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The Appropriations Committee originated in 1692 as the Committee on Accounts. By the Revolutionary War era, it had become the Committee on Claims (upon the Treasury). The Claims Committee functioned from 1776 to 1968 when its responsibilities were shifted briefly to the Economic Matters Committee. In 1971, budgetary and other duties were assigned to the Appropriations Committee created in that year.
House Office Building, 6 Bladen St., Annapolis, Maryland, August 2010. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
Twenty-six delegates serve on this committee (House Rules 17, 18; Code State Government Article, secs. 2-1102 through 2-1105).
Presently, the Committee has five subcommittees: Capital Budget; Education and Economic Development; Health and Human Resources; Public Safety and Administration; and Transportation and the Environment. The Committee also has been aided by two oversight committees: Pensions, and Personnel.
CAPITAL BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE
EDUCATION & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE
HEALTH & HUMAN RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE
PUBLIC SAFETY & ADMINISTRATION SUBCOMMITTEE
TRANSPORTATION & THE ENVIRONMENT SUBCOMMITTEE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON PENSIONS
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON PERSONNEL
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The Capital Budget Subcommittee formed by 1976.
The Education and Economic Development Subcommittee organized by 1982 as the Education and Human Resources Subcommittee. By 1992 it became the Education and Transportation Subcommittee and received its present name in 1995.
The Health and Human Resources Subcommittee had its origins in the Health and the Environment Subcommittee, formed by 1980, and the Education and Human Resources Subcommittee, created by 1982. Functions of the latter two subcommittees were reorganized in 1995 to form the Health and Human Resources Subcommittee.
In 1982, the Law Enforcement and Transportation Subcommittee was carrying out duties of the Public Safety and Administration Subcommittee. In 1992, it reorganized as the Human Resources and Public Safety Subcommittee. It reformed in 1995 under its present name.
Functions of the Transportation and the Environment Subcommittee were evident by 1982 in the Law Enforcement and Transportation Subcommittee and the Health and the Environment Subcommittee. By 1992, they continued when two subcommittees were formed: Education and Transportation, and Health and the Environment. Certain functions of each merged in 1995 to form the subcommittee as now named.
The Oversight Committee on Pensions was created as the Pensions and Personnel Subcommittee by 1982, and received its current name in 1993.
The Oversight Committee on Personnel was established first through the Pensions and Personnel Subcommittee by 1982. In 1993 the present committee formed.
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