# Financial Services and General Government: FY2012 Appropriations Overview > Briefs, arguments, decisions, and more. URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/crs%3AR41655 ## Record - **Collection:** Congressional research report - **Document type:** CRS Report - **Published:** July 27, 2011 - **Citation:** R41655 ## Text Financial Services and General Government: FY2012 Appropriations Overview name redacted Analyst in American National Government July 27, 2011 Congressional Research Service 7-.... www.crs.gov R41655 CRS Report for Congress Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Financial Services and General Government: FY2012 Appropriations Overview Most Recent Developments On July 7, 2011, the House Appropriations Committee reported H.R. 2434, the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2012.1 H.R. 2434 would provide $42.97 billion for agencies funded through the House FSGG appropriations subcommittee. In addition, H.R. 2112, the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, 2012, would provide $172 million for CFTC. Total FY2012 funding provided by the House would be $43.14 billion, about $5.58 billion below the President’s FY2012 request and $1.55 billion less than FY2011 enacted amounts. Table 1, below, reflects the status of FSGG legislation at key points in the appropriations process. Table 1. Status of FY2012 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee Markup House Senate 06/16/11 — Conference Report Passed House Report House Passage Senate Report Senate Passage Conference Report House Senate Public Law H.Rept. 112-136 — — — — — — — Introduction The House and Senate Committees on Appropriations reorganized their subcommittee structures in early 2007. Each chamber created a new FSGG Subcommittee. In the House, the jurisdiction of the FSGG Subcommittee was formed primarily of agencies that had been under the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies, commonly referred to as “TTHUD.”2 In addition, the House FSGG Subcommittee was assigned four independent agencies that had been under the jurisdiction of the Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Subcommittee.3 In the Senate, the jurisdiction of the new FSGG Subcommittee was a combination of agencies from the jurisdiction of three previously existing subcommittees. The District of Columbia, which had its own subcommittee in the 109th Congress, was placed under the purview of the FSGG Subcommittee, as were four independent agencies that had been under the jurisdiction of the 1 U.S. Congress, House Appropriations Committee, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Bill, 2012, report to accompany H.R. 2434, 112th Cong., 1st Sess., H.Rept. 112-136, at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/ CRPT-112hrpt136/pdf/CRPT-112hrpt136.pdf. 2 The agencies previously under the jurisdiction of the TTHUD Subcommittee that did not become part of the FSGG Subcommittee were the Department of Transportation, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, the Federal Maritime Commission, the National Transportation Safety Board, the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, and the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness. 3 The agencies are the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and the Small Business Administration (SBA). Congressional Research Service 1 Financial Services and General Government: FY2012 Appropriations Overview Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee.4 Additionally, most of the agencies that had been under the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury, the Judiciary, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies were assigned to the FSGG Subcommittee.5 As a result of this reorganization, the House and Senate FSGG Subcommittees have nearly identical jurisdictions.6 Overview The Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) appropriations bill includes funding for the Department of the Treasury, the Executive Office of the President (EOP), the judiciary, the District of Columbia, and more than two dozen independent agencies. For each title of the regular FSGG appropriations bill, Table 2 lists the enacted amounts for FY2010 and FY2011, the President’s FY2012 request, and amounts approved by the House Appropriations Committee for FY2012. Table 2. Financial Services and General Government Appropriations, FY2010-FY2012 (in millions of dollars) FY2010 Enacted FY2011 Enacted FY2012 Request FY2012 House Committee $13,465 $13,097 $14,040 $12,168 Title II: Executive Office of the President 772 706 740 640 Title III: The Judiciary 6,871 6,907 7,289 6,759 Title IV: District of Columbia 752 699 717 637 Title V: Independent Agencies 24,585 23,280 25,937 22,936 Total $46,444 $44,689 $48,722 $43,140 Title Title I: Department of the Treasury Sources: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (Div. C, P.L. 111-117); Appendix, U.S. Government Budget, FY2011; S.Rept. 111-238; Appendix, U.S. Government Budget, FY2012; H.R. 1473; H.Rept. 112-136. Note: Totals include funding for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The CFTC is funded in the House through the Agriculture appropriations bill and in the Senate through the Financial Services and General Government bill. 4 The agencies are the FCC, FTC, SEC, and SBA. The agencies that did not transfer from TTHUD to FSGG were Transportation, HUD, the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, the Federal Maritime Commission, the National Transportation Safety Board, the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, and the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness. 6 The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is under the jurisdiction of the FSGG Subcommittee in the Senate but not in the House. 5 Congressional Research Service 2 Financial Services and General Government: FY2012 Appropriations Overview FY2012 Appropriations by Title Title I: The Department of the Treasury7 The Treasury Department performs a variety of critical governmental functions. They can be summarized as protecting the nation’s financial system against a host of illicit activities (e.g., money laundering and terrorist financing), collecting tax revenue, enforcing tax laws, managing and accounting for federal debt, administering the federal government’s finances, regulating financial institutions, and producing and distributing coins and currency. At its most basic level of organization, Treasury consists of departmental offices and operating bureaus. In general, the offices are responsible for formulating and implementing policy initiatives and managing Treasury’s operations, whereas the bureaus perform specific tasks assigned to Treasury, mainly through statutory mandates. In the past decade or so, the bureaus have accounted for more than 95% of the agency’s funding and work force. With one exception, the bureaus and offices can be divided into those engaged in financial management and regulation and those engaged in law enforcement. In recent decades, the Comptroller of the Currency, U.S. Mint, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Financial Management Service (FMS), Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD), Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI), and Office of Thrift Supervision have taken on responsibilities related to the management of the federal government’s finances or the supervision and regulation of the U.S. financial system. In contrast, law enforcement arguably has been the primary focus of the responsibilities handled by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (ATB), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), and the Treasury Forfeiture Fund. With the advent of the Department of Homeland Security in 2002, Treasury’s direct involvement in law enforcement has shrunk considerably. An exception to this simplified dichotomy is the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), whose main responsibilities encompass both the collection of tax revenue and the enforcement of tax laws and regulations. The operating budget for most Treasury bureaus and offices comes largely from annual appropriations. This is the case for the IRS, FMS, Bureau of Public Debt (BPD), FinCEN, ATB, Office of the Inspector General (OIG), Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP), and the CDFI. By contrast, funding for the Treasury Franchise Fund, the U.S. Mint, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Office of the Comptroller of the Treasury, and the Office of Thrift Supervision stems from the fees they receive from the services and products they provide. The President requested $14.04 billion in total for the Treasury Department for FY2012, an increase of $573 million over FY2010 enacted funding and $924 million above FY2011 enacted amounts. Table 3 lists the enacted amounts for FY2010 and FY2011, the President’s FY2012 request, and amounts approved by the House Appropriations Committee for FY2012. 7 This section was authored by (name redacted) (x7-....). Congressional Research Service 3 Financial Services and General Government: FY2012 Appropriations Overview Table 3. Department of the Treasury Appropriations, FY2010-FY2012 (in millions of dollars) FY2010 Enacted FY2011 Enacted FY2012 Request FY2012 House Committee Departmental Offices $305 $306 $325 $186 Department-wide Systems and Capital Investments 10 4 0 0 Terrorism and Financial Intelligence — — — 100 Office of Inspector General 30 30 30 30 Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration 152 152 158 152 Special Inspector General for TARP 23 36 47 42 Community Development Financial Institutions Fund 247 227 227 183 Financial Crimes Enforcement Network 111 111 84 111 Financial Management Service 244 233 219 217 Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau 103 101 98 97 Bureau of the Public Debt 182 175 166 164 Payment for Losses in Shipment 2 2 2 2 Internal Revenue Service (total) 12,146 12,122 13,284 11,516 Taxpayer Services 2,279 2,274 2,345 2,166 Enforcement 4,904 5,493 5,031 5,227 Enhanced Tax Enforcement 600 0 1,257 0 Operations Support Activities 4,084 4,076 4,299 3,794 Business Systems Modernization 264 264 334 330 Health Insurance Tax Credit Administration 16 16 18 0 Rescissions: Treasury Forfeiture Fund (-90) (-400) (-600) (-630) $13,465 $13,097 $14,040 $12,168 Total Sources: Appendix, Budget of the U.S. Government, FY2012, H.Rept. 112-136. Title II: Executive Office of the President8 The FSGG appropriations bill provides funding for all but three offices under the EOP.9 The White House, the Office of Management and Budget, and the Office of National Drug Control 8 This section was authored by Barbara Schwemle (x7-....). Of the three exceptions, the Council on Environmental Quality and the Office of Environmental Quality are funded in the House and Senate Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. The Office of Science and (continued...) 9 Congressional Research Service 4 Financial Services and General Government: FY2012 Appropriations Overview Policy are among the EOP offices funded through FSGG appropriations. Table 4 lists the enacted amounts for FY2010 and FY2011, the President’s FY2012 request, and amounts approved by the House Appropriations Committee for FY2012. Table 4. Executive Office of the President, FY2010-FY2012 (in millions of dollars) FY2010 Enacted FY2011 Enacted FY2012 Request FY2012 House Committee $208 $207 $207 $195 Compensation of the President 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 The White House Office (salaries and expenses) 59 58 58 56 Executive Residence, White House (operating expenses) 14 14 14 13 White House Repair and Restoration 3 2 1 1 Council of Economic Advisers 4 4 4 4 National Security Council and Homeland Security Council 12 13 13 12 Office of Administration 115 115 116 109 Office of Management and Budget 93 92 92 83 Federal Drug Control Programs (total) 428 406 356 352 Office of National Drug Control Policy 30 27 12 12 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program 239 239 200 239 Other Federal Drug Control Programs 154 141 144 102 Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center 5 0 0 0 Unanticipated Needs 1 1 1 0 Partnership Fund for Program Integrity Innovation 38 (-5) 20 0 Integrated, Efficient and Effective Uses of Information Technology — 0 60 5 Special Assistance to the President (salaries and expenses) 5 5 4 4 Official Residence of the Vice President (operating expenses) 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 Total: EOP and Funds Appropriated to the President $ 772 $706 $740 $640 The White House (total) Sources: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (Div. C, P.L. 111-117), FY2011 Budget, Appendix, pp. 1145-1156 and 1267-1269, U.S. Executive Office of the President, Fiscal Year 2011 Congressional Budget Submission (...continued) Technology Policy and the Office of the United States Trade Representative are funded in the House and Senate Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. Congressional Research Service 5 Financial Services and General Government: FY2012 Appropriations Overview (Washington: February 2010), FY2012 Budget Appendix, pp. 1107-1118 and pp. 1235-1237, and U.S. Executive Office of the President, Fiscal Year 2012 Congressional Budget Submission (Washington: February 2011), H.Rept. 112-136. Note: FY2011 enacted rescission was applied to the Partnership fund for program integrity account. FY2012 rescission for both the President’s request and House