# 119-sres-58: An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

119-sres-58, An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] (R-SC); status in_committee (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-sres-58
- Congress: 119
- Title: An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-02-05
- Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] (R-SC)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Congress
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Sets firm spending caps and payment rules for the Senate Banking Committee's operations from March 1, 2025 through February 28, 2027.** It authorizes hiring, use of agency personnel with consent, and specific consultant and staff training subcaps tied to statutory authorities. - Committee staff and contractors: Allows the committee to spend from the Senate contingent fund to employ staff and, with agency and Rules Committee consent, to use agency personnel on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis during the March 1, 2025–February 28, 2027 period. - Spending limits: Establishes three expenditure caps across set timeframes that total about $17.6 million and includes subcaps for consultants and training. The largest single-period cap is $8.8 million for October 1, 2025–September 30, 2026. - Payments and agency contributions: Specifies voucher rules and exemptions for routine items like salaries and mail, and authorizes agency contributions for committee employee compensation for each of the three periods. *Authorizes up to about $17.6 million in total expenditures from the Senate contingent fund across the three covered periods.*

## Provisions PRIA read

- Committee staff hiring and agency pay: benefit, low. This resolution would let the Banking Committee, from Mar 1, 2025 to Feb 28, 2027, spend from the Senate contingent fund and hire personnel. With prior consent of the relevant agency and the Committee on Rules and Administration, the Committee would be able to use agency staff, reimbursable or not.…
- Limits on committee spending and consultants: benefit, low. This resolution would cap the Senate Banking Committee's spending in three periods. From Mar 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2025 the cap would be $5,141,314. From Oct 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026 the cap would be $8,813,681. From Oct 1, 2026 to Feb 28, 2027 the cap would be $3,672,367. It would also limit consultan…
- Simpler payment rules for committee costs: benefit, low. This resolution would require committee expenses to be paid from the Senate contingent fund on vouchers approved by the committee chairman, except for listed items. Vouchers would not be required for annual salary disbursements, telecommunications from the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, stationer…

## Related bills

- 119-s-1541: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-s-2651: ROAD to Housing Act of 2025
- 119-s-2142: GOLDEN DOME Act of 2025
- 119-s-5616: ADAPT Act
- 119-s-5252: BLADE Act
- 119-s-292: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-sres-58 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-resolution/58)

## Related
- [119-s-1541: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1541)
- [119-s-2651: ROAD to Housing Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2651)
- [119-s-2142: GOLDEN DOME Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2142)
- [119-s-5616: ADAPT Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5616)
- [119-s-5252: BLADE Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5252)
- [119-s-292: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-292)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-58 (as of 2025-12-21).