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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-1463A communication from the Acting Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report of a violation of the Antideficiency Act by the Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency; to the Committee on Appropriations.Executive communicationApr 28, 2017
EC-1032A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Budget Blueprint of the United States Government for Fiscal Year 2018 received during adjournment of the Senate in the Office of the President of the Senate on March 16, 2017; 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.Executive communicationMar 22, 2017
EC-670A joint communication from the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Energy, transmitting, pursuant to law, the fiscal year 2017 report on the plan for the nuclear weapons stockpile, complex, delivery systems, and command and control systems (OSS-2016-1038); to the Committees on Armed Services; Appropriations; and Foreign Relations.Executive communicationFeb 7, 2017
EC-577A communication from the Secretary of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to violations of the Antideficiency Act that occurred in the Department of Homeland Security's Office of the Chief Information Officer, Treasury Symbol 7012/140113; to the Committee on Appropriations.Executive communicationJan 24, 2017
EC-478A communication from the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to a violation of the Antideficiency Act; to the Committee on Appropriations.Executive communicationJan 23, 2017
EC-325A communication from the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to violations of the Antideficiency Act that involved fiscal year 2007 Operations and Maintenance, Army, and was assigned case number 16-05; to the Committee on Appropriations.Executive communicationJan 10, 2017
EC-279A 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 2006 through 2010 Air Force Operations and Maintenance funds, and was assigned case number 12-01; to the Committee on Appropriations.Executive communicationJan 10, 2017
EC-19A 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 2004 and 2005 Operations and Maintenance, Army, and was assigned case number 15-03; to the Committee on Appropriations.Executive communicationJan 4, 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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Everything here is as published by Congress. Seats run from the 107th Congress, dated by the resolutions that made them and the Congressional Record; referrals and nominations from the 107th; meetings from the 116th. A committee older than that shows less than it has done. Records come from Congress.gov, GovInfo and the House and Senate.