United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government

United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government

U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government is one of twelve subcommittees of the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations. It was renamed from the Subcommittee on District of Columbia in 2007 align the operations of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees.

Jurisdiction

This subcommittee continues to have jurisdication over the budget of the District of Columbia, and was given jurisdiction over agency funding handled by the Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury, the Judiciary and Housing and Urban Development. The new subcommittee is responsible for funding general provisions of the federal government, with primary jurisdiction over discretionary spending of the Treasury Department, the United States federal judiciary, and the District of Columbia. The most diverse subcommittee, it also oversees funding for the Executive Office of the President and the Office of Management and Budget as well as various independent federal agencies, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Election Commission, the National Archives and Records Administration, and Office of National Drug Control Policy.


= Members, 110th Congress =

The Committee is currently chaired by Democrat Dick Durbin of Illinois, and the Ranking Minority member is Republican Sam Brownback, of Kansas.

See also

* United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government

External links

* [http://appropriations.senate.gov/financialservices.cfm U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government]


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