3.0.0 497 2022-11-01T13:50:35Z 2022-11-01T13:50:35Z House HRES 2019-07-17 116 2019-07-23 19:57:45 CHAIR ANNOUNCEMENT - The Chair informed the House that, pursuant to H.Res. 497, the Speaker has certified to the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia the refusal of William P. Barr and Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., to produce documents to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2019-07-17 18:23:46 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2019-07-17 18:23:44 On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 230 - 198 (Roll no. 489). (text: CR H5942) Floor H37100 2 House floor actions 489 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2019/roll489.xml House 116 2019-07-17T22:23:44Z 1 2019-07-17 18:23:44 Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 230 - 198 (Roll no. 489).(text: CR H5942) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 489 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2019/roll489.xml House 116 2019-07-17T22:23:44Z 1 2019-07-17 18:17:25 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5977-5978) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2019-07-17 15:27:09 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H. Res. 497, the Chair put the question on agreeing to the resolution and by voice vote, announced the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Comer demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on agreeing to the resolution until a time to be announced. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2019-07-17 15:26:50 The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. Floor H35000 2 House floor actions 2019-07-17 14:10:10 DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H. Res. 497. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2019-07-17 14:10:01 Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3494 and H. Res. 489 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 3494 under a structured rule; provides for consideration of a resolution relating to House Report 116-125, if called up by direction of the Committee on Overisight and Reform; provides for consideration of a joint resolution reported by the Committee on Foreign Affairs regarding the Arms Export Control Act; provides for consideration of H. Res. 489. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2019-07-17 14:10:00 Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 491. (consideration: CR H5941-5949) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2019-07-17 14:09:58 By direction of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Mr. Cummings called up H. Res. 497 and asked for its immediate consideration. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2019-07-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-07-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C000984 Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7] ELIJAH CUMMINGS D MD E. 7 N Congress Congressional oversight Department of Commerce Department of Justice Evidence and witnesses Federal officials Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government studies and investigations House Committee on Oversight and Reform House of Representatives Congress 00 2019-07-17 Introduced in House 2019-10-04T20:32:01Z This resolution finds Attorney General William P. Barr and Secretary of Commerce Wilbur L. Ross, Jr. in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with certain subpoenas authorized and issued by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform relating to the 2020 census. The resolution states that Mr. Barr and Mr. Ross failed to produce documents in compliance with subpoenas issued on April 2, 2019. The resolution also states that Mr. Barr ordered a Department of Justice employee, John Gore, not to comply with an April 11, 2019, subpoena requiring Mr. Gore to appear for deposition testimony before the committee.

The House of Representatives must certify to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia a committee report detailing the failure to comply with the subpoenas.

The resolution requires the House and committee to take additional action to enforce the subpoenas.

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