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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 107

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

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 contin2 gent fund of the House in accordance with this primary

3 expense resolution not more than the amount specified in

4 section 2 for investigations and studies by each committee

5 named in such section, including expenses—

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

7 3, for procurement of consultant services under sec-
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1 tion 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of

2 1946; and

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

4 4, for provision of assistance for members of profes5 sional staff in obtaining specialized training under

6 section 202(j) of such Act.

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

8 the first section are: Committee on Agriculture,

9 $2,257,937; Committee on Armed Services, $2,650,233;

10 Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs,

11 $4,431,461; Committee on the District of Columbia,

12 $342,035; Committee on Education and Labor,

13 $4,036,251; Committee on Energy and Commerce,

14 $6,561,340; Committee on Foreign Affairs, $4,201,658;

15 Committee on Government Operations, $3,577,960; Com16 mittee on House Administration, $2,000,351; Permanent

17 Select Committee on Intelligence, $110,000; Committee

18 on the Judiciary, $2,764,007; Committee on Merchant

19 Marine and Fisheries, $2,500,441; Committee on Natural

20 Resources, $2,268,318; Committee on Post Office and

21 Civil Service, $1,997,572; Committee on Public Works

22 and Transportation, $3,103,247; Committee on Rules,

23 $722,479; Committee on Science, Space, and Technology,

24 $3,090,776; Committee on Small Business, $1,090,000;

25 Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, $350,000;
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1 Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, $911,759; and Commit2 tee on Ways and Means, $4,992,000.

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

4 2, each committee named in subsection (b) may use not

5 more than the amount specified in such subsection for

6 consultant services under paragraph (1) of the first sec7 tion.

8 (b) The committees and amounts referred to in sub9 section (a) are: Committee on Agriculture, $10,000; Com10 mittee on Armed Services, $40,000; Committee on the

11 District of Columbia, $8,000; Committee on Education

12 and Labor, $100,000; Committee on Energy and Com13 merce, $25,000; Committee on Government Operations,

14 $10,000; Committee on House Administration, $225,000;

15 Committee on Natural Resources, $2,500; Committee on

16 Post Office and Civil Service, $175,000; Committee on

17 Public Works and Transportation, $50,000; Committee on

18 Standards of Official Conduct, $200,000; Committee on

19 Veterans’ Affairs, $55,000; and Committee on Ways and

20 Means, $10,000.

21 SEC. 4. (a) Of the amounts provided for in section

22 2, each committee named in subsection (b) may use not

23 more than the amount specified in such subsection for spe24 cialized 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; Com3 mittee on Armed Services, $8,000; Committee on the Dis4 trict of Columbia, $1,000; Committee on Education and

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

6 $2,000; Committee on House Administration, $20,000;

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

8 Committee on the Judiciary, $5,000; Committee on Natu9 ral Resources, $4,378; Committee on Public Works and

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

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

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

13 Committee on 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

17 than $495,000 for one-half of the expenses of investiga18 tions and studies by the Joint Committee on the Organiza19 tion of the Congress (hereinafter in this section referred

20 to as the ‘‘Committee’’), including expenses for procure21 ment of consultant services under section 202(i) of the

22 Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946.

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

24 in subsection (a) may be used for consultant services re25 ferred to in such subsection.
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1 (c) Notwithstanding sections 7 and 8—

2 (1) payments under this section shall be made

3 on vouchers signed by the House of Representatives

4 co-chairman of the Committee and approved by the

5 Committee on House Administration; and

6 (2) amounts shall be available under this sec7 tion for investigations and studies carried out during

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

9 and 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

21 committee; 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 pre13 scribed by the Committee on House Administration.

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