Fiscal Committees

Committee on General Government Operations and Appropriations #

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Purpose/Jurisdiction #

“(1) Jurisdiction. The Committee on General Government Operations and Appropriations shall have purview over all matters pertaining to:

• “(A) General Government Operations:
  
  • “(i) Office of the Governor and the Lieutenant Governor;
    
  • “(ii) the Department of Administration;
    
  • “(iii) the Guam Election Commission;
    
  • “(iv) the Guam State Clearinghouse;
    
  • “(v) the Civil Service Commission;
    
  • “(vi) the Guam Board of Accountancy;
    
  • “(vii) federal programs;
    
  • “(viii) government holidays;
    
  • “(ix) the creation of a new department, agency, board, or commission of the government of Guam; and
    
  • “(x) reorganization, restructuring, or reform of the government of Guam, or its instrumentalities, and all matters not specifically assigned to any other Standing Committee.
    
• “(B) Appropriations:
  
  • “(i) appropriations, including budget bills, and claim bills and excepting appropriations from the funds of I Liheslaturan Guåhan made by resolution or appropriations to I Liheslaturan Guåhan; the Committee shall review requests for appropriations and report thereon to I Liheslaturan Guåhan on the purposes and reasonableness thereof, and whether the same are in accord with legislative intent and policy;
    
  • “(ii) the general annual audit of the government of Guam, by way of serving as the liaison for I Liheslaturan Guåhan;
    
  • “(iii) the Division of Accounts of the Department of Administration, except for those matters relating to the contract for the provision of mass transit services;
    
  • “(iv) the Treasurer of Guam Division of the Department of Administration;
    
  • “(v) the Bureau of Budget and Management Research; and
    
  • “(vi) the Office of Finance and Budget and projection of revenues.

“(2) Analysis of Money Bills. Whenever a bill appropriating money is referred to the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee shall prepare a written analysis of the bill’s financial features, which shall be made available to the Members of I Liheslaturan Guåhan. It is declared to be the policy of I Liheslaturan Guåhan that the expert services of the Committee on Appropriations be utilized to the maximum extent possible and that, prior to the passage of any bill appropriating money, such expert analysis be made available to the Members of I Liheslaturan Guåhan” (37^th Guam Legislature, Standing Rules).