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APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

Republican Members Democrat Members Description of Committee Functions Subcommittees

REPUBLICAN MEMBERS:

Joseph M. McDade, PA--Chairman

John T. Myers, IN
C. W. Young, FL
Ralph Regula, OH
Jerry Lewis, CA
John E. Porter, IL
Harold Rogers, KY
Joseph Skeen, NM
Frank R. Wolf, VA
Thomas DeLay, TX
James T. Kolbe, AZ
Barbara Vucanovich, NV
James R. Lightfoot, IA
Ronald Packard, CA
Sonny Callahan, AL
James T. Walsh, NY
Charles Hart Taylor, NC
David L. Hobson, OH
Ernest Jim Istook, OK
Henry Bonilla, TX
Joe Knollenberg, MI
Dan Miller, FL
Jay Dickey, AR
Jack Kingston, GA
Frank Riggs, CA
Rodney Frelinghuysen, NJ
Roger Wicker, MS
Michael Forbes, NY
George Nethercutt, WA
Jim Bunn, OR
Mark Neumann, WI

DEMOCRAT MEMBERS:

David R. Obey, WI--Ranking minority member

Sidney R. Yates, IL
Louis Stokes, OH
Thomas Bevill, AL
John P. Murtha, PA
Charles Wilson, TX
Norman D. Dicks, WA
Martin O. Sabo, MN
Julian C. Dixon, CA
Vic Fazio, CA
W. G. Hefner, NC
Steny H. Hoyer, MD
Richard J. Durbin, IL
Ronald D. Coleman, TX
Alan B. Mollohan, WV
Jim Chapman, TX
Marcy Kaptur, OH
David E. Skaggs, CO
Nancy Pelosi, CA
Peter J. Visclosky, IN
Thomas M. Foglietta, PA
Esteban E. Torres, CA
Nita M. Lowey, NY
Raymond Thornton, AR

DESCRIPTION

The Committee on Appropriations deals with:

1. Appropriation of the revenue for the support of the Government.
2. Rescissions of appropriations contained in appropriation Acts.
3. Transfers of unexpended balances.
4. The amount of new spending authority (as described in the Congressional Budget Act of 1974) which is to be effective for a fiscal year, including bills and resolutions (reported by other committees) which provide new spending authority and are referred to the committee under clause 4(a).

SUBCOMMITTEES

AGRICULTURE
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT
FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING AND RELATED PROGRAMS
INTERIOR
LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION
LEGISLATIVE
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
NATIONAL SECURITY
TRANSPORTATION
TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT
VETERANS' AFFAIRS, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES