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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 234 

Authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 17, 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 October 1, 2013, through February 28, 2015, 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 FEBRUARY 28, 2015. 

13 (a) EXPENSES FOR THE PERIOD OCTOBER 1, 2013, 

14 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2014.—The expenses of the 

15 committee for the period October 1, 2013, through Sep16 tember 30, 2014, under this resolution shall not exceed 

17 $9,488,952, of which amount— 

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

19 the procurement of the services of individual consult20 ants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by sec21 tion 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 

22 1946 (2 U.S.C. 72a(i))); and 

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

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1 mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 

2 of that Act). 

3 (b) EXPENSES FOR THE PERIOD OCTOBER 1, 2014, 

4 THROUGH FEBRUARY 28, 2015.—The expenses of the 

5 committee for the period October 1, 2014, through Feb6 ruary 28, 2015, under this resolution shall not exceed 

7 $3,953,730, of which amount— 

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

9 the procurement of the services of individual consult10 ants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by sec11 tion 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 

12 1946 (2 U.S.C. 72a(i))); and 

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

14 the training of the professional staff of the com15 mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 

16 of that Act). 

17 SEC. 3. EXPENSES; AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS; AND INVES18 TIGATIONS. 

19 (a) EXPENSES OF THE COMMITTEE.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para21 graph (2), expenses of the committee under this res22 olution shall be paid from the contingent fund of the 

23 Senate upon vouchers approved by the chairman of 

24 the committee. 


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1 (2) VOUCHERS NOT REQUIRED.—Vouchers shall 

2 not be required for— 

3 (A) the disbursement of salaries of employ4 ees paid at an annual rate; 

5 (B) the payment of telecommunications 

6 provided by the Office of the Sergeant at Arms 

7 and Doorkeeper; 

8 (C) the payment of stationery supplies pur9 chased through the Keeper of the Stationery; 

10 (D) payments to the Postmaster of the 

11 Senate; 

12 (E) the payment of metered charges on 

13 copying equipment provided by the Office of the 

14 Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper; 

15 (F) the payment of Senate Recording and 

16 Photographic Services; or 

17 (G) the payment of franked and mass mail 

18 costs by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, 

19 United States Senate. 

20 (b) AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS.—There are authorized 

21 such sums as may be necessary for agency contributions 

22 related to the compensation of employees of the committee 

23 from October 1, 2013, through February 28, 2015, to be 

24 paid from the appropriations account for ‘‘Expenses of In25 quiries and Investigations’’ of the Senate. 


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1 (c) INVESTIGATIONS.— 

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

3 authorized subcommittee of the committee, is au4 thorized to study or investigate— 

5 (A) the efficiency and economy of oper6 ations of all branches of the Government in7 cluding the possible existence of fraud, misfea8 sance, malfeasance, collusion, mismanagement, 

9 incompetence, corruption, or unethical prac10 tices, waste, extravagance, conflicts of interest, 

11 and the improper expenditure of Government 

12 funds in transactions, contracts, and activities 

13 of the Government or of Government officials 

14 and employees and any and all such improper 

15 practices between Government personnel and 

16 corporations, individuals, companies, or persons 

17 affiliated therewith, doing business with the 

18 Government; and the compliance or noncompli19 ance of such corporations, companies, or indi20 viduals or other entities with the rules, regula21 tions, and laws governing the various govern22 mental agencies and its relationships with the 

23 public; 

24 (B) the extent to which criminal or other 

25 improper practices or activities are, or have 


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1 been, engaged in the field of labor-management 

2 relations or in groups or organizations of em3 ployees or employers, to the detriment of inter4 ests of the public, employers, or employees, and 

5 to determine whether any changes are required 

6 in the laws of the United States in order to pro7 tect such interests against the occurrence of 

8 such practices or activities; 

9 (C) organized criminal activity which may 

10 operate in or otherwise utilize the facilities of 

11 interstate or international commerce in further12 ance of any transactions and the manner and 

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

14 firms, or corporations, or other entities by 

15 whom such utilization is being made, and fur16 ther, to study and investigate the manner in 

17 which and the extent to which persons engaged 

18 in organized criminal activity have infiltrated 

19 lawful business enterprise, and to study the 

20 adequacy of Federal laws to prevent the oper21 ations of organized crime in interstate or inter22 national commerce; and to determine whether 

