House Committee Funding Legislation, 109th Congress

House Committee Funding Legislation, 109th Congress

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House Committee Funding Legislation,
109th Congress
Updated April 29, 2005
R. Eric Petersen
Analyst in American National Government
Government and Finance Division
Congressional Research Service ˜ The Library of Congress

House Committee Funding Legislation, 109th Congress
Summary
On April 27, 2005, H.Res. 224, providing for the expenses of House
committees, other than Appropriations Committee, for the 109th Congress, was
adopted by the House by voice vote. On April 21, 2005, Representative Robert Ney,
chairman of the Committee on House Administration, introduced the measure, which
was referred to the Committee on House Administration. The committee ordered it
reported to the House the same day. At the same time, the committee also reportedly
adopted regulations limiting committee expenditures for franked mail by committees
to $5,000 per year, and required committees to abide by franking regulations similar
to those in force for individual Members.
House Rules required the House of Representatives to act by March 31, 2005,
to provide operating funds for its standing and select committees (except for the
Appropriations Committee). On March 2, 2005, Representative Bob Ney, chairman
of the committee, introduced H.Res. 133 to provide for the continuing expenses of
standing and select committees of the House from April 1, 2005, through April 30,
2005. The House adopted the measure by a vote of 406-0 on March 8.
The House Administration Committee typically holds hearings on each
committee’s request, and the chair of that committee typically introduces an omnibus
funding resolution, based on committee requests. The committee held hearings on
March 10, and 16, 2005, and received the testimony of committee chairs and ranking
minority members.
At the hearing, questions from Members of the House Administration
Committee included consideration of the use of the frank by committee chairs, and
committee guidelines that provide minority members on panels financed through the
House funding process with at least one-third of the committee staff positions, and
one-third of committee funds to pay for those positions.
This report, which will be updated as events warrant, provides committee
funding requests for the 109th Congress and authorizations for House committees in
the 104th - 108th Congresses. CRS Report RL32794, House Committee Funding
Requests and Authorizations, 104th - 109th Congresses, provides historical and
analytical data on funding requests and authorizations for House committees since
1995. Information on Senate committee funding is available in CRS Report
RL32779, Senate Committee Funding Resolutions, 109th Congress, and Funding
Authorizations 104th - 109th Congresses.

Contents
Recent Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
House Committee Funding Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
List of Tables
Table 1. House Committee Funding Requests and Amounts Authorized by
the House, 109th Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Table 2. House Committee Funding Authorizations, 108th and 109th
Congresses, Actual Dollars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Table 3. House Committee Funding Authorizations, 108th and 109th
Congresses, Constant Dollars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Table 4. House Committee Funding Authorizations, 104th - 108th Congresses,
Actual Dollars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Table 5. House Committee Funding: Percentage Changes in Authorizations,
Actual Dollars, 105th-109th Congresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Table 6. House Committee Funding Authorizations, 104th -108th Congresses,
Constant Dollars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Table 7. House Committee Funding: Percentage Changes in Authorizations,
Constant Dollars, 105th - 109th Congresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

House Committee Funding Legislation,
109th Congress
Recent Action
On April 27, 2005, H.Res. 224, providing for the expenses of House
committees, other than Appropriations Committee, for the 109th Congress, was
adopted by the House by voice vote. On April 21, 2005, Representative Robert Ney,
chairman of the Committee on House Administration, introduced the measure, which
was referred to the Committee on House Administration. The committee ordered it
reported to the House the same day.1 At the same time, the committee also reportedly
adopted regulations limiting committee expenditures for franked mail by committees
to $5,000 per year, and required committees to abide by franking regulations similar
to those in force for individual Members.2
House Rules required the chamber to act by March 31, 2005, to provide
operating funds for its standing and select committees, except for the Appropriations
Committee, which is funded separately through legislative branch appropriations
bills. On March 2, 2005, Representative Ney introduced H.Res. 133, to provide for
the continuing expenses of standing and select committees of the House from April
1, 2005, through April 30, 2005. The House agreed to suspend the rules and adopt
the measure by a vote of 406-0 on March 8.
Measures introduced to fund individual committee activities, were referred to
the Committee on House Administration. The committee held hearings on March 10,
and 16, 2005, and received the testimony of committee chairs and ranking minority
members.
Testimony by the committee chairs reportedly included requests for additional
staff; funds for new and existing staff salaries, including cost-of-living increases;
proposals to replace office equipment; and funds to upgrade office technologies.3
Questions from Members of the House Administration Committee included
consideration of the use of the frank by committee chairs, and committee guidelines
1 “Committee Funding Resolution,” Congressional Record–Daily Digest, Apr. 21, 2005, p.
D388.
2 Jennifer Yachnin, “New Rules Limit House Committee Funding,” Roll Call, Apr. 21, 2005,
available at [http://www.rollcall.com/issues/1_1/breakingnews/8973-1.html], visited Apr.
22, 2005.
3 Jennifer Yachnin, “House Panels Request More Funding, Space,” Roll Call, Mar. 14, 2005,
p. 1, available at [http://www.rollcall.com/issues/50_86/news/8483-1.html], visited Mar. 17,
2005.

