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handle is hein.crs/crsuntaajlq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Order Code RS20023 Updated March 27, 2001 A k CR8 Report for Congress Committee Funding and Staff in the Senate Paul S. Rundquist Specialist in American National Government Government and Finance Division The Senate authorizes funds for two years for each of its committees (except Appropriations and Ethics) through an omnibus resolution, recommended by the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration and adopted by the full Senate at the beginning of each Congress. This resolution, in turn, is based on funding requests made by each committee in the form of an individual resolution. The unique powersharing agreement (S.Res. 8) the Senate adopted on January 5, 2001, arguably contributed to delays in the committee funding process for the 107' Congress. Under the agreement, each party (notwithstanding Senate Rule XXVII) receives equal staffing on all Senate committees, as well as equal space and access to facilities. Overall committee funding costs are to remain within historic levels. Technically, funding authority for Senate committee staff and other operations (except those of the Appropriations Committee) would have expired on February 28, 2001. However, pursuant to a unanimous consent request that day, committees were temporarily funded at their 1060 Congress levels until March 10, 2001. On March 8, 2001, the Senate agreed to S.Res. 54, submitted jointly by Senators Lott and Daschle. The resolution provides funds through February 2003 to Senate committees at the level the committees had requestedfor the 107' Congress. (For more details, see CRS Report RS20885, The Senate Powersharing Agreement: Key Features, and CRS Report RL30898, Committee Funding Resolutions and Processes, 10 7' Congress. ') The Senate biennial committee funding process applies to all Senate committees except the Appropriations and Ethics committees, which have permanent authorization for their staff and operating expenses. The Senate Committee on Rules and Administration has jurisdiction over committee funding resolutions, and also issues regulations governing committee funding and staff. Committee funding and staff also are regulated by Senate rules, especially Rule XXVI, paragraph 9, and Rule XXVII, as well as by statute. The funds authorized by resolution are appropriated in Legislative Branch Appropriations acts. Budgets for individual committees vary widely, depending not only on the size and salaries of the committees' staff, but also on their size and workload, the salience of their issues, Senate goals and priorities, and the overall fiscal climate. In general, staff salaries compose the largest portion of committee budgets. Committee Funding. Soon after a new Congress convenes, generally by January 31 of the first session, each Senate committee requests funds for two years by reporting Congressional Research Service IIIIIIIIII IIIIII Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress

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