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Calendar No. 16
119THCONGRESS
1
STSESSION S. RES. 94
Authorizing expenditures by committees of the Senate for the periods March
1, 2025, through September 30, 2025, October 1, 2025, through Sep-
tember 30, 2026, and October 1, 2026, through February 28, 2027.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
FEBRUARY25, 2025
Mr. M
CCONNELL, from the Committee on Rules and Administration, reported
the following original resolution; which was placed on the calendar
RESOLUTION
Authorizing expenditures by committees of the Senate for
the periods March 1, 2025, through September 30, 2025,
October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, and Octo-
ber 1, 2026, through February 28, 2027.
Resolved, 1
SECTION 1. AGGREGATE AUTHORIZATION. 2
(a) I
NGENERAL.—For purposes of carrying out the 3
powers, duties, and functions under the Standing Rules 4
of the Senate, and under the appropriate authorizing reso-5
lutions of the Senate, there is authorized for the period 6
March 1, 2025, through September 30, 2025, in the ag-7
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gregate of $90,988,230, for the period October 1, 2025, 1
through September 30, 2026, in the aggregate of 2
$155,979,823, and for the period October 1, 2026, 3
through February 28, 2027, in the aggregate of 4
$64,991,593, in accordance with the provisions of this res-5
olution, for standing committees of the Senate, the Special 6
Committee on Aging, the Select Committee on Intel-7
ligence, and the Committee on Indian Affairs. 8
(b) A
GENCYCONTRIBUTIONS.—There are authorized 9
to be paid from the appropriations account for ‘‘Expenses 10
of Inquiries and Investigations’’ of the Senate such sums 11
as may be necessary for agency contributions related to 12
the compensation of employees of the committees for the 13
period March 1, 2025, through September 30, 2025, for 14
the period October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, 15
and for the period October 1, 2026, through February 28, 16
2027. 17
(c) E
XPENSES.— 18
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-19
graph (2), expenses of each standing committee of 20
the Senate, the Special Committee on Aging, the Se-21
lect Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee 22
on Indian Affairs under this resolution shall be paid 23
from the contingent fund of the Senate upon vouch-24
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ers approved by the chairman of the applicable com-1
mittee. 2
(2) V
OUCHERS NOT REQUIRED .—Vouchers shall 3
not be required for— 4
(A) the disbursement of salaries of employ-5
ees paid at an annual rate; 6
(B) the payment of telecommunications 7
provided by the Office of the Sergeant at Arms 8
and Doorkeeper; 9
(C) the payment of stationery supplies pur-10
chased through the Keeper of the Stationery; 11
(D) payments to the Postmaster of the 12
Senate; 13
(E) the payment of metered charges on 14
copying equipment provided by the Office of the 15
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper; 16
(F) the payment of Senate Recording and 17
Photographic Services; or 18
(G) the payment of franked and mass mail 19
costs by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper. 20
SEC. 2. COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION, AND 21
FORESTRY. 22
(a) G
ENERALAUTHORITY.—In carrying out its pow-23
ers, duties, and functions under the Standing Rules of the 24
Senate, in accordance with its jurisdiction under rule XXV 25
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of the Standing Rules of the Senate, including holding 1
hearings, reporting such hearings, and making investiga-2
tions as authorized by paragraphs 1 and 8 of rule XXVI 3
of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the Committee on 4
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry is authorized from 5
March 1, 2025, through February 28, 2027, in its discre-6
tion, to— 7
(1) make expenditures from the contingent fund 8
of the Senate; 9
(2) employ personnel; and 10
(3) with the prior consent of the Government 11
department or agency concerned and the Committee 12
on Rules and Administration, use on a reimbursable, 13
or nonreimbursable, basis the services of personnel 14
of any such department or agency. 15
(b) E
XPENSES FORPERIODENDINGSEPTEMBER30, 16
2025.—The expenses of the committee for the period 17
March 1, 2025, through September 30, 2025, under this 18
section shall not exceed $4,464,935, of which amount— 19
(1) not to exceed $200,000 may be expended 20
for the procurement of the services of individual con-21
sultants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by 22
section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act 23
of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 24
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(2) not to exceed $40,000 may be expended for 1
the training of the professional staff of such com-2
mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 3
of that Act). 4
(c) E
XPENSES FORFISCALYEAR2026 PERIOD.— 5
The expenses of the committee for the period October 1, 6
2025, through September 30, 2026, under this section 7
shall not exceed $7,654,174, of which amount— 8
(1) not to exceed $200,000 may be expended 9
for the procurement of the services of individual con-10
sultants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by 11
section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act 12
of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 13
(2) not to exceed $40,000 may be expended for 14
the training of the professional staff of such com-15
mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 16
of that Act). 17
(d) E
XPENSES FORPERIODENDINGFEBRUARY28, 18
2027.—The expenses of the committee for the period Oc-19
tober 1, 2026, through February 28, 2027, under this sec-20
tion shall not exceed $3,189,239, of which amount— 21
(1) not to exceed $200,000 may be expended 22
for the procurement of the services of individual con-23
sultants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by 24
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section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act 1
of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 2
(2) not to exceed $40,000 may be expended for 3
the training of the professional staff of such com-4
mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 5
of that Act). 6
SEC. 3. COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES. 7
(a) G
ENERALAUTHORITY.—In carrying out its pow-8
ers, duties, and functions under the Standing Rules of the 9
Senate, in accordance with its jurisdiction under rule XXV 10
of the Standing Rules of the Senate, including holding 11
hearings, reporting such hearings, and making investiga-12
tions as authorized by paragraphs 1 and 8 of rule XXVI 13
of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the Committee on 14
Armed Services is authorized from March 1, 2025, 15
through February 28, 2027, in its discretion, to— 16
(1) make expenditures from the contingent fund 17
of the Senate; 18
(2) employ personnel; and 19
(3) with the prior consent of the Government 20
department or agency concerned and the Committee 21
on Rules and Administration, use on a reimbursable, 22
or nonreimbursable, basis the services of personnel 23
of any such department or agency. 24
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(b) EXPENSES FORPERIODENDINGSEPTEMBER30, 1
2025.—The expenses of the committee for the period 2
March 1, 2025, through September 30, 2025, under this 3
section shall not exceed $6,092,832, of which amount— 4
(1) not to exceed $37,000 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 $12,000 may be expended for 10
the training of the professional staff of such com-11
mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 12
of that Act). 13
(c) E
XPENSES FORFISCALYEAR2026 PERIOD.— 14
The expenses of the committee for the period October 1, 15
