United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government
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U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Service and General Government is a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations
United States House Committee on Appropriations
The Committee on Appropriations is a committee of the United States House of Representatives. It is in charge of setting the specific expenditures of money by the government of the United States...

. It was created in 2007 align the operations of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees. It was assigned jurisdiction over financial and general government programs from the former Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development, The Judiciary, District of Columbia

Jurisdiction

  • (1) Department of the Treasury
    United States Department of the Treasury
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  • (2) District of Columbia
    Washington, D.C.
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  • (3) The Judiciary
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  • (4) Executive Office of the President
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  • (5) National Security Council
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  • (6) Office of Management and Budget
  • (7) Office of National Drug Control Policy
    Office of National Drug Control Policy
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  • (8) Consumer Product Safety Commission
    Consumer Product Safety Commission
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  • (9) Election Assistance Commission
    Election Assistance Commission
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  • (10) Federal Communications Commission
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  • (11) Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
    Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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  • (12) Federal Election Commission
    Federal Election Commission
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  • (13) Federal Trade Commission
    Federal Trade Commission
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  • (14) General Services Administration
    General Services Administration
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  • (15) National Archives and Records Administration
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  • (16) Other independent agencies
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     and general government

Members, 112th Congress

The Committee is chaired by Jo Ann Emerson
Jo Ann Emerson
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, of Missouri
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, and the Ranking Member
Ranking member
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 is José Serrano of New York
New York
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.
Majority Minority
  • Jo Ann Emerson
    Jo Ann Emerson
    Jo Ann Emerson is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1996. The district consists of Southeast and South Central Missouri and includes the Bootheel, the Lead Belt and the Ozarks. Emerson is a member of the Republican Party....

    , Missouri, Chairman
  • Rodney Alexander
    Rodney Alexander
    Rodney McKinnie Alexander is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district covers twenty-two parishes in roughly the northeast quadrant of the state...

    , Louisiana
  • Jo Bonner
    Jo Bonner
    Josiah Robins Bonner, Jr. is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education, and early political career:...

    , Alabama
  • Mario Diaz-Balart
    Mario Diaz-Balart
    Mario Rafael Diaz-Balart Caballero is the current U.S. Representative for , serving since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he was elected in 2010 to succeed his brother, Lincoln Diaz-Balart. The district includes the city of Hialeah, along with several of Miami's southwestern suburbs...

    , Florida, Vice Chair
  • Tom Graves
    Tom Graves (politician)
    John Thomas "Tom" Graves, Jr. is the U.S. Representative for , serving since a special election in 2010. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district is located in the northern part of the state, including much of the north Georgia mountains...

    , Georgia
  • Kevin Yoder
    Kevin Yoder
    Kevin W. Yoder is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party. He was the Kansas State Representative for the 20th district from 2002 until 2011.-Early life, education, and career:...

    , Kansas
  • Steve Womack
    Steve Womack
    Stephen Allen "Steve" Womack is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party. He is the former mayor of Rogers, Arkansas.- Early life, education, and career :Womack was born in Russellville, Arkansas...

    , Arkansas
  • José Serrano, New York, Ranking Member
  • Barbara Lee
    Barbara Lee
    Barbara Jean Lee is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1998. She is a member of the Democratic Party. She is the first woman to represent that district. Lee was the Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus and was the Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus...

    , California
  • Pete Visclosky
    Pete Visclosky
    Peter John "Pete" Visclosky is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1985. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district lies in Northwest Indiana and includes all of Lake, Newton, Jasper and Benton counties as well as a major portion of Porter County...

    , Indiana
  • Ed Pastor
    Ed Pastor
    Edward Lopez "Ed" Pastor is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1991. He is a member of the Democratic Party.The district includes most of southern, western, and downtown Phoenix, along with a portion of Glendale....

    , Arizona
  • Ex officio
  • Hal Rogers
    Hal Rogers
    Harold Dallas "Hal" Rogers is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1981. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education, and early career:...

    , Kentucky
  • Norm Dicks
    Norman D. Dicks
    Norman DeValois "Norm" Dicks is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1977. He is a member of the Democratic Party...

    , Washington

  • See also

    • U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government

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