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4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. RES. 77 |
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5 | 5 | | Authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Homeland Security and |
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6 | 6 | | Governmental Affairs. |
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7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY13, 2025 |
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9 | 9 | | Mr. P |
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10 | 10 | | AUL, from the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af- |
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11 | 11 | | fairs, reported the following original resolution; which was referred to the |
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12 | 12 | | Committee on Rules and Administration |
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13 | 13 | | RESOLUTION |
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14 | 14 | | Authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Homeland |
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15 | 15 | | Security and Governmental Affairs. |
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16 | 16 | | Resolved, 1 |
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17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. GENERAL AUTHORITY. 2 |
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18 | 18 | | In carrying out its powers, duties, and functions 3 |
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19 | 19 | | under the Standing Rules of the Senate, in accordance 4 |
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20 | 20 | | with its jurisdiction under rule XXV of the Standing Rules 5 |
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21 | 21 | | of the Senate and Senate Resolution 445 (108th Con-6 |
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22 | 22 | | gress), agreed to October 9, 2004, including holding hear-7 |
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23 | 23 | | ings, reporting such hearings, and making investigations 8 |
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24 | 24 | | as authorized by paragraphs 1 and 8 of rule XXVI of the 9 |
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25 | 25 | | Standing Rules of the Senate, the Committee on Home-10 |
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29 | 29 | | land Security and Governmental Affairs (in this resolution 1 |
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30 | 30 | | referred to as the ‘‘committee’’) is authorized from March 2 |
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31 | 31 | | 1, 2025, through February 28, 2027, in its discretion, 3 |
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32 | 32 | | to— 4 |
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33 | 33 | | (1) make expenditures from the contingent fund 5 |
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34 | 34 | | of the Senate; 6 |
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35 | 35 | | (2) employ personnel; and 7 |
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36 | 36 | | (3) with the prior consent of the Government 8 |
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37 | 37 | | department or agency concerned and the Committee 9 |
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38 | 38 | | on Rules and Administration, use on a reimbursable 10 |
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39 | 39 | | or nonreimbursable basis the services of personnel of 11 |
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40 | 40 | | any such department or agency. 12 |
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41 | 41 | | SEC. 2. EXPENSES. 13 |
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42 | 42 | | (a) E |
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43 | 43 | | XPENSES FORPERIODENDINGSEPTEMBER30, 14 |
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44 | 44 | | 2025.—The expenses of the committee for the period 15 |
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45 | 45 | | March 1, 2025, through September 30, 2025, under this 16 |
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46 | 46 | | resolution shall not exceed $8,380,388, of which amount— 17 |
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47 | 47 | | (1) not to exceed $400,000 may be expended 18 |
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48 | 48 | | for the procurement of the services of individual con-19 |
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49 | 49 | | sultants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by 20 |
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50 | 50 | | section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act 21 |
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51 | 51 | | of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 22 |
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52 | 52 | | (2) not to exceed $20,000 may be expended for 23 |
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53 | 53 | | the training of the professional staff of the com-24 |
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56 | 56 | | •SRES 77 IS |
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57 | 57 | | mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 1 |
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58 | 58 | | of that Act). 2 |
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59 | 59 | | (b) E |
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60 | 60 | | XPENSES FORFISCALYEAR2026 PERIOD.— 3 |
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61 | 61 | | The expenses of the committee for the period October 1, 4 |
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62 | 62 | | 2025, through September 30, 2026, under this resolution 5 |
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63 | 63 | | shall not exceed $14,366,379, of which amount— 6 |
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64 | 64 | | (1) not to exceed $400,000 may be expended 7 |
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65 | 65 | | for the procurement of the services of individual con-8 |
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66 | 66 | | sultants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by 9 |
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67 | 67 | | section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act 10 |
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68 | 68 | | of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 11 |
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69 | 69 | | (2) not to exceed $20,000 may be expended for 12 |
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70 | 70 | | the training of the professional staff of the com-13 |
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71 | 71 | | mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 14 |
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72 | 72 | | of that Act). 15 |
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73 | 73 | | (c) E |
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74 | 74 | | XPENSES FORPERIODENDINGFEBRUARY28, 16 |
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75 | 75 | | 2027.—The expenses of the committee for the period Oc-17 |
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76 | 76 | | tober 1, 2026, through February 28, 2027, under this res-18 |
