House Calendar No. 68

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 198

[Report No. 103–183]

A BILL

Requesting the President to furnish to the House

White House travel office.tion to allegations of criminal conduct in thethe response of the Federal Bureau of Investigaof Representatives certain documents concerning

JULY 20, 1993

Reported adversely, referred to the House Calendar, and

ordered to be printed
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House Calendar No. 68

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 198

[Report No. 103–183]

Requesting the President to furnish to the House of Representatives certain

documents concerning the response of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to allegations of criminal conduct in the White House travel office.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 16, 1993

Mr. HYDE (for himself, Mr. MICHEL, Mr. GINGRICH, Mr. ARMEY, and Mr.

CLINGER) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the

Committee on the Judiciary

JULY 20, 1993

Reported adversely, referred to the House Calendar, and ordered to be printed

RESOLUTION

Requesting the President to furnish to the House of Representatives certain documents concerning the response

of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to allegations

of criminal conduct in the White House travel office.

1 Resolved, That the President is requested to provide

2 to the House of Representatives, not later than fourteen

3 days after the adoption of this resolution, the following

4 documents:
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1 (1) Any document concerning the identity of

2 any person who authorized or directed William Ken3 nedy, Associate Counsel to the President, to sum4 mon officials of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

5 to the White House and to prepare that the Bureau

6 investigate the White House travel office.

7 (2) Any document concerning how William Ken8 nedy, Associate Counsel to the President, knew

9 whom to contact in the Federal Bureau of Investiga10 tion to arrange a meeting to discuss the White

11 House travel office.

12 (3) Any document concerning the identity of

13 any person who authorized or directed officials of

14 the Federal Bureau of Investigation to attend any

15 White House meeting convened by William Kennedy,

16 Associate Counsel to the President, to discuss the

17 White House travel office.

18 (4) Any document showing what was said at

19 any meeting referred to in paragraph (3), including

20 the response of officials of the Federal Bureau of In21 vestigation to the proposal that the Bureau inves22 tigate the White House travel office.

23 (5) Any document concerning the identity of

24 any person who authorized or directed William Ken25 nedy, Associate Counsel to the President, to discuss
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1 with an official of the Federal Bureau of Investiga2 tion the possibility that the Internal Revenue Service

3 would be used to investigate the White House travel

4 office if the Federal Bureau of Investigation did not

5 do so.

6 (6) Any document showing what was said dur7 ing the discussion referred to in paragraph (5), in8 cluding the response of the official of the Federal

9 Bureau of Investigation to the suggestion that the

10 Internal Revenue Service be used to investigate the

11 White House travel office.

12 (7) Any document concerning the decision to re13 tain the accounting firm of KPMG Peat Marwick to

14 audit the White House travel office, including the

15 timing of that decision, and any relationship between

16 the audit and the national performance review by

17 the Vice President.

18 (8) Any document concerning the identity of

19 any official of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

20 who decided to investigate the White House travel

21 office, and the identity of any other official of the

22 Federal Bureau of Investigation who was consulted

23 about that decision.

24 (9) Any document concerning what action was

25 originally taken against the seven employees of the
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1 White House travel office, how this action was modi2 fied subsequently, and what is the current status of

3 the employees.

4 (10) Any document concerning who made the

5 decision to take the original action against the seven

6 employees referred to in paragraph (9), who made

7 the decision to modify the original action, who was

8 consulted with respect to each of these decisions,

9 and upon what information these decisions were

10 based.

11 (11) Any document concerning the identity of

12 any person who authorized or directed White House

13 officials to summon John Collingwood, Inspector in

14 Charge of the Office of Public and Congressional Af15 fairs of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, to the

16 White House to discuss the investigation of the

17 White House travel office by the Bureau.

18 (12) Any document concerning the identity of

19 any person who authorized or directed John

20 Collingwood, Inspector in Charge of the Office of

21 Public and Congressional Affairs of the Federal Bu22 reau of Investigation, to meet with White House of23 ficials to discuss the investigation of the White

24 House travel office by the Bureau.
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1 (13) Any document concerning whether William

2 Sessions, Director of the Federal Bureau of Inves3 tigation, was aware that the meeting referred to in

4 paragraph (12) had been requested.

