- Potential benefitSustains committee staff employment and related jobs necessary for oversight.
- Potential benefitEnables continuity of oversight, investigations, and hearings on homeland security issues.
- Potential benefitProvides predictable budget planning across both yearly sessions.
Providing amounts for the expenses of the Committee on Homeland Security in the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress.
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
This resolution provides the House with an internal spending plan for the Committee on Homeland Security for the 119th Congress. It authorizes up to $20,466,000 from House committee salary and expense accounts, split into two equal amounts of $10,233,000 for each of the two yearly sessions. Payments must be made on vouchers authorized by the Committee and signed by its Chairman, and spending must follow rules set by the Committee on House Administration. It is an internal House measure and does not create binding law outside of House budgetary operations.
This is a simple House resolution considered and adopted by the House alone; it is not sent to the Senate or the President and only governs internal House budgeting for the specified committee.
Provides $20,466,000 for the House Committee on Homeland Security for the 119th Congress, split equally between the two one-year sessions ($10,233,000 each).
Payments require vouchers authorized by the Committee and expenditures must follow Committee on House Administration regulations.
Internal House resolution is likely to be adopted within the House but does not follow the public-law process, so becoming law is unlikely.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a concise, well-targeted administrative resolution that specifies funding amounts, availability periods, and basic approval mechanisms for Committee on Homeland Security expenses.
Debate over specific priorities: civil liberties versus enforcement emphasis
Who stands to gain, and who may push back.
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- Federal agenciesCould finance partisan or politically motivated investigations using federal resources.
- Potential burdenOpportunity cost: allocated funds reduce resources available for other House priorities.
- Potential burdenRisk of insufficient transparency if voucher approvals and expenditures lack public disclosure.
Why the argument around this bill splits.
Debate over specific priorities: civil liberties versus enforcement emphasis
This is a routine committee funding resolution that enables oversight and staff work.
Supportive in principle, but concerned about how funds are used and civil liberties implications of homeland security priorities.
Seen as a standard, procedural appropriation needed to operate a key committee.
Generally supportive if accompanied by routine oversight and accountability measures.
Favors funding the Homeland Security Committee to address threats and border issues, but may prefer different funding priorities or stricter spending limits.
Supportive if funds prioritize security outcomes.
The path through Congress.
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Internal House resolution is likely to be adopted within the House but does not follow the public-law process, so becoming law is unlikely.
- Whether the House will adopt without amendment
- Any objections or points of order during floor consideration
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Debate over specific priorities: civil liberties versus enforcement emphasis
Internal House resolution is likely to be adopted within the House but does not follow the public-law process, so becoming law is unlikely.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a concise, well-targeted administrative resolution that specifies funding amounts, availability periods, and basic approval mechanisms for Committee on Homeland Se…
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