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that provide minority members on panels financed through the House funding
process with at least one-third of the committee staff positions, and one-third of
committee funds to pay for those positions.
Under House Rules, the minority is guaranteed one-third of the first 30 staff
positions authorized for a committee, but is not entitled to such a proportion of any
additional staff positions. The House Administration committee guidelines
reportedly allow for negotiation between a chair and ranking member regarding the
exclusion of shared administrative staff who provide services to both parties from the
committee staff allocation, and provide the minority with one-third of the remaining
positions. Some committees have established such agreements, although most such
administrative staff may be majority party staff designees. According to testimony,
agreements between other chairs and ranking members include provisions for the
joint hiring or minority consultation in administrative staff employment decisions.
House Administration guidelines reportedly also recommend provision of one-
third of committee funds for equipment, travel and supplies to the minority. Some
ranking minority members testifying at the hearing raised concerns that while those
funds are generally available to the minority in most committees, ranking members
do not control the funds and must seek approval from committee chairs. In their
testimony, some committee chairs noted that minority requests for travel, supplies,
and other funds are routinely granted, and that under the Rules of the House,
Committee chairs are solely responsible for all committee funds. All Members who
testified seemed to agree that, while some disparities among committees on the
allocation to the minority of travel funds and office equipment may still exist despite
House Administration guidelines, since the 103rd Congress, the minority party has
been treated more equitably than before in the allocation of House committee staff
and resources.4
Typically, following the hearings on committee funding requests, the chair of
the House Administration Committee then introduces an omnibus funding resolution,
which, after its referral to the House Administration Committee, has traditionally
served as the legislative vehicle for a full committee markup. The House normally
acts on committee funding resolutions during the last week of March in the first year
of a Congress.
On April 21, 2005, Representative Ney introduced H.Res. 224, providing for the
expenses of House committees, other than the Appropriations Committee, for the
109th Congress. The measure was referred to the Committee on House
Administration, which ordered it reported to the House the same day. At the same
time, the committee also reportedly adopted regulations limiting committee
expenditures for franked mail by committees to $5,000 per year, and required
4 Unrelated to the funding proposals considered at the hearings, several committee chairs
and ranking members reportedly raised concerns regarding the sufficiency of office space
in congressional buildings to support staff and committee operations. See Ibid., and Jennifer
Yachnin, “Ethics Seeks Big Budget Increase,” Roll Call, Mar. 17, 2005, p 1, available at
[http://www.rollcall.com/issues/50_89/news/8574-1.html], visited Mar. 17, 2005.

