IV 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 477 

Authorizing and directing the Committee on the Judiciary to investigate 

whether sufficient grounds exist for the impeachment of Secretary of 

Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 7, 2023 

Ms. GREENE of Georgia submitted the following resolution; which was referred 

to the Committee on Rules 

RESOLUTION 

Authorizing and directing the Committee on the Judiciary 

to investigate whether sufficient grounds exist for the 

impeachment of Secretary of Homeland Security 

Alejandro Mayorkas. 

1 Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary, act2 ing as a whole or by any subcommittee thereof appointed 

3 by the chairman for the purposes hereof and in accordance 

4 with the rules of the committee, is authorized and directed 

5 to investigate fully and completely whether sufficient 

6 grounds exist for the House of Representatives to exercise 

7 its constitutional power to impeach Secretary of Homeland 

8 Security Alejandro Mayorkas. The committee shall report 


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1 to the House of Representatives such resolutions, articles 

2 of impeachment, or other recommendations as it deems 

3 proper. 

4 SEC. 2. (a) For the purpose of making such investiga5 tion, the committee is authorized to require— 

6 (1) by subpoena or otherwise— 

7 (A) the attendance and testimony of any person 

8 (including at a taking of a deposition by counsel for 

9 the committee); and 

10 (B) the production of such things; and 

11 (2) by interrogatory, the furnishing of such informa12 tion; as it deems necessary to such investigation. 

13 (b) Such authority of the committee may be exer14 cised— 

15 (1) by the chairman and the ranking minority mem16 ber acting jointly, or, if either declines to act, by the other 

17 acting alone, except that in the event either so declines, 

18 either shall have the right to refer to the committee for 

19 decision the question whether such authority shall be so 

20 exercised and the committee shall be convened promptly 

21 to render that decision; or 

22 (2) by the committee acting as a whole or by sub23 committee. 

24 Subpoenas and interrogatories so authorized may be 

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1 nority member, or any member designated by either of 

2 them, and may be served by any person designated by the 

3 chairman, or ranking minority member, or any member 

4 designated by either of them. The chairman, or ranking 

5 minority member, or any member designated by either of 

6 them (or, with respect to any deposition, answer to inter7 rogatory, or affidavit, any person authorized by law to ad8 minister oaths) may administer oaths to any witness. For 

9 the purposes of this section, ‘‘things’’ includes, without 

10 limitation, books, records, correspondence, logs, journals, 

11 memorandums, papers, documents, writings, drawings, 

12 graphs, charts, photographs, reproductions, recordings, 

13 tapes, transcripts, printouts, data compilations from which 

14 information can be obtained (translated if necessary, 

15 through detection devices into reasonably usable form), 

16 tangible objects, and other things of any kind. 

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