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Committee Funding and Staff in the Senate (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Revised March 24, 2005
Report Number RS20023
Report Type Report
Authors R. Eric Petersen, Government and Finance Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
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Summary:

The Senate authorizes funds for two years for each of its committees (except Appropriations and Ethics) through a resolution adopted near the beginning of each Congress. 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 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.