Legislative Summary: Appropriations

Table of appropriation bills, 87th Congress, 1st Session

Includes indefinites.

Bill No.	Title	Budget estimates	Amount as passed	Final action, amount as approved	Increase or decrease compared to budget estimate	Public laws
House			Senate
	1961 SUPPLEMENTALS
H.R. 5188	3d supplemental	$5,275,213,127	$803,506,119	$4,637,419,970	$1,694,055,637	- $3,581,157,490	87-14
H.R. 6518	Inter-American program	600,000,000	600,000,000	600,000,000	600,000,000	---	87-41
H.R. 7712	4th supplemental	88,024,000	47,214,000	47,214,000	47,214,000	-40,810,000	87-74
	Total, 1961 supplementals	5,963,237,127	1,450,720,119	5,284,633,970	2,341,269,637	-3,621,967,490
	1962 APPROPRIATIONS
H.R. 5954	Treasury-Post Office	5,371,801,000	5,281,865,000	5,327,631,000	5,298,765,000	-73,036,000	87-159
H.R. 6345	Interior	782,387,000	753,319,000	813,399,850	779,158,650	-3,228,350	87-122
H.R. 7035	Labor-HEW	5,004,281,081	4,327,457,000	5,161,380,000	4,915,965,000	-88,316,081	87-290
H.R. 7208	Legislative	136,082,802	104,353,335	135,432,065	135,432,065	-650,737	87-130
H.R. 7371	State, Justice, Judiciary	795,891,202	751,300,050	762,038,550	756,422,550	-39,468,652	87-264
H.R. 7444	Agriculture	6,089,244,000	5,948,466,000	5,967,457,500	5,967,494,500	-121,749,500	87-112
Loan authorizations	(612,000,000)	(629,900,000)	(725,500,000)	(725,500,000)	(+113,500,000)
H.R. 7445	Independent offices	9,174,561,000	8,404,098,000	9,098,769,500	8,966,285,000	-208,276,000	87-141
H.R. 7577	General Government-Commerce	666,278,000	626,958,000	650,438,200	641,135,800	-25,142,200	87-125
H.R. 7851	Defense	46,396,945,000	42,711,105,000	46,848,292,000	46,662,556,000	+265,611,000	87-144
H.R. 8072	District of Columbia	(292,827,398)	(268,122,400)	(270,438,360)	(270,067,897)	(-22,759,501)	87-265
Loan authorizations	(24,600,000)	(29,000,000)	(29,000,000)	(29,000,000)	(+4,400,000)
Federal payment	39,753,000	32,753,000	32,753,000	32,753,000	-7,000,000
H.R. 8302	Military construction	1,047,568,000	88,359,000	1,020,146,750	951,690,750	-95,877,250	87-302
H.R. 9033	Foreign assistance	4,993,991,000	3,835,245,000	4,416,091,000	4,123,345,000	-870,646,000	87-329
H.R. 9076	Public works	4,000,788,000	3,662,701,380	3,940,926,880	3,908,880,980	-91,907,020	87-330
H.R. 9169	Supplemental	1,134,639,841	573,040,923	1,068,503,903	1,125,333,341	-9,306,500	87-332
	Total, 1962 appropriations	85,634,210,926	77,896,020,688	85,243,260,198	84,265,217,636	-1,368,993,290
	Total, all appropriations	91,597,448,053	79,346,740,807	90,527,894,168	86,606,487,273	-4,990,960,780
	Total, loan authorizations	636,600,000	658,900,000	754,500,000	754,500,000	+117,900,000

Table of appropriation bills, 87th Congress, 2nd Session

Does not include any back-door appropriation bills. Also excludes permanent appropriations.

