Committees overseeing the most federal spending
≈ inferred · jurisdictionFY2026 ended Sep 30 · data still posting · data as of 2026-11-01†
† DoD contract data posts to USAspending about 90 days after award.
Congressional committees ranked by how much federal money the agencies in their jurisdiction obligated this year. Oversight is a formal, public responsibility: a committee holds hearings, authorises programs and questions the agencies it covers. It does not choose who wins a contract, and a large figure here says nothing about any member, any agency decision or any individual award. It is a measure of the scope of a committee's remit, nothing more. Inferred
Ranked by public-record totals, not by wrongdoing. This list does not allege improper influence or unlawful conduct.
- 1House Committee on Appropriations10 agencies in jurisdiction$3.5T
- 2Senate Committee on Appropriations10 agencies in jurisdiction$3.5T
- 3House Committee on Energy and Commerce2 agencies in jurisdiction$2.3T
- 4House Committee on Ways and Means1 agency in jurisdiction$2.2T
- 5Senate Committee on Finance1 agency in jurisdiction$2.2T
- 6Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions1 agency in jurisdiction$2.2T
- 7House Committee on Armed Services1 agency in jurisdiction$416.4B
- 8Senate Committee on Armed Services1 agency in jurisdiction$416.4B
- 9House Committee on Veterans' Affairs1 agency in jurisdiction$319.2B
- 10Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs1 agency in jurisdiction$319.2B
- 11House Committee on Agriculture1 agency in jurisdiction$173.4B
- 12Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry1 agency in jurisdiction$173.4B
- 13Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation2 agencies in jurisdiction$162.1B
- 14House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure1 agency in jurisdiction$139.3B
- 15House Committee on Homeland Security1 agency in jurisdiction$106.6B
- 16Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs1 agency in jurisdiction$106.6B
- 17Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources1 agency in jurisdiction$61.7B
- 18House Committee on Foreign Affairs1 agency in jurisdiction$26.1B
- 19Senate Committee on Foreign Relations1 agency in jurisdiction$26.1B
- 20House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology1 agency in jurisdiction$22.8B
- 21House Committee on the Judiciary1 agency in jurisdiction$12B
- 22Senate Committee on the Judiciary1 agency in jurisdiction$12B
Which committees oversee which agencies is a CURATED mapping by TheFiscalFinder, not a figure from the source, and it is labeled inferred everywhere it appears. The dollars are the agencies' own obligations. Oversight is not control, and this ranking is not a claim of influence over any award.