United States House Committee on Appropriations

House Appropriations Committee

Standing committee
Active United States House of Representatives 119th Congress
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History
Formed	December 11, 1865
Leadership
Chair	Tom Cole (R) Since April 10, 2024
Ranking member	Rosa DeLauro (D) Since January 3, 2023
Vice chair	Vacant (R) Since April 10, 2024
Structure
Seats	61
Political parties	Majority (34)   Republican (34) Minority (27)   Democratic (27)
Jurisdiction
Policy areas	Appropriations bills, Discretionary spending, Rescission bills
Oversight authority	Federal government of the United States
Senate counterpart	Senate Committee on Appropriations
Website
appropriations.house.gov (Republican) democrats-appropriations.house.gov (Democratic)

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The United States House Committee on Appropriations is a committee of the United States House of Representatives that is responsible for passing appropriation bills along with its Senate counterpart.^[1] The bills passed by the Appropriations Committee regulate expenditures of money by the government of the United States. As such, it is one of the most powerful committees, and its members are seen as influential.