committee approved amounts would apply to the Office of National Drug Control Policy. Title III: The Judiciary10 Appropriations for the judiciary—about two-tenths of 1% (0.2%) of the entire federal budget— are divided into budget groups and accounts. Two accounts that fund the Supreme Court (salaries and expenses of the Court and expenditures for the care of its building and grounds) together total about 1% of the total judiciary budget. The structural and mechanical care of the Supreme Court building, and care of its grounds, are the responsibility of the Architect of the Capitol. The rest of the judiciary’s budget provides funding for the “lower” federal courts and related judicial services. The largest account, about 73% of the total budget—the Salaries and Expenses account for the U.S. Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services—covers the salaries of circuit and district judges (including judges of the territorial courts of the United States), justices and judges retired from office or from regular active service, judges of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, bankruptcy judges, magistrate judges, and other officers and employees of the federal judiciary not specifically provided for by other accounts. It also covers the necessary expenses of the courts. The remaining 26% of the judiciary budget is disbursed among these accounts: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, U.S. Court of International Trade, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Federal Judicial Center, U.S. Sentencing Commission, and Judicial Retirement Funds. The judiciary budget does not fund three “special courts” in the U.S. court system: the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (funded in the Department of Defense appropriations bill), the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (funded in the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies appropriations bill), and the U.S. Tax Court (funded under Independent Agencies, Title V, of the FSGG bill). Federal courthouse construction is funded within the General Services account under Independent Agencies, Title V, of the FSGG bill. The judiciary also uses non-appropriated funds to offset its appropriations requirement. The majority of these non-appropriated funds are from fee collections, primarily from court filing fees. These monies are used to offset expenses within the Salaries and Expenses account. In some instances, the judiciary also has funds which may carry forward from one year to the next. These funds are considered “unencumbered” because they result from savings from the judiciary’s financial plan in areas where budgeted costs did not materialize. According to the judiciary, such savings are usually not under its control (e.g., the judiciary has no control over the confirmation rate of Article III judges and must make its best estimate on the needed funds to budget for judgeships, rent costs based on delivery dates, and technology funding for certain programs). The judiciary also has “encumbered” funds—no-year authority funds for specific purposes, which are used when planned expenses are delayed, from one year to the next (e.g., costs associated with space delivery, and certain technology needs and projects).11 10 This section was authored by Lorraine Tong (x7-....). Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, The Judiciary Fiscal Year 2011 Congressional Budget Summary (continued...) 11 Congressional Research Service 6 Financial Services and General Government: FY2012 Appropriations Overview As a co-equal branch of government, the judiciary presents its budget to the President, who transmits it to Congress unaltered. The President’s FY2012 budget request for $7.29 billion is $423 million more than appropriated for FY2010 and $387 million above FY2011 enacted amounts. Table 5 lists the enacted amounts for FY2010 and FY2011, the President’s FY2012 request, and amounts approved by the House Appropriations Committee for FY2012. Table 5. The Judiciary Appropriations, FY2010-FY2012 (in millions of dollars) FY2010 Enacted FY2011 Enacted FY2012 Request FY2012 House Committee Total: Supreme Court (total)a $89 $82 $84 $83 Salaries and Expenses 74 74 75 75 Building and Grounds 15 8 9 8 U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 33 33 35 31 U.S. Court of International Trade 21 21 23 21 Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services (Subtotal) 6,519 6,554 6,913 6,403 Salaries and Expenses 5,011 5,004 5,236 4,791 Defender