Select Committee on Intelligence

(a) General authority In carrying out its powers, duties, and functions under Senate Resolution 400 (94th Congress), agreed to May 19, 1976, in accordance with its jurisdiction under sections 3(a) and 17 of such Senate Resolution, including holding hearings, reporting such hearings, and making investigations as authorized by section 5 of such Senate Resolution, the Select Committee on Intelligence is authorized from March 1, 2025, through February 28, 2027, in its discretion, to— (1) make expenditures from the contingent fund of the Senate; (2) employ personnel; and (3) with the prior consent of the Government department or agency concerned and the Committee on Rules and Administration, use on a reimbursable, or nonreimbursable, basis the services of personnel of any such department or agency. (b) Expenses for period ending September 30, 2025 The expenses of the committee for the period March 1, 2025, through September 30, 2025, under this section shall not exceed $5,261,497, of which not to exceed $10,208 may be expended for the procurement of the services of individual consultants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))). (c) Expenses for fiscal year 2026 period The expenses of the committee for the period October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, under this section shall not exceed $9,019,709, of which not to exceed $17,500 may be expended for the procurement of the services of individual consultants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))). (d) Expenses for period ending February 28, 2027 The expenses of the committee for the period October 1, 2026, through February 28, 2027, under this section shall not exceed $3,758,212, of which not to exceed $7,292 may be expended for the procurement of the services of individual consultants, or organizations thereof (as authorized by section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))).