H. Res. 660 

In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

October 31, 2019. 

Resolved, That the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committees on Financial Services, Foreign 

Affairs, the Judiciary, Oversight and Reform, and Ways and 

Means, are directed 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. 

SEC. 2. OPEN AND TRANSPARENT INVESTIGATIVE PROCEEDINGS BY THE PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE. 

For the purpose of continuing the investigation described 

in the first section of this resolution, the Permanent Select 

Committee on Intelligence (referred to in this resolution as 

the ‘‘Permanent Select Committee’’) is authorized to conduct 

proceedings pursuant to this resolution as follows: 
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(1) The chair of the Permanent Select Committee 

shall designate an open hearing or hearings pursuant to 

this section. 

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

Rules of the House of Representatives, upon recognition 

by the chair for such purpose under this paragraph during any hearing designated pursuant to paragraph (1), 

the chair and ranking minority member of the Permanent Select Committee shall be permitted to question 

witnesses for equal specified periods of longer than five 

minutes, as determined by the chair. The time available 

for each period of questioning under this paragraph shall 

be equal for the chair and the ranking minority member. 

The chair may confer recognition for multiple periods of 

such questioning, but each period of questioning shall 

not exceed 90 minutes in the aggregate. Only the chair 

and ranking minority member, or a Permanent Select 

Committee employee if yielded to by the chair or ranking 

minority member, may question witnesses during such 

periods of questioning. At the conclusion of questioning 

pursuant to this paragraph, the committee shall proceed 

with questioning under the five-minute rule pursuant to 

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

(3) To allow for full evaluation of minority witness 

requests, the ranking minority member may submit to 
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the chair, in writing, any requests for witness testimony 

relevant to the investigation described in the first section 

of this resolution within 72 hours after notice is given 

for the first hearing designated pursuant to paragraph 

(1). Any such request shall be accompanied by a detailed 

written justification of the relevance of the testimony of 

each requested witness to the investigation described in 

the first section of this resolution. 

(4)(A) The ranking minority member of the Permanent Select Committee is authorized, with the concurrence of the chair, to require, as deemed necessary to the 

investigation— 

(i) by subpoena or otherwise— 

(I) the attendance and testimony of any 

person (including at a taking of a deposition); 

and 

(II) the production of books, records, correspondence, memoranda, papers, and documents; and 

(ii) by interrogatory, the furnishing of information. 

(B) In the case that the chair declines to concur in 

a proposed action of the ranking minority member pursuant to subparagraph (A), the ranking minority member shall have the right to refer to the committee for de-
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cision the question whether such authority shall be so exercised and the chair shall convene the committee 

promptly to render that decision, subject to the notice 

procedures for a committee meeting under clause 

2(g)(3)(A) and (B) of rule XI. 

(C) Subpoenas and interrogatories so authorized 

may be signed by the ranking minority member, and 

may be served by any person designated by the ranking 

minority member. 

(5) The chair is authorized to make publicly available in electronic form the transcripts of depositions conducted by the Permanent Select Committee in furtherance of the investigation described in the first section of 

this resolution, with appropriate redactions for classified 

and other sensitive information. 

(6) The Permanent Select Committee is directed to 

issue a report setting forth its findings and any recommendations and appending any information and materials the Permanent Select Committee may deem appropriate with respect to the investigation described in 

the first section of this resolution. The chair shall transmit such report and appendices, along with any supplemental, minority, additional, or dissenting views filed 

pursuant to clause 2(l) of rule XI, to the Committee on 

the Judiciary and make such report publicly available in 
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electronic form, with appropriate redactions to protect 

classified and other sensitive information. The report required by this paragraph shall be prepared in consultation with the chairs of the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

and the Committee on Oversight and Reform. 

SEC. 3. TRANSMISSION OF ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. 

The chair of the Permanent Select Committee or the 

chair of any other committee having custody of records or 

other materials relating to the inquiry referenced in the first 

section of this resolution is authorized, in consultation with 

the ranking minority member, to transfer such records or 

materials to the Committee on the Judiciary. 

SEC. 4. IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY PROCEDURES IN THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY. 

(a) The House authorizes the Committee on the Judiciary to conduct proceedings relating to the impeachment inquiry referenced in the first section of this resolution pursuant to the procedures submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the chair of the Committee on Rules, including such procedures as to allow for the participation of the 

President and his counsel. 

(b) The Committee on the Judiciary is authorized to 

promulgate additional procedures as it deems necessary for 

the fair and efficient conduct of committee hearings held pursuant to this resolution, provided that the additional proce-
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dures are not inconsistent with the procedures referenced in 

subsection (a), the Rules of the Committee, and the Rules of 

the House. 

(c)(1) The ranking minority member of the Committee 

on the Judiciary is authorized, with the concurrence of the 

chair of the Committee on the Judiciary, to require, as 

deemed necessary to the investigation— 

(A) by subpoena or otherwise— 

(i) the attendance and testimony of any person 

(including at a taking of a deposition); and 

(ii) the production of books, records, correspondence, memoranda, papers, and documents; 

and 

(B) by interrogatory, the furnishing of information. 

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

proposed action of the ranking minority member pursuant to 

paragraph (1), the ranking minority member shall have the 

right to refer to the committee for decision the question 

whether such authority shall be so exercised and the chair 

shall convene the committee promptly to render that decision, 

subject to the notice procedures for a committee meeting 

under clause 2(g)(3)(A) and (B) of rule XI. 

(3) Subpoenas and interrogatories so authorized may be 

signed by the ranking minority member, and may be served 

by any person designated by the ranking minority member. 
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(d) The Committee on the Judiciary shall report to the 

House of Representatives such resolutions, articles of impeachment, or other recommendations as it deems proper. 

Attest: 

Clerk.