Appropriations Subcommittee Structure: History of Changes from 1920 to 2021

Abstract

This report details the evolution of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees subcommittee structure from the 1920s to the present. In 1920, the House adopted a change in its rules to consolidate jurisdiction over all appropriations in the Appropriations Committee. After the enactment of the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, the House reorganized its Appropriations Committee by establishing for the first time a set of subcommittees to consider appropriations bills based on the administrative organization of the executive branch. The Senate followed suit in 1922, and the two chambers have continued under that basic organizational approach since that time.

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Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 08, 2021
Accession Number
AD1148098

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