IV 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1367 

Establishing the Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. 

Trump. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 22, 2024 

Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania submitted the following resolution; which was 

referred to the Committee on Rules 

RESOLUTION 

Establishing the Task Force on the Attempted Assassination 

of Donald J. Trump. 

1 Resolved, 

2 SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT; COMPOSITION. 

3 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established in 

4 the House of Representatives the Task Force on the At5 tempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump (hereafter in 

6 this resolution referred to as the ‘‘Task Force’’). 

7 (b) COMPOSITION.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Task Force shall be 

9 composed of not more than 11 Members, Delegates, 

10 or the Resident Commissioner appointed by the 


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1 Speaker, not more than 5 of whom shall be ap2 pointed after consultation with the minority leader. 

3 The Speaker shall designate one member of the 

4 Task Force as its chair. A vacancy in the member5 ship of the Task Force shall be filled in the same 

6 manner as the original appointment. 

7 (2) EX OFFICIO MEMBERS.—The Speaker and 

8 the minority leader shall be ex officio members of 

9 the Task Force but shall have no vote in the Task 

10 Force and may not be counted for purposes of deter11 mining a quorum. 

12 (3) DESIGNATION OF LEADERSHIP STAFF MEM13 BER.—The Speaker and the minority leader each 

14 may designate a leadership staff member to assist in 

15 their capacity as ex officio members, with the same 

16 access to Task Force meetings, hearings, briefings, 

17 and materials as employees of the Task Force and 

18 subject to the same security clearance and confiden19 tiality requirements as employees of the Task Force, 

20 or as required to conduct the functions of the Task 

21 Force. 

22 SEC. 2. JURISDICTION; FUNCTIONS. 

23 (a) FUNCTIONS.—The functions of the Task Force 

24 shall be to— 


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1 (1) investigate and fully examine all actions by 

2 any agency, Department, officer, or employee of the 

3 Federal Government, as well as State and local law 

4 enforcement or any other State or local government 

5 or private entities or individuals, related to the at6 tempted assassination of Donald J. Trump on July 

7 13, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania; and 

8 (2) issue a final report of its findings to the 

9 House not later than December 13, 2024, including 

10 any recommendations for legislative reforms nec11 essary to prevent future security lapses. 

12 (b) INTERIM REPORTS.—In addition to any final re13 port addressing the matters described in subsection (a), 

14 the Task Force may issue such interim reports as it deems 

15 necessary. 

16 (c) UNCLASSIFIED FORM.—Any report issued by the 

17 Task Force shall be issued in unclassified form but may 

18 include a classified annex, a law enforcement-sensitive 

19 annex, or both. 

20 SEC. 3. PROCEDURE. 

21 (a) Notwithstanding clause 3(m) of rule X of the 

22 Rules of the House of Representatives, the Task Force 

23 is authorized to study the sources and methods of entities 

24 described in clause 11(b)(1)(A) of rule X insofar as such 

25 study is related to the matters described in section 2. 


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1 (b) Clause 11(b)(4), clause 11(e), and the first sen2 tence of clause 11(f) of rule X shall apply to the Task 

3 Force. 

4 (c) Except as specified in subsection (d), the Task 

5 Force shall have the authorities and responsibilities of, 

6 and shall be subject to the same limitations and restric7 tions as, a standing committee of the House, and shall 

8 be deemed a committee of the House for all purposes of 

9 law or rule. 

10 (d)(1) Rules X and XI shall apply to the Task Force 

11 where not inconsistent with this subsection. 

12 (2) Service on the Task Force shall not count against 

13 the limitations in clause 5(b)(2) of rule X. 

14 (3) Clause 2(a) of rule XI shall not apply to the Task 

15 Force. 

16 (4) Clause 2(g)(2)(D) of rule XI shall apply to the 

17 Task Force in the same manner as it applies to the Per18 manent Select Committee on Intelligence. 

19 (5) Pursuant to clause 2(h) of rule XI, two members 

20 of the Task Force shall constitute a quorum for taking 

21 testimony or receiving evidence and one-third of the mem22 bers of the Task Force shall constitute a quorum for tak23 ing any action other than one for which the presence of 

24 a majority of the Task Force is required. 


