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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 54 

Authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 26, 2013 

Mr. CARPER, from the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 

Affairs, reported the following original resolution; which was referred to 

the Committee on Rules and Administration 

RESOLUTION 

Authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Homeland 

Security and Governmental Affairs. 

1 Resolved, 

2 SECTION 1. GENERAL AUTHORITY. 

3 In carrying out its powers, duties, and functions 

4 under the Standing Rules of the Senate, in accordance 

5 with its jurisdiction under rule XXV of the Standing Rules 

6 of the Senate and S. Res. 445 (108th Congress), including 

7 holding hearings, reporting such hearings, and making in8 vestigations as authorized by paragraphs 1 and 8 of rule 

9 XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the Committee 

10 on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (in this 


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1 resolution referred to as the ‘‘committee’’) is authorized 

2 from March 1, 2013 through September 30, 2013, in its 

3 discretion to— 

4 (1) make expenditures from the contingent fund 

5 of the Senate; 

6 (2) employ personnel; and 

7 (3) with the prior consent of the Government 

8 department or agency concerned and the Committee 

9 on Rules and Administration, use on a reimbursable 

10 or nonreimbursable basis the services of personnel of 

11 any such department or agency. 

12 SEC. 2. EXPENSES FOR PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 

13 2013. 

14 The expenses of the committee for the period March 

15 1, 2013 through September 30, 2013 under this resolution 

16 shall not exceed $6,074,429, of which amount— 

17 (1) not to exceed $75,000 may be expended for 

18 the procurement of the services of individual consult19 ants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by sec20 tion 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 

21 1946 (2 U.S.C. 72a(i))); and 

22 (2) not to exceed $20,000 may be expended for 

23 the training of the professional staff of the com24 mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 

25 of that Act). 


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1 SEC. 3. EXPENSES; AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS; AND INVES2 TIGATIONS. 

3 (a) EXPENSES OF THE COMMITTEE.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para5 graph (2), expenses of the committee under this res6 olution shall be paid from the contingent fund of the 

7 Senate upon vouchers approved by the chairman of 

8 the committee. 

9 (2) VOUCHERS NOT REQUIRED.—Vouchers shall 

10 not be required for— 

11 (A) the disbursement of salaries of employ12 ees paid at an annual rate; 

13 (B) the payment of telecommunications 

14 provided by the Office of the Sergeant at Arms 

15 and Doorkeeper; 

16 (C) the payment of stationery supplies pur17 chased through the Keeper of the Stationery; 

18 (D) payments to the Postmaster of the 

19 Senate; 

20 (E) the payment of metered charges on 

21 copying equipment provided by the Office of the 

22 Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper; 

23 (F) the payment of Senate Recording and 

24 Photographic Services; or 


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1 (G) the payment of franked and mass mail 

2 costs by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, 

3 United States Senate. 

4 (b) AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS.—There are authorized 

5 such sums as may be necessary for agency contributions 

6 related to the compensation of employees of the committee 

7 from March 1, 2013 through September 30, 2013, to be 

8 paid from the appropriations account for ‘‘Expenses of In9 quiries and Investigations’’ of the Senate. 

10 (c) INVESTIGATIONS.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—The committee, or any duly 

12 authorized subcommittee of the committee, is au13 thorized to study or investigate— 

14 (A) the efficiency and economy of oper15 ations of all branches of the Government in16 cluding the possible existence of fraud, misfea17 sance, malfeasance, collusion, mismanagement, 

18 incompetence, corruption, or unethical prac19 tices, waste, extravagance, conflicts of interest, 

20 and the improper expenditure of Government 

21 funds in transactions, contracts, and activities 

22 of the Government or of Government officials 

23 and employees and any and all such improper 

24 practices between Government personnel and 

25 corporations, individuals, companies, or persons 


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1 affiliated therewith, doing business with the 

2 Government; and the compliance or noncompli3 ance of such corporations, companies, or indi4 viduals or other entities with the rules, regula5 tions, and laws governing the various govern6 mental agencies and its relationships with the 

7 public; 

8 (B) the extent to which criminal or other 

9 improper practices or activities are, or have 

10 been, engaged in the field of labor-management 

11 relations or in groups or organizations of em12 ployees or employers, to the detriment of inter13 ests of the public, employers, or employees, and 

14 to determine whether any changes are required 

15 in the laws of the United States in order to pro16 tect such interests against the occurrence of 

17 such practices or activities; 

18 (C) organized criminal activity which may 

19 operate in or otherwise utilize the facilities of 

20 interstate or international commerce in further21 ance of any transactions and the manner and 

22 extent to which, and the identity of the persons, 

23 firms, or corporations, or other entities by 

24 whom such utilization is being made, and fur25 ther, to study and investigate the manner in 


