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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 591 

Requesting that the President transmit to the House of Representatives 

all information in his possession relating to certain specific communications with and financial assistance provided to General Motors Corporation and Chrysler LLC. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 26, 2009 

Mr. BOEHNER (for himself, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mrs. SCHMIDT, Mr. TURNER, 

Mr. LATTA, Mr. AUSTRIA, Mr. JORDAN of Ohio, and Mr. TIBERI) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 

Financial Services 

RESOLUTION 

Requesting that the President transmit to the House of 

Representatives all information in his possession relating 

to certain specific communications with and financial 

assistance provided to General Motors Corporation and 

Chrysler LLC. 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives requests 

2 that the President transmit to the House of Representa3 tives not later than 14 days after the date of the adoption 

4 of this resolution, copies of any portions of all documents, 

5 records, and communications in his possession referring 

6 or relating to— 


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1 (1) the role of the Presidential Task Force on 

2 the Auto Industry (hereafter referred to as ‘‘Task 

3 Force’’) in negotiating, reviewing, approving, or re4 lating in any other aspect to the plans for reorga5 nization or restructuring in connection with pro6 ceedings commenced during 2009 under chapter 11, 

7 of title 11, United States Code, with respect to Gen8 eral Motors Corporation and Chrysler LLC (here9 after in this resolution referred to as ‘‘General Mo10 tors’’ and ‘‘Chrysler’’, respectively); 

11 (2) the interaction of the Task Force with any 

12 other entity to identify which vehicle dealerships of 

13 General Motors or Chrysler would be selected for 

14 closure in connection with such plans of reorganiza15 tion or restructuring, and which would be specifically 

16 selected for exemption from such closure, and proce17 dures and processes for making such determinations; 

18 (3) the role of the Task Force in negotiating, 

19 reviewing, approving, determining, or in any other 

20 aspect relating to, levels of and reductions in the 

21 employee and retiree benefits of General Motors’ sal22 aried employees and non-union hourly retirees, and 

23 in establishing the new Voluntary Employee Bene24 ficiary Association; 


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1 (4) the President’s role in determining any ve2 hicle dealership closures and plant closings; 

3 (5) the role of the Task Force in negotiating, 

4 reviewing, approving, or in any other aspect relating 

5 to, agreements whereby— 

6 (A) the United Auto Workers, or any trust 

7 of the United Auto Workers, would end up own8 ing a certain percentage of General Motors or 

9 Chrysler post-bankruptcy, including any docu10 ment, record, or communication discussing how 

11 such determination was made or percentage ar12 rived at; and 

13 (B) as part of the restructuring of General 

14 Motors and Chrysler, bondholders of each re15 spective company would end up owning a cer16 tain percentage of each respective company, in17 cluding any document, record, or communica18 tion discussing how such determination was 

19 made or percentage arrived at; 

20 (6) the decision of the President to forgive any 

21 loans made by the United States to General Motors 

22 or Chrysler under the Troubled Assets Relief Pro23 gram (TARP) in title I of the Emergency Economic 

24 Stabilization Act of 2008; 


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1 (7) any decision or determination relating to 

2 the authority under such Act to provide financial as3 sistance to General Motors or Chrysler, specifically 

4 any determination regarding whether General Mo5 tors or Chrysler were lawfully eligible to receive such 

6 assistance based on the definition of ‘‘financial insti7 tution’’ under that Act; and 

8 (9) actual payments made by the United States 

9 to automobile manufacturers pursuant to such Act, 

10 including any schedule of payments, and the terms 

11 and conditions governing any such payments. 

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