H. Res. 12 

In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

January 10, 2023. 

Resolved, 

SECTION 1. SELECT SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE WEAPONIZATION 

OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 

(a) ESTABLISHMENT; COMPOSITION.— 

(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established 

for the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress a select investigative subcommittee of the Committee on the Judiciary called the Select Subcommittee on the 

Weaponization of the Federal Government (hereinafter 

referred to as the ‘‘select subcommittee’’). 

(2) COMPOSITION.— 

(A) The select subcommittee shall be composed 

of the chair and ranking minority member of the 

Committee on the Judiciary, together with not more 

than 13 other Members, Delegates, or the Resident 

Commissioner appointed by the Speaker, of whom 

not more than 5 shall be appointed in consultation 

with the minority leader. The Speaker shall des-
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ignate one member of the select subcommittee as its 

chair. Any vacancy in the select subcommittee shall 

be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. 

(B) Each member appointed to the select subcommittee shall be treated as though a member of 

the Committee on the Judiciary for purposes of the 

select subcommittee. 

(b) INVESTIGATIVE FUNCTIONS AND AUTHORITY.— 

(1) INVESTIGATIVE FUNCTIONS.—The select subcommittee is authorized and directed to conduct a full 

and complete investigation and study and, not later than 

January 2, 2025, issue a final report to the House of 

its findings (and such interim reports as it may deem 

necessary) regarding— 

(A) the expansive role of article II authority 

vested in the executive branch to collect information 

on or otherwise investigate citizens of the United 

States, including ongoing criminal investigations; 

(B) how executive branch agencies work with, 

obtain information from, and provide information to 

the private sector, non-profit entities, or other government agencies to facilitate action against American citizens, including the extent, if any, to which 

illegal or improper, unconstitutional, or unethical 
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activities were engaged in by the executive branch 

or private sector against citizens of the United 

States; 

(C) how executive branch agencies collect, compile, analyze, use, or disseminate information about 

citizens of the United States, including any unconstitutional, illegal, or unethical activities committed 

against citizens of the United States; 

(D) the laws, programs, and activities of the 

executive branch as they relate to the collection of 

information on citizens of the United States and the 

sources and methods used for the collection of information on citizens of the United States; 

(E) any other issues related to the violation of 

the civil liberties of citizens of the United States; 

and 

(F) any other matter relating to information 

collected pursuant to the investigation conducted 

under this paragraph at any time during the One 

Hundred Eighteenth Congress. 

(2) AUTHORITY.— 

(A) The select subcommittee may report to the 

House or any committee of the House from time to 

time the results of its investigations and studies, to-
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gether with such detailed findings and legislative 

recommendations as it may deem advisable. 

(B) Any markup of legislation shall be held at 

the full Committee level consistent with clause 1(l) 

of rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives. 

(c) PROCEDURE.— 

(1) Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives and the rules of the Committee on the Judiciary shall apply to the select subcommittee in the same 

manner as a subcommittee except as follows: 

(A) The chair of the select subcommittee may, 

after consultation with the ranking minority member, recognize— 

(i) members of the select subcommittee to 

question a witness for periods longer than five 

minutes as though pursuant to clause 

2(j)(2)(B) of such rule XI; and 

(ii) staff of the select subcommittee to 

question a witness as though pursuant to 

clause 2(j)(2)(C) of such rule XI. 

(B) The Committee on the Judiciary (or the 

chair of the Committee on the Judiciary, if acting 

in accordance with clause 2(m)(3)(A)(i) of rule XI) 
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may authorize and issue subpoenas to be returned 

at the select subcommittee. 

(C) With regard to the full scope of investigative authority under subsection (b)(1), the select 

subcommittee shall be authorized to receive information available to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, consistent with congressional 

reporting requirements for intelligence and intelligence-related activities, and any such information 

received shall be subject to the terms and conditions 

applicable under clause 11 of rule X. 

(2) The provisions of this resolution shall govern 

the proceedings of the select subcommittee in the event 

of any conflict with the rules of the House or of the 

Committee on the Judiciary. 

(d) SERVICE.—Service on the select subcommittee shall 

not count against the limitations in clause 5(b)(2)(A) of rule 

X of the Rules of the House of Representatives. 

(e) SUCCESSOR.—The Committee on the Judiciary is the 

‘‘successor in interest’’ to the select subcommittee for purposes of clause 8(c) of rule II of the Rules of the House of 

Representatives. 
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(f) SUNSET.—The select subcommittee shall cease to 

exist 30 days after filing the final report required under subsection (b). 

Attest: 

Clerk.