2025, through September 30, 2026, under this section 16
shall not exceed $10,444,856, of which amount— 17
(1) not to exceed $65,000 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 $20,000 may be expended for 23
the training of the professional staff of such com-24
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mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 1
of that Act). 2
(d) E
XPENSES FORPERIODENDINGFEBRUARY28, 3
2027.—The expenses of the committee for the period Oc-4
tober 1, 2026, through February 28, 2027, under this sec-5
tion shall not exceed $4,352,023, of which amount— 6
(1) not to exceed $27,000 may be expended for 7
the procurement of the services of individual consult-8
ants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by sec-9
tion 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 10
1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 11
(2) not to exceed $8,500 may be expended for 12
the training of the professional staff of such com-13
mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 14
of that Act). 15
SEC. 4. COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN 16
AFFAIRS. 17
(a) G
ENERALAUTHORITY.—In carrying out its pow-18
ers, duties, and functions under the Standing Rules of the 19
Senate, in accordance with its jurisdiction under rule XXV 20
of the Standing Rules of the Senate, including holding 21
hearings, reporting such hearings, and making investiga-22
tions as authorized by paragraphs 1 and 8 of rule XXVI 23
of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the Committee on 24
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs is authorized from 25
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March 1, 2025, through February 28, 2027, in its discre-1
tion, 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 9
of any such department or agency. 10
(b) E
XPENSES FORPERIODENDINGSEPTEMBER30, 11
2025.—The expenses of the committee for the period 12
March 1, 2025, through September 30, 2025, under this 13
section shall not exceed $5,141,314, of which amount— 14
(1) not to exceed $11,666 may be expended for 15
the procurement of the services of individual consult-16
ants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by sec-17
tion 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 18
1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 19
(2) not to exceed $875 may be expended for the 20
training of the professional staff of such committee 21
(under procedures specified by section 202(j) of that 22
Act). 23
(c) E
XPENSES FORFISCALYEAR2026 PERIOD.— 24
The expenses of the committee for the period October 1, 25
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2025, through September 30, 2026, under this section 1
shall not exceed $8,813,681, of which amount— 2
(1) not to exceed $20,000 may be expended for 3
the procurement of the services of individual consult-4
ants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by sec-5
tion 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 6
1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 7
(2) not to exceed $1,500 may be expended for 8
the training of the professional staff of such com-9
mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 10
of that Act). 11
(d) E
XPENSES FORPERIODENDINGFEBRUARY28, 12
2027.—The expenses of the committee for the period Oc-13
tober 1, 2026, through February 28, 2027, under this sec-14
tion shall not exceed $3,672,367, of which amount— 15
(1) not to exceed $8,334 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 $625 may be expended for the 21
training of the professional staff of such committee 22
(under procedures specified by section 202(j) of that 23
Act). 24
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SEC. 5. COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET. 1
(a) G
ENERALAUTHORITY.—In carrying out its pow-2
ers, duties, and functions under the Standing Rules of the 3
Senate, in accordance with its jurisdiction under rule XXV 4
of the Standing Rules of the Senate, including holding 5
hearings, reporting such hearings, and making investiga-6
tions as authorized by paragraphs 1 and 8 of rule XXVI 7
of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the Committee on 8
the Budget is authorized from March 1, 2025, through 9
February 28, 2027, in its discretion, to— 10
(1) make expenditures from the contingent fund 11
of the Senate; 12
(2) employ personnel; and 13
(3) with the prior consent of the Government 14
department or agency concerned and the Committee 15
on Rules and Administration, use on a reimbursable, 16
or nonreimbursable, basis the services of personnel 17
of any such department or agency. 18
(b) E
XPENSES FORPERIODENDINGSEPTEMBER30, 19
2025.—The expenses of the committee for the period 20
March 1, 2025, through September 30, 2025, under this 21
section shall not exceed $4,630,478, of which amount— 22
(1) not to exceed $23,333 may be expended for 23
the procurement of the services of individual consult-24
ants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by sec-25
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tion 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1
1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 2
(2) not to exceed $17,500 may be expended for 3
the training of the professional staff of such com-4
mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 5
of that Act). 6
(c) E
XPENSES FORFISCALYEAR2026 PERIOD.— 7
The expenses of the committee for the period October 1, 8
2025, through September 30, 2026, under this section 9
shall not exceed $7,937,962, of which amount— 10
(1) not to exceed $40,000 may be expended for 11
the procurement of the services of individual consult-12
ants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by sec-13
tion 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 14
1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 15
(2) not to exceed $30,000 may be expended for 16
the training of the professional staff of such com-17
mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 18
of that Act). 19
(d) E
XPENSES FORPERIODENDINGFEBRUARY28, 20
2027.—The expenses of the committee for the period Oc-21
tober 1, 2026, through February 28, 2027, under this sec-22
tion shall not exceed $3,307,484, of which amount— 23
(1) not to exceed $16,667 may be expended for 24
the procurement of the services of individual consult-25
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ants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by sec-1
tion 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 2
1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 3
(2) not to exceed $12,500 may be expended for 4
the training of the professional staff of such com-5
mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 6
of that Act). 7
SEC. 6. COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND TRANS-8
PORTATION. 9
(a) G
ENERALAUTHORITY.—In carrying out its pow-10
ers, duties, and functions under the Standing Rules of the 11
Senate, in accordance with its jurisdiction under rule XXV 12
of the Standing Rules of the Senate, including holding 13
hearings, reporting such hearings, and making investiga-14
tions as authorized by paragraphs 1 and 8 of rule XXVI 15
of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the Committee on 16
Commerce, Science, and Transportation is authorized 17
from March 1, 2025, through February 28, 2027, in its 18
discretion, to— 19
(1) make expenditures from the contingent fund 20
of the Senate; 21
(2) employ personnel; and 22
(3) with the prior consent of the Government 23
department or agency concerned and the Committee 24
on Rules and Administration, use on a reimbursable, 25
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or nonreimbursable, basis the services of personnel 1
of any such department or agency. 2
(b) E
XPENSES FORPERIODENDINGSEPTEMBER30, 3
2025.—The expenses of the committee for the period 4
March 1, 2025, through September 30, 2025, under this 5
