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119-sres-76119th Congress

An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.

Sponsored By: Senator Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]

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Summary

Would authorize spending and staffing for the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. The resolution sets multi‑period expense caps, limits consultant and training spending, and allows the use of agency personnel with consent.

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  • Committee staff and operations: Would let the committee hire personnel and use contingent Senate funds to support hearings, reporting, and investigations across a defined March 1, 2025 to February 28, 2027 window.
  • Consultants and training: Caps consultant contracts at $75,000 and staff training at $25,000 for each budget period.
  • Agency contributions and shared services: Would allow departments and agencies to lend personnel on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis with prior consent and to cover committee employee compensation from the Senate’s "Expenses of Inquiries and Investigations" account.
  • Administrative payments: Would pay committee expenses from the Senate contingent fund and waive voucher requirements for routine items like annual salaries, telecommunications, stationery, postage, copying charges, recording and photographic services, and mass mail costs.

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Spending and staff rules for HELP Committee

This resolution would let the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions operate from March 1, 2025 through February 28, 2027. It would allow the committee to spend from the Senate contingent fund and to employ staff. With agency and Rules Committee consent, it would let the committee use personnel from Executive departments, reimbursable or not. It would cap expenses at $7,767,027 for Mar 1–Sep 30, 2025; $13,314,904 for Oct 1, 2025–Sep 30, 2026; and $5,547,877 for Oct 1, 2026–Feb 28, 2027. For each period, up to $75,000 could be used for consultants and up to $25,000 for professional staff training. It would allow agency contributions to be paid from the Senate account for "Expenses of Inquiries and Investigations" for the same periods. Payments would be made from the contingent fund upon vouchers approved by the chairman, but routine items like annual salaries, certain telecom, stationery, Postmaster charges, copying charges, Senate recording and photographic services, and franked or mass mail costs would not require vouchers.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]

LA • R

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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