    [United States Senate Manual, 116th Congress]
    [S. Doc. 116-1]
    [Non-statutory Standing Orders and Regulations Affecting the Business of the Senate]
    [Pages 114-115]
    [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

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                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
                available 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.]