
Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Budget
Commerce, Science and Transportation
Energy and Natural Resources
Environment and Public Works
Finance
Foreign Relations
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Judiciary
Rules and Administration
Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Veterans Affairs
Special Committee on Aging
Select Committee Indian Affairs
Select Committee on Intelligence
Reserve Fund
Totals
Committee
106th Congress Request
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
Difference
Table 4. Senate Committee Funding, Committee Requests and Funding Approved by the Senate,
106th Congress, Actual Dollars
CRS-6
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
% of
Request
$47,962,090
$47,533,633
030/1/1997- 03/01/199809/30/1998
02/28/1999
$1,747,544
$1,792,747
$2,704,397
$2,776,389
$2,853,725
$2,928,278
$3,105,190
$3,188,897
$3,448,034
$3,539,226
$2,637,966
$2,707,696
$2,431,871
$2,494,014
$3,329,727
$3,416,328
$2,710,573
$2,782,749
$4,113,888
$4,223,533
$4,533,600
$4,653,386
$4,362,646
$4,480,028
$1,339,106
$1,375,472
$1,084,471
$1,112,732
$2,776,450
$1,153,263
$1,133,674
$1,162,865
$1,143,046
$1,171,994
$2,506,182
$2,574,036
$95,495,723
$3,540,291
$5,480,786
$5,782,003
$6,294,087
$6,987,260
$5,345,662
$4,925,885
$6,746,055
$5,493,322
$8,337,421
$9,186,986
$8,842,674
$2,714,578
$2,197,203
$3,929,713
$2,296,539
$2,315,040
$5,080,218
Totals
$46,640,981
$46,821,727
03/01/1997- 03/01/199809/30/1998
02/28/1999
$1,747,544
$1,792,747
$2,704,397
$2,776,389
$2,853,725
$2,928,278
$3,105,190
$3,188,897
$3,448,034
$3,539,226
$2,637,966
$2,707,696
$2,431,871
$2,494,014
$3,028,328
$3,106,591
$2,710,573
$2,782,749
$4,113,888
$4,223,533
$4,533,600
$4,653,386
$4,362,646
$4,480,028
$1,789,109
$1,375,472
$1,084,471
$1,112,732
$1,698,430
$1,153,623
$1,133,674
$1,162,865
$1,143,046
$1,171,994
$2,114,489
$2,171,507
$93,462,708
$3,540,291
$5,480,786
$5,782,003
$6,294,087
$6,987,260
$5,345,662
$4,925,885
$6,134,919
$5,493,322
$8,337,421
$9,186,986
$8,842,674
$3,164,581
$2,197,203
$2,852,053
$2,296,539
$2,315,040
$4,285,996
Totals
105th Congress Approved
Source: Data taken from committee funding resolutions introduced in the Senate for the 105th Congress (1997-1998).
Note: Renamed committees are listed according to their names in the 109th Congress.
Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
Armed Services
Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Budget
Commerce, Science and Transportation
Energy and Natural Resources
Environment and Public Works
Finance
Foreign Relations
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Judiciary
Rules and Administration
Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Veterans Affairs
Special Committee on Aging
Select Committee Indian Affairs
Select Committee on Intelligence
Reserve Fund
Totals
Committee
105th Congress Request
-$2,033,015
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
-$611,136
$0
$0
$0
$0
$450,003
$0
-$1,077,660
$0
$0
-$794,222
Difference
Table 5. Senate Committee Funding, Committee Requests and Funding Approved by the Senate,
105th Congress, Actual Dollars
CRS-7
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
90.94%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
116.58%
100.00%
72.58%
100.00%
100.00%
84.37%
% of
Request
03/01/199503/01/199602/28/1996
02/28/1997
$1,708,179
$1,746,459
$2,948,079
$3,015,532
$3,738,802
$2,851,936
$3,032,295
$3,101,181
$3,369,312
$3,445,845
$2,678,348
$2,739,487
$2,351,491
$2,404,115
$3,248,413
$3,333,157
$2,719,280
$2,782,054
$4,018,405
$4,111,256
$4,515,333
$4,618,593
$4,343,438
$4,444,627
$1,309,439
$1,340,234
$1,000,980
$1,023,582
$1,036,481
$1,060,341
$1,046,685
$1,070,031
$1,056,916
$1,079,534
$2,228,666
$2,280,704
$46,350,542 $46,448,668
$3,454,638
$5,963,611
$6,590,738
$6,133,476
$6,815,157
$5,417,835
$4,755,606
$6,581,570
$5,501,334
$8,129,661
$9,133,926
$8,788,065
$2,649,673
$2,024,562
$2,096,822
$2,116,716
$2,136,450
$4,509,370
$92,799,210
Totals
03/01/199503/01/199602/28/1996
02/28/1997
$1,708,179
$1,746,459
$2,641,704
$2,702,669
$2,788,802
$2,851,936
$3,032,295
$3,103,181
$3,369,312
$3,445,845
$2,579,566
$2,636,292
$2,376,346
$2,430,379
$2,960,173
$3,026,449
$2,647,720
$2,708,841
$4,018,405
$4,111,256
$4,429,312
$4,530,725
$4,260,450
$4,359,828
$1,309,439
$1,340,234
$1,059,861
$1,083,793
$1,097,451
$1,122,714
$1,108,255
$1,132,974
$1,119,088
$1,143,036
$2,064,860
$2,113,120
$44,571,218 $45,589,731
$3,454,638
$5,344,373
$5,640,738
$6,135,476
$6,815,157
$5,215,858
$4,806,725
$5,986,622
$5,356,561
$8,129,661
$8,960,037
$8,620,278
$2,649,673
$2,143,654
$2,220,165
$2,241,229
$2,262,124
$4,177,980
$90,160,949
Totals
104th Congress Approved
Source: Data taken from committee funding resolutions introduced in the Senate for the 104th Congress (1995-1996).
Note: Renamed committees are listed according to their names in the 109th Congress.
Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
Armed Services
Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Budget
Commerce, Science and Transportation
Energy and Natural Resources
Environment and Public Works
Finance
Foreign Relations
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Judiciary
Rules and Administration
Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Veterans Affairs
Special Committee on Aging
Select Committee Indian Affairs
Select Committee on Intelligence
Totals
Committee
104th Congress Request
$0
-$619,238
-$950,000
$2,000
$0
-$201,977
$51,119
-$594,948
-$144,773
$0
-$173,889
-$167,787
$0
$119,092
$123,343
$124,513
$125,674
-$331,390
-$2,638,261
Difference
Table 6. Senate Committee Funding, Committee Requests and Funding Approved by the Senate,
104th Congress, Actual Dollars
CRS-8
$1
$1
$1
$1
$1
$1
$1
90.96%
97.37%
100.00%
98.10%
98.09%
100.00%
105.88%
105.88%
105.88%
105.88%
92.65%
% of
Request
$8,405,540
$2,351,636
$2,217,232
$2,029,764
$2,458,639
$1,915,654
$3,862,102
$4,773,436
$1,335,328
$1,260,188
$1,152,984
$1,397,009
$1,089,591
$2,194,407
10/01/200402/28/2005
$1,515,961
$2,797,109
$2,317,106
$2,440,763
$2,510,465
$2,119,065
$1,955,583
$2,730,037
$1,955,583
$3,706,249
Difference
