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[House Report 115-310]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

                                                 House Calendar No. 85

115th Congress    }                                          {    Report
                          HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                 
1st Session       }                                          {   115-310
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                      IN THE MATTER OF ALLEGATIONS

              RELATING TO REPRESENTATIVE LUIS V. GUTIERREZ

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                              R E P O R T

                                 of the

                          COMMITTEE ON ETHICS
                          
                          
                          
                          

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 September 14, 2017.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
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                    U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE
                    
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                          COMMITTEE ON ETHICS

SUSAN W. BROOKS, Indiana             THEODORE E. DEUTCH, Florida
    Chairwoman                           Ranking Member
PATRICK MEEHAN, Pennsylvania         YVETTE D. CLARKE, New York
TREY GOWDY, South Carolina           JARED POLIS, Colorado
KENNY MARCHANT, Texas                ANTHONY BROWN, Maryland
LEONARD LANCE, New Jersey            STEVE COHEN, Tennessee

                              Report Staff

              Thomas A. Rust, Chief Counsel/Staff Director
            Patrick M. McMullen, Director of Investigations
               Megan H. Savage, Counsel to the Chairwoman
            Daniel J. Taylor, Counsel to the Ranking Member
                        C. Ezekiel Ross, Counsel
                     Molly N. McCarty, Investigator
                   Michael Koren, Investigative Clerk
                   
                   
                         LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

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                     ONE HUNDRED FIFTEENTH CONGRESS

                               Committee on Ethics,
                                  House of Representatives,
                                Washington, DC, September 14, 2017.
Hon. Karen L. Haas,
Clerk, House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Ms. Haas: Pursuant to clauses 3(a)(2) and 3(b) of rule 
XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives, we herewith 
transmit the attached report, ``In the Matter of Allegations 
Relating to Representative Luis V. Gutierrez.''
            Sincerely,
                                   Susan W. Brooks,
                                           Chairwoman.
                                   Theodore E. Deutch,
                                           Ranking Member.
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           

                                                  House Calendar No. 85
                                                  
                                                  
115th Congress   }                                          {      Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session     }                                          {     115-310

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    IN THE MATTER OF ALLEGATIONS RELATING TO REPRESENTATIVE LUIS V. 
                               GUTIERREZ

                                _______
                                

 September 14, 2017.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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         Mrs. Brooks of Indiana, from the Committee on Ethics, 
                        submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

    In accordance with House rule XI, clauses 3(a)(2) and 3(b), 
the Committee on Ethics (Committee) hereby submits the 
following Report to the House of Representatives:

                      I. FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS

    On September 13, 2017, the Committee convened for the 
purpose of considering the August 15, 2017, arrest of 
Representative Luis V. Gutierrez, for Incommoding or Unlawful 
Assembly, during a protest outside the White House in 
Washington, D.C. Representative Gutierrez paid a $50 fine and 
was released following his arrest. The legal proceedings 
related to Representative Gutierrez's arrest are now resolved.
    The Committee voted against impanelling an investigative 
subcommittee in this matter. The Committee considered the scope 
and nature of the conduct described above and determined that 
review by an investigative subcommittee is not required in this 
matter.
    The Committee has determined to take no further action in 
this matter, and upon publication of this Report, considers the 
matter closed.

            II. STATEMENT UNDER HOUSE RULE XIII, CLAUSE 3(C)

    The Committee made no special oversight findings in this 
Report. No budget statement is submitted. No funding is 
authorized by any measure in this Report.
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