An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Special Committee on Aging.

Bill: 117-sres-65
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2021-02-22
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional committees

Senate Special Committee on Aging
Latest action: action_date: 2021-02-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text: CR S772-773)

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-02-22
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This resolution authorizes the Senate Special Committee on Aging to make specified expenditures and employ personnel for the 117th Congress.</p>

action_date: 2021-02-22
action_desc: Reported to Senate
text: <p>This resolution authorizes the Senate Special Committee on Aging to make specified expenditures and employ personnel for the 117th Congress.</p>

tv_txt: III 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. RES. 65 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 22, 2021 Mr. Casey , from the Special Committee on Aging , reported the following original resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration RESOLUTION Authorizing expenditures by the Special Committee on Aging.

1. General authority In carrying out its powers, duties, and functions imposed by section 104 of S. Res. 4, agreed to February 4, 1977 (95th Congress), and in exercising the authority conferred on it by such section, the Special Committee on Aging (in this resolution referred to as the committee ) is authorized from March 1, 2021 through February 28, 2023, in its discretion, to— (1) make expenditures from the contingent fund of the Senate; (2) employ personnel; and (3) with the prior consent of the Government department or agency concerned and the Committee on Rules and Administration, use on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis the services of personnel of any such department or agency. 2. Expenses (a) Expenses for period ending September 30, 2021 The expenses of the committee for the period March 1, 2021 through September 30, 2021 under this resolution shall not exceed $1,744,167, of which amount— (1) not to exceed $1,500 may be expended for the procurement of the services of individual consultants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 ( 2 U.S.C. 4301(i) )); and (2) not to exceed $3,000 may be expended for the training of the professional staff of the committee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) of that Act). (b) Expenses for fiscal year 2022 period The expenses of the committee for the period October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022 under this resolution shall not exceed $2,990,000, of which amount— (1) not to exceed $3,000 may be expended for the procurement of the services of individual consultants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 ( 2 U.S.C. 4301(i) )); and (2) not to exceed $3,000 may be expended for the training of the professional staff of the committee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) of that Act). (c) Expenses for period ending February 28, 2023 The expenses of the committee for the period October 1, 2022 through February 28, 2023 under this resolution shall not exceed $1,245,833, of which amount— (1) not to exceed $1,250 may be expended for the procurement of the services of individual consultants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 ( 2 U.S.C. 4301(i) )); and (2) not to exceed $1,500 may be expended for the training of the professional staff of the committee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) of that Act). 3. Expenses and agency contributions (a) Expenses of the committee (1) In general Except as provided in paragraph (2), expenses of the committee under this resolution shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate upon vouchers approved by the chairman of the committee. (2) Vouchers not required Vouchers shall not be required for— (A) the disbursement of salaries of employees paid at an annual rate; (B) the payment of telecommunications provided by the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper; (C) the payment of stationery supplies purchased through the Keeper of the Stationery; (D) payments to the Postmaster of the Senate; (E) the payment of metered charges on copying equipment provided by the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper; (F) the payment of Senate Recording and Photographic Services; or (G) the payment of franked and mass mail costs by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper. (b) Agency contributions There are authorized to be paid from the appropriations account for Expenses of Inquiries and Investigations of the Senate such sums as may be necessary for agency contributions related to the compensation of employees of the committee— (1) for the period March 1, 2021 through September 30, 2021; (2) for the period October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022; and (3) for the period October 1, 2022 through February 28, 2023.