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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 12 

Establishing a Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal 

Government as a select investigative subcommittee of the Committee 

on the Judiciary. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 9, 2023 

Mr. JORDAN submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Rules 

RESOLUTION 

Establishing a Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization 

of the Federal Government as a select investigative subcommittee of the Committee on the Judiciary. 

1 Resolved, 

2 SECTION 1. SELECT SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE 

3 WEAPONIZATION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERN4 MENT. 

5 (a) ESTABLISHMENT; COMPOSITION.— 

6 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby estab7 lished for the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress a 

8 select investigative subcommittee of the Committee 

9 on the Judiciary called the Select Subcommittee on 


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1 the Weaponization of the Federal Government (here2 inafter referred to as the ‘‘select subcommittee’’). 

3 (2) COMPOSITION.— 

4 (A) The select subcommittee shall be com5 posed of the chair and ranking minority mem6 ber of the Committee on the Judiciary, together 

7 with not more than 13 other Members, Dele8 gates, or the Resident Commissioner appointed 

9 by the Speaker, of whom not more than 5 shall 

10 be appointed in consultation with the minority 

11 leader. The Speaker shall designate one mem12 ber of the select subcommittee as its chair. Any 

13 vacancy in the select subcommittee shall be 

14 filled in the same manner as the original ap15 pointment. 

16 (B) Each member appointed to the select 

17 subcommittee shall be treated as though a 

18 member of the Committee on the Judiciary for 

19 purposes of the select subcommittee. 

20 (b) INVESTIGATIVE FUNCTIONS AND AUTHORITY.— 

21 (1) INVESTIGATIVE FUNCTIONS.—The select 

22 subcommittee is authorized and directed to conduct 

23 a full and complete investigation and study and, not 

24 later than January 2, 2025, issue a final report to 


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1 the House of its findings (and such interim reports 

2 as it may deem necessary) regarding— 

3 (A) the expansive role of article II author4 ity vested in the executive branch to collect in5 formation on or otherwise investigate citizens of 

6 the United States, including ongoing criminal 

7 investigations; 

8 (B) how executive branch agencies work 

9 with, obtain information from, and provide in10 formation to the private sector, non-profit enti11 ties, or other government agencies to facilitate 

12 action against American citizens, including the 

13 extent, if any, to which illegal or improper, un14 constitutional, or unethical activities were en15 gaged in by the executive branch or private sec16 tor against citizens of the United States; 

17 (C) how executive branch agencies collect, 

18 compile, analyze, use, or disseminate informa19 tion about citizens of the United States, includ20 ing any unconstitutional, illegal, or unethical 

21 activities committed against citizens of the 

22 United States; 

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

24 the executive branch as they relate to the collec25 tion of information on citizens of the United 


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1 States and the sources and methods used for 

2 the collection of information on citizens of the 

3 United States; 

4 (E) any other issues related to the viola5 tion of the civil liberties of citizens of the 

6 United States; and 

7 (F) any other matter relating to informa8 tion collected pursuant to the investigation con9 ducted under this paragraph at any time during 

10 the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress. 

11 (2) AUTHORITY.— 

12 (A) The select subcommittee may report to 

13 the House or any committee of the House from 

14 time to time the results of its investigations and 

15 studies, together with such detailed findings 

16 and legislative recommendations as it may deem 

17 advisable. 

18 (B) Any markup of legislation shall be held 

19 at the full Committee level consistent with 

20 clause 1(l) of rule X of the Rules of the House 

21 of Representatives. 

22 (c) PROCEDURE.— 

23 (1) Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Rep24 resentatives and the rules of the Committee on the 

25 Judiciary shall apply to the select subcommittee in 


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1 the same manner as a subcommittee except as fol2 lows: 

3 (A) The chair of the select subcommittee 

4 may, after consultation with the ranking minor5 ity member, recognize— 

6 (i) members of the select sub7 committee to question a witness for periods 

8 longer than five minutes as though pursu9 ant to clause 2(j)(2)(B) of such rule XI; 

10 and 

11 (ii) staff of the select subcommittee to 

12 question a witness as though pursuant to 

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

14 (B) The Committee on the Judiciary (or 

15 the chair of the Committee on the Judiciary, if 

16 acting in accordance with clause 2(m)(3)(A)(i) 

17 of rule XI) may authorize and issue subpoenas 

18 to be returned at the select subcommittee. 

19 (C) With regard to the full scope of inves20 tigative authority under subsection (b)(1), the 

21 select subcommittee shall be authorized to re22 ceive information available to the Permanent 

23 Select Committee on Intelligence, consistent 

24 with congressional reporting requirements for 

25 intelligence and intelligence-related activities, 


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1 and any such information received shall be sub2 ject to the terms and conditions applicable 

3 under clause 11 of rule X. 

4 (2) The provisions of this resolution shall gov5 ern the proceedings of the select subcommittee in 

6 the event of any conflict with the rules of the House 

7 or of the Committee on the Judiciary. 

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

9 shall not count against the limitations in clause 5(b)(2)(A) 

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

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

12 the ‘‘successor in interest’’ to the select subcommittee for 

13 purposes of clause 8(c) of rule II of the Rules of the House 

14 of Representatives. 

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

16 exist 30 days after filing the final report required under 

17 subsection (b). 

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