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77 | 77 | | olution shall not exceed $5,985,991, of which amount— 19 |
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78 | 78 | | (1) not to exceed $400,000 may be expended 20 |
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79 | 79 | | for the procurement of the services of individual con-21 |
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80 | 80 | | sultants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by 22 |
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81 | 81 | | section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act 23 |
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82 | 82 | | of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 24 |
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86 | 86 | | (2) not to exceed $20,000 may be expended for 1 |
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87 | 87 | | the training of the professional staff of the com-2 |
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88 | 88 | | mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 3 |
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89 | 89 | | of that Act). 4 |
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90 | 90 | | SEC. 3. EXPENSES AND AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS. 5 |
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91 | 91 | | (a) E |
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92 | 92 | | XPENSES OF THECOMMITTEE.— 6 |
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93 | 93 | | (1) I |
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94 | 94 | | N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-7 |
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95 | 95 | | graph (2), expenses of the committee under this res-8 |
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96 | 96 | | olution shall be paid from the contingent fund of the 9 |
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97 | 97 | | Senate upon vouchers approved by the chairman of 10 |
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98 | 98 | | the committee. 11 |
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99 | 99 | | (2) V |
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100 | 100 | | OUCHERS NOT REQUIRED .—Vouchers shall 12 |
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101 | 101 | | not be required for— 13 |
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102 | 102 | | (A) the disbursement of salaries of employ-14 |
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103 | 103 | | ees paid at an annual rate; 15 |
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104 | 104 | | (B) the payment of telecommunications 16 |
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105 | 105 | | provided by the Office of the Sergeant at Arms 17 |
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106 | 106 | | and Doorkeeper; 18 |
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107 | 107 | | (C) the payment of stationery supplies pur-19 |
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108 | 108 | | chased through the Keeper of the Stationery; 20 |
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109 | 109 | | (D) payments to the Postmaster of the 21 |
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110 | 110 | | Senate; 22 |
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111 | 111 | | (E) the payment of metered charges on 23 |
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112 | 112 | | copying equipment provided by the Office of the 24 |
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113 | 113 | | Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper; 25 |
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117 | 117 | | (F) the payment of Senate Recording and 1 |
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118 | 118 | | Photographic Services; or 2 |
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119 | 119 | | (G) the payment of franked and mass mail 3 |
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120 | 120 | | costs by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper. 4 |
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121 | 121 | | (b) A |
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122 | 122 | | GENCYCONTRIBUTIONS.—There are authorized 5 |
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123 | 123 | | to be paid from the appropriations account for ‘‘Expenses 6 |
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124 | 124 | | of Inquiries and Investigations’’ of the Senate such sums 7 |
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125 | 125 | | as may be necessary for agency contributions related to 8 |
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126 | 126 | | the compensation of employees of the committee— 9 |
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127 | 127 | | (1) for the period March 1, 2025, through Sep-10 |
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128 | 128 | | tember 30, 2025; 11 |
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129 | 129 | | (2) for the period October 1, 2025, through 12 |
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130 | 130 | | September 30, 2026; and 13 |
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131 | 131 | | (3) for the period October 1, 2026, through 14 |
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132 | 132 | | February 28, 2027. 15 |
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133 | 133 | | SEC. 4. INVESTIGATIONS. 16 |
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134 | 134 | | (a) I |
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135 | 135 | | NGENERAL.—The committee, or any duly au-17 |
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136 | 136 | | thorized subcommittee of the committee, is authorized to 18 |
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137 | 137 | | study or investigate— 19 |
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138 | 138 | | (1) the efficiency and economy of operations of 20 |
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139 | 139 | | all branches of the Government including the pos-21 |
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140 | 140 | | sible existence of fraud, misfeasance, malfeasance, 22 |
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141 | 141 | | collusion, mismanagement, incompetence, corruption, 23 |
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142 | 142 | | or unethical practices, waste, extravagance, conflicts 24 |
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143 | 143 | | of interest, and the improper expenditure of Govern-25 |
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147 | 147 | | ment funds in transactions, contracts, and activities 1 |
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148 | 148 | | of the Government or of Government officials and 2 |
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149 | 149 | | employees and any and all such improper practices 3 |
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150 | 150 | | between Government personnel and corporations, in-4 |
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151 | 151 | | dividuals, companies, or persons affiliated therewith, 5 |
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152 | 152 | | doing business with the Government, and the com-6 |
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153 | 153 | | pliance or noncompliance of such corporations, com-7 |
