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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 51 

Authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 

Forestry. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 23, 2009 

Mr. HARKIN, from the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, reported the following original resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration 

RESOLUTION 

Authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Agriculture, 

Nutrition, and Forestry. 

1 Resolved, That, in carrying out its powers, duties, and 

2 functions under the Standing Rules of the Senate, in ac3 cordance with its jurisdiction under rule XXV of such 

4 rules, including holding hearings, reporting such hearings, 

5 and making investigations as authorized by paragraphs 1 

6 and 8 of rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, 

7 the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry is 

8 authorized from March 1, 2009, through September 30, 

9 2009; October 1, 2009, through September 30, 2010; and 

10 October 1, 2010, through February 28, 2011, in its discreVerDate Nov 24 2008 01:41 Feb 24, 2009 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\SR51.RS SR51

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1 tion (1) to make expenditures from the contingent fund 

2 of the Senate, (2) to employ personnel, and (3) with the 

3 prior consent of the Government department or agency 

4 concerned and the Committee on Rules and Administra5 tion, to use on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis 

6 the services of personnel of any such department or agen7 cy. 

8 SEC. 2. (a) The expenses of the committee for the 

9 period March 1, 2009, through September 30, 2009, 

10 under this resolution shall not exceed $2,735,622, of 

11 which amount (1) not to exceed $200,000 may be ex12 pended for the procurement of the services of individual 

13 consultants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by 

14 section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 

15 1946, as amended), and (2) not to exceed $40,000 may 

16 be expended for the training of professional staff of such 

17 committee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 

18 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946). 

19 (b) For the period October 1, 2009, through Sep20 tember 30, 2010, expenses of the committee under this 

21 resolution shall not exceed $4,809,496, of which amount 

22 (1) not to exceed $200,000 may be expended for the pro23 curement of the services of individual consultants, or orga24 nizations thereof (as authorized by section 202(i) of the 

25 Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as amended), and 


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1 (2) not to exceed $40,000 may be expended for the train2 ing of professional staff of such committee (under proce3 dures specified by section 202(j) of the Legislative Reorga4 nization Act of 1946). 

5 (c) For the period October 1, 2010, through Feb6 ruary 28, 2011, expenses of the committee under this res7 olution shall not exceed $2,048,172, of which amount (1) 

8 not to exceed $200,000 may be expended for the procure9 ment of the services of individual consultants, or organiza10 tions thereof (as authorized by section 202(i) of the Legis11 lative Reorganization Act of 1946, as amended), and (2) 

12 not to exceed $40,000 may be expended for the training 

13 of professional staff of such committee (under procedures 

14 specified by section 202(j) of the Legislative Reorganiza15 tion Act of 1946). 

16 SEC. 3. The committee shall report its findings, to17 gether with such recommendations for legislation as it 

18 deems advisable, to the Senate at the earliest practicable 

19 date, but not later than February 28, 2010 and February 

20 28, 2011, respectively. 

21 SEC. 4. Expenses of the committee under this resolu22 tion shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate 

23 upon vouchers approved by the Chairman of the com24 mittee, except that vouchers shall not be required (1) for 

25 the disbursement of the salaries of employees paid at an 


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1 annual rate, or (2) for the payment of telecommunications 

2 provided by the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Door3 keeper, United States Senate, or (3) for the payment of 

4 stationery supplies purchased through the Keeper of the 

5 Stationery, United States Senate, or (4) for payments to 

6 the Postmaster, United States Senate, or (5) for the pay7 ment of metered charges on copying equipment provided 

8 by the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, 

9 United States Senate, or (6) for the payment of Senate 

10 Recording and Photographic Services, or (7) for payment 

11 of franked and mass mail costs by the Sergeant at Arms 

12 and Doorkeeper, United States Senate. 

13 SEC. 5. There are authorized such sums as may be 

14 necessary for agency contributions related to the com15 pensation of employees of the committee from March 1, 

16 2009, through September 30, 2009; October 1, 2009, 

17 through September 30, 2010; and October 1, 2010, 

18 through February 28, 2011, to be paid from the Appro19 priations account for ‘‘Expenses of Inquiries and Inves20 tigations’’. 

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