[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
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[H. Res. 918 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 918

 Directing certain committees to continue their ongoing investigations 
 as part of the existing 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, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 7, 2023

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

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Directing certain committees to continue their ongoing investigations 
 as part of the existing 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, and for other purposes.

    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.
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