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House Calendar No. 272

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 581

[Report No. 105–795]

Authorizing and directing the Committee on the Judiciary to investigate

whether sufficient grounds exist for the impeachment of William Jefferson Clinton, President of the United States.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OCTOBER 7, 1998

Mr. HYDE, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

RESOLUTION

Authorizing and directing the Committee on the Judiciary

to investigate whether sufficient grounds exist for the

impeachment of William Jefferson Clinton, President of

the United States.

1 Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary, act2 ing as a whole or by any subcommittee thereof appointed

3 by the chairman for the purposes hereof and in accordance

4 with the rules of the committee, is authorized and directed

5 to investigate fully and completely whether sufficient
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1 grounds exist for the House of Representatives to exercise

2 its constitutional power to impeach William Jefferson

3 Clinton, President of the United States of America. The

4 committee shall report to the House of Representatives

5 such resolutions, articles of impeachment, or other rec6 ommendations as it deems proper.

7 SEC. 2. (a) For the purpose of making such investiga8 tion, the committee is authorized to require—

9 (1) by subpoena or otherwise—

10 (A) the attendance and testimony of any

11 person (including at a taking of a deposition by

12 counsel for the committee); and

13 (B) the production of such things; and

14 (2) by interrogatory, the furnishing of such in15 formation;

16 as it deems necessary to such investigation.

17 (b) Such authority of the committee may be exer18 cised—

19 (1) by the chairman and the ranking minority

20 member acting jointly, or, if either declines to act,

21 by the other acting alone, except that in the event

22 either so declines, either shall have the right to refer

23 to the committee for decision the question whether

24 such authority shall be so exercised and the commit-
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1 tee shall be convened promptly to render that deci2 sion; or

3 (2) by the committee acting as a whole or by

4 subcommittee.

5 Subpoenas and interrogatories so authorized may be

6 issued over the signature of the chairman, or ranking mi7 nority member, or any member designated by either of

8 them, and may be served by any person designated by the

9 chairman, or ranking minority member, or any member

10 designated by either of them. The chairman, or ranking

11 minority member, or any member designated by either of

12 them (or, with respect to any deposition, answer to inter13 rogatory, or affidavit, any person authorized by law to ad14 minister oaths) may administer oaths to any witness. For

15 the purposes of this section, ‘‘things’’ includes, without

16 limitation, books, records, correspondence, logs, journals,

17 memorandums, papers, documents, writings, drawings,

18 graphs, charts, photographs, reproductions, recordings,

19 tapes, transcripts, printouts, data compilations from which

20 information can be obtained (translated if necessary,

21 through detection devices into reasonably usable form),

22 tangible objects, and other things of any kind.
House Calendar No. 272

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 581

[Report No. 105–795]

RESOLUTION

Authorizing and directing the Committee on the

States.Jefferson Clinton, President of the Unitedgrounds exist for the impeachment of WilliamJudiciary to investigate whether sufficient

OCTOBER 7, 1998

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed