Congress annually considers several appropriations measures, which provide funding for numerous activities, for example, national defense, education, and homeland security, as well as general government operations. Congress has developed certain rules and practices for the consideration of appropriations measures, referred to as the congressional appropriations process. Appropriations measures are under the jurisdiction of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees. These measures provide only about 40% of total federal spending for a fiscal year. The House and Senate legislative committees control the rest. There are three types of appropriations measures. Regular appropriations bills provide most of the funding that is provided in all appropriations measures for a fiscal year, and must be enacted by October 1 of each year. If regular bills are not enacted by the deadline, Congress adopts continuing resolutions to continue funding generally until regular bills are enacted. Supplemental appropriations bills provide additional appropriations and are typically considered during a fiscal year. Each year Congress considers a budget resolution that, in part, sets spending ceilings for the upcoming fiscal year. Both the House and Senate have established parliamentary rules that may be used to enforce certain spending ceilings associated with the budget resolution during consideration of appropriations measures in the House and Senate, respectively. Congress has also established an authorization-appropriation process that provides for two separate types of measures—authorization bills and appropriation bills. These measures perform different functions and are to be considered in sequence. First, authorization bills establish, continue, or modify agencies or programs. Second, appropriations measures may provide funding for the agencies and programs previously authorized.
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- House Committee on Appropriations The House committee responsible for writing each of the 13 annual federal appropriations (spending) bills.
- GPO Access - U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations Included are membership, jurisdiction, rules and Committee publications.
- Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Has jurisdiction over the budget of the Department of Agriculture (Except Forest Service), Farm Credit Administration, Farm Credit System Financial Assistance Corporation, Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Food and Drug Administration. Includes hearings, members and news.
- Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Has jurisdiction over the budget for the Department of Commerce, Department of Justice, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation and related agencies. Shown are members, news and hearings.
- Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government Has budget jurisdiction over the Department of the Treasury, District of Columbia, The Judiciary, Executive Office of the President and a wide range of agencies. Shown are the complete list of jurisdictions, members, hearings and press releases.
- Subcommittee on Homeland Security Has budget jurisdiction over the Department of Homeland Security. Listed are members, hearings and press releases.
- Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development Has jurisdiction over the budget for Department of Defense-Civil; Corps of Engineers-Civil, Department of the Interior and related agencies including the Tennessee Valley Authority. Listed are members, hearings, press releases and jursidictions.
- Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Has jurisdiction over the budget for Department of the Interior (Except Bureau of Reclamation and Central Utah Project),Environmental Protection Agency and other related agencies. Shown are members, complete list of jurisdictions, hearings and press releases.
- Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee with jurisdiction over the budget for the Department of Education, Department of Health and Human Services (with exceptions), Department of Labor and related agencies to those departments. Included are a complete list of jurisdictions, members, hearings and press releases.
- Subcommittee on Legislative Branch Has jurisdiction over the budget for the House of Representatives, Architect of the Capitol (Except Senate Items), Botanic Garden, Capitol Police, Capitol Visitors Center, Congressional Budget Office, Government Accountability Office, Government Printing Office, Library of Congress, and other Offices, Centers and Commissions. Shown are a complete list of jurisdictions, members, press releases and hearings.
- Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Has jurisdiction over the Department of Veterans Affairs, some parts of the Department of Defense particularly dealing with construction and other related agencies. Shown are a complete list of jurisdictions, members, press releases and hearings.
- Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Has jurisdiction over the budget for the Department of State, parts of the Department of Defense and Treasury and other related agencies. Included are members, complete list of jurisdictions, hearings and press releases.
- Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Has jurisdiction over the budget for Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Transportation and related agencies. Included is a complete list of jurisdictions, members, hearings and news.
- Subcommittee on Defense Has jurisdiction over the budget of the Central Intelligence Agency, Intelligence Community Staff, the Department of Defense and the Military except for stated exclusions. Listed are members, news, hearings and jurisdictions.
- GovTrack - House Committee on Appropriations Displayed are Committee members, subcommittees and bills that are assigned to this Committee in this legislative session.
- Status of Appropriations Legislation for Fiscal Year 2009 The Library of Congress THOMAS site provides access to the status of appropriations bills for Fiscal Year 2009 and links to previous years.