section shall not exceed $6,259,693, of which amount— 6
(1) not to exceed $100,000 may be expended 7
for the procurement of the services of individual con-8
sultants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by 9
section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act 10
of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 11
(2) not to exceed $100,000 may be expended 12
for the training of the professional staff of such 13
committee (under procedures specified by section 14
202(j) of that Act). 15
(c) E
XPENSES FORFISCALYEAR2026 PERIOD.— 16
The expenses of the committee for the period October 1, 17
2025, through September 30, 2026, under this section 18
shall not exceed $10,730,903, of which amount— 19
(1) not to exceed $100,000 may be expended 20
for the procurement of the services of individual con-21
sultants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by 22
section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act 23
of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 24
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(2) not to exceed $100,000 may be expended 1
for the training of the professional staff of such 2
committee (under procedures specified by section 3
202(j) of that Act). 4
(d) E
XPENSES FORPERIODENDINGFEBRUARY28, 5
2027.—The expenses of the committee for the period Oc-6
tober 1, 2026, through February 28, 2027, under this sec-7
tion shall not exceed $4,471,210, of which amount— 8
(1) not to exceed $100,000 may be expended 9
for the procurement of the services of individual con-10
sultants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by 11
section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act 12
of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 13
(2) not to exceed $100,000 may be expended 14
for the training of the professional staff of such 15
committee (under procedures specified by section 16
202(j) of that Act). 17
SEC. 7. COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RE-18
SOURCES. 19
(a) G
ENERALAUTHORITY.—In carrying out its pow-20
ers, duties, and functions under the Standing Rules of the 21
Senate, in accordance with its jurisdiction under rule XXV 22
of the Standing Rules of the Senate, including holding 23
hearings, reporting such hearings, and making investiga-24
tions as authorized by paragraphs 1 and 8 of rule XXVI 25
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of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the Committee on 1
Energy and Natural Resources is authorized from March 2
1, 2025, through February 28, 2027, in its discretion, 3
to— 4
(1) make expenditures from the contingent fund 5
of the Senate; 6
(2) employ personnel; and 7
(3) with the prior consent of the Government 8
department or agency concerned and the Committee 9
on Rules and Administration, use on a reimbursable, 10
or nonreimbursable, basis the services of personnel 11
of any such department or agency. 12
(b) E
XPENSES FORPERIODENDINGSEPTEMBER30, 13
2025.—The expenses of the committee for the period 14
March 1, 2025, through September 30, 2025, under this 15
section shall not exceed $4,394,583, of which amount— 16
(1) not to exceed $17,500 may be expended for 17
the procurement of the services of individual consult-18
ants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by sec-19
tion 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 20
1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 21
(2) not to exceed $8,750 may be expended for 22
the training of the professional staff of such com-23
mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 24
of that Act). 25
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(c) EXPENSES FORFISCALYEAR2026 PERIOD.— 1
The expenses of the committee for the period October 1, 2
2025, through September 30, 2026, under this section 3
shall not exceed $7,533,571, of which amount— 4
(1) not to exceed $30,000 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 $15,000 may be expended for 10
the training of the professional staff of such com-11
mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 12
of that Act). 13
(d) E
XPENSES FORPERIODENDINGFEBRUARY28, 14
2027.—The expenses of the committee for the period Oc-15
tober 1, 2026, through February 28, 2027, under this sec-16
tion shall not exceed $3,138,988, of which amount— 17
(1) not to exceed $12,500 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 $6,250 may be expended for 23
the training of the professional staff of such com-24
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mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 1
of that Act). 2
SEC. 8. COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC 3
WORKS. 4
(a) G
ENERALAUTHORITY.—In carrying out its pow-5
ers, duties, and functions under the Standing Rules of the 6
Senate, in accordance with its jurisdiction under rule XXV 7
of the Standing Rules of the Senate, including holding 8
hearings, reporting such hearings, and making investiga-9
tions as authorized by paragraphs 1 and 8 of rule XXVI 10
of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the Committee on 11
Environment and Public Works is authorized from March 12
1, 2025, through February 28, 2027, in its discretion, 13
to— 14
(1) make expenditures from the contingent fund 15
of the Senate; 16
(2) employ personnel; and 17
(3) with the prior consent of the Government 18
department or agency concerned and the Committee 19
on Rules and Administration, use on a reimbursable, 20
or nonreimbursable, basis the services of personnel 21
of any such department or agency. 22
(b) E
XPENSES FORPERIODENDINGSEPTEMBER30, 23
2025.—The expenses of the committee for the period 24
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March 1, 2025, through September 30, 2025, under this 1
section shall not exceed $4,107,247, of which amount— 2
(1) not to exceed $4,666 may be expended for 3
the procurement of the services of individual consult-4
ants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by sec-5
tion 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 6
1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 7
(2) not to exceed $1,166 may be expended for 8
the training of the professional staff of such com-9
mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 10
of that Act). 11
(c) E
XPENSES FORFISCALYEAR2026 PERIOD.— 12
The expenses of the committee for the period October 1, 13
2025, through September 30, 2026, under this section 14
shall not exceed $7,040,996, of which amount— 15
(1) not to exceed $8,000 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 $2,000 may be expended for 21
the training of the professional staff of such com-22
mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 23
of that Act). 24
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(d) EXPENSES FORPERIODENDINGFEBRUARY28, 1
2027.—The expenses of the committee for the period Oc-2
tober 1, 2026, through February 28, 2027, under this sec-3
tion shall not exceed $2,933,748, of which amount— 4
(1) not to exceed $3,334 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 $834 may be expended for the 10
training of the professional staff of such committee 11
(under procedures specified by section 202(j) of that 12
Act). 13
SEC. 9. COMMITTEE ON FINANCE. 14
(a) G
ENERALAUTHORITY.—In carrying out its pow-15
ers, duties, and functions under the Standing Rules of the 16
Senate, in accordance with its jurisdiction under rule XXV 17
of the Standing Rules of the Senate, including holding 18
hearings, reporting such hearings, and making investiga-19
tions as authorized by paragraphs 1 and 8 of rule XXVI 20
of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the Committee on 21
Finance is authorized from March 1, 2025, through Feb-22
ruary 28, 2027, in its discretion, to— 23
(1) make expenditures from the contingent fund 24
of the Senate; 25
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(2) employ personnel; and 1
