H. Res. 918 

In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

December 13, 2023. 

Resolved, That the Committees on Oversight and Accountability, Ways and Means, and the Judiciary are directed 

to continue their ongoing investigations as part of the House 

of Representatives inquiry into whether sufficient grounds 

exist for the House of Representatives to exercise its Constitutional power to impeach Joseph Biden, President of the 

United States of America, including as set forth in the 

memorandum issued by the Chairs of the Committees on 

Oversight and Accountability, Ways and Means, and Judiciary of the House of Representatives, entitled ‘‘Impeachment 

Inquiry’’, dated September 27, 2023. 

SEC. 2. INVESTIGATIVE PROCEEDINGS BY THE COMMITTEE ON 

OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 

For the purpose of continuing the investigation described 

in the first section of this resolution, the Committee on Oversight and Accountability is authorized to conduct proceedings 

pursuant to this resolution as follows: 
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(1) The chair of the Committee on Oversight and 

Accountability may designate an open hearing or hearings pursuant to this section. 

(2) Notwithstanding clause 2(j)(2) of rule XI of the 

Rules of the House of Representatives, upon recognition 

by the chair for such purpose under this paragraph during any hearing designated pursuant to paragraph (1), 

the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability shall be permitted to question witnesses for equal specified periods 

of longer than five minutes, as determined by the chair. 

The time available for each period of questioning under 

this paragraph shall be equal for the chair and the ranking minority member. The chair may confer recognition 

for multiple periods of such questioning, but each period 

of questioning shall not exceed 90 minutes in the aggregate. Only the chair and ranking minority member, or 

an employee of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability if yielded to by the chair or ranking minority member, may question witnesses during such periods 

of questioning. At the conclusion of questioning pursuant 

to this paragraph, the committee shall proceed with 

questioning under the five-minute rule pursuant to 

clause 2(j)(2)(A) of rule XI. 
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(3) To allow for full evaluation of minority witness 

requests, the ranking minority member may submit to 

the chair, in writing, any requests for witness testimony 

relevant to the investigation described in the first section 

of this resolution within 72 hours after notice is given 

for the first hearing designated pursuant to paragraph 

(1). Any such request shall be accompanied by a detailed 

written justification of the relevance of the testimony of 

each requested witness to the investigation described in 

the first section of this resolution. 

(4)(A) The ranking minority member of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability is authorized, 

with the concurrence of the chair of the Committee on 

Oversight and Accountability, to require, as deemed necessary to the investigation— 

(i) by subpoena or otherwise— 

(I) the attendance and testimony of any 

person (including at a taking of a deposition); 

and 

(II) the production of books, records, correspondence, memoranda, papers, and documents; and 

(ii) by interrogatory, the furnishing of information. 
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(B) In the case that the chair declines to concur in 

a proposed action of the ranking minority member pursuant to subparagraph (A), the ranking minority member shall have the right to refer to the committee for decision the question whether such authority shall be so exercised and the chair shall convene the committee 

promptly to render that decision, subject to the notice 

procedures for a committee meeting under clause 

2(g)(3)(A) and (B) of rule XI. 

(C) Subpoenas and interrogatories so authorized 

may be signed by the ranking minority member, and 

may be served by any person designated by the ranking 

minority member. 

(5) The chair is authorized to make publicly available in electronic form the transcripts of depositions conducted by the Committee on Oversight and Accountability in furtherance of the investigation described in 

the first section of this resolution, with appropriate 

redactions for classified and other sensitive information. 

(6) The Committee on Oversight and Accountability 

may issue a report setting forth its findings and any recommendations and appending any information and materials the Committee on Oversight and Accountability 

may deem appropriate with respect to the investigation 

described in the first section of this resolution. The chair 
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may transmit such report and appendices, along with 

any supplemental, minority, additional, or dissenting 

views filed pursuant to clause 2(l) of rule XI, to the 

Committee on the Judiciary and make such report publicly available in electronic form, with appropriate 

redactions to protect classified and other sensitive information. Any report prepared under this paragraph may 

be prepared in consultation with the chairs of the Committees on Ways and Means and on the Judiciary. 

SEC. 3. INVESTIGATIVE PROCEEDINGS BY THE COMMITTEE ON 

WAYS AND MEANS. 

For the purpose of continuing the investigation described 

in the first section of this resolution, the Committee on Ways 

and Means is authorized to conduct proceedings pursuant to 

this resolution as follows: 

(1) The chair of the Committee on Ways and 

Means may designate an open hearing or hearings pursuant to this section. 

(2) Notwithstanding clause 2(j)(2) of rule XI of the 

Rules of the House of Representatives, upon recognition 

by the chair for such purpose under this paragraph during any hearing designated pursuant to paragraph (1), 

the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means shall be permitted to question witnesses for equal specified periods of longer than 
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five minutes, as determined by the chair. The time available for each period of questioning under this paragraph 

shall be equal for the chair and the ranking minority 

member. The chair may confer recognition for multiple 

periods of such questioning, but each period of questioning shall not exceed 90 minutes in the aggregate. 

Only the chair and ranking minority member, or an employee of the Committee on Ways and Means if yielded 

to by the chair or ranking minority member, may question witnesses during such periods of questioning. At the 

conclusion of questioning pursuant to this paragraph, 

the committee shall proceed with questioning under the 

five-minute rule pursuant to clause 2(j)(2)(A) of rule XI. 

(3) To allow for full evaluation of minority witness 

requests, the ranking minority member may submit to 

the chair, in writing, any requests for witness testimony 

relevant to the investigation described in the first section 

of this resolution within 72 hours after notice is given 

for the first hearing designated pursuant to paragraph 

(1). Any such request shall be accompanied by a detailed 

written justification of the relevance of the testimony of 

each requested witness to the investigation described in 

the first section of this resolution. 

(4)(A) The ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means is authorized, with the con-
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currence of the chair of the Committee on Ways and 

Means, to require, as deemed necessary to the investigation— 

(i) by subpoena or otherwise— 

(I) the attendance and testimony of any 

person (including at a taking of a deposition); 

and 

(II) the production of books, records, correspondence, memoranda, papers, and documents; and 

(ii) by interrogatory, the furnishing of information. 

(B) In the case that the chair declines to concur in 

a proposed action of the ranking minority member pursuant to subparagraph (A), the ranking minority member shall have the right to refer to the committee for decision the question whether such authority shall be so exercised and the chair shall convene the committee 

promptly to render that decision, subject to the notice 

procedures for a committee meeting under clause 

2(g)(3)(A) and (B) of rule XI. 

(C) Subpoenas and interrogatories so authorized 

may be signed by the ranking minority member, and 

may be served by any person designated by the ranking 

minority member. 
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(5) The chair is authorized to make publicly available in electronic form the transcripts of depositions conducted by the Committee on Ways and Means in furtherance of the investigation described in the first section of this resolution, with appropriate redactions for 

classified and other sensitive information. 

(6) The Committee on Ways and Means may issue 

a report setting forth its findings and any recommendations and appending any information and materials the 

Committee on Ways and Means may deem appropriate 

with respect to the investigation described in the first 

section of this resolution. The chair may transmit such 

report and appendices, along with any supplemental, minority, additional, or dissenting views filed pursuant to 

clause 2(l) of rule XI, to the Committee on the Judiciary 

and make such report publicly available in electronic 

form, with appropriate redactions to protect classified 

and other sensitive information. Any report prepared 

under this paragraph may be prepared in consultation 

with the chairs of the Committees on Oversight and Accountability and on the Judiciary. 

SEC. 4. INVESTIGATIVE PROCEEDINGS BY THE COMMITTEE ON 

THE JUDICIARY. 

For the purpose of continuing the investigation described 

in the first section of this resolution, the Committee on the 
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Judiciary is authorized to conduct proceedings pursuant to 

this resolution as follows: 

(1) The chair of the Committee on the Judiciary 

may designate an open hearing or hearings pursuant to 

this section. 

(2) Notwithstanding clause 2(j)(2) of rule XI of the 

Rules of the House of Representatives, upon recognition 

by the chair for such purpose under this paragraph during any hearing designated pursuant to paragraph (1), 

the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary shall be permitted to question 

witnesses for equal specified periods of longer than five 

minutes, as determined by the chair. The time available 

for each period of questioning under this paragraph shall 

be equal for the chair and the ranking minority member. 

The chair may confer recognition for multiple periods of 

such questioning, but each period of questioning shall 

not exceed 90 minutes in the aggregate. Only the chair 

and ranking minority member, or an employee of the 

Committee on the Judiciary if yielded to by the chair or 

ranking minority member, may question witnesses during such periods of questioning. At the conclusion of 

questioning pursuant to this paragraph, the committee 

shall proceed with questioning under the five-minute rule 

pursuant to clause 2(j)(2)(A) of rule XI. 
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(3) To allow for full evaluation of minority witness 

requests, the ranking minority member may submit to 

the chair, in writing, any requests for witness testimony 

relevant to the investigation described in the first section 

of this resolution within 72 hours after notice is given 

for the first hearing designated pursuant to paragraph 

(1). Any such request shall be accompanied by a detailed 

written justification of the relevance of the testimony of 

each requested witness to the investigation described in 

the first section of this resolution. 

(4)(A) The ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary is authorized, with the concurrence of the chair of the Committee on the Judiciary, to 

require, as deemed necessary to the investigation— 

(i) by subpoena or otherwise— 

(I) the attendance and testimony of any 

person (including at a taking of a deposition); 

and 

(II) the production of books, records, correspondence, memoranda, papers, and documents; and 

(ii) by interrogatory, the furnishing of information. 

(B) In the case that the chair declines to concur in 

a proposed action of the ranking minority member pur-
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suant to subparagraph (A), the ranking minority member shall have the right to refer to the committee for decision the question whether such authority shall be so exercised and the chair shall convene the committee 

promptly to render that decision, subject to the notice 

procedures for a committee meeting under clause 

2(g)(3)(A) and (B) of rule XI. 

(C) Subpoenas and interrogatories so authorized 

may be signed by the ranking minority member, and 

may be served by any person designated by the ranking 

minority member. 

(5) The chair is authorized to make publicly available in electronic form the transcripts of depositions conducted by the Committee on the Judiciary in furtherance 

of the investigation described in the first section of this 

resolution, with appropriate redactions for classified and 

other sensitive information. 

SEC. 5. IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY PROCEDURES IN THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY. 

(a) The Committee on the Judiciary is authorized to 

conduct proceedings relating to the impeachment inquiry described in the first section of this resolution pursuant to the 

procedures submitted for printing in the Congressional 

Record by the chair of the Committee on Rules, including 
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such procedures as to allow for the participation of the President and his counsel. 

(b) The Committee on the Judiciary is authorized to 

promulgate additional procedures as it deems necessary for 

the fair and efficient conduct of committee hearings held pursuant to this resolution, provided that the additional procedures are not inconsistent with the procedures referenced in 

subsection (a), the Rules of the Committee, and the Rules of 

the House. 

(c)(1) The ranking minority member of the Committee 

on the Judiciary is authorized, with the concurrence of the 

chair of the Committee on the Judiciary, to require, as 

deemed necessary to the investigation— 

(A) by subpoena or otherwise— 

(i) the attendance and testimony of any person 

(including at a taking of a deposition); and 

(ii) the production of books, records, correspondence, memoranda, papers, and documents; 

and 

(B) by interrogatory, the furnishing of information. 

(2) In the case that the chair declines to concur in a 

proposed action of the ranking minority member pursuant to 

paragraph (1), the ranking minority member shall have the 

right to refer to the committee for decision the question 

whether such authority shall be so exercised and the chair 
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shall convene the committee promptly to render that decision, 

subject to the notice procedures for a committee meeting 

under clause 2(g)(3)(A) and (B) of rule XI. 

(3) Subpoenas and interrogatories so authorized may be 

signed by the ranking minority member, and may be served 

by any person designated by the ranking minority member. 

(d) The Committee on the Judiciary is authorized to report to the House of Representatives resolutions, articles of 

impeachment, or other recommendations. 

SEC. 6. ADOPTION OF HOUSE RESOLUTION 917. 

House Resolution 917 is hereby adopted. 

Attest: 

Clerk.