[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 597 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 597

    Impeaching Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States, for 
 endangering the security of the United States and countering the will 
          of Congress and other high crimes and misdemeanors.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 23, 2021

 Mrs. Greene of Georgia (for herself, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, and Mr. 
 Gosar) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
    Impeaching Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States, for 
 endangering the security of the United States and countering the will 
          of Congress and other high crimes and misdemeanors.

    Resolved, That Joseph Robinette Biden, President of the United 
States, is impeached for endangering the security of the United States 
and countering the will of Congress and other high crimes and 
misdemeanors, and that the following Articles of Impeachment be 
exhibited to the United States Senate:
     Articles of Impeachment exhibited by the House of Representatives 
of the United States of America in the name of itself and of the people 
of the United States of America, against Joseph Robinette Biden, 
President of the United States of America, in maintenance and support 
of its impeachment against him for endangering the security of the 
United States and countering the will of Congress and other high crimes 
and misdemeanors.
    The Constitution provides that the House of Representatives ``shall 
have the sole Power of Impeachment'' and that the President ``shall be 
removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, 
Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.''.
    In his conduct as President of the United States, in violation of 
his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of the 
President of the United States, and, to the best of his ability, 
preserve, protect, defend, the Constitution of the United States, and 
in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be 
faithfully executed--Joseph Robinette Biden abused the power of the 
Office of the President by endangering the security of the United 
States.
    He has allowed illegal aliens to enter the United States in 
violation of immigration law, admitted aliens who have tested positive 
for COVID-19 into the United States, countered the will of Congress by 
not completing the southern border wall, deprived border agents of the 
sufficient manpower and resources needed to secure the border and its 
physical infrastructure, empowered foreign terrorists and their allies 
by leaving thousands of dollars of military equipment and weapons 
behind in the failed withdraw from Afghanistan, and committed numerous 
other high crimes and misdemeanors.
                       article i
    Among other examples, it has been materially demonstrated that:
            (1) President Biden's Department of Homeland Security has 
        willfully refused to maintain operational control of the border 
        as required by the Secure Fence Act of 2006. His actions have 
        directly led to an increase in illegal aliens and illegal 
        narcotics, including deadly fentanyl, entering the United 
        States.
            (2) President Biden's administration willfully violated the 
        Immigration and Nationality Act by releasing illegal aliens 
        into the interior of the United States. The Act clearly 
        requires DHS to detain aliens seeking admission to the United 
        States while they are processed. By law, DHS does not have the 
        option to simply release aliens into the interior of the United 
        States.
            (3) President Biden reinstituted the catch and release 
        policies of the Obama administration and has released aliens 
        into the interior of the United States without issuing the 
        aliens notices to appear.
            (4) Under President Biden's administration, the Department 
        of Homeland Security terminated the Migrant Protection 
        Protocols, which provided a pathway to process claims in 
        compliance with the law, and served as a deterrent to illegal 
        immigration and aliens making fraudulent asylum claims.
            (5) As a result of President Biden's policies, CBP 
        encounters have increased each month since he became President. 
        Since February 2021, more than 1 million aliens have been 
        encountered by CBP personnel at the southwest land border.
            (6) In addition to illegal aliens, President Biden's 
        policies have led to a significant increase in illegal drug 
        smuggling across the southern border.
    President Biden's actions have made the border less secure and 
encouraged aliens to enter the United States illegally instead of 
taking actions to maintain operational control of the border. His 
actions have subverted the will of Congress and the core tenets of the 
Constitution.
    Article II of the U.S. Constitution tasks the executive branch--
which today includes the Department of Homeland Security--with ensuring 
the laws passed by Congress and signed into law by the President are 
faithfully executed. Under President Biden's administration, the 
Department of Homeland Security has willfully violated the Immigration 
and Nationality Act. His actions have endangered Americans, subverted 
the will of Congress, and violated the very rule of law.
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    Joseph Biden, in his conduct as President of the United States, 
enacted border policies that endangered the people of the United States 
by allowing illegal aliens who had tested positive for COVID-19 to 
enter the country and infect American citizens.
    On March 20, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(CDC) issued an order, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Sec. Sec. 265 and 268, 
suspending the right to introduce certain persons into the United 
States from countries where a quarantinable communicable disease 
exists. This order has been extended multiple times since it was first 
issued, most recently on August 2, 2021. According to the CDC, this 
order is necessary ``to protect the public health from an increase in 
the serious danger of the introduction of Coronavirus Disease 2019 
(COVID-19) into the POEs, and the Border Patrol stations between POEs, 
at or near the United States borders with Canada and Mexico.''.
    The law requires Border Patrol agents and other CBP officers to 
enforce the order. Despite this requirement, President Biden's 
administration has refused to faithfully implement this order as 
evidenced by the increasing number of aliens processed by CBP under 
Title 8 instead of expelled pursuant Title 42. According to CBP data 
from February 2021, approximately 26 percent of aliens encountered by 
the Border Patrol were processed pursuant to Title 8 instead of Title 
42, and in June 2021, nearly 42 percent of aliens encountered by Border 
Patrol were processed pursuant to Title 8.
    If DHS is unable to expel aliens pursuant to Title 42, it should 
not release aliens into the interior of the United States where they 
can spread COVID-19. However, instead of detaining aliens as required 
by law, under President Biden's leadership DHS has released and 
transported hundreds of thousands of aliens into the interior of the 
United States without properly screening the aliens for COVID-19 to 
ensure that the aliens would not spread COVID-19. These actions have 
subjected the American people to unnecessary and avoidable risks.
    President Biden clearly violated his duties as President in failing 
to enforce our Nation's immigration laws. He has violated his 
constitutional oath of office by failing to enforce laws enacted by 
Congress and by usurping Congress' spending authority. Biden's 
dereliction of duty has endangered America and the very laws that 
govern her.
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    President Biden has gravely endangered the security of the United 
States, the health and safety of the American people, and its 
institutions of government.
    President Biden has created a national security crisis and is 
endangering the lives of everyday Americans with his open borders 
policies.
    Moreover, by carelessly withdrawing the American military from 
Afghanistan and leaving billions of dollars of military assets in the 
hands of terrorists to be used against us, causing an unknown amount of 
death and suffering, leaving thousands of Americans stranded in 
Afghanistan risking their lives under radical Islamic Taliban rule, 
rapidly bringing in Afghan refugees before vetting them to the interior 
of the United States, President Biden has empowered the Taliban, ISIS, 
Al Qaeda, and the Muslim Brotherhood, among others, to threaten 
America, American citizens, and her security interests.
    Further, given that there are only 19,000 Customs and Border Patrol 
(CBP) agents to watch the entire country, the executive repeal of the 
``Remain in Mexico'' policy, failing to complete the Southern border 
wall, repair gates stuck open or shut, and canceling contracts with 
critical technology companies providing critical video surveillance, 
and paying over $2 billion in American's tax dollars to not build and 
maintain the wall, Biden is breaking his sworn oath as President of the 
United States to protect and defend the United States against all 
enemies.
    In each of these actions, Joseph R. Biden failed to enact policies 
and created an environment of lawlessness to the manifest injury of the 
people of the United States.
    Wherefore President Biden, by such conduct, has demonstrated that 
he will remain a threat to national security and the Constitution if 
allowed to remain in office, and has acted in a manner grossly 
incompatible with self-governance and the rule of law. President Biden 
thus warrants impeachment and trial, removal from office, and 
disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or 
profit under the United States.
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