(3) with the prior consent of the Government 2
department or agency concerned and the Committee 3
on Rules and Administration, use on a reimbursable, 4
or nonreimbursable, basis the services of personnel 5
of any such department or agency. 6
(b) E
XPENSES FORPERIODENDINGSEPTEMBER30, 7
2025.—The expenses of the committee for the period 8
March 1, 2025, through September 30, 2025, under this 9
section shall not exceed $7,638,723, of which amount— 10
(1) not to exceed $17,500 may be expended for 11
the procurement of the services of individual consult-12
ants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by sec-13
tion 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 14
1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 15
(2) not to exceed $5,833 may be expended for 16
the training of the professional staff of such com-17
mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 18
of that Act). 19
(c) E
XPENSES FORFISCALYEAR2026 PERIOD.— 20
The expenses of the committee for the period October 1, 21
2025, through September 30, 2026, under this section 22
shall not exceed $13,094,954, of which amount— 23
(1) not to exceed $30,000 may be expended for 24
the procurement of the services of individual consult-25
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ants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by sec-1
tion 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 2
1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 3
(2) not to exceed $10,000 may be expended for 4
the training of the professional staff of such com-5
mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 6
of that Act). 7
(d) E
XPENSES FORPERIODENDINGFEBRUARY28, 8
2027.—The expenses of the committee for the period Oc-9
tober 1, 2026, through February 28, 2027, under this sec-10
tion shall not exceed $5,456,231, of which amount— 11
(1) not to exceed $12,500 may be expended for 12
the procurement of the services of individual consult-13
ants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by sec-14
tion 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 15
1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 16
(2) not to exceed $4,166 may be expended for 17
the training of the professional staff of such com-18
mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 19
of that Act). 20
SEC. 10. COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS. 21
(a) G
ENERALAUTHORITY.—In carrying out its pow-22
ers, duties, and functions under the Standing Rules of the 23
Senate, in accordance with its jurisdiction under rule XXV 24
of the Standing Rules of the Senate, including holding 25
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hearings, reporting such hearings, and making investiga-1
tions as authorized by paragraphs 1 and 8 of rule XXVI 2
of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the Committee on 3
Foreign Relations is authorized from March 1, 2025, 4
through February 28, 2027, in its discretion, to— 5
(1) make expenditures from the contingent fund 6
of the Senate; 7
(2) employ personnel; and 8
(3) with the prior consent of the Government 9
department or agency concerned and the Committee 10
on Rules and Administration, use on a reimbursable, 11
or nonreimbursable, basis the services of personnel 12
of any such department or agency. 13
(b) E
XPENSES FORPERIODENDINGSEPTEMBER30, 14
2025.—The expenses of the committee for the period 15
March 1, 2025, through September 30, 2025, under this 16
section shall not exceed $6,068,289, of which amount— 17
(1) not to exceed $250,000 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 $30,000 may be expended for 23
the training of the professional staff of such com-24
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mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 1
of that Act). 2
(c) E
XPENSES FORFISCALYEAR2026 PERIOD.— 3
The expenses of the committee for the period October 1, 4
2025, through September 30, 2026, under this section 5
shall not exceed $10,402,781, of which amount— 6
(1) not to exceed $250,000 may be expended 7
for the procurement of the services of individual con-8
sultants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by 9
section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act 10
of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 11
(2) not to exceed $30,000 may be expended for 12
the training of the professional staff of such com-13
mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 14
of that Act). 15
(d) E
XPENSES FORPERIODENDINGFEBRUARY28, 16
2027.—The expenses of the committee for the period Oc-17
tober 1, 2026, through February 28, 2027, under this sec-18
tion shall not exceed $4,334,492, of which amount— 19
(1) not to exceed $250,000 may be expended 20
for the procurement of the services of individual con-21
sultants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by 22
section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act 23
of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 24
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(2) not to exceed $30,000 may be expended for 1
the training of the professional staff of such com-2
mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 3
of that Act). 4
SEC. 11. COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND 5
PENSIONS. 6
(a) G
ENERALAUTHORITY.—In carrying out its pow-7
ers, duties, and functions under the Standing Rules of the 8
Senate, in accordance with its jurisdiction under rule XXV 9
of the Standing Rules of the Senate, including holding 10
hearings, reporting such hearings, and making investiga-11
tions as authorized by paragraphs 1 and 8 of rule XXVI 12
of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the Committee on 13
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions is authorized 14
from March 1, 2025, through February 28, 2027, in its 15
discretion, to— 16
(1) make expenditures from the contingent fund 17
of the Senate; 18
(2) employ personnel; and 19
(3) with the prior consent of the Government 20
department or agency concerned and the Committee 21
on Rules and Administration, use on a reimbursable, 22
or nonreimbursable, basis the services of personnel 23
of any such department or agency. 24
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(b) EXPENSES FORPERIODENDINGSEPTEMBER30, 1
2025.—The expenses of the committee for the period 2
March 1, 2025, through September 30, 2025, under this 3
section shall not exceed $7,767,027, of which amount— 4
(1) not to exceed $75,000 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 $25,000 may be expended for 10
the training of the professional staff of such com-11
mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 12
of that Act). 13
(c) E
XPENSES FORFISCALYEAR2026 PERIOD.— 14
The expenses of the committee for the period October 1, 15
2025, through September 30, 2026, under this section 16
shall not exceed $13,314,904, of which amount— 17
(1) not to exceed $75,000 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 $25,000 may be expended for 23
the training of the professional staff of such com-24
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mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 1
of that Act). 2
(d) E
XPENSES FORPERIODENDINGFEBRUARY28, 3
2027.—The expenses of the committee for the period Oc-4
tober 1, 2026, through February 28, 2027, under this sec-5
tion shall not exceed $5,547,877, of which amount— 6
(1) not to exceed $75,000 may be expended for 7
the procurement of the services of individual consult-8
ants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by sec-9
tion 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 10
1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 11
(2) not to exceed $25,000 may be expended for 12
the training of the professional staff of such com-13
mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 14
of that Act). 15
SEC. 12. COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOV-16
ERNMENTAL AFFAIRS. 17
(a) G
