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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. RES. 82
Authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
FEBRUARY19, 2025
Mr. C
RUZ, from the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation,
reported the following original resolution; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Rules and Administration
RESOLUTION
Authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation.
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 Commerce, Science, and 9
Transportation (in this resolution referred to as the ‘‘com-10
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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 $6,259,693, of which amount— 15
(1) not to exceed $100,000 may be expended 16
for the procurement of the services of individual con-17
sultants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by 18
section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act 19
of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 20
(2) not to exceed $100,000 may be expended 21
for the training of the professional staff of the com-22
mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 23
of that Act). 24
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(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 $10,730,903, of which amount— 4
(1) not to exceed $100,000 may be expended 5
for the procurement of the services of individual con-6
sultants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by 7
section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act 8
of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 9
(2) not to exceed $100,000 may be expended 10
for 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 $4,471,210, of which amount— 17
(1) not to exceed $100,000 may be expended 18
for the procurement of the services of individual con-19
sultants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by 20
section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act 21
of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 22
(2) not to exceed $100,000 may be expended 23
for the training of the professional staff of the com-24
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mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 1
of that 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
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(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
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