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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 590 

Establishing a Select Committee on POW and MIA Affairs. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 25, 2016 

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

Committee on Rules 

RESOLUTION 

Establishing a Select Committee on POW and MIA Affairs. 

1 Resolved, 

2 SECTION 1. ESTABLISHING A SELECT COMMITTEE ON POW 

3 AND MIA AFFAIRS. 

4 There is established a select committee to be known 

5 as the Select Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (here6 after referred to as the ‘‘select committee’’). 

7 SEC. 2. FUNCTIONS. 

8 The select committee shall conduct a full investiga9 tion of all unresolved matters relating to any United 

10 States personnel unaccounted for from the Vietnam era, 

11 the Korean conflict, World War II, Cold War Missions, 

12 Persian Gulf War, Operation Iraqi Freedom, or Operation 


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1 Enduring Freedom, including MIAs and POWs missing 

2 and captured. 

3 SEC. 3. APPOINTMENT AND MEMBERSHIP. 

4 (a) MEMBERS.—The select committee shall be com5 posed of 10 Members of the House, who shall be appointed 

6 by the Speaker. Not more than half of the members of 

7 the select committee shall be of the same political party. 

8 (b) VACANCY.—Any vacancy occurring in the mem9 bership of the select committee shall be filled in the same 

10 manner in which the original appointment was made. 

11 (c) CHAIRPERSON.—The Speaker shall designate one 

12 member of the select committee to be its chairperson. 

13 SEC. 4. AUTHORITY AND PROCEDURES. 

14 (a) AUTHORITY.—For purposes of carrying out this 

15 resolution, the select committee (or any subcommittee of 

16 the select committee authorized to hold hearings) may sit 

17 and act during the present Congress at any time or place 

18 within the United States (including any Commonwealth 

19 or possession of the United States, or elsewhere, whether 

20 the House is in session, has recessed, or has adjourned) 

21 and to hold such hearings as it considers necessary. 

22 (b) RULES OF PROCEDURE.—Clauses 1, 2, and 4 of 

23 rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives shall 

24 apply to the select committee. 


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1 (c) PROHIBITION AGAINST MEETING AT CERTAIN

2 TIMES.—Subsection (a) may not be construed to limit the 

3 applicability of clause 2(i) of rule XI of the Rules of the 

4 House of Representatives to the select committee. 

5 SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. 

6 (a) EXPENSES.—There shall be paid out of the appli7 cable accounts of the House such sums as may be nec8 essary for the expenses of the select committee. Such pay9 ments shall be made on vouchers signed by the chairman 

10 of the select committee and approved in the manner di11 rected by the Committee on House Administration. 

12 Amounts made available under this paragraph shall be ex13 pended in accordance with regulations prescribed by the 

14 Committee on House Administration. 

15 (b) STAFF AND TRAVEL.—In carrying out its func16 tions under this resolution, the select committee may— 

17 (1) appoint, either on a permanent basis or as 

18 experts or consultants, any staff that the select com19 mittee considers necessary; 

20 (2) prescribe the duties and responsibilities of 

21 the staff; 

22 (3) fix the compensation of the staff at a single 

23 per annum gross rate that does not exceed the high24 est rate of basic pay, as in effect from time to time, 


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1 of level V of the Executive Schedule in section 5316 

2 of title 5, United States Code; 

3 (4) terminate the employment of any such staff 

4 as the select committee considers appropriate; and 

5 (5) reimburse members of the select committee 

6 and of its staff for travel, subsistence, and other 

7 necessary expenses incurred by them in the perform8 ance of their functions for the select committee, 

9 other than expenses in connection with any meeting 

10 of the select committee, or a subcommittee thereof, 

11 held in the District of Columbia. 

12 (c) EXPIRATION.—The select committee and all au13 thority granted in this resolution shall expire 30 days after 

14 the filing of the final report of the select committee with 

15 the House. 

16 SEC. 6. REPORTS AND RECORDS. 

17 (a) FINAL REPORT.—As soon as practicable during 

18 the present Congress, the select committee shall submit 

19 to the House a final report setting forth its findings and 

20 recommendations as a result of its investigation. 

21 (b) FILING OF REPORTS.—Any report made by the 

22 select committee when the House is not in session shall 

23 be filed with the Clerk of the House. 

24 (c) REFERRAL OF REPORTS.—Any report made by 

25 the select committee shall be referred to the committee 


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1 or committees that have jurisdiction over the subject mat2 ter of the report. 

3 (d) RECORDS, FILES, AND MATERIALS.—Following 

4 the termination of the select committee, the records, files, 

5 and materials of the select committee shall be transferred 

6 to the Clerk of the House. If the final report of the select 

7 committee is referred to only one committee under the 

8 provisions of subsection (c), the records, files, and mate9 rials of the select committee shall be transferred instead 

10 to the committee to which the final report is referred. 

11 SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 

12 As used in this resolution: 

13 (1) The term ‘‘Member of the House’’ means 

14 any Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Com15 missioner to, the Congress. 

16 (2) The term ‘‘MIA’’ means any United States 

17 personnel that is unaccounted for and missing in ac18 tion. 

19 (3) The term ‘‘POW’’ means any United States 

20 personnel that is unaccounted for and known to be 

21 a prisoner of war. 

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