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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 111 

Establishing a Select Committee on POW and MIA Affairs. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 3, 2009 

Mr. KING of New York (for himself, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mrs. BACHMANN, Mrs. 

BLACKBURN, Mrs. BONO MACK, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. 

BRADY of Pennsylvania, Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, 

Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. COBLE, Mr. COHEN, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky, Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee, Mr. FORBES, Mr. 

FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. GOHMERT, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. HELLER, Mr. 

HOLDEN, Mr. ISSA, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. LINDER, Mr. 

LOBIONDO, Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California, Mr. MACK, Mr. 

MANZULLO, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. 

MURPHY of Connecticut, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. PAUL, Mr. POE of Texas, 

Mr. PRICE of Georgia, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. ROHRABACHER, 

Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. SMITH

of New Jersey, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. TERRY, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. WOLF, Mr. 

WU, and Mr. YOUNG of Alaska) submitted the following resolution; which 

was referred to the Committee on Rules 

RESOLUTION 

Establishing a Select Committee on POW and MIA Affairs. 

1 Resolved, That there is established in the House of 

2 Representatives a select committee to be known as the Se3 lect Committee on POW and MIA Affairs. 


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1 FUNCTIONS

2 SEC. 2. The select committee shall conduct a full in3 vestigation of all unresolved matters relating to any 

4 United States personnel unaccounted for from the Viet5 nam era, the Korean conflict, World War II, Cold War 

6 Missions, Persian Gulf War, Operation Iraqi Freedom, or 

7 Operation Enduring Freedom, including MIA’s and 

8 POW’s missing and captured. 

9 APPOINTMENT AND MEMBERSHIP

10 SEC. 3. (a) MEMBERS.—The select committee shall 

11 be composed of 10 Members of the House, who shall be 

12 appointed by the Speaker. Not more than half of the mem13 bers of the select committee shall be of the same political 

14 party. 

15 (b) VACANCY.—Any vacancy occurring in the mem16 bership of the select committee shall be filled in the same 

17 manner in which the original appointment was made. 

18 (c) CHAIRPERSON.—The Speaker shall designate one 

19 member of the select committee to be its chairperson. 

20 AUTHORITY AND PROCEDURES

21 SEC. 4. (a) AUTHORITY.—For purposes of carrying 

22 out this resolution, the select committee (or any sub23 committee of the select committee authorized to hold hear24 ings) may sit and act during the present Congress at any 

25 time or place within the United States (including any 

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1 where, whether the House is in session, has recessed, or 

2 has adjourned) and to hold such hearings as it considers 

3 necessary. 

4 (b) RULES OF PROCEDURE.—The provisions of 

5 clauses 1, 2, and 4 of rule XI of the Rules of the House 

6 shall apply to the select committee. 

7 (c) PROHIBITION AGAINST MEETING AT CERTAIN

8 TIMES.—Subsection (a) may not be construed to limit the 

9 applicability of clause 2(i) of rule XI of the Rules of the 

10 House to the select committee. 

11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

12 SEC. 5. (a) EXPENSES.—Subject to the adoption of 

13 expense resolutions as required by clause 6 of rule X of 

14 the Rules of the House, the select committee may incur 

15 expenses in connection with its functions under this reso16 lution. 

17 (b) STAFF AND TRAVEL.—In carrying out its func18 tions under this resolution, the select committee may— 

19 (1) appoint, either on a permanent basis or as 

20 experts or consultants, any staff that the select com21 mittee considers necessary; 

22 (2) prescribe the duties and responsibilities of 

23 the staff; 

24 (3) fix the compensation of the staff at a single 

25 per annum gross rate that does not exceed the high26 est rate of basic pay, as in effect from time to time, 


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1 of level V of the Executive Schedule in section 5316 

2 of title 5, United States Code; 

3 (4) terminate the employment of any such staff 

4 as the select committee considers appropriate; and 

5 (5) reimburse members of the select committee 

6 and of its staff for travel, subsistence, and other 

7 necessary expenses incurred by them in the perform8 ance of their functions for the select committee, 

9 other than expenses in connection with any meeting 

10 of the select committee, or a subcommittee thereof, 

11 held in the District of Columbia. 

12 (c) EXPIRATION.—The select committee and all au13 thority granted in this resolution shall expire 30 days after 

14 the filing of the final report of the select committee with 

15 the House. 

16 REPORTS AND RECORDS

17 SEC. 6. (a) FINAL REPORT.—As soon as practicable 

18 during the present Congress, the select committee shall 

19 submit to the House a final report setting forth its find20 ings and recommendations as a result of its investigation. 

21 (b) FILING OF REPORTS.—Any report made by the 

22 select committee when the House is not in session shall 

23 be filed with the Clerk of the House. 

24 (c) REFERRAL OF REPORTS.—Any report made by 

25 the select committee shall be referred to the committee 


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1 or committees that have jurisdiction over the subject mat2 ter of the report. 

3 (d) RECORDS, FILES, AND MATERIALS.—Following 

4 the termination of the select committee, the records, files, 

5 and materials of the select committee shall be transferred 

6 to the Clerk of the House. If the final report of the select 

7 committee is referred to only one committee under the 

8 provisions of subsection (c), the records, files, and mate9 rials of the select committee shall be transferred instead 

10 to the committee to which the final report is referred. 

11 DEFINITIONS

12 SEC. 7. For purposes of this resolution: 

13 (1) The term ‘‘Member of the House’’ means 

14 any Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Com15 missioner to, the Congress. 

16 (2) The term ‘‘MIA’’ means any United States 

17 personnel that is unaccounted for and missing in ac18 tion. 

19 (3) The term ‘‘POW’’ means any United States 

20 personnel that is unaccounted for and known to be 

21 a prisoner of war. 

22 (4) The term ‘‘select committee’’ means the Se23 lect Committee on MIA and POW Affairs estab24 lished by this resolution. 

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