Services 978 1,026 1,099 1,050 Fees of Jurors and Commissioners 62 52 60 57 Court Security 453 467 513 500 Vaccine Injury Trust Fund 5 5 5 5 Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts 83 83 88 80 Federal Judicial Center 27 27 29 26 United States Sentencing Commission 17 17 18 16 Judicial Retirement Funds 82 90 99 99 Total: The Judiciary $6,871a $6,907 $7,289 $6,759 Sources: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (Division C, P.L. 111-117); The Judiciary Fiscal Year 2011 Congressional Budget Summary; The Judiciary Fiscal Year 2012 Congressional Budget Summary, H.Rept. 112-136. a. Total for the FY2010 enacted amount reflects $10 million (to remain available until September 30, 2011) to assist the federal courts along the southwest border with increased workload, as part of P.L. 111-230 (FY2010 emergency supplemental appropriations for border security, and for other purposes). Title IV: District of Columbia12 The authority for congressional review and approval of the District of Columbia’s budget is derived from the Constitution and the District of Columbia Self-Government and Government (...continued) (Washington: February 2010), pp. 40-41. Hereafter cited as Judiciary FY2011 Congressional Budget Summary. 12 This section was authored by (name redacted) (x7-....). Congressional Research Service 7 Financial Services and General Government: FY2012 Appropriations Overview Reorganization Act of 1973 (Home Rule Act).13 The Constitution gives Congress the power to “exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever” pertaining to the District of Columbia. In 1973, Congress granted the city limited home rule authority and empowered citizens of the District to elect a mayor and city council. However, Congress retained the authority to review and approve all District laws, including the District’s annual budget. As required by the Home Rule Act, the city council must approve a budget within 56 days after receiving a budget proposal from the mayor.14 The approved budget must then be transmitted to the President, who forwards it to Congress for its review, modification, and approval.15 The President’s FY2012 budget request includes $717 million for special federal payments to the District, a decrease of $35 million below FY2010 enacted levels and $17 million more than enacted in FY2011. Table 6 lists the enacted amounts for FY2010 and FY2011, the President’s FY2012 request, and amounts approved by the House Appropriations Committee for FY2012. Table 6. District of Columbia Special Federal Payments, FY2010-FY2012 (in millions of dollars) FY2010 Enacted FY2011 Enacted FY2012 Request FY2012 House Committee Resident Tuition Support $35 $35 $35 $30 Emergency Planning and Security 15 15 15 15 District of Columbia Courts 261 243 229 224 Defender Services 55 55 55 55 Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency 212 212 217 213 Public Defender Service 37 37 42 37 Criminal Justice Coordinating Council 2 2 2 2 Judicial Commissions 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.3 St. Elizabeth Hospital Campus 0 0 18 0 HIV/AIDS Prevention 0 0 5 0 Water and Sewer Authority 20 11 25 0 Office of the Chief Financial Officer 2 0 0 0 School Improvement 75 78 67 60 D.C. National Guard 0.4 0.4 2 0.4 Perm. Supportive Housing 17 10 0 0 Arts and Humanities 0 0 5 0 $752 $699 $717 $637 Total: Special Federal Payments Sources: H.Rept. 111-202; Appendix, Budget of U.S. Government Budget, Fiscal Year 2011; S.Rept. 111-238; Appendix, Budget of the U.S. Government, FY2012, H.Rept. 112-136. 13 See Article I, Sec. 8, clause 17 of the U.S. Constitution and Section 446 of P.L. 93-198, 87 Stat. 801. 120 Stat. 2028. 15 87 Stat. 801. 14 Congressional Research Service 8 Financial Services and General Government: FY2012 Appropriations Overview Title V: Independent Agencies16 Title V provides funding for more than two dozen independent agencies which perform a wide range of functions, including the management of federal real property (GSA), the regulation of financial institutions (SEC), and mail delivery (USPS). The President’s FY2012 budget request included $26.89 billion for independent agencies that receive their funding through the FSGG appropriations bill, an increase of $2.31 billion over FY2010 enacted levels and $3.59 billion below FY2011 enacted amounts. Table 7 lists the enacted amounts for FY2010 and FY2011, the President’s FY2012 request, and amounts approved by the House Appropriations Committee for FY2012. Table 7. Independent Agencies