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committees to abide by franking regulations similar to those in force for individual
Members.5
On April 27, 2005, the House of Representatives adopted H.Res. 224 by a voice
vote.
Table 1 summarizes requests from individual committees and amounts reported
by the Committee on House Administration. Table 2 provides committee funding
levels for the 109th Congress, as reported by the Committee on House Administration
on April 26, 2005 in H.Rept. 109-54, and authorizations for House committees in
the 108th Congress. Table 3 provides the same information, calculated in constant
(January 2005) dollars.6 Tables 4 includes authorizations for House committees in
the 104th -108th Congresses in actual dollars. Table 5 provides the percentage change
in committee authorizations in the 105th-109th Congresses, based on actual dollars.
Tables 6 and 7 provide the same information in constant dollars.
House Committee Funding Process
Under House Rule X, clause 6, each standing and select committee of the House
(except the Appropriations Committee) is required to submit an operating budget
request for its necessary expenses over the two years of a Congress. The budgetary
requests include estimated salary needs for staff, costs of consulting services, printing
costs, office equipment and supply costs, and travel costs for committee members
and staff. Some costs (such as pension and insurance contributions for committee
employees) are not directly billed to the committee and are paid from other
appropriated funds. Individual committee requests are then packaged by the House
Administration Committee into an omnibus “primary expense resolution.”
Clause 6(c) requires that “the minority party (be) treated fairly in the
appointment” of committee staff employed pursuant to such expense resolutions.
Prior to the 104th Congress, House rules provided a base level of 30 so-called
“statutory” staff positions for all House standing committees (except the
Appropriations Committee). Funds for these staff were provided through a line-item
appropriation and were not included in the funding resolutions reported from the
House Administration Committee. In the 104th Congress, House rules were changed
to (1) provide for biennial committee funding resolutions, and (2) include funding
authorization for the baseline 30 staff positions in each committee’s funding
5 Jennifer Yachnin, “New Rules Limit House Committee Funding,” Roll Call, Apr. 21, 2005,
available at [http://www.rollcall.com/issues/1_1/breakingnews/8973-1.html], visited Apr.
22, 2005.
6 CRS Report RL32794, House Committee Funding Requests and Authorizations, 104th -
108th Congresses, by R. Eric Petersen, provides historical and analytical data on funding
requests and authorizations for House committees since 1995. Information on Senate
committee funding is available in CRS Report RL32779, Senate Committee Funding
Resolutions, 109th Congress, and Funding Authorizations 104th - 109th Congresses, by R.
Eric Petersen.

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authorization.7 Twenty of these positions are allotted to the committee majority and
10 to the committee minority. The House majority leadership has encouraged its
committee leaders to move as quickly as possible to provide the minority with one-
third of the remaining committee staff and resources authorized in the biennial
funding resolutions. Statements made by leaders of the House Administration
Committee at the beginning of its committee funding review for the 107th Congress,
and reaffirmed at the beginning of the 108th and 109th Congresses, indicate a general
consensus that all House committees should provide at least one-third minority
staffing this Congress.
Each committee is encouraged to discuss its proposed budget and approve it at
a committee organization meeting. Some committees, however, do not prepare or
approve their draft budgets this way. Each committee chair normally introduces a
House resolution to provide his or her committee with the requisite funds for the two
years of the Congress. These individual resolutions are then referred to the House
Administration Committee, which holds public hearings on each committee’s
request. The chair and the ranking minority member from each committee normally
testify at these hearings. The committee held hearings on March 10, and 16, 2005,
and received the testimony of committee chairs and ranking minority members.
The chair of the House Administration Committee then typically introduces an
omnibus funding resolution, which, after its referral to the House Administration
Committee, has served as the legislative vehicle for a full committee markup. The
chairman’s resolution usually incorporates, without change, the amounts requested
by each committee.
The House normally acts on committee funding resolutions during the last week
of March in the first year of a Congress. The committee funding resolution is
normally called up as privileged business under the Rules of the House, allowing it
to be called up and considered without the need for a special rule from the Rules
Committee. Privileged funding resolutions are considered in the House under the
one-hour rule and, typically, the majority party manager does not yield the floor to
permit amendments to be offered. (The committee-reported amendment is
automatically laid before the House.) At the end of one hour of debate, the majority
party manager moves the previous question and, if agreed to, the House votes on final
passage of the resolution. Before the vote on final passage, it has become customary
for the minority party to offer a motion to recommit the funding resolution. This
motion normally permits the minority to offer an alternative funding proposal and to
obtain a House vote on it. Owing to the bipartisan consensus on the funding
resolution in the past three Congresses, House Democrats did not offer such a motion
in 2005, 2003, or 2001.
7 As before, these provisions were not made applicable to the House Appropriations
Committee.

