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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION S. RES. 57
5	5	Authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
6	6	Forestry.
7	7	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
8	8	FEBRUARY5, 2025
9	9	Mr. B
10	10	OOZMAN, from the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry,
11	11	reported the following original resolution; which was referred to the Com-
12	12	mittee on Rules and Administration
13	13	RESOLUTION
14	14	Authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Agriculture,
15	15	Nutrition, and Forestry.
16	16	Resolved, 1
17	17	SECTION 1. GENERAL AUTHORITY. 2
18	18	In carrying out its powers, duties, and functions 3
19	19	under the Standing Rules of the Senate, in accordance 4
20	20	with its jurisdiction under rule XXV of the Standing Rules 5
21	21	of the Senate, including holding hearings, reporting such 6
22	22	hearings, and making investigations as authorized by 7
23	23	paragraphs 1 and 8 of rule XXVI of the Standing Rules 8
24	24	of the Senate, the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 9
25	25	and Forestry (in this resolution referred to as the ‘‘com-10
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28	28	•SRES 57 IS
29	29	mittee’’) is authorized from March 1, 2025, through Feb-1
30	30	ruary 28, 2027, in its discretion, to— 2
31	31	(1) make expenditures from the contingent fund 3
32	32	of the Senate; 4
33	33	(2) employ personnel; and 5
34	34	(3) with the prior consent of the Government 6
35	35	department or agency concerned and the Committee 7
36	36	on Rules and Administration, use on a reimbursable 8
37	37	or nonreimbursable basis the services of personnel of 9
38	38	any such department or agency. 10
39	39	SEC. 2. EXPENSES. 11
40	40	(a) E
41	41	XPENSES FORPERIODENDINGSEPTEMBER30, 12
42	42	2025.—The expenses of the committee for the period 13
43	43	March 1, 2025, through September 30, 2025, under this 14
44	44	resolution shall not exceed $4,464,935, of which amount— 15
45	45	(1) not to exceed $200,000 may be expended 16
46	46	for the procurement of the services of individual con-17
47	47	sultants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by 18
48	48	section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act 19
49	49	of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 20
50	50	(2) not to exceed $40,000 may be expended for 21
51	51	the training of the professional staff of the com-22
52	52	mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 23
53	53	of that Act). 24
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57	57	(b) EXPENSES FORFISCALYEAR2026 PERIOD.— 1
58	58	The expenses of the committee for the period October 1, 2
59	59	2025, through September 30, 2026, under this resolution 3
60	60	shall not exceed $7,654,174, of which amount— 4
61	61	(1) not to exceed $200,000 may be expended 5
62	62	for the procurement of the services of individual con-6
63	63	sultants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by 7
64	64	section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act 8
65	65	of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 9
66	66	(2) not to exceed $40,000 may be expended for 10
67	67	the training of the professional staff of the com-11
68	68	mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 12
69	69	of that Act). 13
70	70	(c) E
71	71	XPENSES FORPERIODENDINGFEBRUARY28, 14
72	72	2027.—The expenses of the committee for the period Oc-15
73	73	tober 1, 2026, through February 28, 2027, under this res-16
74	74	olution shall not exceed $3,189,239, of which amount— 17
75	75	(1) not to exceed $200,000 may be expended 18
76	76	for the procurement of the services of individual con-19
77	77	sultants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by 20
78	78	section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act 21
79	79	of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 22
80	80	(2) not to exceed $40,000 may be expended for 23
81	81	the training of the professional staff of the com-24
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85	85	mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 1
86	86	of that Act). 2
87	87	SEC. 3. EXPENSES AND AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS. 3
88	88	(a) E
89	89	XPENSES OF THECOMMITTEE.— 4
90	90	(1) I
91	91	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-5
92	92	graph (2), expenses of the committee under this res-6
93	93	olution shall be paid from the contingent fund of the 7
94	94	Senate upon vouchers approved by the chairman of 8
95	95	the committee. 9
96	96	(2) V
97	97	OUCHERS NOT REQUIRED .—Vouchers shall 10
98	98	not be required for— 11
99	99	(A) the disbursement of salaries of employ-12
100	100	ees paid at an annual rate; 13
101	101	(B) the payment of telecommunications 14
102	102	provided by the Office of the Sergeant at Arms 15
103	103	and Doorkeeper; 16
104	104	(C) the payment of stationery supplies pur-17
105	105	chased through the Keeper of the Stationery; 18
106	106	(D) payments to the Postmaster of the 19
107	107	Senate; 20
108	108	(E) the payment of metered charges on 21
109	109	copying equipment provided by the Office of the 22
110	110	Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper; 23
111	111	(F) the payment of Senate Recording and 24
112	112	Photographic Services; or 25
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116	116	(G) the payment of franked and mass mail 1
117	117	costs by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper. 2
118	118	(b) A
119	119	GENCYCONTRIBUTIONS.—There are authorized 3
120	120	to be paid from the appropriations account for ‘‘Expenses 4
121	121	of Inquiries and Investigations’’ of the Senate such sums 5
122	122	as may be necessary for agency contributions related to 6
123	123	the compensation of employees of the committee— 7
124	124	(1) for the period March 1, 2025, through Sep-8
125	125	tember 30, 2025; 9
126	126	(2) for the period October 1, 2025, through 10
127	127	September 30, 2026; and 11
128	128	(3) for the period October 1, 2026, through 12
129	129	February 28, 2027. 13
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