# 119-sres-76: An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.

119-sres-76, An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] (R-LA); status in_committee (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-sres-76
- Congress: 119
- Title: An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-02-12
- Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] (R-LA)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Congress
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## 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. - 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.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Spending and staff rules for HELP Committee: mixed, low. 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 committ…

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## Sources
- [119-sres-76 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-resolution/76)

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- [119-s-2120: Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2120)
- [119-s-2121: SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2121)
- [119-s-5258: PREFERRED Screening Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5258)
- [119-s-4302: Improving IRS Customer Service Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4302)
- [119-s-1941: Cure Hepatitis C Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1941)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-76 (as of 2025-12-21).