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Table 1. House Committee Funding Requests and Amounts Authorized by the House, 109th Congress
Committee
Request
1st Session
2nd Session
Authorized
1st Session
2nd Session
Difference
%
Agriculture
$11,562,481 $5,595,604 $5,966,877
$11,257,009 $5,495,805 $5,761,204 -$305,472
-2.64%
Armed Services
13,333,137
6,387,373
6,945,764
12,826,208 6,292,249 6,533,959 -506,929 -3.80
Budget
12,026,478 6,013,239 6,013,239
12,026,478 6,013,239 6,013,239
0 0.00
Education and the Workforce
15,493,286
7,708,622 7,784,664
15,493,286 7,705,970 7,787,316
0 0.00
Energy and Commerce
21,388,076
10,297,200
11,090,876 19,925,687 9,812,619 10,113,068 -1,462,389 -6.84
Financial Services
16,127,977
7,831,097
8,296,880 15,203,100 7,427,648 7,775,452 -924,877 -5.73
Government Reform
21,349,000
10,624,500
10,724,500 20,497,085 10,121,443 10,375,642 -851,915 -3.99
Homeland Security
15,787,494
7,462,855
8,324,639 14,000,000 6,100,026 7,899,974 -1,787,494 -11.32
House Administration
10,101,152
4,822,199
5,278,953 9,554,568 4,648,683 4,905,885 -546,584 -5.41
International Relations
18,869,785
9,092,015
9,777,770 16,299,018 7,946,084 8,352,934 -2,570,767 -13.62
Judiciary
18,263,201 8,972,238 9,290,962
15,312,992 7,461,565 7,851,427
-2,950,209
-16.15
Resources
14,805,934 7,289,521 7,516,413
14,520,962 7,178,224 7,342,738 -284,972 -1.92
Rules
6,365,600 3,176,144 3,189,456 6,365,600 3,074,229 3,291,371
0 0.00
Science
13,146,852 6,388,306 6,758,546
12,327,996 6,101,648 6,226,348 -818,856 -6.23
Small Business
6,034,058
2,987,331
3,046,727
5,586,973 2,721,600 2,865,373 -447,085 -7.41
Standards
4,768,734 2,300,779 2,467,955 4,290,536 1,891,890 2,398,646 -478,198
-10.03
Transportation and Infrastructure
18,582,105
9,007,388 9,574,717
18,108,082 8,856,869 9,251,213 -474,023
-2.55
Veterans' Affairs
7,933,081
3,832,415
4,100,666 6,474,418 3,075,732 3,398,686 -1,458,663 -18.39
Ways and Means
17,819,494
8,732,509
9,086,985 17,819,494 8,674,514 9,144,980
0 0.00
Permanent Select Intelligence
9,875,429
5,436,490 4,438,939 9,527,870 4,500,653 5,027,217 -347,559 -3.52
Source: Data taken from committee funding resolutions introduced in the House for the 109th Congress, and H.Res. 224.

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Table 2. House Committee Funding Authorizations, 108th and 109th Congresses, Actual Dollars
108th Congress
109th Congress
Committee
Change
Approved 1st Session
2nd Session
Authorized
1st Session
2nd Session
Agriculture
$10,327,531
$5,084,900 $5,242,632 $11,257,009 $5,495,805 $5,761,204 9.00%
Armed Services
11,931,357
5,871,876
6,059,481
12,826,208
6,292,249
6,533,959
7.50
Budget
11,869,572
5,856,333 6,013,239 12,026,478 6,013,239 6,013,239 1.32
Education and the Workforce
14,673,371
7,047,896
7,625,475
15,493,286
7,705,970
7,787,316
5.59
Energy and Commerce
18,622,138
9,101,042
9,521,097
19,925,687
9,812,619
10,113,068
7.00
Financial Services
13,696,487
6,601,085
7,095,402
15,203,100
7,427,648
7,775,452
11.00
Government
Reform
19,614,435
9,740,963 9,873,472 20,497,085 10,121,443 10,375,642 4.50
Homeland Security
10,952,787
5,366,866
5,585,921
14,000,000
6,100,026
7,899,974
27.82
House
Administration
8,527,057
4,122,092
4,404,965 9,554,568 4,648,683 4,905,885 12.05
International Relations
14,552,695
6,993,645
7,559,050
16,299,018
7,946,084
8,352,934
12.00
Judiciary
14,048,616
6,957,554 7,091,062 15,312,992 7,461,565 7,851,427 9.00
Resources
13,509,424
6,492,029 7,017,395 14,520,962 7,178,224 7,342,738 7.49
Rules
5,669,311
2,797,898
2,871,413 6,365,600 3,074,229 3,291,371 12.28
Science
11,690,845
5,711,401 5,979,444 12,327,996 6,101,648 6,226,348 5.45
Small
Business
5,120,301
2,535,261
2,585,041 5,586,973 2,721,600 2,865,373 9.11
Standards
3,071,250
1,527,825
1,543,425 4,290,536 1,891,890 2,398,646 39.70
Transportation and Infrastructure
16,461,893
7,982,558 8,479,334 18,108,082 8,856,869 9,251,213 10.00
Veterans'
Affairs
5,486,795
2,703,328
2,783,466 6,474,418 3,075,732 3,398,686 18.00
Ways and Means
16,136,288
7,908,037
8,228,251
17,819,494
8,674,514
9,144,980
10.43
Permanent Select Intelligence
7,809,730
3,780,487
4,029,243
9,527,870
4,500,653
5,027,217
22.00
Source: Data taken from H. RES. 148, 108th Congress, and H.Res. 224, 109th Congress.
a. In the 108th Congress, the Committee on Homeland Security was a select committee.