ENERALAUTHORITY.—In carrying out its pow-18
ers, duties, and functions under the Standing Rules of the 19
Senate, in accordance with its jurisdiction under rule XXV 20
of the Standing Rules of the Senate and Senate Resolution 21
445 (108th Congress), agreed to October 9, 2004, includ-22
ing holding hearings, reporting such hearings, and making 23
investigations as authorized by paragraphs 1 and 8 of rule 24
XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the Committee 25
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on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs is au-1
thorized from March 1, 2025, through February 28, 2027, 2
in its discretion, to— 3
(1) make expenditures from the contingent fund 4
of the Senate; 5
(2) employ personnel; and 6
(3) with the prior consent of the Government 7
department or agency concerned and the Committee 8
on Rules and Administration, use on a reimbursable, 9
or nonreimbursable, basis the services of personnel 10
of any such department or agency. 11
(b) E
XPENSES FORPERIODENDINGSEPTEMBER30, 12
2025.—The expenses of the committee for the period 13
March 1, 2025, through September 30, 2025, under this 14
section shall not exceed $8,380,388, of which amount— 15
(1) not to exceed $400,000 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 $20,000 may be expended for 21
the training of the professional staff of such com-22
mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 23
of that Act). 24
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(c) EXPENSES FORFISCALYEAR2026 PERIOD.— 1
The expenses of the committee for the period October 1, 2
2025, through September 30, 2026, under this section 3
shall not exceed $14,366,379, of which amount— 4
(1) not to exceed $400,000 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 $20,000 may be expended for 10
the training of the professional staff of such com-11
mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 12
of that Act). 13
(d) E
XPENSES FORPERIODENDINGFEBRUARY28, 14
2027.—The expenses of the committee for the period Oc-15
tober 1, 2026, through February 28, 2027, under this sec-16
tion shall not exceed $5,985,991, of which amount— 17
(1) not to exceed $400,000 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 $20,000 may be expended for 23
the training of the professional staff of such com-24
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mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 1
of that Act). 2
(e) I
NVESTIGATIONS.— 3
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The committee, or any duly 4
authorized subcommittee of the committee, is au-5
thorized to study or investigate— 6
(A) the efficiency and economy of oper-7
ations of all branches of the Government in-8
cluding the possible existence of fraud, misfea-9
sance, malfeasance, collusion, mismanagement, 10
incompetence, corruption or unethical practices, 11
waste, extravagance, conflicts of interest, and 12
the improper expenditure of Government funds 13
in transactions, contracts, and activities of the 14
Government or of Government officials and em-15
ployees and any and all such improper practices 16
between Government personnel and corpora-17
tions, individuals, companies, or persons affili-18
ated therewith, doing business with the Govern-19
ment, and the compliance or noncompliance of 20
such corporations, companies, or individuals or 21
other entities with the rules, regulations, and 22
laws governing the various governmental agen-23
cies and the Government’s relationships with 24
the public; 25
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(B) the extent to which criminal or other 1
improper practices or activities are, or have 2
been, engaged in the field of labor-management 3
relations or in groups or organizations of em-4
ployees or employers, to the detriment of inter-5
ests of the public, employers, or employees, and 6
to determine whether any changes are required 7
in the laws of the United States in order to pro-8
tect such interests against the occurrence of 9
such practices or activities; 10
(C) organized criminal activity which may 11
operate in or otherwise utilize the facilities of 12
interstate or international commerce in further-13
ance of any transactions and the manner and 14
extent to which, and the identity of the persons, 15
firms, or corporations, or other entities by 16
whom such utilization is being made, and fur-17
ther, to study and investigate the manner in 18
which and the extent to which persons engaged 19
in organized criminal activity have infiltrated 20
lawful business enterprise, and to study the 21
adequacy of Federal laws to prevent the oper-22
ations of organized crime in interstate or inter-23
national commerce, and to determine whether 24
any changes are required in the laws of the 25
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United States in order to protect the public 1
against such practices or activities; 2
(D) all other aspects of crime and lawless-3
ness within the United States which have an 4
impact upon or affect the national health, wel-5
fare, and safety, including investment fraud 6
schemes, commodity and security fraud, com-7
puter fraud, and the use of offshore banking 8
and corporate facilities to carry out criminal ob-9
jectives; 10
(E) the efficiency and economy of oper-11
ations of all branches and functions of the Gov-12
ernment with particular reference to— 13
(i) the effectiveness of present na-14
tional security methods, staffing, and proc-15
esses as tested against the requirements 16
imposed by the rapidly mounting com-17
plexity of national security problems; 18
(ii) the capacity of present national 19
security staffing, methods, and processes 20
to make full use of the Nation’s resources 21
of knowledge and talents; 22
(iii) the adequacy of present intergov-23
ernmental relations between the United 24
States and international organizations 25
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principally concerned with national security 1
of which the United States is a member; 2
and 3
(iv) legislative and other proposals to 4
improve these methods, processes, and re-5
lationships; 6
(F) the efficiency, economy, and effective-7
ness of all agencies and departments of the 8
Government involved in the control and man-9
agement of energy shortages including their 10
performance with respect to— 11
(i) the collection and dissemination of 12
accurate statistics on fuel demand and 13
supply; 14
(ii) the implementation of effective en-15
ergy conservation measures; 16
(iii) the pricing of energy in all forms; 17
(iv) coordination of energy programs 18
with State and local government; 19
(v) control of exports of scarce fuels; 20
(vi) the management of tax, import, 21
pricing, and other policies affecting energy 22
supplies; 23
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(vii) maintenance of the independent 1
sector of the petroleum industry as a 2
strong competitive force; 3
(viii) the allocation of fuels in short 4
supply by public and private entities; 5
(ix) the management of energy sup-6
plies owned or controlled by the Govern-7
ment; 8
(x) relations with other oil producing 9
and consuming countries; 10
(xi) the monitoring of compliance by 11
governments, corporations, or individuals 12
with the laws and regulations governing 13
the allocation, conservation, or pricing of 14
energy supplies; and 15
(xii) research into the discovery and 16
development of alternative energy supplies; 17
and 18
(G) the efficiency and economy of all 19
branches and functions of Government with 20
particular references to the operations and 21
management of Federal regulatory policies and 22
programs. 23
(2) E
XTENT OF INQUIRIES .—In carrying out 24
the duties provided in paragraph (1), the inquiries 25
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of this committee or any subcommittee of the com-1
mittee shall not be construed to be limited to the 2
records, functions, and operations of any particular 3
