G:\P\16\MISC\MLL\IMP_INQ_01.XML ..................................................................... (Original Signature of Member) 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. ll 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 Donald John Trump, President of the United States of America, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. MCGOVERN submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on lllllllllllllll 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 Donald John Trump, President of the United States of America, and for other purposes. 1 Resolved, That the Permanent Select Committee on 2 Intelligence and the Committees on Financial Services, 3 Foreign Affairs, the Judiciary, Oversight and Reform, and 4 Ways and Means, are directed to continue their ongoing g:\VHLC\102919\102919.191.xml October 29, 2019 (2:49 p.m.) VerDate Mar 15 2010 14:49 Oct 29, 2019 Jkt 000000 (748652 7) PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MLLEWIS\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\7.0\GEN\C\IMP_INQ_01.X G:\P\16\MISC\MLL\IMP_INQ_01.XML 2 1 investigations as part of the existing House of Representa2 tives inquiry into whether sufficient grounds exist for the 3 House of Representatives to exercise its Constitutional 4 power to impeach Donald John Trump, President of the 5 United States of America. 6 SEC. 2. OPEN AND TRANSPARENT INVESTIGATIVE PRO- 7 CEEDINGS BY THE PERMANENT SELECT COM- 8 MITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE. 9 For the purpose of continuing the investigation de- 10 scribed in the first section of this resolution, the Perma11 nent Select Committee on Intelligence (referred to in this 12 resolution as the ‘‘Permanent Select Committee’’) is au13 thorized to conduct proceedings pursuant to this resolu14 tion as follows: 15 (1) The chair of the Permanent Select Com- 16 mittee shall designate an open hearing or hearings 17 pursuant to this section. 18 (2) Notwithstanding clause 2(j)(2) of rule XI of 19 the Rules of the House of Representatives, upon rec- 20 ognition by the chair for such purpose under this 21 paragraph during any hearing designated pursuant 22 to paragraph (1), the chair and ranking minority 23 member of the Permanent Select Committee shall be 24 permitted to question witnesses for equal specified 25 periods of longer than five minutes, as determined g:\VHLC\102919\102919.191.xml October 29, 2019 (2:49 p.m.) VerDate Mar 15 2010 14:49 Oct 29, 2019 Jkt 000000 (748652 7) PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MLLEWIS\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\7.0\GEN\C\IMP_INQ_01.X G:\P\16\MISC\MLL\IMP_INQ_01.XML 3 1 by the chair. The time available for each period of 2 questioning under this paragraph shall be equal for 3 the chair and the ranking minority member. The 4 chair may confer recognition for multiple periods of 5 such questioning, but each period of questioning 6 shall not exceed 90 minutes in the aggregate. Only 7 the chair and ranking minority member, or a Perma- 8 nent Select Committee employee if yielded to by the 9 chair or ranking minority member, may question 10 witnesses during such periods of questioning. At the 11 conclusion of questioning pursuant to this para- 12 graph, the committee shall proceed with questioning 13 under the five-minute rule pursuant to clause 14 2(j)(2)(A) of rule XI. 15 (3) To allow for full evaluation of minority wit- 16 ness requests, the ranking minority member may 17 submit to the chair, in writing, any requests for wit- 18 ness testimony relevant to the investigation de- 19 scribed in the first section of this resolution within 20 72 hours after notice is given for the first hearing 21 designated pursuant to paragraph (1). Any such re- 22 quest shall be accompanied by a detailed written jus- 23 tification of the relevance of the testimony of each 24 requested witness to the investigation described in 25 the first section of this resolution. g:\VHLC\102919\102919.191.xml October 29, 2019 (2:49 p.m.) VerDate Mar 15 2010 14:49 Oct 29, 2019 Jkt 000000 (748652 7) PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MLLEWIS\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\7.0\GEN\C\IMP_INQ_01.X G:\P\16\MISC\MLL\IMP_INQ_01.XML 4 1 (4)(A) The ranking minority member of the 2 Permanent Select Committee is authorized, with the 3 concurrence of the chair, to require, as deemed nec- 4 essary to the investigation— 5 (i) by subpoena or otherwise— 6 (I) the attendance and testimony 7 of any person (including at a taking 8 of a deposition); and 9 (II) the production of books, 10 records, correspondence, memoranda, 11 papers, and documents; and 12 (ii) by interrogatory, the furnishing of 13 information. 14 (B) In the case that the chair declines to con- 15 cur in a proposed action of the ranking minority 16 member pursuant to subparagraph (A), the ranking 17 minority member shall have the right to refer to the 18 committee for decision the question whether such 19 authority shall be so exercised and the chair shall 20 convene the committee promptly to render that deci- 21 sion, subject to the notice procedures for a com- 22 mittee meeting under clause 2(g)(3)(A) and (B) of 23 rule XI. 24 (C) Subpoenas and interrogatories so author- 25 ized may be signed by the ranking minority member, g:\VHLC\102919\102919.191.xml October 29, 2019 (2:49 p.m.) VerDate Mar 15 2010 14:49 Oct 29, 2019 Jkt 000000 (748652 7) PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MLLEWIS\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\7.0\GEN\C\IMP_INQ_01.X G:\P\16\MISC\MLL\IMP_INQ_01.XML 5 1 and may be served by any person designated by the 2 ranking minority member. 