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Table 3. House Committee Funding Authorizations, 108th and 109th Congresses, Constant Dollars
108th Congress
109th Congress
Proposed
Committee
Change
Approved
1st Session
2nd Session
Reported
1st Session
2nd Session
Agriculture
$10,703,588
$5,270,057
$5,433,532
$11,257,009
$5,495,805
$5,761,204
5.17%
Armed Services
12,365,814
6,085,689
6,280,125
12,826,208
6,292,249
6,533,959
3.72
Budget
12,301,779
6,069,580
6,232,199
12,026,478
6,013,239
6,013,239
-2.24
Education and the Workforce
15,207,673
7,304,531
7,903,142
15,493,286
7,705,970
7,787,316
1.88
Energy and Commerce
19,300,227
9,432,439
9,867,789
19,925,687
9,812,619
10,113,068
3.24
Financial Services
14,195,218
6,841,451
7,353,767
15,203,100
7,427,648
7,775,452
7.10
Government Reform
20,328,656
10,095,661
10,232,995
20,497,085
10,121,443
10,375,642
0.83
Homeland Security
11,351,611
5,562,290
5,789,321
14,000,000
6,100,026
7,899,974
23.33
House Administration
8,837,553
4,272,190
4,565,363
9,554,568
4,648,683
4,905,885
8.11
International Relations
15,082,603
7,248,305
7,834,298
16,299,018
7,946,084
8,352,934
8.07
Judiciary
14,560,169
7,210,900
7,349,269
15,312,992
7,461,565
7,851,427
5.17
Resources
14,001,343
6,728,424
7,272,920
14,520,962
7,178,224
7,342,738
3.71
Rules
5,875,748
2,899,778
2,975,970
6,365,600
3,074,229
3,291,371
8.34
Science
12,116,544
5,919,370
6,197,174
12,327,996
6,101,648
6,226,348
1.75
Small Business
5,306,747
2,627,578
2,679,170
5,586,973
2,721,600
2,865,373
5.28
Standards
3,183,084
1,583,458
1,599,626
4,290,536
1,891,890
2,398,646
34.79
Transportation and Infrastructure
17,061,321
8,273,227
8,788,092
18,108,082
8,856,869
9,251,213
6.14
Veterans' Affairs
5,686,586
2,801,764
2,884,820
6,474,418
3,075,732
3,398,686
13.85
Ways and Means
16,723,859
8,195,993
8,527,867
17,819,494
8,674,514
9,144,980
6.55
Permanent Select Intelligence
8,094,106
3,918,146
4,175,960
9,527,870
4,500,653
5,027,217
17.71
Source: Based on data taken from H.Res. 148, 108th Congress, and H.Res. 224, 109th Congress, and the Consumer Price Index. See 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.
a. In the 108th Congress, the Committee on Homeland Security was a select committee.

