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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 54 

Authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Indian Affairs. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 12, 2021 

Mr. SCHATZ, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following 

original resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules and 

Administration 

RESOLUTION 

Authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Indian 

Affairs. 

1 Resolved, 

2 SECTION 1. GENERAL AUTHORITY. 

3 In carrying out its powers, duties, and functions im4 posed by section 105 of S. Res. 104, agreed to February 

5 4, 1977 (95th Congress), and in exercising the authority 

6 conferred on it by that section, the Committee on Indian 

7 Affairs (in this resolution referred to as the ‘‘committee’’) 

8 is authorized from March 1, 2021 through February 28, 

9 2023, in its discretion, to— 


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1 (1) make expenditures from the contingent fund 

2 of the Senate; 

3 (2) employ personnel; and 

4 (3) with the prior consent of the Government 

5 department or agency concerned and the Committee 

6 on Rules and Administration, use on a reimbursable 

7 or nonreimbursable basis the services of personnel of 

8 any such department or agency. 

9 SEC. 2. EXPENSES. 

10 (a) EXPENSES FOR PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 

11 2021.—The expenses of the committee for the period 

12 March 1, 2021 through September 30, 2021 under this 

13 resolution shall not exceed $1,416,443, of which amount— 

14 (1) not to exceed $20,000 may be expended for 

15 the procurement of the services of individual consult16 ants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by sec17 tion 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 

18 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 

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

20 the training of the professional staff of the com21 mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 

22 of that Act). 

23 (b) EXPENSES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 PERIOD.— 

24 The expenses of the committee for the period October 1, 


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1 2021 through September 30, 2022 under this resolution 

2 shall not exceed $2,428,188, of which amount— 

3 (1) not to exceed $20,000 may be expended for 

4 the procurement of the services of individual consult5 ants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by sec6 tion 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 

7 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 

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

9 the training of the professional staff of the com10 mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 

11 of that Act). 

12 (c) EXPENSES FOR PERIOD ENDING FEBRUARY 28, 

13 2023.—The expenses of the committee for the period Oc14 tober 1, 2022 through February 28, 2023 under this reso15 lution shall not exceed $1,011,745, of which amount— 

16 (1) not to exceed $20,000 may be expended for 

17 the procurement of the services of individual consult18 ants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by sec19 tion 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 

20 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))); and 

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

22 the training of the professional staff of the com23 mittee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) 

24 of that Act). 


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1 SEC. 3. EXPENSES AND AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS. 

2 (a) EXPENSES OF THE COMMITTEE.— 

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para4 graph (2), expenses of the committee under this res5 olution shall be paid from the contingent fund of the 

6 Senate upon vouchers approved by the chairman of 

7 the committee. 

8 (2) VOUCHERS NOT REQUIRED.—Vouchers shall 

9 not be required for— 

10 (A) the disbursement of salaries of employ11 ees paid at an annual rate; 

12 (B) the payment of telecommunications 

13 provided by the Office of the Sergeant at Arms 

14 and Doorkeeper; 

15 (C) the payment of stationery supplies pur16 chased through the Keeper of the Stationery; 

17 (D) payments to the Postmaster of the 

18 Senate; 

19 (E) the payment of metered charges on 

20 copying equipment provided by the Office of the 

21 Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper; 

22 (F) the payment of Senate Recording and 

23 Photographic Services; or 

24 (G) the payment of franked and mass mail 

25 costs by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper. 


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1 (b) AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS.—There are authorized 

2 to be paid from the appropriations account for ‘‘Expenses 

3 of Inquiries and Investigations’’ of the Senate such sums 

4 as may be necessary for agency contributions related to 

5 the compensation of employees of the committee— 

6 (1) for the period March 1, 2021 through Sep7 tember 30, 2021; 

8 (2) for the period October 1, 2021 through Sep9 tember 30, 2022; and 

10 (3) for the period October 1, 2022 through 

11 February 28, 2023. 

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