branch of the Government and may extend to the 4
records and activities of any persons, corporation, or 5
other entity. 6
(3) S
PECIAL COMMITTEE AUTHORITY .—For the 7
purposes of this subsection, the committee, or any 8
duly authorized subcommittee of the committee, or 9
its chairman, or any other member of the committee 10
or subcommittee designated by the chairman is au-11
thorized, in its, his, her, or their discretion— 12
(A) to require by subpoena or otherwise 13
the attendance of witnesses and production of 14
correspondence, books, papers, and documents; 15
(B) to hold hearings; 16
(C) to sit and act at any time or place dur-17
ing the sessions, recess, and adjournment peri-18
ods of the Senate; 19
(D) to administer oaths; and 20
(E) to take testimony, either orally or by 21
sworn statement, or, in the case of staff mem-22
bers of the committee and the Permanent Sub-23
committee on Investigations, by deposition in 24
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accordance with the committee Rules of Proce-1
dure. 2
(4) A
UTHORITY OF OTHER COMMITTEES .— 3
Nothing contained in this subsection shall affect or 4
impair the exercise of any other standing committee 5
of the Senate of any power, or the discharge by such 6
committee of any duty, conferred or imposed upon 7
it by the Standing Rules of the Senate or by the 8
Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946. 9
(5) S
UBPOENA AUTHORITY .—All subpoenas and 10
related legal processes of the committee and any 11
duly authorized subcommittee of the committee au-12
thorized under Senate Resolution 59 (118th Con-13
gress), agreed to February 15, 2023, are authorized 14
to continue. 15
SEC. 13. COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY. 16
(a) G
ENERALAUTHORITY.—In carrying out its pow-17
ers, duties, and functions under the Standing Rules of the 18
Senate, in accordance with its jurisdiction under rule XXV 19
of the Standing Rules of the Senate, including holding 20
hearings, reporting such hearings, and making investiga-21
tions as authorized by paragraphs 1 and 8 of rule XXVI 22
of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the Committee on 23
the Judiciary is authorized from March 1, 2025, through 24
February 28, 2027, in its discretion, to— 25
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(1) make expenditures from the contingent fund 1
of the Senate; 2
(2) employ personnel; and 3
(3) with the prior consent of the Government 4
department or agency concerned and the Committee 5
on Rules and Administration, use on a reimbursable, 6
or nonreimbursable, basis the services of personnel 7
of any such department or agency. 8
(b) E
XPENSES FORPERIODENDINGSEPTEMBER30, 9
2025.—The expenses of the committee for the period 10
March 1, 2025, through September 30, 2025, under this 11
section shall not exceed $9,064,180, of which amount— 12
(1) not to exceed $100,000 may be expended 13
for the procurement of the services of individual con-14
sultants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by 15
section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act 16
of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 17
(2) not to exceed $10,000 may be expended for 18
the training of the professional staff of such com-19
mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 20
of that Act). 21
(c) E
XPENSES FORFISCALYEAR2026 PERIOD.— 22
The expenses of the committee for the period October 1, 23
2025, through September 30, 2026, under this section 24
shall not exceed $15,538,595, of which amount— 25
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(1) not to exceed $125,000 may be expended 1
for the procurement of the services of individual con-2
sultants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by 3
section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act 4
of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 5
(2) not to exceed $15,000 may be expended for 6
the training of the professional staff of such com-7
mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 8
of that Act). 9
(d) E
XPENSES FORPERIODENDINGFEBRUARY28, 10
2027.—The expenses of the committee for the period Oc-11
tober 1, 2026, through February 28, 2027, under this sec-12
tion shall not exceed $6,474,414, of which amount— 13
(1) not to exceed $80,000 may be expended for 14
the procurement of the services of individual consult-15
ants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by sec-16
tion 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 17
1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 18
(2) not to exceed $10,000 may be expended for 19
the training of the professional staff of such com-20
mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 21
of that Act). 22
(e) A
DDITIONALCOMMITTEEAUTHORITY.—For the 23
purposes of carrying out its investigative powers, duties, 24
and functions under the Standing Rules of the Senate and 25
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in accordance with Committee Rules of Procedure, the 1
committee is authorized to require by subpoena the at-2
tendance of witnesses at depositions of the committee, 3
which may be conducted by designated staff. 4
SEC. 14. COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION. 5
(a) G
ENERALAUTHORITY.—In carrying out its pow-6
ers, duties, and functions under the Standing Rules of the 7
Senate, in accordance with its jurisdiction under rule XXV 8
of the Standing Rules of the Senate, including holding 9
hearings, reporting such hearings, and making investiga-10
tions as authorized by paragraphs 1 and 8 of rule XXVI 11
of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the Committee on 12
Rules and Administration is authorized from March 1, 13
2025, through February 28, 2027, in its discretion, to— 14
(1) make expenditures from the contingent fund 15
of the Senate; 16
(2) employ personnel; and 17
(3) with the prior consent of the Government 18
department or agency concerned and the Committee 19
on Rules and Administration, use on a reimbursable 20
or nonreimbursable basis the services of personnel of 21
any such department or agency. 22
(b) E
XPENSES FORPERIODENDINGSEPTEMBER30, 23
2025.—The expenses of the committee for the period 24
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March 1, 2025, through September 30, 2025, under this 1
section shall not exceed $2,354,135, of which amount— 2
(1) not to exceed $200,000 may be expended 3
for the procurement of the services of individual con-4
sultants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by 5
section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act 6
of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 7
(2) not to exceed $40,000 may be expended for 8
the training of the professional staff of such com-9
mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 10
of that Act). 11
(c) E
XPENSES FORFISCALYEAR2026 PERIOD.— 12
The expenses of the committee for the period October 1, 13
2025, through September 30, 2026, under this section 14
shall not exceed $4,035,660, of which amount— 15
(1) not to exceed $200,000 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 $40,000 may be expended for 21
the training of the professional staff of such com-22
mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 23
of that Act). 24
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(d) EXPENSES FORPERIODENDINGFEBRUARY28, 1
2027.—The expenses of the committee for the period Oc-2
tober 1, 2026, through February 28, 2027, under this sec-3
tion shall not exceed $1,618,525, of which amount— 4
(1) not to exceed $200,000 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 $40,000 may be expended for 10
the training of the professional staff of such com-11
mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 12
of that Act). 13
SEC. 15. COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPRE-14
NEURSHIP. 15
(a) G
ENERALAUTHORITY.—In carrying out its pow-16
