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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 369

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

of investigations and studies by certain committees of the House in

the second session of the One Hundred Third Congress.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 24, 1994

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 second 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, $2,669,197;

10 Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs,

11 $4,188,650; Committee on the District of Columbia,

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

13 $4,238,064; Committee on Energy and Commerce,

14 $6,608,907; Committee on Foreign Affairs, $4,145,214;

15 Committee on Government Operations, $3,282,875; Com16 mittee on House Administration, $1,994,288; Permanent

17 Select Committee on Intelligence, $104,500; Committee

18 on the Judiciary, $2,734,853; Committee on Merchant

19 Marine and Fisheries, $2,395,679; Committee on Natural

20 Resources, $2,243,095; Committee on Post Office and

21 Civil Service, $1,889,736; Committee on Public Works

22 and Transportation, $3,170,666; Committee on Rules,

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

24 $2,959,438; Committee on Small Business, $1,073,000;

25 Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, $100,000;
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1 Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, $827,034; and Commit2 tee on Ways and Means, $5,070,000.

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

7 section.

8 (b) The committees and amounts referred to in sub9 section (a) are: Committee on Agriculture, $12,000; 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, $60,000; Committee on

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

18 Science, Space, and Technology, $25,000; Committee on

19 Standards of Official Conduct, $45,000; Committee on

20 Veterans’ Affairs, $18,750; and Committee on Ways and

21 Means, $10,000.

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

23 2, each committee named in subsection (b) may use not

24 more than the amount specified in such subsection for spe25 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, $2,000; 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, $100; Committee on Public Works and

10 Transportation, $30,000; Committee on Rules, $2,500;

11 Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, $19,032;

12 Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, $1,000; and

13 Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, $1,500.

14 SEC. 5. In addition to any other activity referred to

15 in this resolution, the Committee on House Administra16 tion, using funds from the amount specified with respect

17 to that Committee in section 2—

18 (1) shall, through House Information Systems,

19 develop, operate, maintain, and improve computer

20 and information services for the House, including di21 rect computer and information systems support for

22 Members, committees, administrative offices, and

23 other governmental entities, and shall conduct nec24 essary investigations and studies of such services;
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1 (2) is authorized to oversee any reimbursement

2 for services described in paragraph (1) and any ex3 penditure of amounts so reimbursed; and

4 (3) is authorized to provide for professional de5 velopment programs, office and personnel manage6 ment consultation services, and periodic publication

7 of handbooks, guides, bulletins, and other items nec8 essary for the House.

9 SEC. 6. Payments under this resolution shall be made

10 on vouchers authorized by the committee involved, signed

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

12 Committee on House Administration.

13 SEC. 7. Amounts shall be available under this resolu14 tion for investigations and studies carried out during the

15 period beginning at noon on January 3, 1994, and ending

16 immediately before noon on January 3, 1995.

17 SEC. 8. Amounts made available under this resolution

18 shall be expended in accordance with regulations pre19 scribed by the Committee on House Administration.

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