House Committee Funding, 110th Congress

Publication Date: March 2007

Publisher: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

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Pursuant to House Rule X, clause 6, the House Administration Committee reports an omnibus, biennial "primary expense resolution" to cover the expenses of each standing and select committee (except the Appropriations Committee). The resolution is based in part on committee requests for funds to cover necessary expenses for the two years of a Congress. On March 1, 2007, the Committee on House Administration reported H.Res. 202, providing for the expenses of certain committees of the House of Representatives in the 110th Congress.

This report summarizes requests from individual committees and funding levels reported by the Committee on House Administration, and compares 110th Congressreported levels to authorizations for House committees in the 109th Congress. CRS Report RL32794, House Committee Funding Requests and Authorizations, 104th - 109th Congresses, by R. Eric Petersen, provides historical and analytical data on funding requests and authorizations for House committees since 1995. Pursuant to House Rule X, clause 6, the House Administration Committee reports an omnibus, biennial "primary expense resolution" to cover the expenses of each standing and select committee (except the Appropriations Committee1). The resolution is based in part on committee requests for funds to cover their necessary expenses for the two years of a Congress. On March 1, 2007, the Committee on House Administration met to mark up H.Res. 202, providing for the expenses of certain committees of the House of Representatives in the 110th Congress. Representative Juanita Millender-McDonald, who is chairwoman of the panel, offered an amendment in the nature of a substitute to the measure, which was adopted by voice vote. The panel then reported H.Res. 202, as amended, to the House by voice vote.