% of
Request
$3,677,765 $16,856,740
$0
$1,002,933 $4,689,897
$0
$944,865 $4,422,284
$0
$865,391 $4,048,139
$0
$1,047,985 $4,903,633
$0
$815,836 $3,821,082
$0
$1,646,240 $7,702,748
$0
$2,591,033 $12,436,957
$39,935,063 $186,801,872 -$1,521,214
106.21%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
$0 100.00%
$7,093,379
$0 100.00%
$13,081,436
$0 100.00%
$10,841,220
$0 100.00%
$11,414,564
$0 100.00%
$11,744,807
$0 100.00%
$9,912,978
$0 100.00%
$9,152,822
$0 100.00%
$12,773,848
$0 100.00%
$9,152,822 -$1,521,214 85.75%
$17,337,689
$0 100.00%
Totals
$7,729,044 $3,295,096 $15,414,828
10/01/200309/30/2004
$3,556,557
$6,559,281
$5,435,738
$5,723,498
$5,888,852
$4,970,412
$4,589,012
$6,404,714
$4,589,012
$8,693,204
$3,677,765 $16,856,740 $4,773,436 $8,405,540
$1,002,933 $4,689,897 $1,335,328 $2,351,636
$944,865 $4,422,284 $1,260,188 $2,217,232
$865,391 $4,048,139 $1,152,984 $2,029,764
$1,047,985 $4,903,633 $1,397,009 $2,458,639
$815,836 $3,821,082 $1,089,591 $1,915,654
$1,646,240 $7,702,748 $2,194,407 $3,862,102
$3,627,446 $6,218,478
$50,073,214 $88,142,853 $37,670,062 $175,886,130 $53,268,440 $93,598,369
$7,729,044 $3,295,096 $15,414,828 $4,390,688
$7,093,379
$13,081,436
$10,841,220
$11,414,564
$11,744,807
$9,912,978
$9,152,822
$12,773,848
$10,674,036
$17,337,689
Totals
03/01/200309/30/2003
$2,020,860
$3,725,047
$3,088,377
$3,250,303
$3,345,489
$2,823,501
$2,608,227
$3,639,096
$2,608,227
$4,938,237
$4,390,688
03/01/2003- 10/01/2003- 10/01/200409/30/2003 09/30/2004 02/28/2005
$2,020,860 $3,556,557 $1,515,961
$3,725,047 $6,559,281 $2,797,109
$3,088,377 $5,435,738 $2,317,106
$3,250,303 $5,723,498 $2,440,763
$3,345,489 $5,888,852 $2,510,465
$2,823,501 $4,970,412 $2,119,065
$2,608,227 $4,589,012 $1,955,583
$3,639,096 $6,404,714 $2,730,037
$3,040,446 $5,351,975 $2,281,615
$4,938,237 $8,693,204 $3,706,249
108th Congress Approved
Source: Based on U.S. Department Of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index, Feb. 23, 2005, available at [ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/cpi/cpiai.txt].
Note: January 2005 dollars. Renamed committees are listed according to their names in the 109th Congress.
Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
Armed Services
Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Budget
Commerce, Science and Transportation
Energy and Natural Resources
Environment and Public Works
Finance
Foreign Relations
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs
Judiciary
Rules and Administration
Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Veterans Affairs
Special Committee on Aging
Select Committee Indian Affairs
Select Committee on Intelligence
Reserve Fund
Totals
Committee
108th Congress Request
Table 7. Senate Committee Funding, Committee Requests and Funding Approved by the Senate,
108th Congress, Constant Dollars
CRS-9
$17,113,194
$4,786,154
$4,525,820
$4,135,818
$5,014,248
$3,919,288
$7,518,309
$17,714,976
$7,253,502
$13,355,277
$11,083,281
$11,652,458
$12,003,471
$10,128,933
$9,367,216
$13,061,053
$10,091,839
$15,751,885
Totals
$5,014,673
$8,895,652
$3,804,650
03/01/2001- 10/01/2001- 10/01/200209/30/2001 09/30/2002 02/28/2003
$2,053,949 $3,642,212 $1,557,341
$3,779,308 $6,706,722 $2,869,247
$3,138,109 $5,565,341 $2,379,831
$3,297,319 $5,851,635 $2,503,504
$3,398,241 $6,027,506 $2,577,724
$2,867,279 $5,086,281 $2,175,373
$2,653,374 $4,703,351 $2,010,491
$3,698,321 $6,558,400 $2,804,333
$2,856,444 $5,067,738 $2,167,657
$4,459,155 $7,909,832 $3,382,898
$17,714,976
$7,253,502
$13,355,277
$11,083,281
$11,652,458
$12,003,471
$10,128,933
$9,367,216
$13,061,053
$10,091,839
$15,751,885
Totals
$4,842,595 $8,593,898 $3,676,701 $17,113,194
$1,354,177 $2,403,555 $1,028,422
$4,786,154
$1,281,986 $2,272,450
$971,384
$4,525,820
$1,170,701 $2,076,831
$888,287
$4,135,818
$1,419,859 $2,517,813 $1,076,576
$5,014,248
$1,111,181 $1,967,654
$840,452
$3,919,288
$2,128,987 $3,775,166 $1,614,155
$7,518,309
$2,289,316 $4,235,234 $1,831,453
$8,356,002
$50,525,658 $89,622,039 $38,329,027 $178,476,724 $52,814,974 $93,857,273 $40,160,479 $186,832,726
$8,593,898 $3,676,701
$2,403,555 $1,028,422
$2,272,450
$971,384
$2,076,831
$888,287
$2,517,813 $1,076,576
$1,967,654
$840,452
$3,775,166 $1,614,155
$4,842,595
$1,354,177
$1,281,986
$1,170,701
$1,419,859
$1,111,181
$2,128,987
$3,804,650
$8,895,652
10/01/2001- 10/01/200209/30/2002 02/28/2003
$3,642,212 $1,557,341
$6,706,722 $2,869,247
$5,565,341 $2,379,831
$5,851,635 $2,503,504
$6,027,506 $2,577,724
$5,086,281 $2,175,373
$4,703,351 $2,010,491
$6,558,400 $2,804,333
$5,067,738 $2,167,657
$7,909,832 $3,382,898
$5,014,673
03/01/200109/30/2001
$2,053,949
$3,779,308
$3,138,109
$3,297,319
$3,398,241
$2,867,279
$2,653,374
$3,698,321
$2,856,444
$4,459,155
107th Congress Approved
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
% of
Request
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
$0 100.00%
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
Difference
Source: Based on U.S. Department Of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index, Feb. 23, 2005, available at [ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/cpi/cpiai.txt].
Note: January 2005 dollars. Renamed committees are listed according to their names in the 109th Congress.
Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
Armed Services
Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Budget
Commerce, Science and Transportation
Energy and Natural Resources
Environment and Public Works
Finance
Foreign Relations
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs
Judiciary
Rules and Administration
Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Veterans Affairs
Special Committee on Aging
Select Committee Indian Affairs
Select Committee on Intelligence
Reserve Fund
Totals
Committee
107th Congress Request
Table 8. Senate Committee Funding, Committee Requests and Funding Approved by the Senate,
107th Congress, Constant Dollars
CRS-10
$60,591,230
$25,794,056
10/01/199910/01/200009/30/2000
02/28/2001
$2,424,557
$1,034,225
$4,345,156
$1,795,302
$3,617,965
$1,543,398
$3,948,286
$1,685,442
$4,376,391
$1,867,425
$3,348,050
$1,428,611
$3,076,951
$1,311,998
$4,306,795
$1,837,151
$3,615,343
$1,542,977
$5,220,546
$2,227,534
$5,753,717
$2,455,084
$5,546,168
$2,367,448
$1,886,075
$805,297
$1,523,304
$649,561
$1,426,443
$608,722
$1,671,002
$712,789
$1,442,880
$614,822
$3,061,602
$1,306,271
$86,385,286
$3,458,782
$6,140,458
$5,161,363
$5,633,728
$6,243,816
$4,776,661
$4,388,949
$6,143,945
$5,158,321
$7,448,080
$8,208,801
$7,913,616
$2,691,371
$2,172,865
$2,035,165
$2,383,791
$2,057,702
$4,367,872
Totals
10/01/199910/01/200009/30/2000
02/28/2001
$2,424,557
$1,034,225
$4,345,156
$1,795,302
$3,617,965
$1,543,398
$3,948,286
$1,685,442
$4,376,391
$1,867,425
$3,348,050
$1,428,611
$3,076,951
$1,311,998
$4,306,795
$1,837,151
$3,615,343
$1,542,977
$5,220,546
$2,227,534
$5,753,717
$2,455,084
$5,546,168
$2,367,448
$1,886,075
$805,297
$1,523,304
$649,561
$1,426,443
$608,722
$1,671,002
$712,789
$1,442,880
$614,822
$3,061,602
$1,306,271
$4,235,234
$1,831,453
$64,826,464
$27,625,508
$86,385,286
$3,458,782
$6,140,458
$5,161,363
$5,633,728
$6,243,816
$4,776,661
$4,388,949
$6,143,945
$5,158,321
$7,448,080
$8,208,801
$7,913,616
$2,691,371
$2,172,865
$2,035,165
$2,383,791
$2,057,702
$4,367,872
Totals
106th Congress Approved
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
Difference
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
% of
Request
Source: Based on U.S. Department Of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index, Feb. 23, 2005, available at [ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/cpi/cpiai.txt].
