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House Calendar No. 52 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 660 

[Report No. 116–266] 

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 

OCTOBER 30, 2019 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

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. 


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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 

5 investigations as part of the existing House of Representa6 tives inquiry into whether sufficient grounds exist for the 

7 House of Representatives to exercise its Constitutional 

8 power to impeach Donald John Trump, President of the 

9 United States of America. 

10 SEC. 2. OPEN AND TRANSPARENT INVESTIGATIVE PRO11 CEEDINGS BY THE PERMANENT SELECT COM12 MITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE. 

13 For the purpose of continuing the investigation de14 scribed in the first section of this resolution, the Perma15 nent Select Committee on Intelligence (referred to in this 

16 resolution as the ‘‘Permanent Select Committee’’) is au17 thorized to conduct proceedings pursuant to this resolu18 tion as follows: 

19 (1) The chair of the Permanent Select Com20 mittee shall designate an open hearing or hearings 

21 pursuant to this section. 

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

23 the Rules of the House of Representatives, upon rec24 ognition by the chair for such purpose under this 

25 paragraph during any hearing designated pursuant 


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

2 member of the Permanent Select Committee shall be 

3 permitted to question witnesses for equal specified 

4 periods of longer than five minutes, as determined 

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

6 questioning under this paragraph shall be equal for 

7 the chair and the ranking minority member. The 

8 chair may confer recognition for multiple periods of 

9 such questioning, but each period of questioning 

10 shall not exceed 90 minutes in the aggregate. Only 

11 the chair and ranking minority member, or a Perma12 nent Select Committee employee if yielded to by the 

13 chair or ranking minority member, may question 

14 witnesses during such periods of questioning. At the 

15 conclusion of questioning pursuant to this para16 graph, the committee shall proceed with questioning 

17 under the five-minute rule pursuant to clause 

18 2(j)(2)(A) of rule XI. 

19 (3) To allow for full evaluation of minority wit20 ness requests, the ranking minority member may 

21 submit to the chair, in writing, any requests for wit22 ness testimony relevant to the investigation de23 scribed in the first section of this resolution within 

24 72 hours after notice is given for the first hearing 

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1 quest shall be accompanied by a detailed written jus2 tification of the relevance of the testimony of each 

3 requested witness to the investigation described in 

4 the first section of this resolution. 

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

6 Permanent Select Committee is authorized, with the 

7 concurrence of the chair, to require, as deemed nec8 essary to the investigation— 

9 (i) by subpoena or otherwise— 

10 (I) the attendance and testimony of 

11 any person (including at a taking of a dep12 osition); and 

13 (II) the production of books, records, 

14 correspondence, memoranda, papers, and 

15 documents; and 

16 (ii) by interrogatory, the furnishing of in17 formation. 

18 (B) In the case that the chair declines to con19 cur in a proposed action of the ranking minority 

20 member pursuant to subparagraph (A), the ranking 

21 minority member shall have the right to refer to the 

22 committee for decision the question whether such 

23 authority shall be so exercised and the chair shall 

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1 mittee meeting under clause 2(g)(3)(A) and (B) of 

2 rule XI. 

3 (C) Subpoenas and interrogatories so author4 ized may be signed by the ranking minority member, 

5 and may be served by any person designated by the 

6 ranking minority member. 

7 (5) The chair is authorized to make publicly 

8 available in electronic form the transcripts of deposi9 tions conducted by the Permanent Select Committee 

10 in furtherance of the investigation described in the 

11 first section of this resolution, with appropriate 

12 redactions for classified and other sensitive informa13 tion. 

14 (6) The Permanent Select Committee is di15 rected to issue a report setting forth its findings and 

16 any recommendations and appending any informa17 tion and materials the Permanent Select Committee 

18 may deem appropriate with respect to the investiga19 tion described in the first section of this resolution. 

20 The chair shall transmit such report and appendices, 

21 along with any supplemental, minority, additional, or 

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

23 XI, to the Committee on the Judiciary and make 

24 such report publicly available in electronic form, 

25 with appropriate redactions to protect classified and 


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1 other sensitive information. The report required by 

2 this paragraph shall be prepared in consultation 

3 with the chairs of the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

4 and the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 

5 SEC. 3. TRANSMISSION OF ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. 

6 The chair of the Permanent Select Committee or the 

7 chair of any other committee having custody of records 

8 or other materials relating to the inquiry referenced in the 

9 first section of this resolution is authorized, in consulta10 tion with the ranking minority member, to transfer such 

11 records or materials to the Committee on the Judiciary. 

12 SEC. 4. IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY PROCEDURES IN THE 

13 COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY. 

14 (a) The House authorizes the Committee on the Judi15 ciary to conduct proceedings relating to the impeachment 

16 inquiry referenced in the first section of this resolution 

17 pursuant to the procedures submitted for printing in the 

18 Congressional Record by the chair of the Committee on 

19 Rules, including such procedures as to allow for the par20 ticipation of the President and his counsel. 

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

22 promulgate additional procedures as it deems necessary 

23 for the fair and efficient conduct of committee hearings 

24 held pursuant to this resolution, provided that the addi25 tional procedures are not inconsistent with the procedures 


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

2 and the Rules of the House. 

3 (c)(1) The ranking minority member of the Com4 mittee on the Judiciary is authorized, with the concur5 rence of the chair of the Committee on the Judiciary, to 

6 require, as deemed necessary to the investigation— 

7 (A) by subpoena or otherwise— 

8 (i) the attendance and testimony of any 

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

10 and 

11 (ii) the production of books, records, cor12 respondence, memoranda, papers, and docu13 ments; and 

14 (B) by interrogatory, the furnishing of informa15 tion. 

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

17 a proposed action of the ranking minority member pursu18 ant to paragraph (1), the ranking minority member shall 

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

20 question whether such authority shall be so exercised and 

21 the chair shall convene the committee promptly to render 

22 that decision, subject to the notice procedures for a com23 mittee meeting under clause 2(g)(3)(A) and (B) of rule 

24 XI. 


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1 (3) Subpoenas and interrogatories so authorized may 

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

3 served by any person designated by the ranking minority 

4 member. 

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

6 the House of Representatives such resolutions, articles of 

7 impeachment, or other recommendations as it deems prop8 er. 


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House Calendar No. 52 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 660 

[Report No. 116–266] 

RESOLUTION 

Directing certain committees to continue their onof America, and for other purposes. ald John Trump, President of the United States exercise its Constitutional power to impeach Don- grounds exist for the House of Representatives to of Representatives inquiry into whether sufficient going investigations as part of the existing House 

OCTOBER 30, 2019 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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