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1 which and the extent to which persons engaged 

2 in organized criminal activity have infiltrated 

3 lawful business enterprise, and to study the 

4 adequacy of Federal laws to prevent the oper5 ations of organized crime in interstate or inter6 national commerce; and to determine whether 

7 any changes are required in the laws of the 

8 United States in order to protect the public 

9 against such practices or activities; 

10 (D) all other aspects of crime and lawless11 ness within the United States which have an 

12 impact upon or affect the national health, wel13 fare, and safety; including but not limited to in14 vestment fraud schemes, commodity and secu15 rity fraud, computer fraud, and the use of off16 shore banking and corporate facilities to carry 

17 out criminal objectives; 

18 (E) the efficiency and economy of oper19 ations of all branches and functions of the Gov20 ernment with particular reference to— 

21 (i) the effectiveness of present na22 tional security methods, staffing, and proc23 esses as tested against the requirements 

24 imposed by the rapidly mounting com25 plexity of national security problems; 


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1 (ii) the capacity of present national 

2 security staffing, methods, and processes 

3 to make full use of the Nation’s resources 

4 of knowledge and talents; 

5 (iii) the adequacy of present intergov6 ernmental relations between the United 

7 States and international organizations 

8 principally concerned with national security 

9 of which the United States is a member; 

10 and 

11 (iv) legislative and other proposals to 

12 improve these methods, processes, and re13 lationships; 

14 (F) the efficiency, economy, and effective15 ness of all agencies and departments of the 

16 Government involved in the control and man17 agement of energy shortages including, but not 

18 limited to, their performance with respect to— 

19 (i) the collection and dissemination of 

20 accurate statistics on fuel demand and 

21 supply; 

22 (ii) the implementation of effective en23 ergy conservation measures; 

24 (iii) the pricing of energy in all forms; 


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1 (iv) coordination of energy programs 

2 with State and local government; 

3 (v) control of exports of scarce fuels; 

4 (vi) the management of tax, import, 

5 pricing, and other policies affecting energy 

6 supplies; 

7 (vii) maintenance of the independent 

8 sector of the petroleum industry as a 

9 strong competitive force; 

10 (viii) the allocation of fuels in short 

11 supply by public and private entities; 

12 (ix) the management of energy sup13 plies owned or controlled by the Govern14 ment; 

15 (x) relations with other oil producing 

16 and consuming countries; 

17 (xi) the monitoring of compliance by 

18 governments, corporations, or individuals 

19 with the laws and regulations governing 

20 the allocation, conservation, or pricing of 

21 energy supplies; and 

22 (xii) research into the discovery and 

23 development of alternative energy supplies; 

24 and 


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1 (G) the efficiency and economy of all 

2 branches and functions of Government with 

3 particular references to the operations and 

4 management of Federal regulatory policies and 

5 programs. 

6 (2) EXTENT OF INQUIRIES.—In carrying out 

7 the duties provided in paragraph (1), the inquiries 

8 of this committee or any subcommittee of the com9 mittee shall not be construed to be limited to the 

10 records, functions, and operations of any particular 

11 branch of the Government and may extend to the 

12 records and activities of any persons, corporation, or 

13 other entity. 

14 (3) SPECIAL COMMITTEE AUTHORITY.—For the 

15 purposes of this subsection, the committee, or any 

16 duly authorized subcommittee of the committee, or 

17 its chairman, or any other member of the committee 

18 or subcommittee designated by the chairman is au19 thorized, in its, his, her, or their discretion— 

20 (A) to require by subpoena or otherwise 

21 the attendance of witnesses and production of 

22 correspondence, books, papers, and documents; 

23 (B) to hold hearings; 


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1 (C) to sit and act at any time or place dur2 ing the sessions, recess, and adjournment peri3 ods of the Senate; 

4 (D) to administer oaths; and 

5 (E) to take testimony, either orally or by 

6 sworn statement, or, in the case of staff mem7 bers of the Committee and the Permanent Sub8 committee on Investigations, by deposition in 

9 accordance with the Committee Rules of Proce10 dure. 

11 (4) AUTHORITY OF OTHER COMMITTEES.— 

12 Nothing contained in this subsection shall affect or 

13 impair the exercise of any other standing committee 

14 of the Senate of any power, or the discharge by such 

15 committee of any duty, conferred or imposed upon 

16 it by the Standing Rules of the Senate or by the 

17 Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946. 

18 (5) SUBPOENA AUTHORITY.—All subpoenas and 

19 related legal processes of the committee and its sub20 committee authorized under S. Res. 81, agreed to 

21 March 2, 2011 (112th Congress), are authorized to 

22 continue. 

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