[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 567 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 567

 Providing for the Establishment of the Select Committee on the Events 
           Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 6, 2014

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

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Providing for the Establishment of the Select Committee on the Events 
           Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT.

    There is hereby established the Select Committee on the Events 
Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi (hereinafter referred 
to as the ``Select Committee'').

SEC. 2. COMPOSITION.

    (a) The Speaker shall appoint 12 Members to the Select Committee, 
five of whom shall be appointed after consultation with the minority 
leader.
    (b) The Speaker shall designate one Member to serve as chair of the 
Select Committee.
    (c) Any vacancy in the Select Committee shall be filled in the same 
manner as the original appointment.

SEC. 3. INVESTIGATION AND REPORT ON THE EVENTS SURROUNDING THE 2012 
              TERRORIST ATTACK IN BENGHAZI.

    (a) The Select Committee is authorized and directed to conduct a 
full and complete investigation and study and issue a final report of 
its findings to the House regarding--
            (1) all policies, decisions, and activities that 
        contributed to the attacks on United States facilities in 
        Benghazi, Libya, on September 11, 2012, as well as those that 
        affected the ability of the United States to prepare for the 
        attacks;
            (2) all policies, decisions, and activities to respond to 
        and repel the attacks on United States facilities in Benghazi, 
        Libya, on September 11, 2012, including efforts to rescue 
        United States personnel;
            (3) internal and public executive branch communications 
        about the attacks on United States facilities in Benghazi, 
        Libya, on September 11, 2012;
            (4) accountability for policies and decisions related to 
        the security of facilities in Benghazi, Libya, and the response 
        to the attacks, including individuals and entities responsible 
        for those policies and decisions;
            (5) executive branch authorities' efforts to identify and 
        bring to justice the perpetrators of the attacks on U.S. 
        facilities in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11, 2012;
            (6) executive branch activities and efforts to comply with 
        Congressional inquiries into the attacks on United States 
        facilities in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11, 2012;
            (7) recommendations for improving executive branch 
        cooperation and compliance with congressional oversight and 
        investigations;
            (8) information related to lessons learned from the attacks 
        and executive branch activities and efforts to protect United 
        States facilities and personnel abroad; and
            (9) any other relevant issues relating to the attacks, the 
        response to the attacks, or the investigation by the House of 
        Representatives into the attacks.
    (b) In addition to any final report addressing the matters in 
subsection (a), the Select Committee may issue such interim reports as 
it deems necessary.
    (c) Any report issued by the Select Committee may contain a 
classified annex.

SEC. 4. PROCEDURE.

    (a) Notwithstanding clause 3(m) of rule X of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives, the Select Committee is authorized to study the 
sources and methods of entities described in clause 11(b)(1)(A) of rule 
X insofar as such study is related to the matters described in section 
3.
    (b) Clause 11(b)(4), clause 11(e), and the first sentence of clause 
11(f) of rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives shall 
apply to the Select Committee.
    (c) Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives shall 
apply to the Select Committee except as follows:
            (1) Clause 2(a) of rule XI shall not apply to the Select 
        Committee.
            (2) Clause 2(g)(2)(D) of rule XI shall apply to the Select 
        Committee in the same manner as it applies to the Permanent 
        Select Committee on Intelligence.
            (3) Pursuant to clause 2(h) of rule XI, two Members of the 
        Select Committee shall constitute a quorum for taking testimony 
        or receiving evidence and one-third of the Members of the 
        Select Committee shall constitute a quorum for taking any 
        action other than one for which the presence of a majority of 
        the Select Committee is required.
            (4) The chair of the Select Committee may authorize and 
        issue subpoenas pursuant to clause 2(m) of rule XI in the 
        investigation and study conducted pursuant to section 3 of this 
        resolution, including for the purpose of taking depositions.
            (5)(A) The chair of the Select Committee, upon consultation 
        with the ranking minority member, may order the taking of 
        depositions, under oath and pursuant to notice or subpoena, by 
        a Member of the Select Committee or a counsel of the Select 
        Committee.
            (B) Depositions taken under the authority prescribed in 
        this paragraph shall be governed by the procedures submitted by 
        the chair of the Committee on Rules for printing in the 
        Congressional Record.
            (6) The chair of the Select Committee may, after 
        consultation with the ranking minority member, recognize--
                    (A) Members of the Select Committee to question a 
                witness for periods longer than five minutes as though 
                pursuant to clause (2)(j)(2)(B) of rule XI; and
                    (B) staff of the Select Committee to question a 
                witness as though pursuant to clause (2)(j)(2)(C) of 
                rule XI.

SEC. 5. RECORDS; STAFF; FUNDING.

    (a) Any committee of the House of Representatives having custody of 
records in any form relating to the matters described in section 3 
shall transfer such records to the Select Committee within 14 days of 
the adoption of this resolution. Such records shall become the records 
of the Select Committee.
    (b)(1)(A) To the greatest extent practicable, the Select Committee 
shall utilize the services of staff of employing entities of the House. 
At the request of the chair of the Select Committee in consultation 
with the ranking minority member, staff of employing entities of the 
House or a joint committee may be detailed to the Select Committee 
without reimbursement to carry out this resolution and shall be deemed 
to be staff of the Select Committee.
    (B) Section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 
U.S.C. 4301(i)) shall apply with respect to the Select Committee in the 
same manner as such section applies with respect to a standing 
committee of the House of Representatives.
    (2) The chair of the Select Committee, upon consultation with the 
ranking minority member, may employ and fix the compensation of such 
staff as the chair considers necessary to carry out this resolution.
    (c) There shall be paid out of the applicable accounts of the House 
of Representatives such sums as may be necessary for the expenses of 
the Select Committee. Such payments shall be made on vouchers signed by 
the chair of the Select Committee and approved in the manner directed 
by the Committee on House Administration. Amounts made available under 
this subsection shall be expended in accordance with regulations 
prescribed by the Committee on House Administration.

SEC. 6. DISSOLUTION AND DISPOSITION OF RECORDS.

    (a) The Select Committee shall cease to exist 30 days after filing 
the final report required under section 3.
    (b) Upon dissolution of the Select Committee, the records of the 
Select Committee shall become the records of such committee or 
committees designated by the Speaker.
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