Email Record: Influence in Government Procurement. Interim report of the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments made by its subcommittee on investigations pursuant to S. Res. 51 (82d Congress) a resolution authorizing the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments to carry out certain duties S. Res. 156. A resolution authorizing the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments to employ temporary additional personnel and increasing the limit of expenditures.