ers, duties, and functions under the Standing Rules of the 17
Senate, in accordance with its jurisdiction under rule XXV 18
of the Standing Rules of the Senate, including holding 19
hearings, reporting such hearings, and making investiga-20
tions as authorized by paragraphs 1 and 8 of rule XXVI 21
of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the Committee on 22
Small Business and Entrepreneurship is authorized from 23
March 1, 2025, through February 28, 2027, in its discre-24
tion, to— 25
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(1) make expenditures from the contingent fund 1
of the Senate; 2
(2) employ personnel; and 3
(3) with the prior consent of the Government 4
department or agency concerned and the Committee 5
on Rules and Administration, use on a reimbursable, 6
or nonreimbursable, basis the services of personnel 7
of any such department or agency. 8
(b) E
XPENSES FORPERIODENDINGSEPTEMBER30, 9
2025.—The expenses of the committee for the period 10
March 1, 2025, through September 30, 2025, under this 11
section shall not exceed $2,769,908, of which amount— 12
(1) not to exceed $50,000 may be expended for 13
the procurement of the services of individual consult-14
ants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by sec-15
tion 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 16
1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 17
(2) not to exceed $10,000 may be expended for 18
the training of the professional staff of such com-19
mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 20
of that Act). 21
(c) E
XPENSES FORFISCALYEAR2026 PERIOD.— 22
The expenses of the committee for the period October 1, 23
2025, through September 30, 2026, under this section 24
shall not exceed $4,748,413, of which amount— 25
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(1) not to exceed $50,000 may be expended for 1
the procurement of the services of individual consult-2
ants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by sec-3
tion 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 4
1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 5
(2) not to exceed $10,000 may be expended for 6
the training of the professional staff of such com-7
mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 8
of that Act). 9
(d) E
XPENSES FORPERIODENDINGFEBRUARY28, 10
2027.—The expenses of the committee for the period Oc-11
tober 1, 2026, through February 28, 2027, under this sec-12
tion shall not exceed $1,978,505, of which amount— 13
(1) not to exceed $50,000 may be expended for 14
the procurement of the services of individual consult-15
ants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by sec-16
tion 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 17
1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 18
(2) not to exceed $10,000 may be expended for 19
the training of the professional staff of such com-20
mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 21
of that Act). 22
SEC. 16. COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS. 23
(a) G
ENERALAUTHORITY.—In carrying out its pow-24
ers, duties, and functions under the Standing Rules of the 25
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Senate, in accordance with its jurisdiction under rule XXV 1
of the Standing Rules of the Senate, including holding 2
hearings, reporting such hearings, and making investiga-3
tions as authorized by paragraphs 1 and 8 of rule XXVI 4
of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the Committee on 5
Veterans’ Affairs is authorized from March 1, 2025, 6
through February 28, 2027, in its discretion, to— 7
(1) make expenditures from the contingent fund 8
of the Senate; 9
(2) employ personnel; and 10
(3) with the prior consent of the Government 11
department or agency concerned and the Committee 12
on Rules and Administration, use on a reimbursable, 13
or nonreimbursable, basis the services of personnel 14
of any such department or agency. 15
(b) E
XPENSES FORPERIODENDINGSEPTEMBER30, 16
2025.—The expenses of the committee for the period 17
March 1, 2025, through September 30, 2025, under this 18
section shall not exceed $2,673,928, of which amount— 19
(1) not to exceed $58,000 may be expended for 20
the procurement of the services of individual consult-21
ants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by sec-22
tion 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 23
1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 24
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(2) not to exceed $40,000 may be expended for 1
the training of the professional staff of such com-2
mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 3
of that Act). 4
(c) E
XPENSES FORFISCALYEAR2026 PERIOD.— 5
The expenses of the committee for the period October 1, 6
2025, through September 30, 2026, under this section 7
shall not exceed $4,583,876, of which amount— 8
(1) not to exceed $100,000 may be expended 9
for the procurement of the services of individual con-10
sultants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by 11
section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act 12
of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 13
(2) not to exceed $70,000 may be expended for 14
the training of the professional staff of such com-15
mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 16
of that Act). 17
(d) E
XPENSES FORPERIODENDINGFEBRUARY28, 18
2027.—The expenses of the committee for the period Oc-19
tober 1, 2026, through February 28, 2027, under this sec-20
tion shall not exceed $1,909,948, of which amount— 21
(1) not to exceed $42,000 may be expended for 22
the procurement of the services of individual consult-23
ants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by sec-24
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tion 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1
1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 2
(2) not to exceed $30,000 may be expended for 3
the training of the professional staff of such com-4
mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 5
of that Act). 6
SEC. 17. SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AGING. 7
(a) G
ENERALAUTHORITY.—In carrying out its pow-8
ers, duties, and functions imposed by section 104 of Sen-9
ate Resolution 4 (95th Congress), agreed to February 4, 10
1977, and in exercising the authority conferred on it by 11
such section, the Special Committee on Aging is author-12
ized from March 1, 2025, through February 28, 2027, in 13
its discretion, to— 14
(1) make expenditures from the contingent fund 15
of the Senate; 16
(2) employ personnel; and 17
(3) with the prior consent of the Government 18
department or agency concerned and the Committee 19
on Rules and Administration, use on a reimbursable, 20
or nonreimbursable, basis the services of personnel 21
of any such department or agency. 22
(b) E
XPENSES FORPERIODENDINGSEPTEMBER30, 23
2025.—The expenses of the committee for the period 24
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March 1, 2025, through September 30, 2025, under this 1
section shall not exceed $2,060,695, of which amount— 2
(1) not to exceed $1,500 may be expended for 3
the procurement of the services of individual consult-4
ants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by sec-5
tion 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 6
1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 7
(2) not to exceed $1,500 may be expended for 8
the training of the professional staff of such com-9
mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 10
of that Act). 11
(c) E
XPENSES FORFISCALYEAR2026 PERIOD.— 12
The expenses of the committee for the period October 1, 13
2025, through September 30, 2026, under this section 14
shall not exceed $3,532,620, of which amount— 15
(1) not to exceed $1,500 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 $1,500 may be expended for 21
the training of the professional staff of such com-22
mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 23
