House Appropriations Committee

The House Appropriations Committee is one of the most important committees; it oversees the appropriation process, which allocates the funding needed to run all federal government agencies and programs. Without the appropriations process, the federal government would shut down. The chair of the Appropriations Committee is responsible for doing the federal budget.

The Chair of the House Appropriations Committee is tasked with drafting the federal budget which is approved by Congress, as an alternative to the president's budget.