Bill No.	Title	Budget estimates to House	Amount as passed House	Budget estimates Senate	Amount passed Senate	Final action: Amount as approved	Increase or decrease compared to budget estimates to Senate
	1962 SUPPLEMENTALS
H.J. Res. 612	Veteran's Administration	$151,200,00,	$55,000,000	$151,200,000	$55,000,000	$55,000,000	-$96,200,000
H.R. 11038	2d supplemental	503,265,000	447,514,000	522,231,929	560,008,344	373,550,689	-148,681,240
H.J. Res. 745	Supplemental	---	(133,259,929)		(277,222,429)
	Total, 1962 supplementals	654,465,000	502,514,000	673,431,929	615,008,344	428,550,689	-244,881,240
	1963 APPROPRIATIONS
H.R. 10526	Treasury- Post Office	5,575,386,000	5,461,671,000	5,575,386,000	5,526,558,000	5,489,781,000	-85,605,000
H.R. 10802	Interior	960,674,000	868,595,000	932,674,000	922,560,820	885,362,000	-47312,000
H.R. 10904	Labor-HEW	5,284,831,000	5,170,788,000	5386,363,100	5,380,958,000	5,334,609,500	-51,753,600
H.R. 11151	Legislative	114,078,425	113,733,890	146,913,210	146,690,690	146,477,270	-435,940
H.R. 11289	Defense	47,907,000,000	47,839,491,000	47,907,000,000	48,429,221,000	48,136,247,000	+229,247,000
H.R. 12276	District of Columbia	(299,134,478)	(290,059,000)	(300,161,478)	(289,253,300)	(288,986,350)	(-11,175,128
Federal payment	35,199,000	33,199,000	35,199,000	33,199,000	33,199,000	-2,000,000
Loan authorizations	(26,042,000)	(26,042,000)	(26,042,000)	(26,042,000)	(26,042,000)	---
H.R. 12580	State, Justice, Commerce, Judiciary	2,004,178,000	1,901,215,700	2,123,248,000	2,036,808,700	2,025,895,700	-97,352,300
H.R. 12648	Agriculture	6,354,783,000	5,475,842,500	6,354,783,000	4,774,983,000	5,487,029,500	-867,753,500
Loan authorizations	(805,000,000)	(805,000,000)	(805,000,000)	(820,000,000)	(820,000,0000	(+15,000,000)
H.R. 12711	Independent offices	12,560,063,500	11,501,141,000	12,580,269,500	11,801,590,000	11,631,792,100	-948,477,400
H.R. 12870	Military construction	1,594,729,500	1,369,741,000	1,594,729,500	1,350,501,000	1,319,114,500	-275,615,000
H.R. 12900	Public works	4745,332,000	4,613,807,900	5,651,751,000	5,211,271,400	5,069,134,400	-582,616,600
H.R. 13175	Foreign assistance	7,335,029,000	5,956,852,000	7,335,029,000	6,781,402,000	6,278,962,000	-1,056,067,000
H.R. 13290	Supplemental	543,728,980	404,747,880	631,785,376	550,668,376	---	-631,785,376
	Total, 1963 appropriations	94,985,012,405	90,710,825,870	96,255,130,686	92,946,411,986	91,837,603,970	-4,417,526,716
	Total, all appropriations	95,639,477,405,	91,213,339,870	96,928,562,612	93,561,420,330	92,266,154,659	-4,662,407,956
	Total, loan authorizations	(831,042,000)	(831,042,000)	(831,042,000)	(846,420,000)	(846,042,000)	(+16,000,000)

Table of appropriation bills, 88th Congress, 1st Session

Does not include back-door appropriations, or permanent appropriations under previous legislature. Does not include indefinite appropriations carried in annual appropriation bills.

