Providing for the expenses of certain committees of the House of Representatives in the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress.
Latest action · Mar 27, 2019 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.
- IntroducedMar 21, 2019
- Agreed to in HouseMar 27, 2019
Summary
This resolution sets forth the levels of payment for 116th Congress expenses (including staff salaries) for the following House Committees: (1) Agriculture; (2) Armed Services; (3) the Budget; (4) Select Committee on the Climate Crisis; (5) Education and Labor; (6) Energy and Commerce; (7) Ethics; (8) Financial Services; (9) Foreign Affairs; (10) Homeland Security; (11) House Administration; (12) Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; (13) the Judiciary; (14) Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress; (15) Natural Resources; (16) Oversight and Reform; (17) Rules; (18) Science, Space, and Technology; (19) Small Business; (20) Transportation and Infrastructure; (21) Veterans' Affairs; and (22) Ways and Means.
Among other things, this resolution (1) prescribes limitations to such expenses for the 1st and 2nd sessions of the 116th Congress, and (2) establishes a reserve fund for unanticipated committee expenses for the 116th Congress.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Committee on House Administration | Referred Mar 21, 2019Markup Mar 25, 2019Reported Mar 26, 2019 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 27, 2019Ms. Lofgren asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider.
- Mar 27, 2019Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H2875-2876)
- Mar 27, 2019Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H2875-2876)
- Mar 27, 2019Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 26, 2019Reported by the Committee on House Administration. H. Rept. 116-20.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H2875Text printed H2875 | Zoe Lofgren D-CA | Mar 27, 2019 |
Research
What has been written about this resolution: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this resolution, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | H. RES. 245, PROVIDING FOR THE EXPENSES OF CERTAIN COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE ONE HUNDRED SIXTEENTH CONGRESS; AND COMMITTEE RESOLUTION 116-09, A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE FRANKED MAIL ALLOWANCES FOR COMMITTEES FOR THE 116TH CONGRESS16 pages | Committee on House Administration | Mar 25, 2019 |
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this resolution or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL32794 | House Committee Funding: Process and Historical Appropriations and Authorizations | Report | Sep 24, 2025 |
| R45724 | House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress: Structure and Procedures Archived | Report | Apr 15, 2020 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Providing for the expenses of certain committees of the House of Representatives in the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
- Congress
- Congressional committees
- House Committee on Agriculture
- House Committee on Armed Services
- House Committee on Education and Labor
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce
- House Committee on Ethics
- House Committee on Financial Services
- House Committee on Foreign Affairs
- House Committee on Homeland Security
- House Committee on House Administration
- House Committee on Natural Resources
- House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
- House Committee on Rules
- House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
- House Committee on Small Business
- House Committee on the Budget
- House Committee on the Judiciary
- House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
- House Committee on Ways and Means
- House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 27, 2019Engrossed in House
- Mar 26, 2019Reported in House
- Mar 21, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this resolution on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
