House Calendar No. 21

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 107

[Report No. 103–38]

RESOLUTION

Providing amounts from the contingent fund of the

first session of the One Hundred Third Congress.studies by certain committees of the House in theHouse for the expenses of investigations and

MARCH 23, 1993

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

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House Calendar No. 21

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 107

[Report No. 103–38]

Providing amounts from the contingent fund of the House for the expenses

of investigations and studies by certain committees of the House in

the first session of the One Hundred Third Congress.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 2, 1993

Mr. FROST submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the

Committee on House Administration

MARCH 23, 1993

Reported with an amendment, referred to the House Calendar, and ordered

to be printed

[Strike out all after the resolving clause and insert the part printed in italic]

[For text of introduced resolution, see copy of resolution as introduced on March 2, 1993]

RESOLUTION

Providing amounts from the contingent fund of the House

for the expenses of investigations and studies by certain

committees of the House in the first session of the One

Hundred Third Congress.

1 Resolved, That there shall be paid out of the contingent

2 fund of the House in accordance with this primary expense

3 resolution not more than the amount specified in section
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1 2 for investigations and studies by each committee named

2 in such section, including expenses—

3 (1) in the case of a committee named in section

4 3, for procurement of consultant services under sec5 tion 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of

6 1946; and

7 (2) in the case of a committee named in section

8 4, for provision of assistance for members of profes9 sional staff in obtaining specialized training under

10 section 202(j) of such Act.

11 SEC. 2. The committees and amounts referred to in

12 the first section are: Committee on Agriculture, $2,257,937;

13 Committee on Armed Services, $2,525,684; Committee on

14 Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, $4,076,066; Commit15 tee on the District of Columbia, $342,035; Committee on

16 Education and Labor, $4,036,251; Committee on Energy

17 and Commerce, $6,413,209; Committee on Foreign Affairs,

18 $3,917,642; Committee on Government Operations,

19 $3,282,875; Committee on House Administration,

20 $1,941,450; Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence,

21 $110,000; Committee on the Judiciary, $2,490,768; Com22 mittee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, $2,322,057;

23 Committee on Natural Resources, $2,192,434; Committee on

24 Post Office and Civil Service, $1,948,999; Committee on

25 Public Works and Transportation, $2,951,842; Committee
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1 on Rules, $722,479; Committee on Science, Space, and

2 Technology, $2,959,438; Committee on Small Business,

3 $1,055,000; Committee on Standards of Official Conduct,

4 $100,000; Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, $761,635; and

5 Committee on Ways and Means, $4,875,600.

6 SEC. 3. (a) Of the amounts provided for in section 2,

7 each committee named in subsection (b) may use not more

8 than the amount specified in such subsection for consultant

9 services under paragraph (1) of the first section.

10 (b) The committees and amounts referred to in sub11 section (a) are: Committee on Agriculture, $10,000; Com12 mittee on Armed Services, $40,000; Committee on the Dis13 trict of Columbia, $8,000; Committee on Education and

14 Labor, $100,000; Committee on Energy and Commerce,

15 $25,000; Committee on Government Operations, $10,000;

16 Committee on House Administration, $225,000; Committee

17 on Natural Resources, $2,500; Committee on Post Office

18 and Civil Service, $175,000; Committee on Public Works

19 and Transportation, $50,000; Committee on Standards of

20 Official Conduct, $100,000; Committee on Veterans’ Affairs,

21 $55,000; and Committee on Ways and Means, $10,000.

22 SEC. 4. (a) Of the amounts provided for in section 2,

23 each committee named in subsection (b) may use not more

24 than the amount specified in such subsection for specialized

25 training under paragraph (2) of the first section.
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1 (b) The committees and amounts referred to in sub2 section (a) are: Committee on Agriculture, $1,000; Commit3 tee on Armed Services, $8,000; Committee on the District

4 of Columbia, $1,000; Committee on Education and Labor,

5 $10,000; Committee on Government Operations, $2,000;

6 Committee on House Administration, $20,000; Permanent

7 Select Committee on Intelligence, $5,000; Committee on the

8 Judiciary, $5,000; Committee on Natural Resources,

9 $4,378; Committee on Public Works and Transportation,

10 $30,000; Committee on Rules, $4,500; Committee on

11 Science, Space, and Technology, $7,600; Committee on

12 Standards of Official Conduct, $5,000; and Committee on

13 Veterans’ Affairs, $1,500.

14 SEC. 5. (a) In addition to the amounts made available

15 for other committees under this resolution, there shall be

16 paid out of the contingent fund of the House not more than

17 $495,000 for one-half of the expenses of investigations and

18 studies by the Joint Committee on the Organization of the

19 Congress (hereinafter in this section referred to as the

20 ‘‘Committee’’), including expenses for procurement of con21 sultant services under section 202(i) of the Legislative Reor22 ganization Act of 1946.

23 (b) Not more than $50,000 of the amount specified in

24 subsection (a) may be used for consultant services referred

25 to in such subsection.
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1 (c) Notwithstanding sections 7 and 8—

2 (1) payments under this section shall be made on

3 vouchers signed by the House of Representatives co4 chairman of the Committee and approved by the

5 Committee on House Administration; and

6 (2) amounts shall be available under this section

7 for investigations and studies carried out during the

8 period beginning at noon on January 3, 1993, and

9 ending on December 31, 1993.

10 SEC. 6. The Committee on House Administration—

11 (1) shall, through House Information Systems,

12 develop, operate, maintain, and improve computer

13 and information services for the House, including di14 rect computer and information systems support for

15 Members, committees, administrative offices, and

16 other governmental entities, and shall conduct nec17 essary investigations and studies of such services;

18 (2) is authorized to receive reimbursement for

19 services under paragraph (1) and to expend amounts

20 so reimbursed in accordance with policies of the com21 mittee; and

22 (3) is authorized to provide for professional de23 velopment programs, office and personnel manage24 ment consultation services, and periodic publication
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1 of handbooks, guides, bulletins, and other items nec2 essary for the House.

3 SEC. 7. Payments under this resolution shall be made

4 on vouchers authorized by the committee involved, signed

5 by the chairman of such committee, and approved by the

6 Committee on House Administration.

7 SEC. 8. Amounts shall be available under this resolu8 tion for investigations and studies carried out during the

9 period beginning at noon on January 3, 1993, and ending

10 immediately before noon on January 3, 1994.

11 SEC. 9. Amounts made available under this resolution

12 shall be expended in accordance with regulations prescribed

13 by the Committee on House Administration.

14 SEC. 10. The Committee on House Administration

15 shall have authority to make adjustments in amounts for

16 investigations and studies under sections 2 and 5, if nec17 essary to comply with an order of the President issued

18 under section 254 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency

19 Deficit Control Act of 1985 or to conform to any reduction

20 in appropriations for the purposes of such sections 2 and

21 5.