IV 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 918 

Directing certain committees to continue their ongoing investigations as part 

of the existing 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, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 7, 2023 

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

Committee on Rules 

RESOLUTION 

Directing certain committees to continue their ongoing investigations as part of the existing 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, and for other purposes. 

1 Resolved, That the Committees on Oversight and Ac2 countability, Ways and Means, and the Judiciary are di3 rected to continue their ongoing investigations as part of 

4 the House of Representatives inquiry into whether suffi5 cient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to 

6 exercise its Constitutional power to impeach Joseph 


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1 Biden, President of the United States of America, includ2 ing as set forth in the memorandum issued by the Chairs 

3 of the Committees on Oversight and Accountability, Ways 

4 and Means, and Judiciary of the House of Representa5 tives, entitled ‘‘Impeachment Inquiry’’, dated September 

6 27, 2023. 

7 SEC. 2. INVESTIGATIVE PROCEEDINGS BY THE COMMITTEE 

8 ON OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 

9 For the purpose of continuing the investigation de10 scribed in the first section of this resolution, the Com11 mittee on Oversight and Accountability is authorized to 

12 conduct proceedings pursuant to this resolution as follows: 

13 (1) The chair of the Committee on Oversight 

14 and Accountability may designate an open hearing 

15 or hearings pursuant to this section. 

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

17 the Rules of the House of Representatives, upon rec18 ognition by the chair for such purpose under this 

19 paragraph during any hearing designated pursuant 

20 to paragraph (1), the chair and ranking minority 

21 member of the Committee on Oversight and Ac22 countability shall be permitted to question witnesses 

23 for equal specified periods of longer than five min24 utes, as determined by the chair. The time available 

25 for each period of questioning under this paragraph 


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1 shall be equal for the chair and the ranking minority 

2 member. The chair may confer recognition for mul3 tiple periods of such questioning, but each period of 

4 questioning shall not exceed 90 minutes in the ag5 gregate. Only the chair and ranking minority mem6 ber, or an employee of the Committee on Oversight 

7 and Accountability if yielded to by the chair or rank8 ing minority member, may question witnesses during 

9 such periods of questioning. At the conclusion of 

10 questioning pursuant to this paragraph, the com11 mittee shall proceed with questioning under the five12 minute rule pursuant to clause 2(j)(2)(A) of rule XI. 

13 (3) To allow for full evaluation of minority wit14 ness requests, the ranking minority member may 

15 submit to the chair, in writing, any requests for wit16 ness testimony relevant to the investigation de17 scribed in the first section of this resolution within 

18 72 hours after notice is given for the first hearing 

19 designated pursuant to paragraph (1). Any such re20 quest shall be accompanied by a detailed written jus21 tification of the relevance of the testimony of each 

22 requested witness to the investigation described in 

23 the first section of this resolution. 

24 (4)(A) The ranking minority member of the 

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1 thorized, with the concurrence of the chair of the 

2 Committee on Oversight and Accountability, to re3 quire, as deemed necessary to the investigation— 

4 (i) by subpoena or otherwise— 

5 (I) the attendance and testimony of 

6 any person (including at a taking of a dep7 osition); and 

8 (II) the production of books, records, 

9 correspondence, memoranda, papers, and 

10 documents; and 

11 (ii) by interrogatory, the furnishing of in12 formation. 

13 (B) In the case that the chair declines to con14 cur in a proposed action of the ranking minority 

15 member pursuant to subparagraph (A), the ranking 

16 minority member shall have the right to refer to the 

17 committee for decision the question whether such 

18 authority shall be so exercised and the chair shall 

19 convene the committee promptly to render that deci20 sion, subject to the notice procedures for a com21 mittee meeting under clause 2(g)(3)(A) and (B) of 

22 rule XI. 

23 (C) Subpoenas and interrogatories so author24 ized may be signed by the ranking minority member, 


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1 and may be served by any person designated by the 

2 ranking minority member. 

3 (5) The chair is authorized to make publicly 

4 available in electronic form the transcripts of deposi5 tions conducted by the Committee on Oversight and 

6 Accountability in furtherance of the investigation de7 scribed in the first section of this resolution, with 

8 appropriate redactions for classified and other sen9 sitive information. 

10 (6) The Committee on Oversight and Account11 ability may issue a report setting forth its findings 

12 and any recommendations and appending any infor13 mation and materials the Committee on Oversight 

14 and Accountability may deem appropriate with re15 spect to the investigation described in the first sec16 tion of this resolution. The chair may transmit such 

17 report and appendices, along with any supplemental, 

18 minority, additional, or dissenting views filed pursu19 ant to clause 2(l) of rule XI, to the Committee on 

20 the Judiciary and make such report publicly avail21 able in electronic form, with appropriate redactions 

22 to protect classified and other sensitive information. 

23 Any report prepared under this paragraph may be 

24 prepared in consultation with the chairs of the Com25 mittees on Ways and Means and on the Judiciary. 


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1 SEC. 3. INVESTIGATIVE PROCEEDINGS BY THE COMMITTEE 

2 ON WAYS AND MEANS. 

3 For the purpose of continuing the investigation de4 scribed in the first section of this resolution, the Com5 mittee on Ways and Means is authorized to conduct pro6 ceedings pursuant to this resolution as follows: 

7 (1) The chair of the Committee on Ways and 

8 Means may designate an open hearing or hearings 

9 pursuant to this section. 

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

11 the Rules of the House of Representatives, upon rec12 ognition by the chair for such purpose under this 

13 paragraph during any hearing designated pursuant 

14 to paragraph (1), the chair and ranking minority 

15 member of the Committee on Ways and Means shall 

16 be permitted to question witnesses for equal speci17 fied periods of longer than five minutes, as deter18 mined by the chair. The time available for each pe19 riod of questioning under this paragraph shall be 

20 equal for the chair and the ranking minority mem21 ber. The chair may confer recognition for multiple 

22 periods of such questioning, but each period of ques23 tioning shall not exceed 90 minutes in the aggregate. 

24 Only the chair and ranking minority member, or an 

25 employee of the Committee on Ways and Means if 

26 yielded to by the chair or ranking minority member, 


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1 may question witnesses during such periods of ques2 tioning. At the conclusion of questioning pursuant to 

3 this paragraph, the committee shall proceed with 

4 questioning under the five-minute rule pursuant to 

5 clause 2(j)(2)(A) of rule XI. 

6 (3) To allow for full evaluation of minority wit7 ness requests, the ranking minority member may 

8 submit to the chair, in writing, any requests for wit9 ness testimony relevant to the investigation de10 scribed in the first section of this resolution within 

11 72 hours after notice is given for the first hearing 

12 designated pursuant to paragraph (1). Any such re13 quest shall be accompanied by a detailed written jus14 tification of the relevance of the testimony of each 

15 requested witness to the investigation described in 

16 the first section of this resolution. 

17 (4)(A) The ranking minority member of the 

18 Committee on Ways and Means is authorized, with 

19 the concurrence of the chair of the Committee on 

20 Ways and Means, to require, as deemed necessary to 

21 the investigation— 

22 (i) by subpoena or otherwise— 

23 (I) the attendance and testimony of 

24 any person (including at a taking of a dep25 osition); and 


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1 (II) the production of books, records, 

2 correspondence, memoranda, papers, and 

3 documents; and 

4 (ii) by interrogatory, the furnishing of in5 formation. 

6 (B) In the case that the chair declines to con7 cur in a proposed action of the ranking minority 

8 member pursuant to subparagraph (A), the ranking 

9 minority member shall have the right to refer to the 

10 committee for decision the question whether such 

11 authority shall be so exercised and the chair shall 

12 convene the committee promptly to render that deci13 sion, subject to the notice procedures for a com14 mittee meeting under clause 2(g)(3)(A) and (B) of 

15 rule XI. 

16 (C) Subpoenas and interrogatories so author17 ized may be signed by the ranking minority member, 

18 and may be served by any person designated by the 

19 ranking minority member. 

20 (5) The chair is authorized to make publicly 

21 available in electronic form the transcripts of deposi22 tions conducted by the Committee on Ways and 

23 Means in furtherance of the investigation described 

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1 priate redactions for classified and other sensitive in2 formation. 

3 (6) The Committee on Ways and Means may 

4 issue a report setting forth its findings and any rec5 ommendations and appending any information and 

6 materials the Committee on Ways and Means may 

7 deem appropriate with respect to the investigation 

8 described in the first section of this resolution. The 

9 chair may transmit such report and appendices, 

10 along with any supplemental, minority, additional, or 

11 dissenting views filed pursuant to clause 2(l) of rule 

12 XI, to the Committee on the Judiciary and make 

13 such report publicly available in electronic form, 

14 with appropriate redactions to protect classified and 

15 other sensitive information. Any report prepared 

16 under this paragraph may be prepared in consulta17 tion with the chairs of the Committees on Oversight 

18 and Accountability and on the Judiciary. 

19 SEC. 4. INVESTIGATIVE PROCEEDINGS BY THE COMMITTEE 

20 ON THE JUDICIARY. 

21 For the purpose of continuing the investigation de22 scribed in the first section of this resolution, the Com23 mittee on the Judiciary is authorized to conduct pro24 ceedings pursuant to this resolution as follows: 


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1 (1) The chair of the Committee on the Judici2 ary may designate an open hearing or hearings pur3 suant to this section. 

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

5 the Rules of the House of Representatives, upon rec6 ognition by the chair for such purpose under this 

7 paragraph during any hearing designated pursuant 

8 to paragraph (1), the chair and ranking minority 

9 member of the Committee on the Judiciary shall be 

10 permitted to question witnesses for equal specified 

11 periods of longer than five minutes, as determined 

12 by the chair. The time available for each period of 

13 questioning under this paragraph shall be equal for 

14 the chair and the ranking minority member. The 

15 chair may confer recognition for multiple periods of 

16 such questioning, but each period of questioning 

17 shall not exceed 90 minutes in the aggregate. Only 

18 the chair and ranking minority member, or an em19 ployee of the Committee on the Judiciary if yielded 

20 to by the chair or ranking minority member, may 

21 question witnesses during such periods of ques22 tioning. At the conclusion of questioning pursuant to 

23 this paragraph, the committee shall proceed with 

24 questioning under the five-minute rule pursuant to 

25 clause 2(j)(2)(A) of rule XI. 


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1 (3) To allow for full evaluation of minority wit2 ness requests, the ranking minority member may 

3 submit to the chair, in writing, any requests for wit4 ness testimony relevant to the investigation de5 scribed in the first section of this resolution within 

6 72 hours after notice is given for the first hearing 

7 designated pursuant to paragraph (1). Any such re8 quest shall be accompanied by a detailed written jus9 tification of the relevance of the testimony of each 

10 requested witness to the investigation described in 

11 the first section of this resolution. 

12 (4)(A) The ranking minority member of the 

13 Committee on the Judiciary is authorized, with the 

14 concurrence of the chair of the Committee on the 

15 Judiciary, to require, as deemed necessary to the in16 vestigation— 

17 (i) by subpoena or otherwise— 

18 (I) the attendance and testimony of 

19 any person (including at a taking of a dep20 osition); and 

21 (II) the production of books, records, 

22 correspondence, memoranda, papers, and 

23 documents; and 

24 (ii) by interrogatory, the furnishing of in25 formation. 


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1 (B) In the case that the chair declines to con2 cur in a proposed action of the ranking minority 

3 member pursuant to subparagraph (A), the ranking 

4 minority member shall have the right to refer to the 

5 committee for decision the question whether such 

6 authority shall be so exercised and the chair shall 

7 convene the committee promptly to render that deci8 sion, subject to the notice procedures for a com9 mittee meeting under clause 2(g)(3)(A) and (B) of 

10 rule XI. 

11 (C) Subpoenas and interrogatories so author12 ized may be signed by the ranking minority member, 

13 and may be served by any person designated by the 

14 ranking minority member. 

15 (5) The chair is authorized to make publicly 

16 available in electronic form the transcripts of deposi17 tions conducted by the Committee on the Judiciary 

18 in furtherance of the investigation described in the 

19 first section of this resolution, with appropriate 

20 redactions for classified and other sensitive informa21 tion. 

22 SEC. 5. IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY PROCEDURES IN THE 

23 COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY. 

24 (a) The Committee on the Judiciary is authorized to 

25 conduct proceedings relating to the impeachment inquiry 


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1 described in the first section of this resolution pursuant 

2 to the procedures submitted for printing in the Congres3 sional Record by the chair of the Committee on Rules, in4 cluding such procedures as to allow for the participation 

5 of the President and his counsel. 

6 (b) The Committee on the Judiciary is authorized to 

7 promulgate additional procedures as it deems necessary 

8 for the fair and efficient conduct of committee hearings 

9 held pursuant to this resolution, provided that the addi10 tional procedures are not inconsistent with the procedures 

11 referenced in subsection (a), the Rules of the Committee, 

12 and the Rules of the House. 

13 (c)(1) The ranking minority member of the Com14 mittee on the Judiciary is authorized, with the concur15 rence of the chair of the Committee on the Judiciary, to 

16 require, as deemed necessary to the investigation— 

17 (A) by subpoena or otherwise— 

18 (i) the attendance and testimony of any 

19 person (including at a taking of a deposition); 

20 and 

21 (ii) the production of books, records, cor22 respondence, memoranda, papers, and docu23 ments; and 

24 (B) by interrogatory, the furnishing of informa25 tion. 


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

2 a proposed action of the ranking minority member pursu3 ant to paragraph (1), the ranking minority member shall 

4 have the right to refer to the committee for decision the 

5 question whether such authority shall be so exercised and 

6 the chair shall convene the committee promptly to render 

7 that decision, subject to the notice procedures for a com8 mittee meeting under clause 2(g)(3)(A) and (B) of rule 

9 XI. 

10 (3) Subpoenas and interrogatories so authorized may 

11 be signed by the ranking minority member, and may be 

12 served by any person designated by the ranking minority 

13 member. 

14 (d) The Committee on the Judiciary is authorized to 

15 report to the House of Representatives resolutions, articles 

16 of impeachment, or other recommendations. 

17 SEC. 6. ADOPTION OF HOUSE RESOLUTION 917. 

18 House Resolution 917 is hereby adopted. 

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