This resolution authorizes the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works to spend money and hire staff to carry out its duties from March 1, 2025, through February 28, 2027. It allows the committee to hold hearings, report on them, and make investigations under the Senate rules cited in the resolution. The committee may (1) make expenditures from the contingent fund of the Senate; (2) employ personnel; and (3) with the prior consent of the relevant agency and the Committee on Rules and Administration, use agency personnel on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis.
This resolution affects how the committee is funded and staffed during the specified period. It does not change substantive environmental or infrastructure laws or programs. It allows the committee to pay for hearings, staff, consultants, and related operations.
The resolution sets spending limits for three periods:
Expenses are to be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate upon vouchers approved by the committee chair, except vouchers are not required for certain items (annual employee salaries; telecommunications from the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper; stationery from the Keeper of the Stationery; Postmaster payments; metered copying charges from the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper; Senate Recording and Photographic Services; and franked and mass mail costs handled by the Sergeant at Arms). The resolution also authorizes payments from the "Expenses of Inquiries and Investigations" account for agency contributions related to committee employee compensation for the same periods.
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