An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summary

Authorizes the Senate Judiciary Committee to carry out its oversight and investigative powers from March 1, 2025 through February 28, 2027, and permits the committee to hire staff, use agency personnel with consent, and make expenditures from the Senate contingent fund. It sets specific spending ceilings for three periods within that timeframe, limits consultant procurement and staff training suballocations for each period, and prescribes how committee expenses are paid and which routine disbursements may be made without individual vouchers. It also authorizes payment of necessary agency contribution amounts related to committee employee compensation for the same periods.

• Authorizes the Senate Judiciary Committee to exercise oversight and investigative powers from Mar 1, 2025 through Feb 28, 2027.
• Permits the Committee to spend from the Senate contingent fund, hire personnel, and use agency personnel with prior consent.
• Sets three-period spending ceilings totaling specified amounts for operating expenses.
• Caps consultant procurement and professional staff training suballocations for each period.
• Allows committee expenses to be paid from the contingent fund with vouchers approved by the chairman, with routine items exempted from vouchers.
• Authorizes payment of necessary agency contribution amounts for committee employees from Senate appropriations for the same periods.
• References existing statutory authority (2 U.S.C. § 4301) without amending it.
• Focuses on administrative and budgetary authority for committee operations rather than substantive policy changes.