An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Summary
What This Bill Does
This original Senate resolution funds the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources for the covered part of 2025. It authorizes the committee to carry out hearings, investigations, reports, and other duties within its Senate Rule XXV jurisdiction, caps expenses from March 1 through September 30, 2025, at $4,394,583, allows up to $17,500 for equipment, and requires expenses to be paid from the Senate contingent fund on vouchers approved by the committee chair, with agency-contribution rules.
Who Benefits and How
The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources benefits because it receives operating authority for energy, mining, water, public lands, territorial, and natural resources oversight. Committee staff benefit from authorized funding to prepare hearings, gather records, support investigations, and draft reports. Energy and public-lands stakeholders benefit from a funded committee process for testimony, oversight, and legislative development. Senators on the committee benefit because the authorization supports the committee's work during the covered period.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Senate contingent fund bears the cost of expenses up to the $4,394,583 authorization. The committee chair must approve vouchers and keep spending inside the total and equipment caps. Committee administrative staff must monitor the $17,500 equipment limit and eligible expense categories. Federal agencies providing contributions must follow the resolution's reimbursement and contribution rules.
Key Provisions
- Authorizes the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources to carry out its Senate Rule XXV duties.
- Limits committee expenses from March 1 through September 30, 2025, to $4,394,583.
- Provides an equipment procurement sublimit of $17,500.
- Requires payment from the Senate contingent fund on vouchers approved by the committee chair.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Authorizes the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources to spend up to $4,394,583 from March 1 through September 30, 2025, including up to $17,500 for equipment.
Key Policy Areas
Congress, Energy, Public Lands, Committee Administration
Primary Purpose
Authorizes the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources to spend up to $4,394,583 from March 1 through September 30, 2025, including up to $17,500 for equipment.
Policy Domains
Bill provisions
Identified Gains
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
- Committee staff
- Energy stakeholders
- Public lands stakeholders
Identified Costs
- Senate contingent fund
- Committee chair
- Committee administrative staff
- Contributing federal agencies
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
ReportedMr. Lee, from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, …
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text: CR …
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Original measure reported to …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Committee chair, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Senate contingent fund
Positive-direction: Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Negative-direction: Committee chair, Senate contingent fund
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "chairman"
- → Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
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