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House Calendar No. 82 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 446 

[Report No. 115–300] 

Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Attorney General to 

transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives 

relating to the removal of former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 14, 2017 

Ms. JAYAPAL (for herself and Mr. CICILLINE) submitted the following 

resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017 

Additional sponsors: Mr. CONYERS, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. 

COHEN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GUTIE ́RREZ, 

Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. TED

LIEU of California, Mr. NADLER, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. 

SMITH of Washington, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. EVANS, Mr. 

KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. LEE, Mr. MCEACHIN, Mr. PASCRELL, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, 

Mr. WELCH, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. MOORE, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. 

SWALWELL of California, Mrs. TORRES, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Ms. 

KAPTUR, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. RICHMOND, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California, Mr. DEUTCH, Ms. BASS, and Mrs. LOWEY

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2017 

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 

Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Attorney General to transmit, respectively, certain documents 

to the House of Representatives relating to the removal 

of former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director 

James Comey. 

1 Resolved, That the President is requested, and Attor2 ney General of the United States is directed, to transmit, 

3 respectively (in a manner appropriate to classified infor4 mation, if the President or Attorney General determines 

5 appropriate), to the House of Representatives, not later 

6 than 14 days after the date of the adoption of this resolu7 tion, copies of any document, record, audio recording, 

8 memo, correspondence, or other communication in their 

9 possessions, or any portion of any such communication, 

10 that refers or relates to the following: 

11 (1) The firing of Director James B. Comey of 

12 the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 

13 (2) The participation of Attorney General Jef14 ferson Sessions in the removal of Director Comey. 

15 (3) The scope or application of Attorney Gen16 eral Sessions’ recusal from ‘‘any existing or future 

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1 investigations of any matters in any way related to 

2 the campaigns for President of the United States’’. 

3 (4) The application of Attorney General Ses4 sions’ recusal to the removal of Director Comey. 

5 (5) The scope or application of executive privi6 lege as applied to the June 13, 2017, testimony of 

7 Attorney General Sessions before the Senate Select 

8 Committee on Intelligence. 

9 (6) President Donald J. Trump’s statement, 

10 communicated via Twitter on May 12, 2017 at 8:26 

11 a.m.: ‘‘James Comey better hope that there are no 

12 ‘tapes’ of our conversations before he starts leaking 

13 to the press!’’. 

14 (7) Any system used by the White House to se15 cretly record conversations between President 

16 Trump and Director Comey. 

17 (8) Any contemporaneous account of any meet18 ing between President Trump and Director Comey. 

19 That the President is requested, and Attorney General of 

20 the United States is directed, to transmit, respectively (in 

21 a manner appropriate to classified information, if the 

22 President or Attorney General determines appropriate), to 

23 the House of Representatives, not later than 60 days after 

24 the date of the adoption of this resolution, copies of any 

25 document, record, audio recording, memo, correspondence, 

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1 or other communication in their possessions, or any portion 

2 of any such communication, that refers or relates to the fir3 ing of James B. Comey in the following respects: 

4 (1) Then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch direct5 ing James B. Comey to mislead the American people 

6 by stating that he should refer to the investigation 

7 into the mishandling of classified data and use of an 

8 unauthorized email server by former Secretary of 

9 State Hillary Clinton as a ‘‘matter’’, rather than a 

10 criminal ‘‘investigation’’. 

11 (2) Leaks by James B. Comey to Columbia Uni12 versity law professor, Daniel Richman, regarding 

13 conversations had between President Donald Trump 

14 and then-FBI Director James B. Comey, and how the 

15 leaked information was purposefully released to lead 

16 to the appointment of special counsel, Robert Mueller, 

17 a longtime friend of James B. Comey. 

18 (3) The propriety and consequence of immunity 

19 deals given to possible Hillary Clinton co-conspirators 

20 Cheryl Mills, Heather Samuelson, John Bentel, and 

21 potentially others, by the Federal Bureau of Inves22 tigation, during the criminal investigation James B. 

23 Comey led into Hillary Clinton’s misconduct. 

24 (4) The decision by James B. Comey to usurp 

25 the authority of then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch 

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1 in his unusual announcement that criminal charges 

2 would not be brought against Hillary Clinton fol3 lowing her unlawful use of a private email server and 

4 mishandling of classified information. 

5 (5) James B. Comey’s knowledge and impres6 sions of any ex-parte conversation between then-Attor7 ney General Loretta Lynch and former President Bill 

8 Clinton on June 27, 2016, at a Phoenix airport on 

9 a private jet. 

10 (6) James B. Comey’s knowledge of the company 

11 ‘‘Fusion GPS’’, including— 

12 (A) its creation of a ‘‘dossier’’ of informa13 tion about Mr. Donald Trump; 

14 (B) that dossier’s commission and dissemi15 nation in the months before and after the 2016 

16 Presidential Election; and 

17 (C) the intelligence sources of Fusion GPS 

18 or any person or company working for Fusion 

19 GPS or its affiliates. 

20 (7) Any and all potential leaks originated by 

21 James B. Comey and provided to author Michael 

22 Schmidt dating back to 1993. 

23 (8) James B. Comey’s knowledge of— 

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1 (A) the purchase of a majority stake in the 

2 company Uranium One by the company 

3 Rosatom; 

4 (B) whether the approval of the sale was 

5 connected to any donations made to the Clinton 

6 Foundation; 

7 (C) what role then-Secretary of State Hil8 lary Clinton played in the approval of that sale; 

9 and 

10 (D) whether the sale could have affected the 

11 national security of the United States of Amer12 ica. 

13 (9) James B. Comey’s refusal to investigate then14 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton regarding— 

15 (A) selling access to the U.S. State Depart16 ment through Clinton Foundation donations; 

17 (B) Huma Abedin’s dual employment at the 

18 State Department and the Clinton Foundation 

19 simultaneously; or 

20 (C) utilization of the State Department to 

21 further paid speaking opportunities for her hus22 band. 

23 (10) Any collusion between former FBI Director 

24 James B. Comey and special counsel Robert Mueller; 

25 including— 

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1 (A) the information James B. Comey ad2 mitted to leaking to the Columbia University 

3 law professor, being intentional such that a spe4 cial counsel, his longtime friend, Robert Mueller, 

5 would be appointed to lead the investigation 

6 against the Trump administration; and 

7 (B) any communication between Robert 

8 Mueller and James B. Comey in advance of the 

9 Senate Intelligence Committee hearing. 

10 (11) Whether James B. Comey had any knowl11 edge of— 

12 (A) efforts made by any federal agency— 

13 (i) to monitor communications of then14 candidate Donald Trump; 

15 (ii) to assess any knowledge by James 

16 B. Comey about the ‘‘unmasking’’ of indi17 viduals on Donald Trump’s campaign 

18 team, transition team, or both; 

19 (iii) to assess the role that former Na20 tional Security Adviser Susan Rice played 

21 in the unmasking of these individuals; or 

22 (iv) to reveal the purpose served by un23 masking any individual or individuals 

24 serving on the staff of then-candidate Don25 ald Trump; or 

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1 (B) the dissemination of unredacted infor2 mation to various intelligence agencies, and any 

3 attempts to use surveillance of then-candidate 

4 Donald Trump for the purposes of damaging the 

5 credibility of his campaign, his presidency, or 

6 both. 

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House Calendar No. 82 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 446 

[Report No. 115–300] 

RESOLUTION 

Of inquiry requesting the President and directing 

Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey. tives relating to the removal of former Federal certain documents to the House of Representathe Attorney General to transmit, respectively, 

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017 

Reported with an amendment, referred to the House 

Calendar, and ordered to be printed 

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