An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Summary

Authorizes the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to spend from the Senate contingent fund, hire personnel, and use federal department or agency personnel (with consent) for committee work between March 1, 2025 and February 28, 2027. Sets total dollar ceilings for committee expenses across three time periods and establishes subcaps for consultants and professional staff training; specifies voucher/payment procedures and exceptions and permits payment of agency contribution costs from Senate appropriations for the same periods.

• Authorizes the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to expend contingent funds, hire staff, and use agency personnel from March 1, 2025–February 28, 2027.
• Establishes total spending ceilings for three periods: $6,068,289; $10,402,781; and $4,334,492.
• Imposes subcaps per period: up to $250,000 for consultants/organizations and up to $30,000 for professional staff training.
• Requires prior consent of the relevant federal department/agency and the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration to use agency personnel; such use may be reimbursable or nonreimbursable.
• Permits payments from the Senate contingent fund upon vouchers approved by the committee chairman, with specific routine exceptions where vouchers are not required.
• Authorizes payment from Senate appropriations for agency contribution costs related to committee employee compensation during the three funding periods.
• Applies only to committee operations and internal Senate funding procedures—not to substantive program policy or tax law.