[House Report 111-122]
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                                                 House Calendar No. 57
111th Congress 
 1st Session            HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                 Report
                                                                111-122
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                              R E P O R T

                                 of the

                       COMMITTEE ON STANDARDS OF

                            OFFICIAL CONDUCT






May 19, 2009.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed


                         LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

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                          House of Representatives,
                Committee on Standards of Official Conduct,
                                      Washington, DC, May 19, 2009.
Hon. Lorraine C. Miller,
Clerk, House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Ms. Miller: In accordance with H. Res. 451, adopted on 
June 5, 2007, and extended in the 111th Congress by H. Res. 5, 
Section 4(e), the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct 
hereby submits the following attached report to the House of 
Representatives.
            Sincerely,
                                   Zoe Lofgren,
                                           Chair.
                                   Jo Bonner,
                                           Ranking Republican Member.
                                                  House Calendar No. 57
111th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    111-122

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        REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON STANDARDS OF OFFICIAL CONDUCT

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May 19, 2009.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

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   Ms. Lofgren, from the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, 
                        submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

    In accordance with H. Res. 451, adopted on June 5, 2007, 
and extended in the 111th Congress by H. Res. 5, Section 4(e), 
the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct hereby submits 
the following Report to the House of Representatives.
    On May 19, 2009, the Committee convened for the purpose of 
considering the protest arrests on April 27, 2009 of five 
Members of the House outside the Embassy of Sudan in 
Washington, D.C. The five Members arrested were Representative 
Keith Ellison, Representative Lynn C. Woolsey, Representative 
John Lewis, Representative James P. McGovern, and 
Representative Donna F. Edwards. Each of the Members paid a 
$100 fine for crossing a police line. The fines were paid on 
the same date as the arrests, and the local proceedings related 
to the arrests of the five Members are now resolved.
    The Committee voted against empanelling an investigative 
subcommittee regarding this matter. The Committee considered 
the scope and nature of the conduct of the Members and 
determined that review by an investigative subcommittee is not 
required in this matter.

                                  
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