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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-2026A communication from the Deputy Secretary of Defense, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to violations of the Antideficiency Act that involved fiscal year 2009 Operation and Maintenance, Army (OMA), funds, and was assigned case number 16-03; to the Committee on Appropriations.Executive communicationJun 22, 2017
EC-2025A communication from the Deputy Secretary of Defense, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to violations of the Antideficiency Act that involved fiscal years 2009-2014 Operation and Maintenance, Army (OMA), funds, and was assigned case number 16-01; to the Committee on Appropriations.Executive communicationJun 22, 2017
EC-1948A communication from the Senior Official performing the duties of the Under Secretary of Defense (Policy), transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the global defense posture (OSS-2017-0589); to the Committees on Armed Services; Appropriations; and Foreign Relations.Executive communicationJun 20, 2017
EC-1667A communication from the Director, Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled "OMB Final Sequestration Report to the President and Congress for Fiscal Year 2017"; 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; Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; Indian Affairs; Select Committee on Intelligence; the Judiciary; Rules and Administration; Small Business and Entrepreneurship; and Veterans' Affairs.Executive communicationJun 6, 2017
EC-1666A communication from the Director, Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled "OMB Sequestration Preview Report to the President and Congress for Fiscal Year 2018"; 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 communicationJun 6, 2017
PM-8A message from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Budget of the United States Government for Fiscal Year 2018; referred jointly, pursuant to the order of January 30, 1975, as modified by the order of April 11, 1986; to the Committees on the Budget; and Appropriations.Presidential messageMay 23, 2017
EC-1616A communication from the Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense (Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities), transmitting, pursuant to law, a correction to the 2017 report on the plan for the nuclear weapons stockpile, complex, delivery systems, and command and control systems (OSS-2017-0501); to the Committees on Armed Services; Foreign Relations; and Appropriations.Executive communicationMay 22, 2017
EC-1612A communication from the Acting Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of violations of the Antideficiency Act by the Department of Agriculture's Working Capital Fund, National Finance Center; to the Committee on Appropriations.Executive communicationMay 22, 2017

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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