Appropriations, FY2010-FY2012 (in millions of dollars) FY2010 Enacted FY2011 Enacted FY2012 Request FY2012 House Committee Administrative Conference of the United States $2 $3 $3 $3 Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation 1 0.5 0 0 Civilian Property Realignment Board — — 88 — Commodity Futures Trading Commissiona 169 203 308 172 Consumer Product Safety Commission 118 115 122 111 Election Assistance Commission 93 16 14 7 Federal Communications Commission 0 (336) (359) (319) Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: Office of Inspector General (by transfer)b 38 (43) (45) (45) Federal Election Commission 67 66 67 66 Federal Labor Relations Authority 25 25 26 24 Federal Trade Commission 169 175 199 155 General Services Administration 653 -986 617 -1,758 Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation 1 1 0 1 Merit Systems Protection Board 43 43 44 42 Morris K. Udall Foundation 6 6 6 3 National Archives and Records Administration 457 417 408 360 National Credit Union Administration 1 1 2 0.5 Office of Government Ethics 14 14 14 14 20,378 20,828 21,151 21,128 Office of Special Counsel 18 18 19 18 Postal Regulatory Commission 14 14 14 14 Office of Personnel Management (total) 16 This section was authored by (name redacted) (x7-....). Congressional Research Service 9 Financial Services and General Government: FY2012 Appropriations Overview FY2010 Enacted FY2011 Enacted FY2012 Request FY2012 House Committee 2 1 2 -1 Securities and Exchange Commission 1,095 1,185 1,407 1,185 Selective Service System 24 24 25 24 Small Business Administration 824 730 985 978 United States Postal Service 363 331 323 316 United States Tax Court 49 52 60 51 $24,585 $23,280 $25,937 $22,936 Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board Total: Independent Agencies Sources: Consolidated Appropriations Act, FY2010 (Div. C, P.L. 111-117); Appendix, Budget of the U.S. Government, FY2011; H.Rept. 111-181; S.Rept. 111-238; Appendix, Budget of the U.S. Government, FY2012, H.Rept. 112-136. Notes: All figures are rounded, and columns also may not equal the total due to rounding. a. The CFTC is funded in the House through the Agriculture appropriations bill and in the Senate through the Financial Services and General Government bill. b. Budget authority transferred to FDIC is not included in total FSGG appropriations; it is counted as part of the budget authority in the appropriation account from which it came. Author Contact Information (name redacted) Analyst in American National Government /redacted/@crs.loc.gov, 7-.... Key Policy Staff Area of Expertise Name Phone E-mail Department of the Treasury (name redacted) 7-.... /redacted/@crs.loc.gov Executive Office of the President Barbara Schwemle 7-.... /redacted/@crs.loc.gov Judiciary Lorraine Tong 7-.... /redacted/@crs.loc.gov District of Columbia (name redacted) 7-.... /redacted/@crs.loc.gov Civilian Property Realignment Board (name redacted) 7-.... /redacted/@crs.loc.gov Consumer Product Safety Commission (name redacted) 7-.... /redacted/@crs.loc.gov Election Assistance Commission Kevin Coleman 7-.... /redacted/@crs.loc.gov E-Government Fund in GSA (name redacted) 7-.... /redacted/@crs.loc.gov Executive Office of the President Barbara Schwemle 7-.... /redacted/@crs.loc.gov Federal Communications Commission Patty Figliola 7-.... /redacted/@crs.loc.gov Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: OIG Darryl Getter 7-.... /redacted/@crs.loc.gov Federal Election Commission (name redacted) 7-.... /redacted/@crs.loc.gov Congressional Research Service 10 Financial Services and General Government: FY2012 Appropriations Overview Area of Expertise Name Federal Labor Relations Authority (name redacted) 7-.... /redacted/@crs.loc.gov Federal Trade Commission (name redacted) 7-.... /redacted/@crs.loc.gov General Services Administration (n ame redacted) Merit Systems Protection Board Barbara Schwemle 7-.... /redacted/@crs.loc.gov National Archives and Records Administration (name redacted) 7-.... /redacted/@crs.loc.gov National Credit Union Administration Darryl Getter 7-.... /redacted/@crs.loc.gov Office of Personnel Management Barbara Schwemle 7-.... /redacted/@crs.loc.gov Office of Special Counsel Barbara Schwemle 7-.... /redacted/@crs.loc.gov Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (name redacted) 7-.... /redacted/@crs.loc.gov Securities and Exchange Commission (name redacted) 7-.... /redacted/@crs.loc.gov Selective Service System David Burrelli 7-.... 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