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1 (6) The chair of the Task Force, upon consultation 

2 with the ranking minority member, may authorize and 

3 issue subpoenas pursuant to clause 2(m) of rule XI in the 

4 investigation and study conducted pursuant to section 2, 

5 including for the purpose of taking depositions. 

6 (7)(A) The chair of the Task Force, upon consulta7 tion with the ranking minority member, may order the 

8 taking of depositions, including pursuant to subpoena, by 

9 a member or counsel of the Task Force, in the same man10 ner as a standing committee pursuant to section 3(k)(1) 

11 of House Resolution 5, One Hundred Eighteenth Con12 gress. 

13 (B) Depositions taken under the authority prescribed 

14 in this paragraph shall be governed by the procedures sub15 mitted by the chair of the Committee on Rules for printing 

16 in the Congressional Record on January 10, 2023. 

17 (8) Subpoenas authorized pursuant to this resolution 

18 may be signed by the chair of the Task Force or a des19 ignee. 

20 (9) The chair of the Task Force may, after consulta21 tion with the ranking minority member, recognize— 

22 (A) members of the Task Force to question a 

23 witness for periods longer than five minutes as 

24 though pursuant to clause 2(j)(2)(B) of rule XI; and 


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1 (B) staff of the Task Force to question a wit2 ness as though pursuant to clause 2(j)(2)(C) of rule 

3 XI. 

4 (10) The chair of the Task Force may postpone fur5 ther proceedings when a record vote is ordered on ques6 tions referenced in clause 2(h)(4) of rule XI, and may re7 sume proceedings on such postponed questions at any time 

8 after reasonable notice. Notwithstanding any intervening 

9 order for the previous question, an underlying proposition 

10 shall remain subject to further debate or amendment to 

11 the same extent as when the question was postponed. 

12 (11) The provisions of paragraphs (f)(1) through 

13 (f)(12) of clause 4 of rule XI shall apply to the Task 

14 Force. 

15 SEC. 4. RECORDS; STAFF; TRAVEL; FUNDING. 

16 (a) Any committee of the House of Representatives 

17 having custody of records in any form relating to the mat18 ters described in section 2 shall transfer such records to 

19 the Task Force within 7 days of the adoption of this reso20 lution. Such records shall become the records of the Task 

21 Force. 

22 (b) The appointment and the compensation of staff 

23 for the Task Force shall be subject to regulations issued 

24 by the Committee on House Administration. 


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1 (c)(1) Staff of employing entities of the House or a 

2 joint committee may be detailed to the Task Force to 

3 carry out this resolution and shall be deemed to be staff 

4 of the Task Force. 

5 (2) The Task Force may request the head of any 

6 Federal agency to detail, on a nonreimbursable basis, any 

7 of the personnel of the agency to the Task Force. 

8 (d) Section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization 

9 Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i)) shall apply with respect 

10 to the Task Force in the same manner as such section 

11 applies with respect to a standing committee, except that 

12 the selection of any consultant or organization under such 

13 section shall be subject to approval by the Speaker. 

14 (e) There shall be paid out of the applicable accounts 

15 of the House of Representatives such sums as may be nec16 essary for the expenses of the Task Force. Such payments 

17 shall be made on vouchers signed by the chair of the Task 

18 Force and approved in the manner directed by the Com19 mittee on House Administration. Amounts made available 

20 under this subsection shall be expended in accordance with 

21 regulations prescribed by the Committee on House Admin22 istration. 


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1 SEC. 5. TERMINATION; DISPOSITION OF RECORDS. 

2 (a) TERMINATION.—The Task Force shall terminate 

3 10 days after filing the final report required under section 

4 2. 

5 (b) DISPOSITION OF RECORDS.—Upon termination 

6 of the Task Force, the records of the Task Force shall 

7 become the records of such committee or committees des8 ignated by the Speaker. 

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