III 119THCONGRESS 1 STSESSION S. RES. 58 Authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES FEBRUARY5, 2025 Mr. S COTTof South Carolina, from the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, reported the following original resolution; which was re- ferred to the Committee on Rules and Administration RESOLUTION Authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Resolved, 1 SECTION 1. GENERAL AUTHORITY. 2 In carrying out its powers, duties, and functions 3 under the Standing Rules of the Senate, in accordance 4 with its jurisdiction under rule XXV of the Standing Rules 5 of the Senate, including holding hearings, reporting such 6 hearings, and making investigations as authorized by 7 paragraphs 1 and 8 of rule XXVI of the Standing Rules 8 of the Senate, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 9 Urban Affairs (in this resolution referred to as the ‘‘com-10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:30 Feb 06, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\SR58.IS SR58 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 2 •SRES 58 IS mittee’’) is authorized from March 1, 2025, through Feb-1 ruary 28, 2027, in its discretion, to— 2 (1) make expenditures from the contingent fund 3 of the Senate; 4 (2) employ personnel; and 5 (3) with the prior consent of the Government 6 department or agency concerned and the Committee 7 on Rules and Administration, use on a reimbursable 8 or nonreimbursable basis the services of personnel of 9 any such department or agency. 10 SEC. 2. EXPENSES. 11 (a) E XPENSES FORPERIODENDINGSEPTEMBER30, 12 2025.—The expenses of the committee for the period 13 March 1, 2025, through September 30, 2025, under this 14 resolution shall not exceed $5,141,314, of which amount— 15 (1) not to exceed $11,666 may be expended for 16 the procurement of the services of individual consult-17 ants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by sec-18 tion 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 19 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 20 (2) not to exceed $875 may be expended for the 21 training of the professional staff of the committee 22 (under procedures specified by section 202(j) of that 23 Act). 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:30 Feb 06, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\SR58.IS SR58 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 3 •SRES 58 IS (b) EXPENSES FORFISCALYEAR2026 PERIOD.— 1 The expenses of the committee for the period October 1, 2 2025, through September 30, 2026, under this resolution 3 shall not exceed $8,813,681, of which amount— 4 (1) not to exceed $20,000 may be expended for 5 the procurement of the services of individual consult-6 ants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by sec-7 tion 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 8 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 9 (2) not to exceed $1,500 may be expended for 10 the training of the professional staff of the com-11 mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 12 of that Act). 13 (c) E XPENSES FORPERIODENDINGFEBRUARY28, 14 2027.—The expenses of the committee for the period Oc-15 tober 1, 2026, through February 28, 2027, under this res-16 olution shall not exceed $3,672,367, of which amount— 17 (1) not to exceed $8,334 may be expended for 18 the procurement of the services of individual consult-19 ants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by sec-20 tion 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 21 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 22 (2) not to exceed $625 may be expended for the 23 training of the professional staff of the committee 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:30 Feb 06, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\SR58.IS SR58 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 4 •SRES 58 IS (under procedures specified by section 202(j) of that 1 Act). 2 SEC. 3. EXPENSES AND AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS. 3 (a) E XPENSES OF THECOMMITTEE.— 4 (1) I N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-5 graph (2), expenses of the committee under this res-6 olution shall be paid from the contingent fund of the 7 Senate upon vouchers approved by the chairman of 8 the committee. 9 (2) V OUCHERS NOT REQUIRED .—Vouchers shall 10 not be required for— 11 (A) the disbursement of salaries of employ-12 ees paid at an annual rate; 13 (B) the payment of telecommunications 14 provided by the Office of the Sergeant at Arms 15 and Doorkeeper; 16 (C) the payment of stationery supplies pur-17 chased through the Keeper of the Stationery; 18 (D) payments to the Postmaster of the 19 Senate; 20 (E) the payment of metered charges on 21 copying equipment provided by the Office of the 22 Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper; 23 (F) the payment of Senate Recording and 24 Photographic Services; or 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:30 Feb 06, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\SR58.IS SR58 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 5 •SRES 58 IS (G) the payment of franked and mass mail 1 costs by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper. 2 (b) A GENCYCONTRIBUTIONS.—There are authorized 3 to be paid from the appropriations account for ‘‘Expenses 4 of Inquiries and Investigations’’ of the Senate such sums 5 as may be necessary for agency contributions related to 6 the compensation of employees of the committee— 7 (1) for the period March 1, 2025, through Sep-8 tember 30, 2025; 9 (2) for the period October 1, 2025, through 10 September 30, 2026; and 11 (3) for the period October 1, 2026, through 12 February 28, 2027. 13 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:30 Feb 06, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\SR58.IS SR58 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS