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House Calendar No. 105 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 567 

[Report No. 113–442] 

Providing for the Establishment of the Select Committee on the Events 

Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 6, 2014 

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

Committee on Rules 

MAY 7, 2014 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for the Establishment of the Select Committee 

on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack 

in Benghazi. 

1 Resolved, 

2 SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT. 

3 There is hereby established the Select Committee on 

4 the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in 

5 Benghazi (hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Select Com6 mittee’’). 


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1 SEC. 2. COMPOSITION. 

2 (a) The Speaker shall appoint 12 Members to the Se3 lect Committee, five of whom shall be appointed after con4 sultation with the minority leader. 

5 (b) The Speaker shall designate one Member to serve 

6 as chair of the Select Committee. 

7 (c) Any vacancy in the Select Committee shall be 

8 filled in the same manner as the original appointment. 

9 SEC. 3. INVESTIGATION AND REPORT ON THE EVENTS SUR10 ROUNDING THE 2012 TERRORIST ATTACK IN 

11 BENGHAZI. 

12 (a) The Select Committee is authorized and directed 

13 to conduct a full and complete investigation and study and 

14 issue a final report of its findings to the House regard15 ing— 

16 (1) all policies, decisions, and activities that 

17 contributed to the attacks on United States facilities 

18 in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11, 2012, as well 

19 as those that affected the ability of the United 

20 States to prepare for the attacks; 

21 (2) all policies, decisions, and activities to re22 spond to and repel the attacks on United States fa23 cilities in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11, 2012, 

24 including efforts to rescue United States personnel; 


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1 (3) internal and public executive branch com2 munications about the attacks on United States fa3 cilities in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11, 2012; 

4 (4) accountability for policies and decisions re5 lated to the security of facilities in Benghazi, Libya, 

6 and the response to the attacks, including individ7 uals and entities responsible for those policies and 

8 decisions; 

9 (5) executive branch authorities’ efforts to iden10 tify and bring to justice the perpetrators of the at11 tacks on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, on Sep12 tember 11, 2012; 

13 (6) executive branch activities and efforts to 

14 comply with Congressional inquiries into the attacks 

15 on United States facilities in Benghazi, Libya, on 

16 September 11, 2012; 

17 (7) recommendations for improving executive 

18 branch cooperation and compliance with congres19 sional oversight and investigations; 

20 (8) information related to lessons learned from 

21 the attacks and executive branch activities and ef22 forts to protect United States facilities and per23 sonnel abroad; and 

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1 tion by the House of Representatives into the at2 tacks. 

3 (b) In addition to any final report addressing the 

4 matters in subsection (a), the Select Committee may issue 

5 such interim reports as it deems necessary. 

6 (c) Any report issued by the Select Committee may 

7 contain a classified annex. 

8 SEC. 4. PROCEDURE. 

9 (a) Notwithstanding clause 3(m) of rule X of the 

10 Rules of the House of Representatives, the Select Com11 mittee is authorized to study the sources and methods of 

12 entities described in clause 11(b)(1)(A) of rule X insofar 

13 as such study is related to the matters described in section 

14 3. 

15 (b) Clause 11(b)(4), clause 11(e), and the first sen16 tence of clause 11(f) of rule X of the Rules of the House 

17 of Representatives shall apply to the Select Committee. 

18 (c) Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representa19 tives shall apply to the Select Committee except as follows: 

20 (1) Clause 2(a) of rule XI shall not apply to the 

21 Select Committee. 

22 (2) Clause 2(g)(2)(D) of rule XI shall apply to 

23 the Select Committee in the same manner as it ap24 plies to the Permanent Select Committee on Intel25 ligence. 


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1 (3) Pursuant to clause 2(h) of rule XI, two 

2 Members of the Select Committee shall constitute a 

3 quorum for taking testimony or receiving evidence 

4 and one-third of the Members of the Select Com5 mittee shall constitute a quorum for taking any ac6 tion other than one for which the presence of a ma7 jority of the Select Committee is required. 

8 (4) The chair of the Select Committee may au9 thorize and issue subpoenas pursuant to clause 2(m) 

10 of rule XI in the investigation and study conducted 

11 pursuant to section 3 of this resolution, including for 

12 the purpose of taking depositions. 

13 (5)(A) The chair of the Select Committee, upon 

14 consultation with the ranking minority member, may 

15 order the taking of depositions, under oath and pur16 suant to notice or subpoena, by a Member of the Se17 lect Committee or a counsel of the Select Committee. 

18 (B) Depositions taken under the authority pre19 scribed in this paragraph shall be governed by the 

20 procedures submitted by the chair of the Committee 

21 on Rules for printing in the Congressional Record. 

22 (6) The chair of the Select Committee may, 

23 after consultation with the ranking minority mem24 ber, recognize— 


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1 (A) Members of the Select Committee to 

2 question a witness for periods longer than five 

3 minutes as though pursuant to clause 

4 (2)(j)(2)(B) of rule XI; and 

5 (B) staff of the Select Committee to ques6 tion a witness as though pursuant to clause 

7 (2)(j)(2)(C) of rule XI. 

8 SEC. 5. RECORDS; STAFF; FUNDING. 

9 (a) Any committee of the House of Representatives 

10 having custody of records in any form relating to the mat11 ters described in section 3 shall transfer such records to 

12 the Select Committee within 14 days of the adoption of 

13 this resolution. Such records shall become the records of 

14 the Select Committee. 

15 (b)(1)(A) To the greatest extent practicable, the Se16 lect Committee shall utilize the services of staff of employ17 ing entities of the House. At the request of the chair of 

18 the Select Committee in consultation with the ranking mi19 nority member, staff of employing entities of the House 

20 or a joint committee may be detailed to the Select Com21 mittee without reimbursement to carry out this resolution 

22 and shall be deemed to be staff of the Select Committee. 

23 (B) Section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization 

24 Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i)) shall apply with respect 

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1 tion applies with respect to a standing committee of the 

2 House of Representatives. 

3 (2) The chair of the Select Committee, upon consulta4 tion with the ranking minority member, may employ and 

5 fix the compensation of such staff as the chair considers 

6 necessary to carry out this resolution. 

7 (c) There shall be paid out of the applicable accounts 

8 of the House of Representatives such sums as may be nec9 essary for the expenses of the Select Committee. Such pay10 ments shall be made on vouchers signed by the chair of 

11 the Select Committee and approved in the manner directed 

12 by the Committee on House Administration. Amounts 

13 made available under this subsection shall be expended in 

14 accordance with regulations prescribed by the Committee 

15 on House Administration. 

16 SEC. 6. DISSOLUTION AND DISPOSITION OF RECORDS. 

17 (a) The Select Committee shall cease to exist 30 days 

18 after filing the final report required under section 3. 

19 (b) Upon dissolution of the Select Committee, the 

20 records of the Select Committee shall become the records 

21 of such committee or committees designated by the Speak22 er. 


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House Calendar No. 105 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 567 

[Report No. 113–442] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for the Establishment of the Select Comrorist Attack in Benghazi. mittee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 TerMAY 7, 2014 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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