3.0.0 779 2023-01-11T13:25:07Z 2023-01-11T13:25:07Z House H HRES 2014-12-11 113 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred to 2014-12-11T14:00:18Z 2014-12-11 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2014-12-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2014-12-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001280 Rep. Bentivolio, Kerry L. [R-MI-11] Kerry Bentivolio R MI L. 11 N Government Operations and Politics Appropriations Congressional oversight Congressional-executive branch relations Constitution and constitutional amendments Due process and equal protection Evidence and witnesses Government ethics and transparency, public corruption International law and treaties Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents War and emergency powers Government Operations and Politics 00 2014-12-11 Introduced in House 2015-01-08T15:18:10Z Declares that the following presidential actions shall constitute impeachable "high crimes and misdemeanors," which will cause the House of Representatives to vote articles of impeachment to send to the Senate for trial:

  • initiating war without express congressional authorization;
  • killing American citizens in the United States or abroad who are not engaged in active hostilities against the United States without due process (unless the citizen was under indictment for a felony and the killing was necessary to prevent imminent serious physical danger to third parties);
  • failing to superintend subordinates guilty of chronic constitutional abuses;
  • expending money in violation of conditions imposed for the expenditure of appropriated funds;
  • intentionally lying to Congress to obtain an authorization for war;
  • failing to take care that the laws be faithfully executed through signing statements or systematic policies of non-enforcement;
  • substituting executive agreements for treaties;
  • intentionally lying under oath to a federal judge or grand jury;
  • misusing federal agencies to advance a partisan political agenda; and
  • refusing to comply with a congressional subpoena for documents or testimony issued for a legitimate legislative purpose.

Makes this Act effective January 20, 2017.

]]> To establish prospective standards effective January 20, 2017 defining impeachable "high crimes and misdemeanors" within the meaning of Article II, section 4 as applied to the President of the United States to provide fair warning and evenhandedness in the administration of the impeachment power of the House of Representatives. Display Title To establish prospective standards effective January 20, 2017 defining impeachable "high crimes and misdemeanors" within the meaning of Article II, section 4 as applied to the President of the United States to provide fair warning and evenhandedness in the administration of the impeachment power of the House of Representatives. Official Title as Introduced To establish prospective standards effective January 20, 2017 defining impeachable "high crimes and misdemeanors" within the meaning of Article II, section 4 as applied to the President of the United States to provide fair warning and evenhandedness in the administration of the impeachment power of the House of Representatives. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hres779ih/xml/BILLS-113hres779ih.xml 2014-12-11 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.