[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
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[H. Res. 918 Engrossed in House (EH)]

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H. Res. 918

                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                     December 13, 2023.
    Resolved, That the Committees on Oversight and Accountability, Ways and 
Means, and the Judiciary are directed to continue their ongoing investigations 
as part of the House of Representatives inquiry into whether sufficient grounds 
exist for the House of Representatives to exercise its Constitutional power to 
impeach Joseph Biden, President of the United States of America, including as 
set forth in the memorandum issued by the Chairs of the Committees on Oversight 
and Accountability, Ways and Means, and Judiciary of the House of 
Representatives, entitled ``Impeachment Inquiry'', dated September 27, 2023.

SEC. 2. INVESTIGATIVE PROCEEDINGS BY THE COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND 
              ACCOUNTABILITY.

    For the purpose of continuing the investigation described in the first 
section of this resolution, the Committee on Oversight and Accountability is 
authorized to conduct proceedings pursuant to this resolution as follows:
            (1) The chair of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability may 
        designate an open hearing or hearings pursuant to this section.
            (2) Notwithstanding clause 2(j)(2) of rule XI of the Rules of the 
        House of Representatives, upon recognition by the chair for such purpose 
        under this paragraph during any hearing designated pursuant to paragraph 
        (1), the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Oversight 
        and Accountability shall be permitted to question witnesses for equal 
        specified periods of longer than five minutes, as determined by the 
        chair. The time available for each period of questioning under this 
        paragraph shall be equal for the chair and the ranking minority member. 
        The chair may confer recognition for multiple periods of such 
        questioning, but each period of questioning shall not exceed 90 minutes 
        in the aggregate. Only the chair and ranking minority member, or an 
        employee of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability if yielded to 
        by the chair or ranking minority member, may question witnesses during 
        such periods of questioning. At the conclusion of questioning pursuant 
        to this paragraph, the committee shall proceed with questioning under 
        the five-minute rule pursuant to clause 2(j)(2)(A) of rule XI.
            (3) To allow for full evaluation of minority witness requests, the 
        ranking minority member may submit to the chair, in writing, any 
        requests for witness testimony relevant to the investigation described 
        in the first section of this resolution within 72 hours after notice is 
        given for the first hearing designated pursuant to paragraph (1). Any 
        such request shall be accompanied by a detailed written justification of 
        the relevance of the testimony of each requested witness to the 
        investigation described in the first section of this resolution.
            (4)(A) The ranking minority member of the Committee on Oversight and 
        Accountability is authorized, with the concurrence of the chair of the 
        Committee on Oversight and Accountability, to require, as deemed 
        necessary to the investigation--
                    (i) by subpoena or otherwise--
                            (I) the attendance and testimony of any person 
                        (including at a taking of a deposition); and
                            (II) the production of books, records, 
                        correspondence, memoranda, papers, and documents; and
                    (ii) by interrogatory, the furnishing of information.
            (B) In the case that the chair declines to concur in a proposed 
        action of the ranking minority member pursuant to subparagraph (A), the 
        ranking minority member shall have the right to refer to the committee 
        for decision the question whether such authority shall be so exercised 
        and the chair shall convene the committee promptly to render that 
        decision, subject to the notice procedures for a committee meeting under 
        clause 2(g)(3)(A) and (B) of rule XI.
            (C) Subpoenas and interrogatories so authorized may be signed by the 
        ranking minority member, and may be served by any person designated by 
        the ranking minority member.
            (5) The chair is authorized to make publicly available in electronic 
        form the transcripts of depositions conducted by the Committee on 
        Oversight and Accountability in furtherance of the investigation 
        described in the first section of this resolution, with appropriate 
        redactions for classified and other sensitive information.
            (6) The Committee on Oversight and Accountability may issue a report 
        setting forth its findings and any recommendations and appending any 
        information and materials the Committee on Oversight and Accountability 
        may deem appropriate with respect to the investigation described in the 
        first section of this resolution. The chair may transmit such report and 
        appendices, along with any supplemental, minority, additional, or 
        dissenting views filed pursuant to clause 2(l) of rule XI, to the 
        Committee on the Judiciary and make such report publicly available in 
        electronic form, with appropriate redactions to protect classified and 
        other sensitive information. Any report prepared under this paragraph 
        may be prepared in consultation with the chairs of the Committees on 
        Ways and Means and on the Judiciary.

