The United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD, informally) is a Congressional subcommittee of the United States House Committee on Appropriations. The United States House Committee on Appropriations has joint jurisdiction with the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations over all appropriations bills in the United States Congress. Each committee has 12 matching subcommittees, each of which is tasked with working on one of the twelve annual regular appropriations bills. This subcommittee has jurisdiction over the budget for the United States Department of Transportation and the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Appropriations process

Traditionally, after a federal budget for the upcoming fiscal year has been passed, the appropriations subcommittees receive information about what the budget sets as their spending ceilings. This is called "302(b) allocations" after section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. That amount is separated into smaller amounts for each of the twelve Subcommittees. The federal budget does not become law and is not signed by the President. Instead, it is guide for the House and the Senate in making appropriations and tax decisions. However, no budget is required and each chamber has procedures in place for what to do without one. The House and Senate now consider appropriations bills simultaneously, although originally the House went first. The House Committee on Appropriations usually reports the appropriations bills in May and June and the Senate in June. Any differences between appropriations bills passed by the House and the Senate are resolved in the fall.

Appropriations bills

An appropriations bill is a bill that appropriates (gives to, sets aside for) money to specific federal government departments, agencies, and programs. The money provides funding for operations, personnel, equipment, and activities. Regular appropriations bills are passed annually, with the funding they provide covering one fiscal year. The fiscal year is the accounting period of the federal government, which runs from October 1 to September 30 of the following year.

There are three types of appropriations bills: regular appropriations bills, continuing resolutions, and supplemental appropriations bills. Regular appropriations bills are the twelve standard bills that cover the funding for the federal government for one fiscal year and that are supposed to be enacted into law by October 1. If Congress has not enacted the regular appropriations bills by the time, it can pass a continuing resolution, which continues the pre-existing appropriations at the same levels as the previous fiscal year (or with minor modifications) for a set amount of time. The third type of appropriations bills are supplemental appropriations bills, which add additional funding above and beyond what was originally appropriated at the beginning of the fiscal year. Supplemental appropriations bills can be used for things like disaster relief.

Appropriations bills are one part of a larger United States budget and spending process. They are preceded in that process by the president's budget proposal, congressional budget resolutions, and the 302(b) allocation. Article One of the United States Constitution, section 9, clause 7, states that "No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law..." This is what gives Congress the power to make these appropriations. The President, however, still has the power to veto appropriations bills.

Jurisdiction This subcommittee has jurisdiction funding for the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Transportation. It also oversees funding for the Federal Housing Administration and economic and community development programs, such as Community Development Block Grants. Specific agencies under its jurisdiction are the Federal Aviation Administration, the National Transportation Safety Board, the Surface Transportation Board, and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.

Members, 119th Congress MajorityMinority Steve Womack, Arkansas, Chair Hal Rogers, Kentucky John Rutherford, Florida Tony Gonzales, Texas Ben Cline, Virginia Ryan Zinke, Montana Juan Ciscomani, Arizona Dave Joyce, Ohio Stephanie Bice, Oklahoma, Vice Chair Dale Strong, Alabama Jim Clyburn, South Carolina, Ranking Member Mike Quigley, Illinois Bonnie Watson Coleman, New Jersey Norma Torres, California Pete Aguilar, California Adriano Espaillat, New York Ex officio Tom Cole, Oklahoma Rosa DeLauro, Connecticut

Historical membership rosters 115th Congress MajorityMinority Mario Díaz-Balart, Florida, Chairman Charlie Dent, Pennsylvania Dave Joyce, Ohio, Vice Chair John Abney Culberson, Texas David Young, Iowa David G. Valadao, California Tom Graves, Georgia David Price, North Carolina, Ranking Member Mike Quigley, Illinois Katherine Clark, Massachusetts Pete Aguilar, California Ex officio Rodney Frelinghuysen, New Jersey Nita Lowey, New York

116th Congress MajoritySubcommittee page (116th Congress)Minority David Price, North Carolina, Chair Mike Quigley, Illinois, Vice Chair Katherine Clark, Massachusetts Bonnie Watson Coleman, New Jersey Brenda Lawrence, Michigan Norma Torres, California Pete Aguilar, California Mario Díaz-Balart, Florida, Ranking Member Steve Womack, Arkansas John Rutherford, Florida Will Hurd, Texas Ex officio Nita Lowey, New York Kay Granger, Texas

117th Congress MajoritySubcommittee pageMinority David Price, North Carolina, Chair Mike Quigley, Illinois, Vice Chair Katherine Clark, Massachusetts Bonnie Watson Coleman, New Jersey Norma Torres, California Pete Aguilar, California Adriano Espaillat, New York Jennifer Wexton, Virginia Mario Díaz-Balart, Florida, Ranking Member Steve Womack, Arkansas John Rutherford, Florida Mike Garcia, California Ashley Hinson, Iowa Tony Gonzales, Texas Ex officio Rosa DeLauro, Connecticut Kay Granger, Texas

118th Congress MajoritySubcommittee pageMinority Tom Cole, Oklahoma, Chair Mario Díaz-Balart, Florida Steve Womack, Arkansas John Rutherford, Florida Tony Gonzales, Texas David Valadao, California Ben Cline, Virginia Ryan Zinke, Montana Juan Ciscomani, Arizona Mike Quigley, Illinois, Ranking Member Bonnie Watson Coleman, New Jersey Norma Torres, California Pete Aguilar, California Adriano Espaillat, New York Jennifer Wexton, Virginia Ex officio Kay Granger, Texas Rosa DeLauro, Connecticut

External links Subcommittee page

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