3 (5) The chair is authorized to make publicly 4 available in electronic form the transcripts of deposi- 5 tions conducted by the Permanent Select Committee 6 in furtherance of the investigation described in the 7 first section of this resolution, with appropriate 8 redactions for classified and other sensitive informa- 9 tion. 10 (6) The Permanent Select Committee is di- 11 rected to issue a report setting forth its findings and 12 any recommendations and appending any informa- 13 tion and materials the Permanent Select Committee 14 may deem appropriate with respect to the investiga- 15 tion described in the first section of this resolution. 16 The chair shall transmit such report and appendices, 17 along with any supplemental, minority, additional, or 18 dissenting views filed pursuant to clause 2(l) of rule 19 XI, to the Committee on the Judiciary and make 20 such report publicly available in electronic form, 21 with appropriate redactions to protect classified and 22 other sensitive information. The report required by 23 this paragraph shall be prepared in consultation 24 with the chairs of the Committee on Foreign Affairs 25 and the Committee on Oversight and Reform. g:\VHLC\102919\102919.191.xml October 29, 2019 (2:49 p.m.) VerDate Mar 15 2010 14:49 Oct 29, 2019 Jkt 000000 (748652 7) PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MLLEWIS\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\7.0\GEN\C\IMP_INQ_01.X G:\P\16\MISC\MLL\IMP_INQ_01.XML 6 1 SEC. 3. TRANSMISSION OF ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. 2 The chair of the Permanent Select Committee or the 3 chair of any other committee having custody of records 4 or other materials relating to the inquiry referenced in the 5 first section of this resolution is authorized, in consulta6 tion with the ranking minority member, to transfer such 7 records or materials to the Committee on the Judiciary. 8 SEC. 4. IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY PROCEDURES IN THE 9 COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY. 10 (a) The House authorizes the Committee on the Judi- 11 ciary to conduct proceedings relating to the impeachment 12 inquiry referenced in the first section of this resolution 13 pursuant to the procedures submitted for printing in the 14 Congressional Record by the chair of the Committee on 15 Rules, including such procedures as to allow for the par16 ticipation of the President and his counsel. 17 (b) The Committee on the Judiciary is authorized to 18 promulgate additional procedures as it deems necessary 19 for the fair and efficient conduct of committee hearings 20 held pursuant to this resolution, provided that the addi21 tional procedures are not inconsistent with the procedures 22 referenced in subsection (a), the Rules of the Committee, 23 and the Rules of the House. 24 (c)(1) The ranking minority member of the Com- 25 mittee on the Judiciary is authorized, with the concur- g:\VHLC\102919\102919.191.xml October 29, 2019 (2:49 p.m.) VerDate Mar 15 2010 14:49 Oct 29, 2019 Jkt 000000 (748652 7) PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MLLEWIS\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\7.0\GEN\C\IMP_INQ_01.X G:\P\16\MISC\MLL\IMP_INQ_01.XML 7 1 rence of the chair of the Committee on the Judiciary, to 2 require, as deemed necessary to the investigation— 3 (A) by subpoena or otherwise— 4 (i) the attendance and testimony of any 5 person (including at a taking of a deposition); 6 and 7 (ii) the production of books, records, cor- 8 respondence, memoranda, papers, and docu- 9 ments; and 10 (B) by interrogatory, the furnishing of informa- 11 tion. 12 (2) In the case that the chair declines to concur in 13 a proposed action of the ranking minority member pursu14 ant to paragraph (1), the ranking minority member shall 15 have the right to refer to the committee for decision the 16 question whether such authority shall be so exercised and 17 the chair shall convene the committee promptly to render 18 that decision, subject to the notice procedures for a com19 mittee meeting under clause 2(g)(3)(A) and (B) of rule 20 XI. 21 (3) Subpoenas and interrogatories so authorized may 22 be signed by the ranking minority member, and may be 23 served by any person designated by the ranking minority 24 member. g:\VHLC\102919\102919.191.xml October 29, 2019 (2:49 p.m.) VerDate Mar 15 2010 14:49 Oct 29, 2019 Jkt 000000 (748652 7) PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MLLEWIS\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\7.0\GEN\C\IMP_INQ_01.X G:\P\16\MISC\MLL\IMP_INQ_01.XML 8 1 (d) The Committee on the Judiciary shall report to 2 the House of Representatives such resolutions, articles of 3 impeachment, or other recommendations as it deems prop4 er. g:\VHLC\102919\102919.191.xml October 29, 2019 (2:49 p.m.) VerDate Mar 15 2010 14:49 Oct 29, 2019 Jkt 000000 (748652 7) PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MLLEWIS\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\7.0\GEN\C\IMP_INQ_01.X