United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
The House Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies is a standing subcommittee within the
The United States House Committee on Appropriations has joint jurisdiction with the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations over all appropriations bills in the United States Congress.[1] Each committee has 12 matching subcommittees, each of which is tasked with working on one of the twelve annual regular appropriations bills. This subcommittee has jurisdiction over the budget for the United States Department of the Interior and the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
The committee is chaired by Democrat Chellie Pingree of Maine and its Ranking Member is David Joyce of Ohio.
Appropriations process
Traditionally, after a federal budget for the upcoming fiscal year has been passed, the appropriations subcommittees receive information about what the budget sets as their spending ceilings.
Appropriations bills
An appropriations bill is a bill that appropriates (gives to, sets aside for) money to specific federal government departments, agencies, and programs. The money provides funding for operations, personnel, equipment, and activities.[1] Regular appropriations bills are passed annually, with the funding they provide covering one fiscal year. The fiscal year is the accounting period of the federal government, which runs from October 1 to September 30 of the following year.[3]
There are three types of appropriations bills: regular appropriations bills, continuing resolutions, and supplemental appropriations bills.[1] Regular appropriations bills are the twelve standard bills that cover the funding for the federal government for one fiscal year and that are supposed to be enacted into law by October 1.[4] If Congress has not enacted the regular appropriations bills by the time, it can pass a continuing resolution, which continues the pre-existing appropriations at the same levels as the previous fiscal year (or with minor modifications) for a set amount of time.[1] The third type of appropriations bills are supplemental appropriations bills, which add additional funding above and beyond what was originally appropriated at the beginning of the fiscal year. Supplemental appropriations bills can be used for things like disaster relief.[5]
Appropriations bills are one part of a larger United States budget and spending process. They are preceded in that process by the president's budget proposal, congressional budget resolutions, and the 302(b) allocation. Article One of the United States Constitution, section 9, clause 7, states that "No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law..." This is what gives Congress the power to make these appropriations. The President, however, still has the power to veto appropriations bills.[1]
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External links
References
- ^ a b c d e Tollestrup, Jessica (23 February 2012). "The Congressional Appropriations Process: An Introduction" (PDF). Congressional Research Service. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
- ^ a b c d Tollestrup, Jessica (23 February 2012). "The Congressional Appropriations Process: An Introduction" (PDF). Congressional Research Service. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ Heniff Jr., Bill (26 November 2012). "Basic Federal Budgeting Terminology" (PDF). Congressional Research Service. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
- ^ Tollestrup, Jessica (23 February 2012). "The Congressional Appropriations Process: An Introduction" (PDF). Congressional Research Service. pp. 10–11. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ Tollestrup, Jessica (23 February 2012). "The Congressional Appropriations Process: An Introduction" (PDF). Congressional Research Service. p. 13. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ Subcommittee page
- ^ "Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies (116th Congress)". Committee on Appropriations - Democrats. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
- ^ "Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies (116th Congress)". Committee on Appropriations - Democrats. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
- ^ "Lowey Announces Appropriations Committee Roster". Committee on Appropriations - Democrats. 2019-01-16. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
- ^ "Lowey Announces Appropriations Subcommittee Vice Chairs". Committee on Appropriations - Democrats. 2019-01-31. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
- ^ "Granger Announces Committee Leadership for 116th Congress | Committee on Appropriations Republicans". republicans-appropriations.house.gov. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
- ^ Subcommittee page