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<dc:title>117 SRES 53 IS: Authorizing expenditures by the Select Committee on Intelligence.</dc:title>
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<distribution-code display="yes">III</distribution-code><congress display="yes">117th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num>S. RES. 53</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20210212">February 12, 2021</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S327">Mr. Warner</sponsor>, from the <committee-name committee-id="SLIN00">Select Committee on Intelligence</committee-name>, reported the following original resolution; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSRA00">Committee on Rules and Administration</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>RESOLUTION</legis-type><official-title display="yes">Authorizing expenditures by the Select Committee on Intelligence.</official-title></form><resolution-body><section section-type="section-one" id="id2DEACF597B7F41BF9C7B51EA8AB77F78"><enum>1.</enum><header>General
 authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In carrying out its powers, duties, and functions under S. Res. 400 (94th Congress), agreed to May 19, 1976, as amended by S. Res. 445 (108th Congress), agreed to October 9, 2004, in accordance with its jurisdiction under sections 3(a) and 17 of such S. Res. 400, including holding hearings, reporting such hearings, and making investigations as authorized by section 5 of such S. Res. 400, the Select Committee on Intelligence (in this resolution referred to as the <quote>committee</quote>) is authorized from March 1, 2021 through February 28, 2023, in its discretion, to—</text><paragraph id="idE0AE2E32D4904C35A54AA49FCF00049C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make expenditures from the contingent fund of the Senate;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id27072AD13A254038BBB2B701A105C049"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">employ personnel; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idC7227967962243A7BD95E626BCD529FA"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with the prior consent of the Government department or agency concerned and the Committee on Rules and Administration, use on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis the services of personnel of any such department or agency.</text></paragraph></section><section id="ID217b32e9fdd54f97a595910ad52ebe42"><enum>2.</enum><header>Expenses</header><subsection id="id00E3E2D3A9F34632B8BC979D87171CB1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Expenses for
 period ending September 30, 2021</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The expenses of the committee for the period March 1, 2021 through September 30, 2021 under this resolution shall not exceed $4,078,193, of which amount not to exceed $10,000 may be expended for the procurement of the services of individual consultants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/4301">2 U.S.C. 4301(i)</external-xref>)).</text></subsection><subsection id="id5d0fe9ac86b344b788ff5d9cfcb6bbcb"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Expenses for fiscal year 2022 period</header><text>The expenses of the committee for the period October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022 under this resolution shall not exceed $6,991,188, of which amount not to exceed $17,144 may be expended for the procurement of the services of individual consultants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/4301">2 U.S.C. 4301(i)</external-xref>)).</text></subsection><subsection id="id0fe4585754b34882a9736098fe90bb07"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Expenses for period ending February 28, 2023</header><text>The expenses of the committee for the period October 1, 2022 through February 28, 2023 under this resolution shall not exceed $2,912,995, of which amount not to exceed $7,143 may be expended for the procurement of the services of individual consultants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/4301">2 U.S.C. 4301(i)</external-xref>)).</text></subsection></section><section id="ID478da0c840a34fe48e2e25ce9878db1c"><enum>3.</enum><header>Expenses and
			 agency contributions</header><subsection id="ID15785b847a7246dea1d99f0aba018389"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Expenses of the
			 committee</header><paragraph id="ID6bdb3418963c4980b390eb04801c6da0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
 general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), expenses of the committee under this resolution shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate upon vouchers approved by the chairman of the committee.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID8c915fe43d664ee19c05aa93185762c3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Vouchers not
 required</header><text>Vouchers shall not be required for—</text><subparagraph id="id9C02876F0C0D41AEB594D0F98C9B70DC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the disbursement of salaries of employees paid at an annual rate;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC29CF8B73F344E878C8150D71FCF1E0D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the payment of telecommunications provided by the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id736F0B7641134661858152888F2218AC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the payment of stationery supplies purchased through the Keeper of the Stationery;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCBCC571511BF4F6B84846E5862A164E4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>payments to the Postmaster of the Senate;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD32EA99749A6464D9A35692DF777802D"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the payment of metered charges on copying equipment provided by the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id59E375180A994B4A9420AF3D7BAD3A09"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the payment of Senate Recording and Photographic Services; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8C95D6D8F0BC4BCA989D572272A82F4F"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the payment of franked and mass mail costs by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID0d031a12098648e88168c67a2ebe67d3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Agency
 contributions</header><text>There are authorized to be paid from the appropriations account for <quote>Expenses of Inquiries and Investigations</quote> of the Senate such sums as may be necessary for agency contributions related to the compensation of employees of the committee—</text><paragraph id="idCCC766704E1149C197C4860FB08C6596"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for the period March 1, 2021 through September 30, 2021;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idC0A2F5B02A5349F79F36DDD8C5152905"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for the period October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idDDBB25405F47412991E5174A480E53C2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>for the period October 1, 2022 through February 28, 2023.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></resolution-body></resolution> 

