PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

Gives the Senate Appropriations Committee the power to act on its own. It can hold and report hearings and investigations under Senate rules. It can spend money from the Senate’s contingent fund, hire staff, use employees from federal agencies (with those agencies’ and the Rules Committee’s OK), hire outside consultants without the usual approval or reporting, and provide training for its professional staff. It took effect on or after October 1, 1998, or October 21, 1998 (the enactment date), whichever is later.

Title 2, §4336

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(a)In general

The Committee on Appropriations is authorized in its discretion—

(1)to hold hearings, report such hearings, and make investigations as authorized by paragraph 1 of rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate;

(2)to make expenditures from the contingent fund of the Senate;

(3)to employ personnel;

(4)with the prior consent of the Government department or agency concerned and the Committee on Rules and Administration to use, on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis, the services of personnel of any such department or agency;

(5)to procure the services of individual consultants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by section 4301(i) of this title and Senate Resolution 140, agreed to May 14, 1975, except that any approval (and related reporting requirement) shall not apply); and

(6)to provide for the training of the professional staff of such committee (under procedures specified by section 4301(j) of this title).

(b)Omitted

(c)Effective date

This section shall be effective on and after October 1, 1998, or the date of enactment of this Act [October 21, 1998], whichever is later.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Senate Resolution 140, agreed to May 14, 1975, referred to in subsec. (a)(5), is Senate Resolution 140, 94th Congress, which is not classified to the Code. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 72d of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Section is comprised of section 10 of Pub. L. 105–275. Subsec. (b) of section 10 of Pub. L. 105–275 amended section 4 of Senate Resolution 54, 105th Congress, which is not classified to the Code. Section is from the Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1999, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999.

Amendments

2005—Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 109–55 inserted “, except that any approval (and related reporting requirement) shall not apply” after “May 14, 1975”.

§4336 Discretionary Authority of Senate Committee on Appropriations