What This Bill Does
This resolution allows the Senate's Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry to spend money and hire staff to do its work. The committee can hold hearings, report on those hearings, and conduct investigations from March 1, 2023 through February 28, 2025.
Who It Affects
The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry is directly affected. This resolution also affects the Senate's budget system and any government departments or agencies that might lend staff to the committee.
Key Provisions
- The committee can spend money from the Senate's contingent fund (a special budget account), hire employees, and use government workers with permission from their agencies and the Senate Rules Committee (Sec. 1)
- The committee has a spending limit of $4,212,203 from March 1, 2023 through September 30, 2023, with up to $200,000 for hiring consultants and $40,000 for staff training (Sec. 2(a))
- The committee has a spending limit of $7,220,919 from October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024, with up to $200,000 for consultants and $40,000 for staff training (Sec. 2(b))
- The committee has a spending limit of $3,008,716 from October 1, 2024 through February 28, 2025, with up to $200,000 for consultants and $40,000 for staff training (Sec. 2(c))
- Most committee expenses are paid from the Senate's contingent fund after the committee chairman approves them, but certain routine payments like salaries and postage do not need approval vouchers (Sec. 3(a))
What Changes
The Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry receives authorization to operate with specific spending limits during three separate time periods. The committee gains the ability to use government workers from other agencies if those agencies agree.
Important Definitions
Contingent fund: a special Senate budget account used for committee expenses.
Effective Date
March 1, 2023.
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118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. RES. 48
Authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
Ms. STABENOW, from the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry,
reported the following original resolution; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Rules and Administration
RESOLUTION
Authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry.
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 Agriculture, Nutrition,
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and Forestry (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 $4,212,203, of which amount—
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(1) not to exceed $200,000 may be expended
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for the procurement of the services of individual con-
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sultants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by
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section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act
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of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and
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(2) not to exceed $40,000 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 $7,220,919, of which amount—
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(1) not to exceed $200,000 may be expended
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for the procurement of the services of individual con-
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sultants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by
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section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act
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of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and
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(2) not to exceed $40,000 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 $3,008,716, of which amount—
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(1) not to exceed $200,000 may be expended
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for the procurement of the services of individual con-
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sultants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by
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section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act
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of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and
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(2) not to exceed $40,000 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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