What This Bill Does
This resolution allows the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship to spend money on its operations and activities. The committee can hire staff, use money from the Senate's emergency fund, and potentially borrow employees from government agencies.
Who It Affects
The Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship is directly affected. Senate office staff, consultants, and federal agency employees may also be impacted.
Key Provisions
• The committee can spend up to $2,518,098 for operations between March 1, 2023 and September 30, 2023 (Sec. 2(a))
• The committee can spend up to $4,316,738 for operations between October 1, 2023 and September 30, 2024 (Sec. 2(b))
• The committee can spend up to $1,798,642 for operations between October 1, 2024 and February 28, 2025 (Sec. 2(c))
• The committee can hire consultants and organizations for up to $50,000 during each time period (Sec. 2(a)(1), 2(b)(1), 2(c)(1))
• The committee can spend up to $10,000 on training its professional staff during each time period (Sec. 2(a)(2), 2(b)(2), 2(c)(2))
• The committee chairman approves all expense payments from the Senate's contingent fund (Sec. 3(a)(1))
What Changes
The committee receives official authorization to spend specified amounts of money on its operations across three separate time periods between March 2023 and February 2025.
Important Definitions
None defined.
Effective Date
March 1, 2023 through February 28, 2025.
III
118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. RES. 37
Authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Small Business and
Entrepreneurship.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
Mr. CARDIN, from the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship,
reported the following original resolution; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Rules and Administration
RESOLUTION
Authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Small
Business and Entrepreneurship.
Resolved,
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SECTION 1. GENERAL AUTHORITY.
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In carrying out its powers, duties, and functions
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under the Standing Rules of the Senate, in accordance
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with its jurisdiction under rule XXV of the Standing Rules
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of the Senate, including holding hearings, reporting such
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hearings, and making investigations as authorized by
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paragraphs 1 and 8 of rule XXVI of the Standing Rules
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of the Senate, the Committee on Small Business and En-
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trepreneurship (in this resolution referred to as the ‘‘com-
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mittee’’) is authorized from March 1, 2023, through Feb-
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ruary 28, 2025, in its discretion, to—
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(1) make expenditures from the contingent fund
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of the Senate;
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(2) employ personnel; and
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(3) with the prior consent of the Government
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department or agency concerned and the Committee
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on Rules and Administration, use on a reimbursable
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or nonreimbursable basis the services of personnel of
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any such department or agency.
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SEC. 2. EXPENSES.
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(a) EXPENSES FOR PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 30,
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2023.—The expenses of the committee for the period
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March 1, 2023, through September 30, 2023, under this
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resolution shall not exceed $2,518,098, of which amount—
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(1) not to exceed $50,000 may be expended for
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the procurement of the services of individual consult-
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ants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by sec-
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tion 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of
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1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and
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(2) not to exceed $10,000 may be expended for
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the training of the professional staff of the com-
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mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j)
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of that Act).
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(b) EXPENSES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 PERIOD.—
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The expenses of the committee for the period October 1,
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2023, through September 30, 2024, under this resolution
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shall not exceed $4,316,738, of which amount—
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(1) not to exceed $50,000 may be expended for
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the procurement of the services of individual consult-
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ants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by sec-
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tion 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of
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1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and
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(2) not to exceed $10,000 may be expended for
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the training of the professional staff of the com-
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mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j)
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of that Act).
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(c) EXPENSES FOR PERIOD ENDING FEBRUARY 28,
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2025.—The expenses of the committee for the period Oc-
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tober 1, 2024, through February 28, 2025, under this res-
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olution shall not exceed $1,798,642, of which amount—
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(1) not to exceed $50,000 may be expended for
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the procurement of the services of individual consult-
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ants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by sec-
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tion 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of
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1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and
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(2) not to exceed $10,000 may be expended for
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the training of the professional staff of the com-
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mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j)
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of that Act).
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SEC. 3. EXPENSES AND AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS.
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(a) EXPENSES OF THE COMMITTEE.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
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graph (2), expenses of the committee under this res-
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olution shall be paid from the contingent fund of the
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Senate upon vouchers approved by the chairman of
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the committee.
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(2) VOUCHERS NOT REQUIRED.—Vouchers shall
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not be required for—
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(A) the disbursement of salaries of employ-
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ees paid at an annual rate;
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(B) the payment of telecommunications
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provided by the Office of the Sergeant at Arms
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and Doorkeeper;
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(C) the payment of stationery supplies pur-
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chased through the Keeper of the Stationery;
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(D) payments to the Postmaster of the
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Senate;
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(E) the payment of metered charges on
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copying equipment provided by the Office of the
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Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper;
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(F) the payment of Senate Recording and
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Photographic Services; or
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(G) the payment of franked and mass mail
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costs by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper.
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(b) AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS.—There are authorized
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to be paid from the appropriations account for ‘‘Expenses
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of Inquiries and Investigations’’ of the Senate such sums
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as may be necessary for agency contributions related to
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the compensation of employees of the committee—
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(1) for the period March 1, 2023, through Sep-
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tember 30, 2023;
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(2) for the period October 1, 2023, through
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September 30, 2024; and
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(3) for the period October 1, 2024, through
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February 28, 2025.
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