[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 416 Introduced in House (IH)]

  2d Session
H. RES. 416

 Establishing a select subcommittee of the Committee on International 
    Relations to investigate the United States Role in Iranian arms 
                    transfers to Croatia and Bosnia.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 29, 1996

 Mr. Gilman submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                         the Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Establishing a select subcommittee of the Committee on International 
    Relations to investigate the United States Role in Iranian arms 
                    transfers to Croatia and Bosnia.

    Resolved, That (a) there is established a Select Subcommittee on 
the United States Role in Iranian Arms Transfers to Croatia and Bosnia 
(hereinafter referred to as the ``select subcommittee'') of the 
Committee on International Relations. The select subcommittee is 
authorized to sit and act during this Congress at such times and places 
within the United States, including any commonwealth or possession 
thereof, or in any other country, whether the House is in session or 
has adjourned.
    (b) The select subcommittee shall be composed of 8 members of the 
Committee on International Relations appointed by the chairman of the 
Committee on International Relations, 5 of whom shall be members of the 
majority party and 3 of whom shall be appointed upon the recommendation 
of the ranking minority party member of that committee. The chairman of 
the Committee on International Relations shall designate one of the 
majority party members as chairman. Any vacancy occurring in the 
membership of the select subcommittee shall be filled in the same 
manner in which the original appointment was made.
    (c) The select subcommittee is authorized and directed to conduct a 
full and complete investigation, and to make such findings and 
recommendations to the Committee on International Relations as the 
select subcommittee deems appropriate relating to the following 
matters:
            (1) The policy of the United States Government with respect 
        to the transfer of arms and other assistance from Iran or any 
        other country to countries or entities within the territory of 
        the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during any period 
        that an international arms embargo of the former Yugoslavia was 
        in effect.
            (2) The nature and extent of the transfer of arms or other 
        assistance from Iran or any other country to countries or 
        entities within the territory of the former Federal Republic of 
        Yugoslavia during the period that an international arms embargo 
        of the former Yugoslavia was in effect.
            (3) Any actions taken by the United States Government to 
        facilitate or to impede transfers described in paragraphs (1) 
        and (2).
            (4) Any communications or representations made to the 
        Congress of the United States or the American people with 
        respect to the matters described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3), 
        with respect to the international arms embargo of the former 
        Yugoslavia, or with respect to efforts to modify or terminate 
        United States participation in that embargo.
            (5) Any implication of the matters described in paragraphs 
        (1), (2), and (3) for the safety of United States Armed Forces 
        deployed in and around Bosnia, for the prompt withdrawal of 
        United States Armed Forces from Bosnia, for relations between 
        the United States and its allies, and for United States efforts 
        to isolate Iran.
            (6) Any actions taken to review, analyze, or investigate 
        any of the matters described in paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), 
        or (5), or to keep such matters from being revealed.
            (7) All deliberations, discussions, or communications 
        within the United States Government relating to the matters 
        described in paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6), and all 
        communications between the United States Government (or any of 
        its officers or employees) and other governments, 
        organizations, or individuals relating to such matters.
    (d) The select subcommittee shall be deemed to be a subcommittee of 
a standing committee of the House of Representatives for all purposes 
of law and for all purposes of the Rules of the House, including clause 
2(m) of rule XI, but not for purposes of clause 6(d) of rule X. The 
select subcommittee may sit while the House is reading a measure for 
amendment under the five-minute rule.
    (e)(1) The chairman of the select subcommittee, for purposes of its 
investigation, may, upon consultation with the ranking minority party 
member of the select subcommittee, authorize the taking of affidavits 
and depositions pursuant to notice or subpoena, by a member of the 
select subcommittee or of the staff of the Committee on International 
Relations designated by the chairman of the select subcommittee, or 
require the furnishing of information by interrogatory, under oath 
administered by a person otherwise authorized by law to administer 
oaths.
    (2) The select subcommittee shall provide other committees and 
Members of the House with access to information and proceedings, under 
procedures adopted by the select subcommittee consistent with clause 
7(c) of rule XLVIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives. 
However, the select subcommittee may direct that particular matters or 
classes of matter shall not be made available to any person by its 
members, staff, or others, or may impose any other restriction. The 
select subcommittee shall, as appropriate, provide access to 
information and proceedings to the Speaker, the majority leader, the 
minority leader, and their appropriately cleared and designated staff.
    (3) Authorized subpoenas may be signed by the chairman of the 
select subcommittee.
    (f) The select subcommittee shall transmit a report to the 
Committee on International Relations not later than 6 months after the 
date on which this resolution is agreed to. The report shall contain a 
detailed statement of the findings of the select subcommittee, together 
with its recommendations.
    (g) The select subcommittee shall cease to exist 6 months after the 
date on which this resolution is agreed to.
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