WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) will be the ranking member — the top Democrat — on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government in the 114th Congress. The subcommittee oversees a broad range of government functions, including financial and other regulatory agencies, the federal judiciary, and the budget for the District of Columbia.

“It’s a great honor to be entrusted with a subcommittee that oversees government functions that play such an important role in our country,” Senator Coons said. “Strengthening trust in our government requires being good stewards of taxpayer money. Congress has no more important job than ensuring taxpayers’ hard-earned money are spent wisely and efficiently. This subcommittee oversees some of the government’s most important functions – from consumer protection to the dispensation of justice – and I look forward to working hard with my colleagues to fulfill our responsibilities.”

The Subcommittee has jurisdiction over issues and agencies overseen by 11 different authorizing committees. It determines federal funding for financial-related agencies such as the Treasury Department, including the IRS; the Securities and Exchange Commission; and the White House Office of Management and Budget. The Subcommittee also oversees funding for the entire federal judiciary.

“Equal representation under the law is one of our nation’s bedrock values,” Senator Coons said. “Yet too often we don’t provide our judiciary with the funding or investment necessary to ensure justice is administered fairly, equally, and swiftly. It’s critical that Congress does more to value the role our judiciary plays in our democracy, and as ranking member, I’m going to do everything I can to ensure Congress dedicates the resources that America’s justice system requires.” Senator Coons is also a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which has authorizing responsibility for the federal bench.

In addition to overseeing funding for federal government agencies, the Subcommittee also has jurisdiction over the District of Columbia and approves its budget.

“Residents of the District of Columbia should have the right to decide their city’s budget, make their own decisions about how their city should be run, and have voting representation in Congress through statehood,” Senator Coons said. “The District deserves to govern itself free from members of Congress’ personal political agendas. As long as I’m on this subcommittee, and especially in these next two years as ranking member, I’ll work to ensure the voices of the District’s 650,000 residents are heard loudly and clearly in the appropriations process.”

The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government has jurisdiction over funding for the following:

Title I
Department of Treasury

  • Departmental Offices
  • Terrorism and Financial Intelligence   
  • Treasury Inspector General
  • Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA)
  • Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP)
  • Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)      
  • Treasury Forfeiture Fund (rescission)
  • Fiscal Service (formerly Financial Management Service (FMS) and Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD))
  • Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB)    
  • Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund
  • Internal Revenue Service (Taxpayer Services, Enforcement, Operations Support, Business Systems Modernization)

           
Title II
Executive Office of the President

  • The White House
  • Executive Residence at the White House
  • White House Repair and Restoration   
  • Council of Economic Advisers
  • National Security Council and National Homeland Security Council
  • Office of Administration         
  • Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
  • Office of National Drug Control Policy          
  • Information Technology Oversight and Reform
  • Unanticipated Needs   
  • Special Assistance to the President      
  • Official Residence of the Vice President          

 
Title III
Judiciary

  • Supreme Court of the United States     
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit            
  • United States Court of International Trade     
  • Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services
  • Defender Services
  • Fees of Jurors and Commissioners
  • Court Security
  • Administrative Office of the United States Courts
  • Federal Judicial Center
  • Judicial Retirement Funds
  • United States Sentencing Commission

 
Title IV
District of Columbia

  • Federal Funds
    • Federal Payment for Resident Tuition Support
    • Federal Payment for Emergency Planning and Security Costs in the District of Columbia
    • Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Courts
    • Federal Payment for Defender Services in District of Columbia Courts
    • Federal Payment to the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency
    • Federal Payment to the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia
    • Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority
    • Federal Payment to the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
    • Federal Payment for Judicial Commissions
    • Federal Payment for School Improvement
    • Federal Payment for the District of Columbia National Guard
    • Federal Payment for Testing and Treatment of HIV/AIDS
  • Local Funds (Congressional approval of local budget)


Title V
Independent Agencies

  • Administrative Conference of the United States
  • Commodity Futures Trading Commission
  • Consumer Product Safety Commission
  • Election Assistance Commission
  • Federal Communications Commission
  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Office of Inspector General
  • Federal Election Commission  
  • Federal Labor Relations Authority
  • Federal Trade Commission
  • General Services Administration          
  • Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation
  • Merit Systems Protection Board         
  • Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation         
  • National Archives and Records Administration           
  • National Credit Union Administration            
  • Office of Government Ethics  
  • Office of Personnel Management        
  • Office of Special Counsel
  • Postal Regulatory Commission
  • Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board    
  • Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board
  • Securities and Exchange Commission
  • Selective Service System         
  • Small Business Administration 
  • United States Postal Service    
  • Postal Service Inspector General
  • United States Tax Court