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4	4	STSESSION S. RES. 90
5	5	Authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Foreign Relations.
6	6	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
7	7	FEBRUARY24, 2025
8	8	Mr. R
9	9	ISCH, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, reported the following
10	10	original resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules and
11	11	Administration
12	12	RESOLUTION
13	13	Authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Foreign
14	14	Relations.
15	15	Resolved, 1
16	16	SECTION 1. GENERAL AUTHORITY. 2
17	17	In carrying out its powers, duties, and functions 3
18	18	under the Standing Rules of the Senate, in accordance 4
19	19	with its jurisdiction under rule XXV of the Standing Rules 5
20	20	of the Senate, including holding hearings, reporting such 6
21	21	hearings, and making investigations as authorized by 7
22	22	paragraphs 1 and 8 of rule XXVI of the Standing Rules 8
23	23	of the Senate, the Committee on Foreign Relations (in this 9
24	24	resolution referred to as the ‘‘committee’’) is authorized 10
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27	27	•SRES 90 IS
28	28	from March 1, 2025, through February 28, 2027, in its 1
29	29	discretion, to— 2
30	30	(1) make expenditures from the contingent fund 3
31	31	of the Senate; 4
32	32	(2) employ personnel; and 5
33	33	(3) with the prior consent of the Government 6
34	34	department or agency concerned and the Committee 7
35	35	on Rules and Administration, use on a reimbursable 8
36	36	or nonreimbursable basis the services of personnel of 9
37	37	any such department or agency. 10
38	38	SEC. 2. EXPENSES. 11
39	39	(a) E
40	40	XPENSES FORPERIODENDINGSEPTEMBER30, 12
41	41	2025.—The expenses of the committee for the period 13
42	42	March 1, 2025, through September 30, 2025, under this 14
43	43	resolution shall not exceed $6,068,289, of which amount— 15
44	44	(1) not to exceed $250,000 may be expended 16
45	45	for the procurement of the services of individual con-17
46	46	sultants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by 18
47	47	section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act 19
48	48	of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 20
49	49	(2) not to exceed $30,000 may be expended for 21
50	50	the training of the professional staff of the com-22
51	51	mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 23
52	52	of that Act). 24
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55	55	•SRES 90 IS
56	56	(b) EXPENSES FORFISCALYEAR2026 PERIOD.— 1
57	57	The expenses of the committee for the period October 1, 2
58	58	2025, through September 30, 2026, under this resolution 3
59	59	shall not exceed $10,402,781, of which amount— 4
60	60	(1) not to exceed $250,000 may be expended 5
61	61	for the procurement of the services of individual con-6
62	62	sultants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by 7
63	63	section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act 8
64	64	of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 9
65	65	(2) not to exceed $30,000 may be expended for 10
66	66	the training of the professional staff of the com-11
67	67	mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 12
68	68	of that Act). 13
69	69	(c) E
70	70	XPENSES FORPERIODENDINGFEBRUARY28, 14
71	71	2027.—The expenses of the committee for the period Oc-15
72	72	tober 1, 2026, through February 28, 2027, under this res-16
73	73	olution shall not exceed $4,334,492, of which amount— 17
74	74	(1) not to exceed $250,000 may be expended 18
75	75	for the procurement of the services of individual con-19
76	76	sultants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by 20
77	77	section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act 21
78	78	of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 22
79	79	(2) not to exceed $30,000 may be expended for 23
80	80	the training of the professional staff of the com-24
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83	83	•SRES 90 IS
84	84	mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 1
85	85	of that Act). 2
86	86	SEC. 3. EXPENSES AND AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS. 3
87	87	(a) E
88	88	XPENSES OF THECOMMITTEE.— 4
89	89	(1) I
90	90	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-5
91	91	graph (2), expenses of the committee under this res-6
92	92	olution shall be paid from the contingent fund of the 7
93	93	Senate upon vouchers approved by the chairman of 8
94	94	the committee. 9
95	95	(2) V
96	96	OUCHERS NOT REQUIRED .—Vouchers shall 10
97	97	not be required for— 11
98	98	(A) the disbursement of salaries of employ-12
99	99	ees paid at an annual rate; 13
100	100	(B) the payment of telecommunications 14
101	101	provided by the Office of the Sergeant at Arms 15
102	102	and Doorkeeper; 16
103	103	(C) the payment of stationery supplies pur-17
104	104	chased through the Keeper of the Stationery; 18
105	105	(D) payments to the Postmaster of the 19
106	106	Senate; 20
107	107	(E) the payment of metered charges on 21
108	108	copying equipment provided by the Office of the 22
109	109	Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper; 23
110	110	(F) the payment of Senate Recording and 24
111	111	Photographic Services; or 25
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114	114	•SRES 90 IS
115	115	(G) the payment of franked and mass mail 1
116	116	costs by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper. 2
117	117	(b) A
118	118	GENCYCONTRIBUTIONS.—There are authorized 3
119	119	to be paid from the appropriations account for ‘‘Expenses 4
120	120	of Inquiries and Investigations’’ of the Senate such sums 5
121	121	as may be necessary for agency contributions related to 6
122	122	the compensation of employees of the committee— 7
123	123	(1) for the period March 1, 2025, through Sep-8
124	124	tember 30, 2025; 9
125	125	(2) for the period October 1, 2025, through 10
126	126	September 30, 2026; and 11
127	127	(3) for the period October 1, 2026, through 12
128	128	February 28, 2027. 13
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