5 (14) Any document describing what was said at

6 the meeting referred to in paragraph (12), including

7 how it was decided that a press statement on the

8 stationery of William Sessions, Director of the Fed9 eral Bureau of Investigation, would be issued to con10 firm that a Bureau criminal investigation of the

11 White House travel office was underway.

12 (15) Any document concerning the identity of

13 any person who participated in the drafting of the

14 press statement referred to in paragraph (14), the

15 extent to which the press statement was revised, and

16 the identity of any person who was consulted about

17 the contents of the press statement.

18 (16) Any document concerning the identity of

19 any person who authorized or directed John

20 Collingwood, Inspector in Charge of the Office of

21 Public and Congressional Affairs of the Federal Bu22 reau of Investigation, to issue the press statement

23 described in paragraph (14).

24 (17) Any document concerning whether the

25 Federal Bureau of Investigation would ordinarily
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1 issue a press statement to confirm that a criminal

2 investigation is underway when the investigation is

3 at the preliminary stage that the White House travel

4 office investigation had reached when the statement

5 referred to in paragraph (14) was issued.

6 (18) Any document concerning whether the

7 statement referred to in paragraph (14) violated the

8 Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a), or Federal regulation

9 thereunder, and whether Privacy Act’s civil and

10 criminal penalties are applicable in this case.

11 (19) Any document concerning to what extent

12 White House officials involved with the investigation

13 of the White House travel office were aware of the

14 interest of workers on President William Clinton’s

15 presidential campaign such as Catherine Cornelius

16 in assuming control of the White House travel office,

17 and how they became aware of such interest.

18 (20) Any document concerning to what extent

19 White House officials involved with the investigation

20 of the White House travel office were aware of the

21 interest of contributors to President William Clin22 ton’s presidential campaign such as Harry

23 Thomason (and his business partner Darnell

24 Martens) in obtaining contracts with the White
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1 House travel office, and how they became aware of

2 such interests.

3 (21) Any document concerning whether White

4 House officials involved with the investigation of the

5 White House travel office informed the Federal Bu6 reau of Investigation of the interest of workers in

7 President William Clinton’s presidential campaign

8 such as Catherine Cornelius and contributors to his

9 presidential campaign such as Harry Thomason

10 (and his business partner Darnell Martens) in ob11 taining control of the White House travel office or

12 contracts with it at the time that these White House

13 officials requested the Federal Bureau of Investiga14 tion to investigate the White House travel office, and

15 if not, why this information was withheld.

16 (22) Any document concerning what financial

17 arrangements or understandings existed in connec18 tion with employment of Penny Sample in the White

19 House travel office, and how she came to receive a

20 commission for her work in the White House travel

21 office.

22 (23) Any document concerning whether Harry

23 Thomason was a special government employee within

24 the meaning of section 202(a) of title 18, United

25 States Code, by virtue of the fact that he had a
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1 White House residence pass, daily access to the

2 White House, and an office in the Old Executive Of3 fice Building, and if he was, whether his efforts to

4 obtain contracts with the White House travel office

5 violated the conflict of interest restrictions of section

6 208 of title 18, United States Code.

7 (24) Any documents concerning whether Penny

8 Sample or any other person interested in obtaining

9 contracts with the White House travel office violated

10 the conflict of interest restrictions of section 208 of

11 title 18, United States Code.

12 (25) Any document concerning whether White

13 House officials and officials of the Department of

14 Justice have considered the appointment of William

15 Sessions, Director of the Federal Bureau of inves16 tigation, to other Federal positions, and whether

17 William Sessions was aware that such possibilities

18 were under consideration during the course of these

19 events.

20 (26) Any document concerning when a final de21 termination will be made about the continued tenure

22 in office of William Sessions, Director of the Federal

23 Bureau of Investigation.

24 SEC. 2. As used in this resolution, the term ‘‘docu25 ment’’ means any report, memorandum, schedule or min-
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1 utes of a meeting, log or record of telephone calls or other

2 communications, appointment calendar, or other record or

3 document of any kind, including electronic, handwritten,

4 or other communications whatsoever and all drafts there5 of.