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154 | 154 | | panies, or individuals or other entities with the rules, 8 |
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155 | 155 | | regulations, and laws governing the various govern-9 |
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156 | 156 | | mental agencies and its relationships with the public; 10 |
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157 | 157 | | (2) the extent to which criminal or other im-11 |
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158 | 158 | | proper practices or activities are, or have been, en-12 |
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159 | 159 | | gaged in the field of labor-management relations or 13 |
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160 | 160 | | in groups or organizations of employees or employ-14 |
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161 | 161 | | ers, to the detriment of interests of the public, em-15 |
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162 | 162 | | ployers, or employees, and to determine whether any 16 |
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163 | 163 | | changes are required in the laws of the United 17 |
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164 | 164 | | States in order to protect such interests against the 18 |
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165 | 165 | | occurrence of such practices or activities; 19 |
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166 | 166 | | (3) organized criminal activity which may oper-20 |
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167 | 167 | | ate in or otherwise utilize the facilities of interstate 21 |
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168 | 168 | | or international commerce in furtherance of any 22 |
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169 | 169 | | transactions and the manner and extent to which, 23 |
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170 | 170 | | and the identity of the persons, firms, or corpora-24 |
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171 | 171 | | tions, or other entities by whom such utilization is 25 |
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174 | 174 | | •SRES 77 IS |
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175 | 175 | | being made, and further, to study and investigate 1 |
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176 | 176 | | the manner in which and the extent to which per-2 |
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177 | 177 | | sons engaged in organized criminal activity have in-3 |
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178 | 178 | | filtrated lawful business enterprise, and to study the 4 |
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179 | 179 | | adequacy of Federal laws to prevent the operations 5 |
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180 | 180 | | of organized crime in interstate or international 6 |
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181 | 181 | | commerce, and to determine whether any changes 7 |
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182 | 182 | | are required in the laws of the United States in 8 |
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183 | 183 | | order to protect the public against such practices or 9 |
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184 | 184 | | activities; 10 |
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185 | 185 | | (4) all other aspects of crime and lawlessness 11 |
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186 | 186 | | within the United States which have an impact upon 12 |
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187 | 187 | | or affect the national health, welfare, and safety, in-13 |
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188 | 188 | | cluding but not limited to investment fraud schemes, 14 |
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189 | 189 | | commodity and security fraud, computer fraud, and 15 |
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190 | 190 | | the use of offshore banking and corporate facilities 16 |
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191 | 191 | | to carry out criminal objectives; 17 |
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192 | 192 | | (5) the efficiency and economy of operations of 18 |
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193 | 193 | | all branches and functions of the Government with 19 |
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194 | 194 | | particular reference to— 20 |
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195 | 195 | | (A) the effectiveness of present national se-21 |
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196 | 196 | | curity methods, staffing, and processes as test-22 |
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197 | 197 | | ed against the requirements imposed by the 23 |
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198 | 198 | | rapidly mounting complexity of national secu-24 |
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199 | 199 | | rity problems; 25 |
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203 | 203 | | (B) the capacity of present national secu-1 |
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204 | 204 | | rity staffing, methods, and processes to make 2 |
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205 | 205 | | full use of the Nation’s resources of knowledge 3 |
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206 | 206 | | and talents; 4 |
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207 | 207 | | (C) the adequacy of present intergovern-5 |
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208 | 208 | | mental relations between the United States and 6 |
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209 | 209 | | international organizations principally con-7 |
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210 | 210 | | cerned with national security of which the 8 |
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211 | 211 | | United States is a member; and 9 |
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212 | 212 | | (D) legislative and other proposals to im-10 |
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213 | 213 | | prove these methods, processes, and relation-11 |
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214 | 214 | | ships; 12 |
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215 | 215 | | (6) the efficiency, economy, and effectiveness of 13 |
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216 | 216 | | all agencies and departments of the Government in-14 |
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217 | 217 | | volved in the control and management of energy 15 |
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218 | 218 | | shortages including, but not limited to, their per-16 |
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219 | 219 | | formance with respect to— 17 |
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220 | 220 | | (A) the collection and dissemination of ac-18 |
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221 | 221 | | curate statistics on fuel demand and supply; 19 |
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222 | 222 | | (B) the implementation of effective energy 20 |
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223 | 223 | | conservation measures; 21 |
