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A Brief
Guide to the 110th Congress
House of Representatives Appropriations
Committee
About
the Committee
The role of the House of
Representatives Appropriations Committee is parallel to the Senate
Appropriations Committee. Its role is defined by the U.S. Constitution,
which requires "appropriations made by law" prior to
the expenditure of any money from the Federal treasury. The Committee
writes the legislation that allocates federal funds to the numerous
government agencies, departments, and organizations on an annual
basis.
The Appropriations Committee also oversees
the following accounts and programs of the Legislative Branch:
House of Representatives; Joint Items; Architect of the Capitol
(Except Senate Items); Botanic Garden; Capitol Police; Capitol
Visitors Center; Congressional Budget Office; Government Accountability
Office; Government Printing Office; John C. Stennis Center; Library
of Congress; Office of Compliance; Open World Leadership Center;
United States Capitol Preservation Commission
There are ten subcommittees. The Interior,
Environment and Related Agencies Subcommittee includes oversight
and legislative responsibilities for: Department of the Interior
(except Bureau of Reclamation and Central Utah Project); Environmental
Protection Agency; other Agencies: Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
(HHS), Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, Commission
of Fine Arts, Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental
Quality, Forest Service (USDA), Indian Health Service, Institute
of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development,
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, National Capital
Planning Commission, National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
(Except Institute of Museum and Library Services), National Gallery
of Art, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (HHS,
formerly EPA/Superfund), Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation,
Presidio Trust, Smithsonian Institution, United States Holocaust
Memorial Museum, White House Commission on the National Moment
of Remembrance, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Committee
Members
Click here
for the list of members on the House of Representatives Appropriations
Committee as well as members of the Interior, Environment and
Related Agencies Subcommittee (PDF
format) .
For
More Information
Click here
for the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee website.
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