HRES 197 United States House · 118th Congress

Providing for the expenses of certain committees of the House of Representatives in the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress.

HRES 197 is a procedural resolution that sets annual funding limits for 20 House committees during the 118th Congress (2023-2025). It specifies exact dollar amounts for each committee's expenses (e.g., $27,696,649 for Energy and Commerce, $29,923,636 for Oversight and Accountability) and divides these into first-session (2023-2024) and second-session (2024-2025) allocations. The resolution also establishes a $4 million reserve fund for unanticipated committee expenses, split between the two sessions. This bill directly affects House committees by authorizing their operational budgets under administrative rules.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2023

Committee Review

Mar 2023

House Passage

Mar 2023

Senate Passage

President

Introduced Mar 7, 2023 Last action Mar 10, 2023

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What changed between versions

Introduced in House → Engrossed in House · 7 edits · Mar 10, 2023

MODERATE

The engrossed version of HRES 197 made significant budget reallocations among House committees for the 118th Congress. Several committees saw their budgets reduced (most notably Science, Space, and Technology by about $2.2 million and Ways and Means by about $3.1 million), while the reserve fund for unanticipated committee expenses was dramatically increased from $4 million to $18 million. The changes also rounded all dollar amounts to the nearest thousand.

FISCAL

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology budget reduced from $16,291,019 to $14,111,000 (a decrease of approximately $2.18 million).

Committee on Ways and Means budget reduced from $27,306,852 to $24,232,000 (a decrease of approximately $3.07 million).

Committee on Armed Services budget reduced from $25,961,870 to $24,740,000 (a decrease of approximately $1.22 million).

Reserve fund for unanticipated committee expenses increased from $4,000,000 to $18,000,000, with the first-session portion rising from $1.5 million to $9 million and the second-session portion rising from $2.5 million to $9 million.

Several other committees saw modest reductions: Education and Workforce down about $393K, Energy and Commerce down about $286K, Homeland Security down about $146K, and Natural Resources down about $56K.

TECHNICAL

All dollar amounts were rounded to the nearest thousand dollars in the engrossed version.

TIMELINE

The resolution date changed from March 7, 2023 to March 10, 2023.

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This bill passed the House. No roll call record of that vote is available.

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Committee

Amendments

Mar 10, 2023

Introduced

On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H1262)

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Mar 10, 2023

Lower · Passed

Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H1262)

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Mar 8, 2023

Lower · Passed

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on House Administration. H. Rept. 118-8.

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Mar 8, 2023

Introduced

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

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Mar 8, 2023

Lower · Passed

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

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Mar 7, 2023

Committee

Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

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Mar 7, 2023

Introduced

Introduced in House

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1 primary · 1 co-sponsor