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Appropriations Committee

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Committee on Appropriations

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Showing the 115th Congress (2017–2018). Back to the 119th Congress

43 bills referred in the 115th Congress

520 across the 13 Congresses on file, most in the 118th at 52. A referral is not a hearing: most bills sent to a committee are never taken up.

Bills referred, by Congress 107th to 119th

Members
32

Served in the 115th Congress

Subcommittees
12

Each with its own members and record

Members, 115th Congress 32

Everyone who held a seat in the 115th Congress, leaders first, with the day they joined or left when it was not with the rest.

Subcommittees, 115th Congress 12

Under the names they had then. Each has its own record.

Record

Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. In the 115th Congress.

Reports, rules and messages sent to Congress by agencies and the President, and petitions and memorials, referred to this committee. Newest first. In the 115th Congress.

NumberCommunicationReferred
EC-6489A communication from the Secretary of Energy, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled "Department of Energy Activities Relating to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, Fiscal Year 2017"; to the Committees on Appropriations; Armed Services; and Energy and Natural Resources.Executive communicationSep 17, 2018
EC-6368A communication from the Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to violations of the Antideficiency Act that occurred in the Department of Agriculture's Office of the Secretary Treasury Symbol Accounts; to the Committee on Appropriations.Executive communicationSep 6, 2018
EC-6366A communication from the Director, Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled "OMB Sequestration Update Report to the President and Congress for Fiscal Year 2019"; to the Special Committee on Aging; Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Appropriations; Armed Services; Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; the Budget; Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Energy and Natural Resources; Environment and Public Works; Select Committee on Ethics; Finance; Foreign Relations; Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; Indian Affairs; Select Committee on Intelligence; the Judiciary; Rules and Administration; Small Business and Entrepreneurship; and Veterans' Affairs.Executive communicationSep 6, 2018
POM-297A petition from a citizen of the State of Texas relative to the appropriation of funds for financial aid to foreign nations; to the Committee on Appropriations.Petition or memorialAug 27, 2018
EC-6196A communication from the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to violations of the Antideficiency Act that involved fiscal years 2000-2015 Operation and Maintenance (OM), Defense-Wide, Weapons Procurement, Navy (WPN), International Military Education and Training (IMET), and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) funds, and was assigned case number 16-02; to the Committee on Appropriations.Executive communicationAug 21, 2018
EC-6195A communication from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President, transmitting, pursuant to law, the August, 2018 monthly cumulative report on rescissions; referred jointly, pursuant to the order of January 30, 1975, as modified by the order of April 11, 1986; to the Committees on Appropriations; Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; the Budget; Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Energy and Natural Resources; Environment and Public Works; Finance; Foreign Relations; Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; and the Judiciary.Executive communicationAug 21, 2018
EC-6194A communication from the Director, Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President, transmitting, pursuant to law, a notification of the President's intent to exempt all military personnel accounts from sequestration for fiscal year 2019, if a sequestration is necessary; to the Committees on Appropriations; Armed Services; and the Budget.Executive communicationAug 21, 2018
EC-6148A communication from the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment), transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled "Fiscal Year 2017 Operational Energy Annual Report"; to the Committees on Appropriations; and Armed Services.Executive communicationAug 15, 2018

By Congress

The committee's record in each Congress on file. Choose one to see the page as it stood then: its members, subcommittees and record. A dash means the official source has nothing that early, not that the committee did nothing.

CongressMembersBills referredReportedBecame lawReportsMeetingsPrinted hearingsCommunicationsPrints
119th2025–2026, sitting3136819811240
118th2023–20243052230351460350
117th2021–202230413136120290
116th2019–2020315112122672630
115th2017–2018324320135—106650
114th2015–2016304224441—135350
113th2013–2014313919025—124310
112th2011–2012303622333—140470
111th2009–2010313026540—153190
110th2007–2008293623340—166501
109th2005–20062832261535—164581
108th2003–2004293727340—201711
107th2001–20022945291043—791270

Membership changes 3

Who joined, left or changed role after the committee was first filled in the 115th Congress, newest first, each with the official record.

DateMemberChangeRecord
Apr 10, 2018Cindy Hyde-Smith R-MSJoinedS.Res. 456
Apr 10, 2018Richard C. Shelby R-ALBecame ChairS.Res. 456
Mar 23, 2018Thad Cochran R-MSLeft CongressLast recorded vote

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