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House Calendar No. 97 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 591 

[Report No. 111–231] 

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 

JULY 24, 2009 

Reported with an amendment, referred to the House Calendar, and ordered 

to be printed 

[Strike out all after the resolving clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

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. 


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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— 

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

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

9 Force’’) in negotiating, reviewing, approving, or re10 lating in any other aspect to the plans for reorga11 nization or restructuring in connection with pro12 ceedings commenced during 2009 under chapter 11, 

13 of title 11, United States Code, with respect to Gen14 eral Motors Corporation and Chrysler LLC (here15 after in this resolution referred to as ‘‘General Mo16 tors’’ and ‘‘Chrysler’’, respectively); 

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

18 other entity to identify which vehicle dealerships of 

19 General Motors or Chrysler would be selected for 

20 closure in connection with such plans of reorganiza21 tion or restructuring, and which would be specifically 

22 selected for exemption from such closure, and proce23 dures and processes for making such determinations; 

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

25 reviewing, approving, determining, or in any other 


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1 aspect relating to, levels of and reductions in the 

2 employee and retiree benefits of General Motors’ sal3 aried employees and non-union hourly retirees, and 

4 in establishing the new Voluntary Employee Bene5 ficiary Association; 

6 (4) the President’s role in determining any ve7 hicle dealership closures and plant closings; 

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

9 reviewing, approving, or in any other aspect relating 

10 to, agreements whereby— 

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

12 of the United Auto Workers, would end up own13 ing a certain percentage of General Motors or 

14 Chrysler post-bankruptcy, including any docu15 ment, record, or communication discussing how 

16 such determination was made or percentage ar17 rived at; and 

18 (B) as part of the restructuring of General 

19 Motors and Chrysler, bondholders of each re20 spective company would end up owning a cer21 tain percentage of each respective company, in22 cluding any document, record, or communica23 tion discussing how such determination was 

24 made or percentage arrived at; 


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

2 loans made by the United States to General Motors 

3 or Chrysler under the Troubled Assets Relief Pro4 gram (TARP) in title I of the Emergency Economic 

5 Stabilization Act of 2008; 

6 (7) any decision or determination relating to 

7 the authority under such Act to provide financial as8 sistance to General Motors or Chrysler, specifically 

9 any determination regarding whether General Mo10 tors or Chrysler were lawfully eligible to receive such 

11 assistance based on the definition of ‘‘financial insti12 tution’’ under that Act; and 

13 (9) actual payments made by the United States 

14 to automobile manufacturers pursuant to such Act, 

15 including any schedule of payments, and the terms 

16 and conditions governing any such payments. 

17 That the House of Representatives requests that the 

18 President transmit to the House of Representatives not later 

19 than 14 days after the date of the adoption of this resolu20 tion, copies of any portions of all documents, records, and 

21 communications in his possession referring or relating to— 

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

23 Auto Industry (hereafter referred to as ‘‘Task Force’’) 

24 in negotiating, reviewing, approving, or relating in 

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1 structuring in connection with proceedings com2 menced during 2009 under chapter 11, of title 11, 

3 United States Code, with respect to General Motors 

4 Corporation and Chrysler LLC (hereafter in this reso5 lution referred to as ‘‘General Motors’’ and ‘‘Chrys6 ler’’, respectively); 

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

8 other entity to identify which vehicle dealerships of 

9 General Motors or Chrysler would be selected for clo10 sure in connection with such plans of reorganization 

11 or restructuring, and which would be specifically se12 lected for exemption from such closure, and proce13 dures and processes for making such determinations; 

14 (3) the role of the Task Force in negotiating, re15 viewing, approving, determining, or in any other as16 pect relating to, levels of and reductions in the em17 ployee and retiree benefits of General Motors’ and 

18 Delphi Corporation’s salaried employees and retirees, 

19 non-union hourly retirees, and each union with mem20 bers employed by the companies, and in establishing 

21 the new Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association; 

22 (4) the President’s role in determining any vehi23 cle dealership closures and plant closings; 


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1 (5) the role of the Task Force in negotiating, re2 viewing, approving, or in any other aspect relating 

3 to, agreements whereby— 

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

5 of the United Auto Workers, would end up own6 ing a certain percentage of General Motors or 

7 Chrysler post-bankruptcy, including any docu8 ment, record, or communication discussing how 

9 such determination was made or percentage ar10 rived at; and 

11 (B) as part of the restructuring of General 

12 Motors and Chrysler, bondholders of each respec13 tive company would end up owning a certain 

14 percentage of each respective company, including 

15 any document, record, or communication dis16 cussing how such determination was made or 

17 percentage arrived at; 

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

19 loans made by the United States to General Motors 

20 or Chrysler under the Troubled Assets Relief Program 

21 (TARP) in title I of the Emergency Economic Sta22 bilization Act of 2008; 

23 (7) any decision or determination relating to the 

24 authority under such Act to provide financial assist25 ance to General Motors or Chrysler, specifically any 


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1 determination regarding whether General Motors or 

2 Chrysler were lawfully eligible to receive such assist3 ance based on the definition of ‘‘financial institution’’ 

4 under that Act; and 

5 (9) actual payments made by the United States 

6 to automobile manufacturers pursuant to such Act, 

7 including any schedule of payments, and the terms 

8 and conditions governing any such payments. 


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House Calendar No. 97 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 591 

[Report No. 111–231] 

RESOLUTION 

Requesting that the President transmit to the 

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

JULY 24, 2009 

Reported with an amendment, referred to the House 

Calendar, and ordered to be printed 


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