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Table 4. House Committee Funding Authorizations, 104th - 108th Congresses, Actual Dollars
104th Congress
105th Congress
106th Congress
107th Congress
108th Congress
Committee
Approved
Approved
Approved
Approved
Approved
Agriculture
$7,406,899
$7,656,162
$8,414,033
$9,607,006
$10,327,531
Armed Services
9,085,743
9,721,745
10,342,681
10,872,677
11,931,357
Budget
9,912,000
9,940,000
9,940,000
11,107,043
11,869,572
Education and the Workforce
9,621,539
10,125,113
11,200,497
13,573,886
14,673,371
Energy and Commerce
13,686,823
14,535,406
15,285,113
17,226,770
18,622,138
Financial Services
8,645,054
8,901,617
9,307,521
11,846,231
13,696,487
Government Reform
13,520,037
20,020,572
19,770,233
19,420,233
19,614,435
Homeland Securitya
—
—
—
—
10,952,787
House Administration
6,177,608
6,050,349
6,251,871
7,418,045
8,527,057
International Relations
10,028,093
10,368,358
11,313,531
12,672,626
14,552,695
Judiciary
9,553,190
10,604,041
12,152,275
13,166,463
14,048,616
Resources
9,588,953
9,876,550
10,567,908
11,601,260
13,509,424
Rules
4,433,817
4,649,102
5,069,424
5,370,773
5,669,311
Science
8,411,326
8,677,830
8,931,726
10,628,041
11,690,845
Small Business
3,791,580
3,906,941
4,148,880
4,798,783
5,120,301
Standards
1,981,150
2,456,300
2,632,915
2,871,091
3,071,250
Transportation and Infrastructure
10,878,981
12,184,459
13,220,138
14,479,551
16,461,893
Veterans’ Affairs
4,220,605
4,344,160
4,735,135
5,142,263
5,486,795
Ways and Means
10,219,358
11,036,907
11,930,338 14,748,888
16,136,288
Permanent Select Intelligence
4,519,890
4,815,526
5,164,444
6,955,074
7,809,730
Reserve Fund
—
7,900,000
3,000,000
—
—
Source: Data taken from committee funding resolutions introduced in the House for each Congress.
Notes: Renamed committees are listed according to their names and types in the 109th Congress.
a. In the 108th Congress, the Committee on Homeland Security was a select committee.

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Table 5. House Committee Funding: Percentage Changes in
Authorizations, Actual Dollars, 105th-109th Congresses
(in percentages %)
105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
104th -109th
Congress Congress Congress Congress
Congress
Congresses
Committee
Change
Change
Change
Change
Change
Change
Agriculture
3.37
9.90
14.18
7.50
9.00
51.98
Armed Services
7.00
6.39
5.12
9.74
7.50
41.17
Budget
0.28
0.00
11.74
6.87
1.32
21.33
Education and the Workforce
5.23
10.62
21.19
8.10
5.59
61.03
Energy and Commerce
6.20
5.16
12.70
8.10
7.00
45.58
Financial Services
2.97
4.56
27.28
15.62
11.00
75.86
Government Reform
48.08
-1.25
-1.77
1.00
4.50
51.61
Homeland Security
27.82
House Administration
-2.06
3.33
18.65
14.95
12.05
54.66
International Relations
3.39
9.12
12.01
14.84
12.00
62.53
Judiciary
11.00
14.60
8.35
6.70
9.00
60.29
Resources
3.00
7.00
9.78
16.45
7.49
51.43
Rules
4.86
9.04
5.94
5.56
12.28
43.57
Science
3.17
2.93
18.99
10.00
5.45
46.56
Small Business
3.04
6.19
15.66
6.70
9.11
47.35
Standards
23.98
7.19
9.05
6.97
39.70
116.57
Transportation and Infrastructure
12.00
8.50
9.53
13.69
10.00
66.45
Veterans’ Affairs
2.93
9.00
8.60
6.70
18.00
53.40
Ways and Means
8.00
8.09
23.63
8.32
10.43
74.37
Permanent Select Intelligence
6.54
7.25
34.67
12.29
22.00
110.80
Source: Based on data taken from committee funding resolutions introduced in the House for each Congress.
Notes: Renamed committees are listed according to their names and types in the 109th Congress.
a. In the 108th Congress, the Committee on Homeland Security was a select committee.

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Table 6. House Committee Funding Authorizations,
104th -108th Congresses, Constant Dollars
104th
105th
106th
107th
108th
Congress
Congress
Congress
Congress
Congress
Committee
Approved
Approved
Approved
Approved
Approved
Agriculture
$9,268,344
$9,096,761
$9,631,189
$10,344,755
$10,703,588
Armed Services
11,369,102
11,551,008
11,838,831
11,707,620
12,365,814
Budget
12,403,008
11,810,330
11,377,899
11,959,984
12,301,779
Education and the
12,039,550
12,030,274
12,820,737
14,616,262
15,207,673
Workforce
Energy and Commerce
17,126,490
17,270,417
17,496,225
18,549,661
19,300,227
Financial Services
10,817,663
10,576,563
10,653,927
12,755,936
14,195,218
Government Reform
16,917,789
23,787,683
22,630,153
20,911,567
20,328,656
Homeland Securitya
—
—
—
—
11,351,611
House Administration
7,730,117
7,188,795
7,156,253
7,987,697
8,837,553
International Relations
12,548,276
12,319,289
12,950,122
13,645,792
15,082,603
Judiciary
11,954,024
12,599,318
13,910,197
14,177,552
14,560,169
Resources
11,998,775
11,734,941
12,096,639
12,492,153
14,001,343
Rules
5,548,090
5,523,886
5,802,756
5,783,210
5,875,748
Science
10,525,196
10,310,668
10,223,770
11,444,198
12,116,544
Small Business
4,744,451
4,642,079
4,749,048
5,167,295
5,306,747
Standards
2,479,037
2,918,482
3,013,787
3,091,570
3,183,084
Transportation and
13,613,003
14,477,111
15,132,535
15,591,476
17,061,321
Infrastructure
Veterans’ Affairs
5,281,295
5,161,566
5,420,110
5,537,152
5,686,586
Ways and Means
12,787,609
13,113,633
13,656,155
15,881,496
16,558,033
Permanent Select
5,655,794
5,721,625
5,911,521
7,489,173
8,094,106
Intelligence
Reserve Fund
9,386,480
3,433,974
Source: Based on data taken from committee funding resolutions introduced in the House for each Congress, and
the Consumer Price Index. See 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], visited Feb. 23, 2005.
Notes: January, 2005 dollars. Renamed committees are listed according to their names and types in the 109th
Congress.
a. In the 108th Congress, the Committee on Homeland Security was a select committee.

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Table 7. House Committee Funding: Percentage Changes in
Authorizations, Constant Dollars, 105th - 109th Congresses
(in percentages %)
105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
104th -108th
Congress Congress
Congress
Congress
Congress
Congresses
Committee
Change
Change
Change
Change
Change
Change
Agriculture
-1.85
5.87
7.41
3.47
5.17
21.46
Armed Services
1.60
2.49
-1.11
5.62
3.72
12.82
Budget
-4.78
-3.66
5.12
2.86
-2.24
-3.04
Education and the Workforce
-0.08
6.57
14.00
4.05
1.88
28.69
Energy and Commerce
0.84
1.31
6.02
4.05
3.24
16.34
Financial Services
-2.23
0.73
19.73
11.28
7.10
40.54
Government Reform
40.61
-4.87
-7.59
-2.79
0.83
21.16
Homeland Security
-
-
-
-
23.33
-
House Administration
-7.00
-0.45
11.62
10.64
8.11
23.60
International Relations
-1.82
5.12
5.37
10.53
8.07
29.89
Judiciary
5.40
10.40
1.92
2.70
5.17
28.10
Resources
-2.20
3.08
3.27
12.08
3.71
21.02
Rules
-0.44
5.05
-0.34
1.60
8.34
14.73
Science
-2.04
-0.84
11.94
5.87
1.75
17.13
Small Business
-2.16
2.30
8.81
2.70
5.28
17.76
Standards
17.73
3.27
2.58
2.96
34.79
73.07
Transportation and Infrastructure
6.35
4.53
3.03
9.43
6.14
33.02
Veterans’ Affairs
-2.27
5.01
2.16
2.70
13.85
22.59
Ways and Means
2.55
4.14
16.30
4.26
6.55
39.35
Permanent Select Intelligence
1.16
3.32
26.69
8.08
17.71
68.46
Source: Based on data taken from committee funding resolutions introduced in the House for each Congress, and
the Consumer Price Index. See 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], visited Feb. 23, 2005.
Notes: January, 2005 dollars. Renamed committees are listed according to their names and types in the 109th
Congress.
a. In the 108th Congress, the Committee on Homeland Security was a select committee