Bill No.	Title	Budget estimates to House	Amount as passed House	Budget estimates to Senate	Amount as passed Senate	Conference	Public Law
Amount as approved	Increase or decrease compared to budget estimates to date	Number	Date approved
	1963 SUPPLEMENTALS
H.J. Res. 284	Supplemental, agriculture	$508,172,00	$508,172,000	$508,172,000	$508,172,000	$508,172,000	---	88-1	Mar. 26
	Supplemental	1,641,507,106	1,438,691,506	1,652,300,456	1,488,683,841	1,467,430,491	$184,869,965	88-25	May 17
H.R. 5517	Public works acceleration	(500,000,000)	(450,000,000)	(500,000,000)	(450,000,000)	(450,000,000)	(-50,000,000)	---
All other	(1,141,507,106)	(988,691,506)	(1,152,300,456)	(1,038,683,841)	(1,017,430,491)	(-134,869,965)	---
Total, 1963 supplementals	2,149,679,106	1,946,863,506	2,160,472,456	1,996,855,841	1,975,602,491	-184,869,965	---
	1964 APPROPRIATIONS
H.R. 5279	Interior	998,009,000	922,625,200	998,009,000	979,693,400	952,456,500	-45,552,500	88-79	July 26
Loan authorizations	(13,000,000)	(6,000,000)	(13,000,000)	(6,000,000)	(6,000,000)	(-7,000,0000	---
Contract authority	(17,500,000)	---	(17,500,000)	---	---	(-17,500,000)	---
H.R. 5366	Treasury-Post Office	6,146,842,000	5,997,026,000	6,146,842,000	6,069,466,250	6,045,466,000	-101,376,000	88-39	June 13
H.R. 5888	Labor-HEW	5,759,489,000	5,449,981,000	5,759,489,000	5,495,827,250	5,471,087,500	-288,401,500	88-136	Oct. 11
H.R. 6754	Agriculture	6,368,755,000	5,979,457,000	6,368,755,000	6,047,988,430	6,224,370,215	-144,384,785	88-250	Dec. 30
Loan authorizations	(855,000,000)	(855,000,000)	(855,000,000)	(880,000,000)	(855,000,000)	---	---
H.R. 6868	Legislative	148,580,245	140,038,919	182,218,450	168,273,069	168,293,069	-13,925,381	88-248	Dec. 30
H.R. 7063	State, Justice, Commerce, Judiciary	2,159,891,900	1,851,269,900	2,159,891,900	1,821,343,000	1,820,093,000	-339,798,900	85-245	Dec. 30
H.R. 7179	Defense	49,014,237,000	47,082,009,000	49,014,237,000	47,339,707,000	47,220,010,000	-1,794,227,000	88-149	Oct. 17
H.R. 7431	District of Columbia	(289,581,800)	(284,286,800)	(328,724,000)	(319,587,785)	(313,093,424)	(-15,630,576)	88-252	Dec. 30
Federal payments	34,868,000	32,868,000	52,868,000	47,868,000	40,368,000	-12,500,000	---
Loan authorizations	(8,000,000)	(8,000,000)	(20,800,000)	(20,800,000)	(19,300,000)	(-1,500,000)	---
H.R. 8747	Independent offices	14,658,588,000	13,102,718,700	14,658,588,00	13,300,214,650	13,224,518,050	-1,434,069,950	88-215	Dec. 19
H.R. 9139	Military construction	1,966,400,000	1,562,964,000	1,966,400,000	1,617,489,000	1,585,880,000	-380,520,000	88-220	Dec. 21
H.R. 9140	Public works	4,561,747,000	4,276,116,400	4,561,957,000	4,500,963,200	4,406,272,700	-155,684,300	88-257	Dec. 31
H.R. 9499	Foreign aid	4,874,400,330	3,113,100,370	4,874,550,330	3,578,058,607	3,298,705,607	-1,575,844,723	88-258	Jan. 6
H.J. Res. 875	Supplemental, mental retardation	41,886,000	41,886,000	41,886,000	258,090,000	---	-41,886,000	---
	Total, 1964 appropriations	96,766,693,475	89,552,060,489	96,785,691,680	91,224,981,766	90,457,520,641	-6,328,171,039	---
	Total, all appropriations	98,883,372,581	91,498,923,995	98,946,164,136	93,221,837,607	92,433,123,132	-6,513,041,004	---
	Total, loan authorizations	(876,000,000)	(869,000,000)	(888,800,000)	(906,800,000)	(880,300,000)	(-8,500,000)	---
	Total, contract authority	(17,500,000)	---	(17,500,000)	---	---	(17,500,0000	---

Joint Committee on the Budget
S. 537— Passed Senate May 20; pending in House Rules Committee
Establishes a 14-member Joint Committee on the Budget composed of 7 members from each Appropriation Committee, 4 to 3 split.

Authorizes the Joint Committee to select a new chairman and vice chairman at the first regular meeting of each session— with the House and Senate rotating— Senate chairman in even-numbered years and House odd-numbered years, with the vice chairman from the opposite branch.

Purposes of the Joint Committee is to serve the Appropriations Committee year round with the same expertise as the Bureau of Budget for the executive branch. That is, the Joint Committee is to "know-all" about the budget and expenditures of the agencies of the Government, including borrowing authority, contract obligational authority, estimated revenues, et cetera.

Permits the Joint Committee to report on and recommend appropriate legislative changes, recommend cutbacks, or anything that would promote greater efficiency and economy in Government.

Authorizes the Joint Committee to hold hearings, issue subpoenas, and take testimony; and to recommend joint hearings by the Appropriations Committees and subcommittees to expedite action on appropriation measures.

Committee will be staffed with a staff director, associate staff director, and such other professional, technical, and clerical employees as necessary. Staff director to be appointed and responsible to majority party members; associate staff director by minority.