House Science Committee gets $18.6M budget for 2025–2027
H.Res. 96 — Providing amounts for the expenses of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology in the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress. · Filed by Brian Babin (R-TX) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Feb 4, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This resolution allocates $18.6 million to cover the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology's operating expenses for the 119th Congress (2025–2027), including staff salaries. The money is split between two fiscal periods: $9.2 million for 2025–2026 and $9.4 million for 2026–2027. Payments require the committee chairman's signature and approval from the House Administration Committee.
Why we flagged it
This is a straightforward internal House resolution allocating annual operating funds to a standing committee. It is a routine budgetary instrument with no policy content, no regulatory effect, and no external impact.
Who it affects
This is a routine internal House appropriation for a standing committee's operations. It neither restricts nor expands citizens' rights, protections, or access to government services; it simply funds the committee's administrative capacity to conduct its legislative work.
Named in the bill
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, House of Representatives, Committee on House Administration, Mr. Babin, Ms. Lofgren
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.
- Feb 4, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on House Administration · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on House Administration”
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How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,900 characters) on Sep 18, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
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