23 any changes are required in the laws of the 

24 United States in order to protect the public 

25 against such practices or activities; 


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1 (D) all other aspects of crime and lawless2 ness within the United States which have an 

3 impact upon or affect the national health, wel4 fare, and safety, including but not limited to in5 vestment fraud schemes, commodity and secu6 rity fraud, computer fraud, and the use of off7 shore banking and corporate facilities to carry 

8 out criminal objectives; 

9 (E) the efficiency and economy of oper10 ations of all branches and functions of the Gov11 ernment with particular reference to— 

12 (i) the effectiveness of present na13 tional security methods, staffing, and proc14 esses as tested against the requirements 

15 imposed by the rapidly mounting com16 plexity of national security problems; 

17 (ii) the capacity of present national 

18 security staffing, methods, and processes 

19 to make full use of the Nation’s resources 

20 of knowledge and talents; 

21 (iii) the adequacy of present intergov22 ernmental relations between the United 

23 States and international organizations 

24 principally concerned with national security 


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1 of which the United States is a member; 

2 and 

3 (iv) legislative and other proposals to 

4 improve these methods, processes, and re5 lationships; 

6 (F) the efficiency, economy, and effective7 ness of all agencies and departments of the 

8 Government involved in the control and man9 agement of energy shortages including, but not 

10 limited to, their performance with respect to— 

11 (i) the collection and dissemination of 

12 accurate statistics on fuel demand and 

13 supply; 

14 (ii) the implementation of effective en15 ergy conservation measures; 

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

17 (iv) coordination of energy programs 

18 with State and local government; 

19 (v) control of exports of scarce fuels; 

20 (vi) the management of tax, import, 

21 pricing, and other policies affecting energy 

22 supplies; 

23 (vii) maintenance of the independent 

24 sector of the petroleum industry as a 

25 strong competitive force; 


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1 (viii) the allocation of fuels in short 

2 supply by public and private entities; 

3 (ix) the management of energy sup4 plies owned or controlled by the Govern5 ment; 

6 (x) relations with other oil producing 

7 and consuming countries; 

8 (xi) the monitoring of compliance by 

9 governments, corporations, or individuals 

10 with the laws and regulations governing 

11 the allocation, conservation, or pricing of 

12 energy supplies; and 

13 (xii) research into the discovery and 

14 development of alternative energy supplies; 

15 and 

16 (G) the efficiency and economy of all 

17 branches and functions of Government with 

18 particular references to the operations and 

19 management of Federal regulatory policies and 

20 programs. 

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

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

23 of this committee or any subcommittee of the com24 mittee shall not be construed to be limited to the 

25 records, functions, and operations of any particular 


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1 branch of the Government and may extend to the 

2 records and activities of any persons, corporation, or 

3 other entity. 

4 (3) SPECIAL COMMITTEE AUTHORITY.—For the 

5 purposes of this subsection, the committee, or any 

6 duly authorized subcommittee of the committee, or 

7 its chairman, or any other member of the committee 

8 or subcommittee designated by the chairman is au9 thorized, in its, his, her, or their discretion— 

10 (A) to require by subpoena or otherwise 

11 the attendance of witnesses and production of 

12 correspondence, books, papers, and documents; 

13 (B) to hold hearings; 

14 (C) to sit and act at any time or place dur15 ing the sessions, recess, and adjournment peri16 ods of the Senate; 

17 (D) to administer oaths; and 

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

19 sworn statement, or, in the case of staff mem20 bers of the Committee and the Permanent Sub21 committee on Investigations, by deposition in 

22 accordance with the Committee Rules of Proce23 dure. 

24 (4) AUTHORITY OF OTHER COMMITTEES.— 

25 Nothing contained in this subsection shall affect or 


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1 impair the exercise of any other standing committee 

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

3 committee of any duty, conferred or imposed upon 

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

5 Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946. 

6 (5) SUBPOENA AUTHORITY.—All subpoenas and 

7 related legal processes of the committee and its sub8 committee authorized under S. Res. 64, agreed to 

9 March 5, 2013 (113th Congress), are authorized to 

10 continue. 

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