Senate Foreign Relations Committee gets $20.8M budget through 2027
S.Res. 90 — An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Foreign Relations. · Filed by James Risch (R-ID) · Introduced Feb 24, 2025 · Reported out
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What it does
This resolution authorizes the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to spend money from March 1, 2025, through February 28, 2027. The committee gets $6.1 million for the first seven months, $10.4 million for fiscal year 2026, and $4.3 million for the final five months—totaling about $20.8 million—to pay staff, consultants, training, and routine Senate services like mail and copying. This is routine annual budget authorization for a standing committee.
Why we flagged it
This is a standard Senate resolution authorizing routine expenditures for a standing committee's operations. It contains no policy changes, no substantive legislation, and no riders—only budget caps and spending authority.
Who it affects
This is internal Senate administration with no direct public benefit or cost. The Foreign Relations Committee's work may serve the public interest through oversight of foreign policy, but the resolution itself is purely a budget authorization—it neither expands nor restricts the committee's substantive powers or public accountability.
Named in the bill
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, Keeper of the Stationery, Postmaster of the Senate, Senate Recording and Photographic Services
Where it stands
- Feb 24, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Feb 24, 2025 — Referred to Senate Committee on Rules and Administration · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text: CR S1314)”
- Feb 24, 2025 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Committee on Foreign Relations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Risch. Without written report”
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How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (4,567 characters) on Sep 18, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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