Note: January 2005 dollars. Renamed committees are listed according to their names in the 109th Congress.
Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
Armed Services
Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Budget
Commerce, Science and Transportation
Energy and Natural Resources
Environment and Public Works
Finance
Foreign Relations
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Judiciary
Rules and Administration
Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Veterans Affairs
Special Committee on Aging
Select Committee Indian Affairs
Select Committee on Intelligence
Reserve Fund
Totals
Committee
106th Congress Request
Table 9. Senate Committee Funding, Committee Requests and Funding Approved by the Senate,
106th Congress, Constant Dollars
CRS-11
03/01/199802/28/1999
$2,130,074
$3,298,800
$3,479,269
$3,788,926
$4,205,174
$3,217,181
$2,963,293
$4,059,151
$3,306,357
$5,018,241
$5,528,976
$5,322,999
$1,634,284
$1,322,106
$1,370,263
$1,381,672
$1,392,519
$3,058,372
$56,477,656
03/01/199709/30/1998
$2,076,365
$3,213,262
$3,390,688
$3,689,469
$4,096,823
$3,134,331
$2,889,457
$3,956,255
$3,220,600
$4,887,965
$5,386,651
$5,183,530
$1,591,075
$1,288,527
$3,298,872
$1,346,988
$1,358,124
$2,977,750
$56,986,732
$113,464,389
$4,206,439
$6,512,062
$6,869,956
$7,478,395
$8,301,997
$6,351,512
$5,852,749
$8,015,406
$6,526,956
$9,906,207
$10,915,628
$10,506,529
$3,225,358
$2,610,633
$4,669,136
$2,728,660
$2,750,643
$6,036,122
Totals
$55,417,041
$55,631,797
03/01/199703/01/199809/30/1998
02/28/1999
$2,076,365
$2,130,074
$3,213,262
$3,298,800
$3,390,688
$3,479,269
$3,689,469
$3,788,926
$4,096,823
$4,205,174
$3,134,331
$3,217,181
$2,889,457
$2,963,293
$3,598,144
$3,691,133
$3,220,600
$3,306,357
$4,887,965
$5,018,241
$5,386,651
$5,528,976
$5,183,530
$5,322,999
$2,125,751
$1,634,284
$1,288,527
$1,322,106
$2,018,010
$1,370,691
$1,346,988
$1,381,672
$1,358,124
$1,392,519
$2,512,355
$2,580,102
$111,048,837
$4,206,439
$6,512,062
$6,869,956
$7,478,395
$8,301,997
$6,351,512
$5,852,749
$7,289,278
$6,526,956
$9,906,207
$10,915,628
$10,506,529
$3,760,035
$2,610,633
$3,388,701
$2,728,660
$2,750,643
$5,092,458
Totals
105th Congress Approved
-$2,415,551
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
-$726,129
$0
$0
$0
$0
$534,676
$0
-$1,280,435
$0
$0
-$943,664
Difference
97.87%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
90.94%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
116.58%
100.00%
72.58%
100.00%
100.00%
84.37%
% of
Request
Source: Based on U.S. Department Of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index, Feb. 23, 2005, available at [ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/cpi/cpiai.txt].
