[United States Senate Manual, 110th Congress]
[S. Doc. 110-1]
[Non-statutory Standing Orders and Regulations Affecting the Business of the Senate]
[Pages 127-128]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


        75              COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS AUTHORITY

                Resolved, That for the purpose of obtaining and laying 
            factual data and information before the Senate Committee on 
            Appropriations, or any subcommittee thereof, for its 
            consideration in the discharge of its functions, the 
            chairman or acting chairman of said committee is hereby 
            authorized and directed, within the limit of funds made 
            available by resolutions of the Senate, to appoint and 
            employ such experts as he may deem necessary to obtain such 
            data and information, and such experts, upon the written 
            authority of the chairman or acting chairman, shall have the 
            right to examine the books, documents, papers, reports, or 
            other records of any department, agency, or establishment of 
            the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and 
            elsewhere; be it further
                Resolved, That the said committee through its chairman 
            is hereby authorized, within the limit of funds made avail

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            able by resolutions of the Senate, to appoint additional 
            clerical help and assistants.

             [S. Res. 193, 78-1, Oct. 14, 1943; S. Res. 281, 96-2, Mar. 
                                                              11, 1980.]