SEC. 3. INVESTIGATIVE PROCEEDINGS BY THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS.

    For the purpose of continuing the investigation described in the first 
section of this resolution, the Committee on Ways and Means is authorized to 
conduct proceedings pursuant to this resolution as follows:
            (1) The chair of the Committee on Ways and Means may designate an 
        open hearing or hearings pursuant to this section.
            (2) Notwithstanding clause 2(j)(2) of rule XI of the Rules of the 
        House of Representatives, upon recognition by the chair for such purpose 
        under this paragraph during any hearing designated pursuant to paragraph 
        (1), the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and 
        Means shall be permitted to question witnesses for equal specified 
        periods of longer than five minutes, as determined by the chair. The 
        time available for each period of questioning under this paragraph shall 
        be equal for the chair and the ranking minority member. The chair may 
        confer recognition for multiple periods of such questioning, but each 
        period of questioning shall not exceed 90 minutes in the aggregate. Only 
        the chair and ranking minority member, or an employee of the Committee 
        on Ways and Means if yielded to by the chair or ranking minority member, 
        may question witnesses during such periods of questioning. At the 
        conclusion of questioning pursuant to this paragraph, the committee 
        shall proceed with questioning under the five-minute rule pursuant to 
        clause 2(j)(2)(A) of rule XI.
            (3) To allow for full evaluation of minority witness requests, the 
        ranking minority member may submit to the chair, in writing, any 
        requests for witness testimony relevant to the investigation described 
        in the first section of this resolution within 72 hours after notice is 
        given for the first hearing designated pursuant to paragraph (1). Any 
        such request shall be accompanied by a detailed written justification of 
        the relevance of the testimony of each requested witness to the 
        investigation described in the first section of this resolution.
            (4)(A) The ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and 
        Means is authorized, with the concurrence of the chair of the Committee 
        on Ways and Means, to require, as deemed necessary to the 
        investigation--
                    (i) by subpoena or otherwise--
                            (I) the attendance and testimony of any person 
                        (including at a taking of a deposition); and
                            (II) the production of books, records, 
                        correspondence, memoranda, papers, and documents; and
                    (ii) by interrogatory, the furnishing of information.
            (B) In the case that the chair declines to concur in a proposed 
        action of the ranking minority member pursuant to subparagraph (A), the 
        ranking minority member shall have the right to refer to the committee 
        for decision the question whether such authority shall be so exercised 
        and the chair shall convene the committee promptly to render that 
        decision, subject to the notice procedures for a committee meeting under 
        clause 2(g)(3)(A) and (B) of rule XI.
            (C) Subpoenas and interrogatories so authorized may be signed by the 
        ranking minority member, and may be served by any person designated by 
        the ranking minority member.
            (5) The chair is authorized to make publicly available in electronic 
        form the transcripts of depositions conducted by the Committee on Ways 
        and Means in furtherance of the investigation described in the first 
        section of this resolution, with appropriate redactions for classified 
        and other sensitive information.
            (6) The Committee on Ways and Means may issue a report setting forth 
        its findings and any recommendations and appending any information and 
        materials the Committee on Ways and Means may deem appropriate with 
        respect to the investigation described in the first section of this 
        resolution. The chair may transmit such report and appendices, along 
        with any supplemental, minority, additional, or dissenting views filed 
        pursuant to clause 2(l) of rule XI, to the Committee on the Judiciary 
        and make such report publicly available in electronic form, with 
        appropriate redactions to protect classified and other sensitive 
        information. Any report prepared under this paragraph may be prepared in 
        consultation with the chairs of the Committees on Oversight and 
        Accountability and on the Judiciary.

SEC. 4. INVESTIGATIVE PROCEEDINGS BY THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY.

    For the purpose of continuing the investigation described in the first 
section of this resolution, the Committee on the Judiciary is authorized to 
conduct proceedings pursuant to this resolution as follows:
            (1) The chair of the Committee on the Judiciary may designate an 
        open hearing or hearings pursuant to this section.
            (2) Notwithstanding clause 2(j)(2) of rule XI of the Rules of the 
        House of Representatives, upon recognition by the chair for such purpose 
        under this paragraph during any hearing designated pursuant to paragraph 
        (1), the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the 
        Judiciary shall be permitted to question witnesses for equal specified 
        periods of longer than five minutes, as determined by the chair. The 
        time available for each period of questioning under this paragraph shall 
        be equal for the chair and the ranking minority member. The chair may 
        confer recognition for multiple periods of such questioning, but each 
        period of questioning shall not exceed 90 minutes in the aggregate. Only 
        the chair and ranking minority member, or an employee of the Committee 
        on the Judiciary if yielded to by the chair or ranking minority member, 
        may question witnesses during such periods of questioning. At the 
        conclusion of questioning pursuant to this paragraph, the committee 
        shall proceed with questioning under the five-minute rule pursuant to 
        clause 2(j)(2)(A) of rule XI.
            (3) To allow for full evaluation of minority witness requests, the 
        ranking minority member may submit to the chair, in writing, any 
        requests for witness testimony relevant to the investigation described 
        in the first section of this resolution within 72 hours after notice is 
        given for the first hearing designated pursuant to paragraph (1). Any 
        such request shall be accompanied by a detailed written justification of 
        the relevance of the testimony of each requested witness to the 
        investigation described in the first section of this resolution.
            (4)(A) The ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary 
        is authorized, with the concurrence of the chair of the Committee on the 
        Judiciary, to require, as deemed necessary to the investigation--
                    (i) by subpoena or otherwise--
                            (I) the attendance and testimony of any person 
                        (including at a taking of a deposition); and
                            (II) the production of books, records, 
                        correspondence, memoranda, papers, and documents; and
                    (ii) by interrogatory, the furnishing of information.
            (B) In the case that the chair declines to concur in a proposed 
        action of the ranking minority member pursuant to subparagraph (A), the 
        ranking minority member shall have the right to refer to the committee 
        for decision the question whether such authority shall be so exercised 
        and the chair shall convene the committee promptly to render that 
        decision, subject to the notice procedures for a committee meeting under 
        clause 2(g)(3)(A) and (B) of rule XI.
            (C) Subpoenas and interrogatories so authorized may be signed by the 
        ranking minority member, and may be served by any person designated by 
        the ranking minority member.
            (5) The chair is authorized to make publicly available in electronic 
        form the transcripts of depositions conducted by the Committee on the 
        Judiciary in furtherance of the investigation described in the first 
        section of this resolution, with appropriate redactions for classified 
        and other sensitive information.

SEC. 5. IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY PROCEDURES IN THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY.

    (a) The Committee on the Judiciary is authorized to conduct proceedings 
relating to the impeachment inquiry described in the first section of this 
resolution pursuant to the procedures submitted for printing in the 
Congressional Record by the chair of the Committee on Rules, including such 
procedures as to allow for the participation of the President and his counsel.
    (b) The Committee on the Judiciary is authorized to promulgate additional 
procedures as it deems necessary for the fair and efficient conduct of committee 
hearings held pursuant to this resolution, provided that the additional 
procedures are not inconsistent with the procedures referenced in subsection 
(a), the Rules of the Committee, and the Rules of the House.
    (c)(1) The ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary is 
authorized, with the concurrence of the chair of the Committee on the Judiciary, 
to require, as deemed necessary to the investigation--
            (A) by subpoena or otherwise--
                    (i) the attendance and testimony of any person (including at 
                a taking of a deposition); and
                    (ii) the production of books, records, correspondence, 
                memoranda, papers, and documents; and
            (B) by interrogatory, the furnishing of information.
    (2) In the case that the chair declines to concur in a proposed action of 
the ranking minority member pursuant to paragraph (1), the ranking minority 
member shall have the right to refer to the committee for decision the question 
whether such authority shall be so exercised and the chair shall convene the 
committee promptly to render that decision, subject to the notice procedures for 
a committee meeting under clause 2(g)(3)(A) and (B) of rule XI.
    (3) Subpoenas and interrogatories so authorized may be signed by the ranking 
minority member, and may be served by any person designated by the ranking 
minority member.
    (d) The Committee on the Judiciary is authorized to report to the House of 
Representatives resolutions, articles of impeachment, or other recommendations.

SEC. 6. ADOPTION OF HOUSE RESOLUTION 917.

    House Resolution 917 is hereby adopted.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.