IV 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 24 

Establishing a Joint Committee on Russian Interference in the 2016 Election 

and the Presidential Transition. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 14, 2017 

Mr. LANGEVIN submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 

referred to the Committee on Rules 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Establishing a Joint Committee on Russian Interference in 

the 2016 Election and the Presidential Transition. 

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

2 concurring), 

3 SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT. 

4 There is hereby established in Congress a Joint Com5 mittee on Russian Interference in the 2016 Election and 

6 the Presidential Transition (hereafter in this resolution re7 ferred to as the ‘‘Joint Committee’’). 

8 SEC. 2. COMPOSITION. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Joint Committee shall consist 

10 of 16 Members appointed as follows: 


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1 (1) The Speaker of the House of Representa2 tives shall appoint 8 Members of the House to serve 

3 on the Joint Committee, of whom— 

4 (A) 4 shall be Members of the majority 

5 party of the House; and 

6 (B) 4 shall be Members of the minority 

7 party of the House appointed after consultation 

8 with the Minority Leader of the House. 

9 (2) The Majority Leader of the Senate shall ap10 point 8 Senators to serve on the Joint Committee, 

11 of whom— 

12 (A) 4 shall be Senators of the majority 

13 party of the Senate; and 

14 (B) 4 shall be Senators of the minority 

15 party of the Senate appointed after consultation 

16 with the Minority Leader of the Senate. 

17 (b) LEADERSHIP.— 

18 (1) CO-CHAIRS.—The Speaker of the House of 

19 Representatives shall designate one Member of the 

20 Joint Committee who is a Member of the House to 

21 serve as one of the co-chairs of the Joint Committee, 

22 and the Majority Leader of the Senate shall des23 ignate one Member of the Joint Committee who is 

24 a Senator to serve as the other co-chair of the Joint 

25 Committee. 


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1 (2) CO-VICE CHAIRS.—The Minority Leader of 

2 the House of Representatives shall designate one 

3 Member of the Joint Committee who is a Member of 

4 the House to serve as one of the co-vice chairs of the 

5 Joint Committee, and the Minority Leader of the 

6 Senate shall designate one Member of the Joint 

7 Committee who is a Senator to serve as the other 

8 co-vice chair of the Joint Committee. 

9 (c) VACANCIES.—A vacancy in the Joint Committee 

10 shall not affect the power of the remaining Members to 

11 execute the functions of the Joint Committee, and shall 

12 be filled in the same manner as the original selection. 

13 SEC. 3. DUTIES. 

14 (a) STUDY AND REVIEW.—The Joint Committee 

15 shall conduct a full study and review of the following 

16 issues: 

17 (1) Attempts to influence elections for Federal 

18 office held in 2016 elections including, but not lim19 ited to, the general and primary elections for the of20 fice of President and the general and primary elec21 tions for the office of Representative in, or Delegate 

22 or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress, as de23 scribed in the October 7, 2016, Joint Statement 

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1 fice of the Director of National Intelligence on Elec2 tion Security. 

3 (2) Related attempts to undermine trust in 

4 United States electoral processes. 

5 (3) The attribution of such attempts. 

6 (4) All policies, decisions, and activities taken 

7 by the executive branch to respond to such attempts. 

8 (5) Cybersecurity breaches tied to attempts to 

9 influence election outcomes or faith in the electoral 

10 system. 

11 (6) Additional cybersecurity threats and 

12 vulnerabilities that may contribute to future infor13 mation warfare operations against the United 

14 States. 

15 (7) Recommendations for improving resilience 

16 against future information warfare operations. 

17 (8) Recommendations for improving the cyber18 security of electoral functions. 

19 (9) Contacts between foreign nationals and can20 didates running in the 2016 elections (or their cam21 paign staff) which occurred during the campaign for 

22 those elections. 

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1 tions (or their staff) which occurred after the elec2 tion but before such officials took office. 

3 (11) Any other relevant issues relating to the 

4 election influence operations, response to such oper5 ations, or the investigation by Congress into such 

6 operations. 

7 (b) REPORT OF FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDA8 TIONS.— 

9 (1) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 

10 after the date of the adoption of this resolution, the 

11 Joint Committee shall submit to Congress a final re12 port on the investigation and study conducted under 

13 subsection (a) and its findings and recommendations 

14 relating to the issues described in such subsection. 

15 (2) STANDARD FOR FINDINGS AND REC16 OMMENDATIONS.—The Joint Committee may not 

17 make any finding or recommendation for purposes of 

18 paragraph (1) except upon the majority vote of the 

19 Members from each House, respectively. 

20 (3) INTERIM REPORTS.—In addition to the final 

21 report submitted under paragraph (1), the Joint 

22 Committee may submit to Congress interim reports 

23 on the investigation and study conducted under sub24 section (a) prior to the submission of such final re25 port. 


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1 (4) CLASSIFIED ANNEX.—Any report submitted 

2 under this subsection shall be issued in unclassified 

3 form but may include a classified annex. 

4 SEC. 4. RULES AND PROCEDURES. 

5 In carrying out its duties under this resolution, the 

6 Joint Committee is authorized to— 

7 (1) hold such hearings, to sit and act at such 

8 places and times within the United States during the 

9 sessions, recesses, and adjourned periods of Con10 gress; 

11 (2) require the attendance of such witnesses 

12 and the production of such books, papers, and docu13 ments, administer such oaths, take such testimony, 

14 procure such printing and binding as it deems nec15 essary; and 

16 (3) make such rules respecting its organization 

17 and procedures as it deems necessary. 

18 SEC. 5. STAFF; FUNDING. 

19 (a) STAFF.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—The co-chairs of the Joint 

21 Committee, upon consultation with the co-vice chairs 

22 of the Joint Committee, may employ and fix the 

23 compensation of such staff as the co-chairs consider 

24 necessary to carry out this resolution. 


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1 (2) DETAIL OF HOUSE AND SENATE EMPLOY2 EES.—Upon the request of the Joint Committee, the 

3 head of any office of the House of Representatives 

4 or Senate is authorized to detail, without reimburse5 ment, any of the personnel of such office to the 

6 Joint Committee to assist the Joint Committee in 

7 carrying out its duties. 

8 (b) FUNDING.—There are authorized to be appro9 priated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this 

10 resolution, of which— 

11 (1) 50 percent shall be paid out of the applica12 ble accounts of the House of Representatives, to be 

13 paid on vouchers signed by the co-chair or co-vice 

14 chair of the Joint Committee who is a Member of 

15 the House of Representatives, and approved in the 

16 manner directed by the Committee on House Admin17 istration of the House of Representatives; and 

18 (2) 50 percent shall be paid out of the contin19 gent fund of the Senate, to be paid on vouchers 

20 signed by the co-chair or co-vice chair of the Joint 

21 Committee who is a Senator, and approved in the 

22 manner directed by the Committee on Rules and Ad23 ministration of the Senate. 


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1 SEC. 6. TERMINATION. 

2 The Joint Committee shall terminate upon the expi3 ration of the 30-day period which begins on the date the 

4 Joint Committee submits its final report under section 

5 3(b)(1). 

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