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The resolution provides dedicated funding, spending limits, and tighter accountability for committee operations—improving predictability and transparency—while imposing costs on taxpayers, concentrating spending control, and risking slower disbursements or reduced program resources that could limit services.
Committee staff and operations (committee personnel and contractors) will receive funding up to $31,714,000 for the 119th Congress, supporting legislative work and oversight.
Taxpayers: caps spending for the specified program at $15,857,000 per year for FY2025–FY2026, limiting additional federal outlays tied to this account.
Budget planners and committee managers: sets clear annual funding limits for FY2025 and FY2026, improving predictability for budgeting and planning.
Taxpayers: bear the direct cost of $31,714,000 in committee spending for the 119th Congress.
Taxpayers and House priorities: provides earmarked funding to a specific committee that can reduce flexibility to reallocate resources to other House priorities.
Federal employees and program beneficiaries: the $15,857,000 annual cap could force tighter resources or staff cuts and may reduce access to services supported by this account.
Based on analysis of 4 sections of legislative text.
Authorizes up to $31,714,000 for the House Judiciary Committee for the 119th Congress, split into two one-year caps of $15,857,000 and sets voucher, approval, and spending rules.
Introduced January 31, 2025 by Jim Jordan · Last progress January 31, 2025
Provides up to $31,714,000 from the House committee salaries and expenses accounts to cover the operating expenses and staff salaries of the House Committee on the Judiciary for the 119th Congress. Funding is split into two one-year availability periods, each capped at $15,857,000. Payments must follow committee-authorized vouchers signed by the committee chair and approved per Committee on House Administration rules, and all spending must follow regulations the Committee on House Administration prescribes.