[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 98 (Friday, June 28, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H7109]
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 CORRECTION TO PAGE H7050 OF THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD OF THE HOUSE OF 
                    REPRESENTATIVES OF JUNE 27, 1996

  Mr. JOHNSTON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise to a question of the 
privileges of the House, and I send to the desk a privileged resolution 
(H. Res. 468) and ask for its immediate consideration.
  The Clerk read the resolution, as follows:

                              H. Res. 468

       Whereas the Constitution of the United States places upon 
     the House of Representatives the responsibility to regulate 
     the conduct of its own Members;
       Whereas the House has delegated that responsibility, in 
     part, to the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, 
     which is charged with investigating alleged violations of any 
     law, rule, regulation or other standard of conduct by a 
     Member of the House;
       Whereas the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct has 
     failed to discharge that duty with regard to serious 
     allegations of wrongdoing by the Speaker of the House;
       Whereas, although an outside counsel has been appointed to 
     investigate the Speaker, the Committee has failed to allow 
     that outside counsel to investigate serious charges 
     concerning the Speaker's political action committee, GOPAC, 
     and its relationship to several tax-exempt organizations;
       Whereas a formal complaint concerning these charges has 
     been languishing before the Committee for more than six 
     months;
       Whereas new evidence of violations of federal tax law--in 
     addition to the information contained in the formal 
     complaint--has also been recently reported by investigative 
     journalists around the country;
       Whereas the failure to take action on these matters has 
     raised serious questions about the impartiality of the 
     Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Committee on Standards of Official 
     Conduct is hereby instructed to immediately transmit the 
     remaining charges against Speaker Gingrich to the outside 
     counsel for his investigation and recommendations.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The resolution constitutes a question of the 
privileges of the House.