Note: January 2005 dollars. Renamed committees are listed according to their names in the 109th Congress.
Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
Armed Services
Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Budget
Commerce, Science and Transportation
Energy and Natural Resources
Environment and Public Works
Finance
Foreign Relations
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Judiciary
Rules and Administration
Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Veterans Affairs
Special Committee on Aging
Select Committee Indian Affairs
Select Committee on Intelligence
Reserve Fund
Totals
Committee
105th Congress Request
Table 10. Senate Committee Funding, Committee Requests and Funding Approved by the Senate,
105th Congress, Constant Dollars
CRS-12
$57,999,005
$58,121,791
03/01/199503/01/199602/28/1996
02/28/1997
$2,137,465
$2,185,366
$3,688,968
$3,773,372
$4,678,409
$3,568,663
$3,794,348
$3,880,546
$4,216,062
$4,311,828
$3,351,450
$3,427,954
$2,942,450
$3,008,299
$4,064,779
$4,170,820
$3,402,669
$3,481,218
$5,028,280
$5,144,465
$5,650,092
$5,779,302
$5,434,998
$5,561,617
$1,638,517
$1,677,051
$1,252,539
$1,280,821
$1,296,961
$1,326,818
$1,309,730
$1,338,943
$1,322,532
$1,350,834
$2,788,757
$2,853,873
$116,120,796
$4,322,831
$7,462,340
$8,247,072
$7,674,894
$8,527,890
$6,779,404
$5,950,748
$8,235,600
$6,883,887
$10,172,745
$11,429,394
$10,996,614
$3,315,569
$2,533,359
$2,623,779
$2,648,673
$2,673,366
$5,642,630
Totals
$55,772,515
$57,046,993
03/01/199503/01/199602/28/1996
02/28/1997
$2,137,465
$2,185,366
$3,305,597
$3,381,883
$3,489,662
$3,568,663
$3,794,348
$3,883,049
$4,216,062
$4,311,828
$3,227,843
$3,298,825
$2,973,551
$3,041,163
$3,704,101
$3,787,033
$3,313,125
$3,389,606
$5,028,280
$5,144,465
$5,542,453
$5,669,352
$5,331,154
$5,455,507
$1,638,517
$1,677,051
$1,326,217
$1,356,164
$1,373,254
$1,404,866
$1,386,773
$1,417,704
$1,400,329
$1,430,295
$2,583,785
$2,644,173
$112,819,508
$4,322,831
$6,687,480
$7,058,325
$7,677,397
$8,527,890
$6,526,667
$6,014,714
$7,491,134
$6,702,731
$10,172,745
$11,211,805
$10,786,660
$3,315,569
$2,682,381
$2,778,120
$2,804,477
$2,830,624
$5,227,958
Totals
104th Congress Approved
-$3,294,364
$0
-$773,235
-$1,186,253
$2,497
$0
-$252,206
$63,832
-$742,904
-$180,776
$0
-$217,133
-$209,514
$0
$148,709
$154,017
$155,478
$156,928
-$413,803
Difference
97.16%
100.00%
89.62%
85.59%
100.03%
100.00%
96.27%
101.07%
90.96%
97.37%
100.00%
98.10%
98.09%
100.00%
105.88%
105.88%
105.88%
105.88%
92.65%
% of
Request
Source: Based on U.S. Department Of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index, Feb. 23, 2005, available at [ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/cpi/cpiai.txt].
Note: January 2005 dollars. Renamed committees are listed according to their names in the 109th Congress
Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
Armed Services
Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Budget
Commerce, Science and Transportation
Energy and Natural Resources
Environment and Public Works
Finance
Foreign Relations
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Judiciary
Rules and Administration
Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Veterans Affairs
Special Committee on Aging
Select Committee Indian Affairs
Select Committee on Intelligence
Reserve Fund
Totals
Committee
104th Congress Request
Table 11. Senate Committee Funding, Committee Requests and Funding Approved by the Senate,
104th Congress, Constant Dollars
CRS-13