of that Act). 24
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(d) EXPENSES FORPERIODENDINGFEBRUARY28, 1
2027.—The expenses of the committee for the period Oc-2
tober 1, 2026, through February 28, 2027, under this sec-3
tion shall not exceed $1,471,925, of which amount— 4
(1) not to exceed $1,500 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 such com-11
mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 12
of that Act). 13
SEC. 18. SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE. 14
(a) G
ENERALAUTHORITY.—In carrying out its pow-15
ers, duties, and functions under Senate Resolution 400 16
(94th Congress), agreed to May 19, 1976, in accordance 17
with its jurisdiction under sections 3(a) and 17 of such 18
Senate Resolution, including holding hearings, reporting 19
such hearings, and making investigations as authorized by 20
section 5 of such Senate Resolution, the Select Committee 21
on Intelligence is authorized from March 1, 2025, through 22
February 28, 2027, in its discretion, to— 23
(1) make expenditures from the contingent fund 24
of the Senate; 25
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(2) employ personnel; and 1
(3) with the prior consent of the Government 2
department or agency concerned and the Committee 3
on Rules and Administration, use on a reimbursable, 4
or nonreimbursable, basis the services of personnel 5
of any such department or agency. 6
(b) E
XPENSES FORPERIODENDINGSEPTEMBER30, 7
2025.—The expenses of the committee for the period 8
March 1, 2025, through September 30, 2025, under this 9
section shall not exceed $5,261,497, of which not to exceed 10
$10,208 may be expended for the procurement of the serv-11
ices of individual consultants, or organizations thereof (as 12
authorized by section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganiza-13
tion Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))). 14
(c) E
XPENSES FORFISCALYEAR2026 PERIOD.— 15
The expenses of the committee for the period October 1, 16
2025, through September 30, 2026, under this section 17
shall not exceed $9,019,709, of which not to exceed 18
$17,500 may be expended for the procurement of the serv-19
ices of individual consultants, or organizations thereof (as 20
authorized by section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganiza-21
tion Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))). 22
(d) E
XPENSES FORPERIODENDINGFEBRUARY28, 23
2027.—The expenses of the committee for the period Oc-24
tober 1, 2026, through February 28, 2027, under this sec-25
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tion shall not exceed $3,758,212, of which not to exceed 1
$7,292 may be expended for the procurement of the serv-2
ices of individual consultants, or organizations thereof (as 3
authorized by section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganiza-4
tion Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))). 5
SEC. 19. COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS. 6
(a) G
ENERALAUTHORITY.—In carrying out its pow-7
ers, duties, and functions imposed by section 105 of Sen-8
ate Resolution 4 (95th Congress), agreed to February 4, 9
1977, and in exercising the authority conferred on it by 10
that section, the Committee on Indian Affairs is author-11
ized from March 1, 2025, through February 28, 2027, in 12
its discretion, to— 13
(1) make expenditures from the contingent fund 14
of the Senate; 15
(2) employ personnel; and 16
(3) with the prior consent of the Government 17
department or agency concerned and the Committee 18
on Rules and Administration, use on a reimbursable, 19
or nonreimbursable, basis the services of personnel 20
of any such department or agency. 21
(b) E
XPENSES FORPERIODENDINGSEPTEMBER30, 22
2025.—The expenses of the committee for the period 23
March 1, 2025, through September 30, 2025, under this 24
section shall not exceed $1,858,378, of which amount— 25
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(1) not to exceed $50,000 may be expended for 1
the procurement of the services of individual consult-2
ants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by sec-3
tion 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 4
1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 5
(2) not to exceed $20,000 may be expended for 6
the training of the professional staff of such com-7
mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 8
of that Act). 9
(c) E
XPENSES FORFISCALYEAR2026 PERIOD.— 10
The expenses of the committee for the period October 1, 11
2025, through September 30, 2026, under this section 12
shall not exceed $3,185,791, of which amount— 13
(1) not to exceed $50,000 may be expended for 14
the procurement of the services of individual consult-15
ants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by sec-16
tion 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 17
1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 18
(2) not to exceed $20,000 may be expended for 19
training consultants of the professional staff of such 20
committee (under procedures specified by section 21
202(j) of that Act). 22
(d) E
XPENSES FORPERIODENDINGFEBRUARY28, 23
2027.—The expenses of the committee for the period Oc-24
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tober 1, 2026, through February 28, 2027, under this sec-1
tion shall not exceed $1,327,413, of which amount— 2
(1) not to exceed $50,000 may be expended for 3
the procurement of the services of individual consult-4
ants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by sec-5
tion 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 6
1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 7
(2) not to exceed $20,000 may be expended for 8
training consultants of the professional staff of such 9
committee (under procedures specified by section 10
202(j) of that Act). 11
SEC. 20. SPECIAL RESERVE. 12
(a) E
STABLISHMENT.—Within the funds in the ac-13
count ‘‘Expenses of Inquiries and Investigations’’, there 14
is authorized to be established a special reserve to be avail-15
able to any committee funded by this resolution as pro-16
vided in subsection (b) of which amount— 17
(1) for the period March 1, 2025, through Sep-18
tember 30, 2025, an amount shall be available, not 19
to exceed 7.6 percent of the amount equal to
7
⁄12th 20
of the appropriations for the account that are avail-21
able for the period October 1, 2024, through Sep-22
tember 30, 2025; 23
(2) for the period October 1, 2025, through 24
September 30, 2026, an amount shall be available, 25
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not to exceed 7.9 percent of the appropriations for 1
the account that are available for that period; and 2
(3) for the period October 1, 2026, through 3
February 28, 2027, an amount shall be available, 4
not to exceed 6.9 percent of the amount equal to 5
5
⁄12thof the appropriations for the account that are 6
available for the period October 1, 2026, through 7
September 30, 2027. 8
(b) A
VAILABILITY.—The special reserve authorized in 9
subsection (a) shall be available to any committee— 10
(1) on the basis of special need to meet unpaid 11
obligations incurred by that committee during the 12
periods referred to in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) 13
of subsection (a); and 14
(2) at the request of a Chairman and Ranking 15
Member of that committee subject to the approval of 16
the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Com-17
mittee on Rules and Administration. 18
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119
TH
CONGRESS
1
ST
S
ESSION
S. RES.
94
RESOLUTION
Authorizing expenditures by committees of the Sen-
ate for the periods March 1, 2025, through Sep-
tember 30, 2025, October 1, 2025, through Sep-
tember 30, 2026, and October 1, 2026, through
February 28, 2027.
F
EBRUARY
25, 2025
Reported the following original resolution; which was
placed on the calendar
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