United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative Branch

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U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative Branch is one of twelve subcommittees of the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations.

1 Jurisdiction
2 Members, 110th Congress
3 See also
4 External link
5 References

[edit] Jurisdiction

This subcommittee is responsible for funding operations of the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate. The subcomittee recommends funding for several joint agencies of Congress, including the Library of Congress, U.S. Capitol Police, Congressional Budget Office, Government Accountability Office, and the Capitol Visitors Center.

By tradition, the House of Representatives does not oversee or recommend funding levels for the Senate and the Senate does not recommend funding for the House. This includes separate House and Senate activities overseen by the Architect of the Capitol. The subcommittee sets overall funding levels for Senate salaries, officers, and employees, including the Senate Office of the Vice President, Office of the Sergeant at Arms, and the Office of the Secretary of the Senate. Each senator receives an allocation for official expenses, including the hiring of staff and office management. Funding for both houses of Congress are then combined in the final conference committee report prior to being approved by Congress and sent to the President for his signature.

[edit] Members, 110th Congress

The Committee is currently chaired by Democrat Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, and the Ranking Minority Member is Republican Wayne Allard, of Colorado.

Majority
Member		State
	Mary Landrieu, Chairman	Louisiana
	Dick Durbin	Illinois
	Ben Nelson	Nebraska

Minority
Member		State
	Wayne Allard, Ranking Member	Colorado
	Lamar Alexander	Tennessee

[edit] See also

United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative Branch

[edit] External link

U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative Branch official web site

[edit] References

Current United States Congressional committees
House (list)	Agriculture • Appropriations • Armed Services • Budget • Education and Labor • Energy and Commerce • Financial Services • Foreign Affairs • Homeland Security • House Administration • Intelligence (Permanent Select) • Judiciary • Natural Resources • Oversight and Government Reform • Rules • Science and Technology • Small Business • Standards of Official Conduct • Transportation and Infrastructure • Veterans' Affairs • Ways and Means • (Whole)
Senate (list)	Aging (Special) • Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry • Appropriations • Armed Services • Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs • Budget • Commerce, Science and Transportation • Energy and Natural Resources • Ethics (Select) • Environment and Public Works • Finance • Foreign Relations • Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions • Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs • Indian Affairs • Intelligence (Select) • Judiciary • Narcotics Control • Rules and Administration • Small Business and Entrepreneurship • Veterans' Affairs
Joint (list)	(Conference) • Economic • Library • Printing • Taxation	Defunct committees