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House Calendar No. 54 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 918 

[Report No. 118–314] 

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 

DECEMBER 12, 2023 

Reported from the Committee on Rules; referred to the House Calendar and 

ordered to be printed 

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. 

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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 

7 Biden, President of the United States of America, includ8 ing as set forth in the memorandum issued by the Chairs 

9 of the Committees on Oversight and Accountability, Ways 

10 and Means, and Judiciary of the House of Representa11 tives, entitled ‘‘Impeachment Inquiry’’, dated September 

12 27, 2023. 

13 SEC. 2. INVESTIGATIVE PROCEEDINGS BY THE COMMITTEE 

14 ON OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 

15 For the purpose of continuing the investigation de16 scribed in the first section of this resolution, the Com17 mittee on Oversight and Accountability is authorized to 

18 conduct proceedings pursuant to this resolution as follows: 

19 (1) The chair of the Committee on Oversight 

20 and Accountability may designate an open hearing 

21 or hearings pursuant to this section. 

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

23 the Rules of the House of Representatives, upon rec24 ognition by the chair for such purpose under this 

25 paragraph during any hearing designated pursuant 

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

2 member of the Committee on Oversight and Ac3 countability shall be permitted to question witnesses 

4 for equal specified periods of longer than five min5 utes, as determined by the chair. The time available 

6 for each period of questioning under this paragraph 

7 shall be equal for the chair and the ranking minority 

8 member. The chair may confer recognition for mul9 tiple periods of such questioning, but each period of 

10 questioning shall not exceed 90 minutes in the ag11 gregate. Only the chair and ranking minority mem12 ber, or an employee of the Committee on Oversight 

13 and Accountability if yielded to by the chair or rank14 ing minority member, may question witnesses during 

15 such periods of questioning. At the conclusion of 

16 questioning pursuant to this paragraph, the com17 mittee shall proceed with questioning under the five18 minute rule pursuant to clause 2(j)(2)(A) of rule XI. 

19 (3) To allow for full evaluation of minority wit20 ness requests, the ranking minority member may 

21 submit to the chair, in writing, any requests for wit22 ness testimony relevant to the investigation de23 scribed in the first section of this resolution within 

24 72 hours after notice is given for the first hearing 

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1 quest shall be accompanied by a detailed written jus2 tification of the relevance of the testimony of each 

3 requested witness to the investigation described in 

4 the first section of this resolution. 

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

6 Committee on Oversight and Accountability is au7 thorized, with the concurrence of the chair of the 

8 Committee on Oversight and Accountability, to re9 quire, as deemed necessary to the investigation— 

10 (i) by subpoena or otherwise— 

11 (I) the attendance and testimony of 

12 any person (including at a taking of a dep13 osition); and 

14 (II) the production of books, records, 

15 correspondence, memoranda, papers, and 

16 documents; and 

17 (ii) by interrogatory, the furnishing of in18 formation. 

19 (B) In the case that the chair declines to con20 cur in a proposed action of the ranking minority 

21 member pursuant to subparagraph (A), the ranking 

22 minority member shall have the right to refer to the 

23 committee for decision the question whether such 

24 authority shall be so exercised and the chair shall 

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1 sion, subject to the notice procedures for a com2 mittee meeting under clause 2(g)(3)(A) and (B) of 

3 rule XI. 

4 (C) Subpoenas and interrogatories so author5 ized may be signed by the ranking minority member, 

6 and may be served by any person designated by the 

7 ranking minority member. 

8 (5) The chair is authorized to make publicly 

9 available in electronic form the transcripts of deposi10 tions conducted by the Committee on Oversight and 

11 Accountability in furtherance of the investigation de12 scribed in the first section of this resolution, with 

13 appropriate redactions for classified and other sen14 sitive information. 

15 (6) The Committee on Oversight and Account16 ability may issue a report setting forth its findings 

17 and any recommendations and appending any infor18 mation and materials the Committee on Oversight 

19 and Accountability may deem appropriate with re20 spect to the investigation described in the first sec21 tion of this resolution. The chair may transmit such 

22 report and appendices, along with any supplemental, 

23 minority, additional, or dissenting views filed pursu24 ant to clause 2(l) of rule XI, to the Committee on 

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1 able in electronic form, with appropriate redactions 

2 to protect classified and other sensitive information. 

3 Any report prepared under this paragraph may be 

4 prepared in consultation with the chairs of the Com5 mittees on Ways and Means and on the Judiciary. 

6 SEC. 3. INVESTIGATIVE PROCEEDINGS BY THE COMMITTEE 

7 ON WAYS AND MEANS. 

8 For the purpose of continuing the investigation de9 scribed in the first section of this resolution, the Com10 mittee on Ways and Means is authorized to conduct pro11 ceedings pursuant to this resolution as follows: 

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

13 Means may designate an open hearing or hearings 

14 pursuant to this section. 

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

16 the Rules of the House of Representatives, upon rec17 ognition by the chair for such purpose under this 

18 paragraph during any hearing designated pursuant 

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

20 member of the Committee on Ways and Means shall 

21 be permitted to question witnesses for equal speci22 fied periods of longer than five minutes, as deter23 mined by the chair. The time available for each pe24 riod of questioning under this paragraph shall be 

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1 ber. The chair may confer recognition for multiple 

2 periods of such questioning, but each period of ques3 tioning shall not exceed 90 minutes in the aggregate. 