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224 | 224 | | (C) the pricing of energy in all forms; 22 |
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225 | 225 | | (D) coordination of energy programs with 23 |
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226 | 226 | | State and local government; 24 |
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227 | 227 | | (E) control of exports of scarce fuels; 25 |
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231 | 231 | | (F) the management of tax, import, pric-1 |
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232 | 232 | | ing, and other policies affecting energy supplies; 2 |
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233 | 233 | | (G) maintenance of the independent sector 3 |
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234 | 234 | | of the petroleum industry as a strong competi-4 |
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235 | 235 | | tive force; 5 |
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236 | 236 | | (H) the allocation of fuels in short supply 6 |
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237 | 237 | | by public and private entities; 7 |
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238 | 238 | | (I) the management of energy supplies 8 |
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239 | 239 | | owned or controlled by the Government; 9 |
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240 | 240 | | (J) relations with other oil producing and 10 |
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241 | 241 | | consuming countries; 11 |
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242 | 242 | | (K) the monitoring of compliance by gov-12 |
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243 | 243 | | ernments, corporations, or individuals with the 13 |
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244 | 244 | | laws and regulations governing the allocation, 14 |
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245 | 245 | | conservation, or pricing of energy supplies; and 15 |
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246 | 246 | | (L) research into the discovery and devel-16 |
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247 | 247 | | opment of alternative energy supplies; and 17 |
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248 | 248 | | (7) the efficiency and economy of all branches 18 |
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249 | 249 | | and functions of Government with particular ref-19 |
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250 | 250 | | erences to the operations and management of Fed-20 |
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251 | 251 | | eral regulatory policies and programs. 21 |
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252 | 252 | | (b) E |
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253 | 253 | | XTENT OFINQUIRIES.—In carrying out the du-22 |
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254 | 254 | | ties provided in subsection (a), the inquiries of this com-23 |
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255 | 255 | | mittee or any subcommittee of the committee shall not be 24 |
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256 | 256 | | construed to be limited to the records, functions, and oper-25 |
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260 | 260 | | ations of any particular branch of the Government and 1 |
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261 | 261 | | may extend to the records and activities of any persons, 2 |
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262 | 262 | | corporation, or other entity. 3 |
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263 | 263 | | (c) S |
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264 | 264 | | PECIALCOMMITTEEAUTHORITY.—For the pur-4 |
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265 | 265 | | poses of this section, the committee, or any duly author-5 |
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266 | 266 | | ized subcommittee of the committee, or its chairman, or 6 |
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267 | 267 | | any other member of the committee or subcommittee des-7 |
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268 | 268 | | ignated by the chairman is authorized, in its, his, her, or 8 |
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269 | 269 | | their discretion— 9 |
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270 | 270 | | (1) to require by subpoena or otherwise the at-10 |
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271 | 271 | | tendance of witnesses and production of correspond-11 |
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272 | 272 | | ence, books, papers, and documents; 12 |
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273 | 273 | | (2) to hold hearings; 13 |
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274 | 274 | | (3) to sit and act at any time or place during 14 |
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275 | 275 | | the sessions, recess, and adjournment periods of the 15 |
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276 | 276 | | Senate; 16 |
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277 | 277 | | (4) to administer oaths; and 17 |
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278 | 278 | | (5) to take testimony, either orally or by sworn 18 |
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279 | 279 | | statement, or, in the case of staff members of the 19 |
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280 | 280 | | Committee and the Permanent Subcommittee on In-20 |
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281 | 281 | | vestigations, by deposition in accordance with the 21 |
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282 | 282 | | Committee Rules of Procedure. 22 |
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283 | 283 | | (d) A |
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284 | 284 | | UTHORITY OFOTHERCOMMITTEES.—Nothing 23 |
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285 | 285 | | contained in this section shall affect or impair the exercise 24 |
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286 | 286 | | of any other standing committee of the Senate of any 25 |
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290 | 290 | | power, or the discharge by such committee of any duty, 1 |
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291 | 291 | | conferred or imposed upon it by the Standing Rules of 2 |
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292 | 292 | | the Senate or by the Legislative Reorganization Act of 3 |
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293 | 293 | | 1946. 4 |
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294 | 294 | | (e) S |
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295 | 295 | | UBPOENAAUTHORITY.—All subpoenas and re-5 |
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296 | 296 | | lated legal processes of the committee and any duly au-6 |
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297 | 297 | | thorized subcommittee of the committee authorized under 7 |
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298 | 298 | | Senate Resolution 59 (118th Congress), agreed to Feb-8 |
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299 | 299 | | ruary 15, 2023, are authorized to continue. 9 |
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