IV 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 660 

Directing certain committees to continue their ongoing investigations as part 

of the existing House of Representatives inquiry into whether sufficient 

grounds exist for the House of Representatives to exercise its Constitutional power to impeach Donald John Trump, President of the United 

States of America, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 29, 2019 

Mr. MCGOVERN (for himself, Mr. HASTINGS, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mr. 

PERLMUTTER, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. MORELLE, Ms. SHALALA, 

and Mr. DESAULNIER) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules 

RESOLUTION 

Directing certain committees to continue their ongoing investigations as part of the existing House of Representatives 

inquiry into whether sufficient grounds exist for the 

House of Representatives to exercise its Constitutional 

power to impeach Donald John Trump, President of 

the United States of America, and for other purposes. 

1 Resolved, That the Permanent Select Committee on 

2 Intelligence and the Committees on Financial Services, 

3 Foreign Affairs, the Judiciary, Oversight and Reform, and 

4 Ways and Means, are directed to continue their ongoing 

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1 tives inquiry into whether sufficient grounds exist for the 

2 House of Representatives to exercise its Constitutional 

3 power to impeach Donald John Trump, President of the 

4 United States of America. 

5 SEC. 2. OPEN AND TRANSPARENT INVESTIGATIVE PRO6 CEEDINGS BY THE PERMANENT SELECT COM7 MITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE. 

8 For the purpose of continuing the investigation de9 scribed in the first section of this resolution, the Perma10 nent Select Committee on Intelligence (referred to in this 

11 resolution as the ‘‘Permanent Select Committee’’) is au12 thorized to conduct proceedings pursuant to this resolu13 tion as follows: 

14 (1) The chair of the Permanent Select Com15 mittee shall designate an open hearing or hearings 

16 pursuant to this section. 

17 (2) Notwithstanding clause 2(j)(2) of rule XI of 

18 the Rules of the House of Representatives, upon rec19 ognition by the chair for such purpose under this 

20 paragraph during any hearing designated pursuant 

21 to paragraph (1), the chair and ranking minority 

22 member of the Permanent Select Committee shall be 

23 permitted to question witnesses for equal specified 

24 periods of longer than five minutes, as determined 

25 by the chair. The time available for each period of 


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1 questioning under this paragraph shall be equal for 

2 the chair and the ranking minority member. The 

3 chair may confer recognition for multiple periods of 

4 such questioning, but each period of questioning 

5 shall not exceed 90 minutes in the aggregate. Only 

6 the chair and ranking minority member, or a Perma7 nent Select Committee employee if yielded to by the 

8 chair or ranking minority member, may question 

9 witnesses during such periods of questioning. At the 

10 conclusion of questioning pursuant to this para11 graph, the committee shall proceed with questioning 

12 under the five-minute rule pursuant to clause 

13 2(j)(2)(A) of rule XI. 

14 (3) To allow for full evaluation of minority wit15 ness requests, the ranking minority member may 

16 submit to the chair, in writing, any requests for wit17 ness testimony relevant to the investigation de18 scribed in the first section of this resolution within 

19 72 hours after notice is given for the first hearing 

20 designated pursuant to paragraph (1). Any such re21 quest shall be accompanied by a detailed written jus22 tification of the relevance of the testimony of each 

23 requested witness to the investigation described in 

24 the first section of this resolution. 


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1 (4)(A) The ranking minority member of the 

2 Permanent Select Committee is authorized, with the 

3 concurrence of the chair, to require, as deemed nec4 essary to the investigation— 

5 (i) by subpoena or otherwise— 

6 (I) the attendance and testimony of 

7 any person (including at a taking of a dep8 osition); and 

9 (II) the production of books, records, 

10 correspondence, memoranda, papers, and 

11 documents; and 

12 (ii) by interrogatory, the furnishing of in13 formation. 

14 (B) In the case that the chair declines to con15 cur in a proposed action of the ranking minority 

16 member pursuant to subparagraph (A), the ranking 

17 minority member shall have the right to refer to the 

18 committee for decision the question whether such 

19 authority shall be so exercised and the chair shall 

20 convene the committee promptly to render that deci21 sion, subject to the notice procedures for a com22 mittee meeting under clause 2(g)(3)(A) and (B) of 

23 rule XI. 

24 (C) Subpoenas and interrogatories so author25 ized may be signed by the ranking minority member, 


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1 and may be served by any person designated by the 

2 ranking minority member. 

3 (5) The chair is authorized to make publicly 

4 available in electronic form the transcripts of deposi5 tions conducted by the Permanent Select Committee 

6 in furtherance of the investigation described in the 

7 first section of this resolution, with appropriate 

8 redactions for classified and other sensitive informa9 tion. 

10 (6) The Permanent Select Committee is di11 rected to issue a report setting forth its findings and 

12 any recommendations and appending any informa13 tion and materials the Permanent Select Committee 

14 may deem appropriate with respect to the investiga15 tion described in the first section of this resolution. 

16 The chair shall transmit such report and appendices, 

17 along with any supplemental, minority, additional, or 

18 dissenting views filed pursuant to clause 2(l) of rule 

19 XI, to the Committee on the Judiciary and make 

20 such report publicly available in electronic form, 

21 with appropriate redactions to protect classified and 

22 other sensitive information. The report required by 

23 this paragraph shall be prepared in consultation 

24 with the chairs of the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

25 and the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 


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1 SEC. 3. TRANSMISSION OF ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. 

2 The chair of the Permanent Select Committee or the 

3 chair of any other committee having custody of records 

4 or other materials relating to the inquiry referenced in the 

5 first section of this resolution is authorized, in consulta6 tion with the ranking minority member, to transfer such 

7 records or materials to the Committee on the Judiciary. 

8 SEC. 4. IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY PROCEDURES IN THE 

9 COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY. 

10 (a) The House authorizes the Committee on the Judi11 ciary to conduct proceedings relating to the impeachment 

12 inquiry referenced in the first section of this resolution 

13 pursuant to the procedures submitted for printing in the 

14 Congressional Record by the chair of the Committee on 

15 Rules, including such procedures as to allow for the par16 ticipation of the President and his counsel. 

17 (b) The Committee on the Judiciary is authorized to 

18 promulgate additional procedures as it deems necessary 

19 for the fair and efficient conduct of committee hearings 

20 held pursuant to this resolution, provided that the addi21 tional procedures are not inconsistent with the procedures 

22 referenced in subsection (a), the Rules of the Committee, 

23 and the Rules of the House. 

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1 rence of the chair of the Committee on the Judiciary, to 

2 require, as deemed necessary to the investigation— 

3 (A) by subpoena or otherwise— 

4 (i) the attendance and testimony of any 

5 person (including at a taking of a deposition); 

6 and 

7 (ii) the production of books, records, cor8 respondence, memoranda, papers, and docu9 ments; and 

10 (B) by interrogatory, the furnishing of informa11 tion. 

12 (2) In the case that the chair declines to concur in 

13 a proposed action of the ranking minority member pursu14 ant to paragraph (1), the ranking minority member shall 

15 have the right to refer to the committee for decision the 

16 question whether such authority shall be so exercised and 

17 the chair shall convene the committee promptly to render 

18 that decision, subject to the notice procedures for a com19 mittee meeting under clause 2(g)(3)(A) and (B) of rule 

20 XI. 

21 (3) Subpoenas and interrogatories so authorized may 

22 be signed by the ranking minority member, and may be 

23 served by any person designated by the ranking minority 

24 member. 


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1 (d) The Committee on the Judiciary shall report to 

2 the House of Representatives such resolutions, articles of 

3 impeachment, or other recommendations as it deems prop4 er. 

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