4 Only the chair and ranking minority member, or an 

5 employee of the Committee on Ways and Means if 

6 yielded to by the chair or ranking minority member, 

7 may question witnesses during such periods of ques8 tioning. At the conclusion of questioning pursuant to 

9 this paragraph, the committee shall proceed with 

10 questioning under the five-minute rule pursuant to 

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

12 (3) To allow for full evaluation of minority wit13 ness requests, the ranking minority member may 

14 submit to the chair, in writing, any requests for wit15 ness testimony relevant to the investigation de16 scribed in the first section of this resolution within 

17 72 hours after notice is given for the first hearing 

18 designated pursuant to paragraph (1). Any such re19 quest shall be accompanied by a detailed written jus20 tification of the relevance of the testimony of each 

21 requested witness to the investigation described in 

22 the first section of this resolution. 

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

24 Committee on Ways and Means is authorized, with 

25 the concurrence of the chair of the Committee on 

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

2 the investigation— 

3 (i) by subpoena or otherwise— 

4 (I) the attendance and testimony of 

5 any person (including at a taking of a dep6 osition); and 

7 (II) the production of books, records, 

8 correspondence, memoranda, papers, and 

9 documents; and 

10 (ii) by interrogatory, the furnishing of in11 formation. 

12 (B) In the case that the chair declines to con13 cur in a proposed action of the ranking minority 

14 member pursuant to subparagraph (A), the ranking 

15 minority member shall have the right to refer to the 

16 committee for decision the question whether such 

17 authority shall be so exercised and the chair shall 

18 convene the committee promptly to render that deci19 sion, subject to the notice procedures for a com20 mittee meeting under clause 2(g)(3)(A) and (B) of 

21 rule XI. 

22 (C) Subpoenas and interrogatories so author23 ized may be signed by the ranking minority member, 

24 and may be served by any person designated by the 

25 ranking minority member. 

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1 (5) The chair is authorized to make publicly 

2 available in electronic form the transcripts of deposi3 tions conducted by the Committee on Ways and 

4 Means in furtherance of the investigation described 

5 in the first section of this resolution, with appro6 priate redactions for classified and other sensitive in7 formation. 

8 (6) The Committee on Ways and Means may 

9 issue a report setting forth its findings and any rec10 ommendations and appending any information and 

11 materials the Committee on Ways and Means may 

12 deem appropriate with respect to the investigation 

13 described in the first section of this resolution. The 

14 chair may transmit such report and appendices, 

15 along with any supplemental, minority, additional, or 

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

17 XI, to the Committee on the Judiciary and make 

18 such report publicly available in electronic form, 

19 with appropriate redactions to protect classified and 

20 other sensitive information. Any report prepared 

21 under this paragraph may be prepared in consulta22 tion with the chairs of the Committees on Oversight 

23 and Accountability and on the Judiciary. 

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1 SEC. 4. INVESTIGATIVE PROCEEDINGS BY THE COMMITTEE 

2 ON THE JUDICIARY. 

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

7 (1) The chair of the Committee on the Judici8 ary may designate an open hearing or hearings pur9 suant 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 the Judiciary shall be 

16 permitted to question witnesses for equal specified 

17 periods of longer than five minutes, as determined 

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

19 questioning under this paragraph shall be equal for 

20 the chair and the ranking minority member. The 

21 chair may confer recognition for multiple periods of 

22 such questioning, but each period of questioning 

23 shall not exceed 90 minutes in the aggregate. Only 

24 the chair and ranking minority member, or an em25 ployee of the Committee on the Judiciary if yielded 

26 to by the chair or ranking minority member, may 

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1 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 the Judiciary is authorized, with the 

19 concurrence of the chair of the Committee on the 

20 Judiciary, to require, as deemed necessary to the in21 vestigation— 

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 the Judiciary 

23 in furtherance of the investigation described in the 

24 first section of this resolution, with appropriate 

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1 redactions for classified and other sensitive informa2 tion. 

3 SEC. 5. IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY PROCEDURES IN THE 

4 COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY. 

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

6 conduct proceedings relating to the impeachment inquiry 

7 described in the first section of this resolution pursuant 

8 to the procedures submitted for printing in the Congres9 sional Record by the chair of the Committee on Rules, in10 cluding such procedures as to allow for the participation 

11 of the President and his counsel. 

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

13 promulgate additional procedures as it deems necessary 

14 for the fair and efficient conduct of committee hearings 

15 held pursuant to this resolution, provided that the addi16 tional procedures are not inconsistent with the procedures 

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

18 and the Rules of the House. 

19 (c)(1) The ranking minority member of the Com20 mittee on the Judiciary is authorized, with the concur21 rence of the chair of the Committee on the Judiciary, to 

22 require, as deemed necessary to the investigation— 

23 (A) by subpoena or otherwise— 

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1 (i) the attendance and testimony of any 

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

3 and 

4 (ii) the production of books, records, cor5 respondence, memoranda, papers, and docu6 ments; and 

7 (B) by interrogatory, the furnishing of informa8 tion. 

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

10 a proposed action of the ranking minority member pursu11 ant to paragraph (1), the ranking minority member shall 

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

13 question whether such authority shall be so exercised and 

14 the chair shall convene the committee promptly to render 

15 that decision, subject to the notice procedures for a com16 mittee meeting under clause 2(g)(3)(A) and (B) of rule 

17 XI. 

18 (3) Subpoenas and interrogatories so authorized may 

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

20 served by any person designated by the ranking minority 

21 member. 

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

23 report to the House of Representatives resolutions, articles 

24 of impeachment, or other recommendations. 

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1 SEC. 6. ADOPTION OF HOUSE RESOLUTION 917. 

2 House Resolution 917 is hereby adopted. 

House Calendar No. 54 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 918 

[Report No. 118–314] 

RESOLUTION 

Directing certain committees to continue their onAmerica, and for other purposes. seph Biden, President of the United States of exercise its Constitutional power to impeach Jo- grounds exist for the House of Representatives to of Representatives inquiry into whether sufficient going investigations as part of the existing House 

DECEMBER 12, 2023 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed