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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-5541A communication from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President, transmitting, pursuant to law, a cumulative report on rescissions dated June 8, 2018; 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 communicationJun 19, 2018
PM-42A message from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report on the revision of the deferral of certain budget authority; pursuant to the order of January 30, 1975 as modified by the order of April 11, 1986, referred jointly 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.Presidential messageJun 5, 2018
EC-5342A communication from the Secretary of Commerce, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to violations of the Antideficiency Act; to the Committee on Appropriations.Executive communicationJun 4, 2018
EC-5341A communication from the General Counsel, Government Accountability Office, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 and a Review of the President's Special Message of May 8, 2018; to the Committees on Appropriations; and the Budget.Executive communicationJun 4, 2018
EC-5340A communication from the General Counsel, Government Accountability Office, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 and the Release of Certain Withheld Amounts; to the Committees on Appropriations; and the Budget.Executive communicationJun 4, 2018
EC-5210A communication from the Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled "Fiscal Year 2017 Annual Report on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Advisory Committee Vacancies and Public Disclosures"; to the Committees on Appropriations; and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.Executive communicationMay 21, 2018
PM-35A message from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 38 rescissions of budget authority; referred jointly, pursuant to the order of January 30, 1975, as modified by the order of April 11, 1986; to the Committees on Appropriations; the Budget; Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Environment and Public Works; Energy and Natural Resources; Finance; Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; the Judiciary; Foreign Relations; and Commerce, Science, and Transportation.Presidential messageMay 8, 2018
EC-4943A communication from the General Counsel, Government Accountability Office, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of violations of the Antideficiency Act by the Department of Justice's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosions (ATF) between fiscal years 2000 and 2016; to the Committee on Appropriations.Executive communicationApr 24, 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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