[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 223 Agreed to House (ATH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 223

         Relating to a question of the privileges of the House.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 22, 1993

 Mr. Gephardt submitted the following resolution; which was considered 
                             and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
         Relating to a question of the privileges of the House.

Whereas the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia on July 19, 
        1993, announced that the former Postmaster of the House of 
        Representatives was pleading guilty to criminal counts of conspiracy and 
        aiding and abetting the embezzlement of public funds;
Whereas the operation of the House Post Office during the tenure of the former 
        Postmaster was the subject of a bipartisan Task Force to Investigate the 
        Operation and Management of the House Post Office of the Committee on 
        House Administration;
Whereas the former Task Force published a public report on July 24, 1992, in 
        which were included portions of transcripts of its proceedings;
Whereas the House on July 22, 1992, voted to provide both the public report and 
        all the records of the former Task Force to the Committee on Standards 
        of Official Conduct and to the Department of Justice, but declined to 
        make the transcripts of the former Task Force's proceedings public;
Whereas one of the reasons the House declined to make the transcripts of 
        proceedings of the former Task Force public at that time was a concern 
        that such release not compromise an ongoing criminal proceeding 
        conducted by the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia; 
        and
Whereas the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia on July 21, 
        1993, communicated to the Speaker and the Republican Leader his strong 
        objection to the public release of the records of the former Task Force 
        as follows:
  
Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House that, when the United 
States Attorney for the District of Columbia at any time informs the 
House that he has no objection to the public release of the transcripts 
of proceedings of the former Task Force, then the House immediately 
shall take up and bring to a vote the question of the release of the 
transcripts of proceedings of the former Task Force; and be it further
    Resolved, That the Speaker is directed to communicate to the United 
States Attorney for the District of Columbia the request of the House 
that he promptly advise the House when he determines that he has no 
objection to the public release of the transcripts of proceedings of 
the former Task Force; and be it further
    Resolved, That the Clerk is directed to transmit promptly such 
communication of the Speaker and a copy of this resolution to the 
United States Attorney for the District of Columbia.

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