IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 605 
Establishing the Select Subcommittee to Investigate the Remaining Questions 
Surrounding January 6, 2021. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 23, 2025 
Mr. LOUDERMILK submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on Rules 
RESOLUTION 
Establishing the Select Subcommittee to Investigate the 
Remaining Questions Surrounding January 6, 2021. 
Resolved, 
SECTION 1. SELECT SUBCOMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE 
REMAINING QUESTIONS SURROUNDING JAN-
UARY 6, 2021. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT; COMPOSITION.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby estab-
lished for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress a 
select investigative subcommittee of the Committee 
on the Judiciary called the Select Subcommittee to 
Investigate the Remaining Questions Surrounding 
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January 6, 2021 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘se-
lect subcommittee’’). 
(2) COMPOSITION.— 
(A) The select subcommittee shall be com-
posed of not more than 8 Members, Delegates, 
or the Resident Commissioner appointed by the 
Speaker, of whom not more than 3 shall be ap-
pointed in consultation with the minority lead-
er. The Speaker shall designate one member of 
the select subcommittee as its chair. Any va-
cancy in the select subcommittee shall be filled 
in the same manner as the original appoint-
ment. 
(B) Each member appointed to the select 
subcommittee shall be treated as though a 
member of the Committee on the Judiciary for 
purposes of the select subcommittee. 
(C) The chair and ranking minority mem-
ber of the Committee on the Judiciary shall be 
ex officio members of the select subcommittee 
but shall have no vote in the select sub-
committee and may not be counted for purposes 
of determining a quorum thereof. 
(3) SERVICE.—Service on the select sub-
committee shall not count against the limitations in 
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clause 5(b)(2)(A) of rule X of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives. 
(b) INVESTIGATIVE FUNCTIONS AND AUTHORITY.— 
The select subcommittee is authorized and directed to con-
duct a full and complete investigation and study and issue 
a final report of the events surrounding January 6, 2021 
regarding matters within the jurisdiction of the Committee 
on the Judiciary under clause 1(l) of rule X of the Rules 
of the House of Representatives. The select subcommittee 
may not hold a markup of legislation. 
(c) PROCEDURE.— 
(1) Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the rules of the Committee on the 
Judiciary shall apply to the select subcommittee in 
the same manner as a subcommittee except as fol-
lows: 
(A) The chair of the select subcommittee 
may, after consultation with the ranking minor-
ity member, recognize— 
(i) 
members 
of 
the 
select 
sub-
committee to question a witness for periods 
longer than five minutes as though pursu-
ant to clause 2(j)(2)(B) of such rule XI; 
and 
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(ii) staff of the select subcommittee or 
staff of the Committee on the Judiciary to 
question a witness as though pursuant to 
clause 2(j)(2)(C) of such rule XI. 
(B) The chair of the select subcommittee 
may authorize and issue subpoenas pursuant to 
clause 2(m) of rule XI in the investigation, 
study, and report conducted pursuant to sub-
section (b), including for the purpose of taking 
depositions. 
(C) With regard to the full scope of inves-
tigative authority under subsection (b), the se-
lect subcommittee shall be authorized to receive 
information available to the Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence, consistent with con-
gressional reporting requirements for intel-
ligence and intelligence-related activities, and 
any such information received shall be subject 
to the terms and conditions applicable under 
clause 11 of rule X. 
(2) The chair of the select subcommittee is au-
thorized to compel by subpoena the furnishing of in-
formation by interrogatory. 
(3)(A) The chair of the select subcommittee, 
upon consultation with the ranking minority mem-
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ber, may order the taking of depositions, including 
pursuant to subpoena, by a Member, counsel of the 
select subcommittee, or counsel of the Committee on 
the Judiciary, in the same manner as a standing 
committee pursuant to section 3(t) of House Resolu-
tion 5, One Hundred Nineteenth Congress. 
(B) Depositions taken under the authority pre-
scribed in this paragraph shall be governed by the 
procedures submitted by the chair of the Committee 
on Rules for printing in the Congressional Record on 
January 14, 2025. 
(4) Subpoenas authorized pursuant to this reso-
lution may be signed by the chair of the select sub-
committee or a designee. 
(5) The provisions of this resolution shall gov-
ern the proceedings of the select subcommittee in 
the event of any conflict with the rules of the House 
or of the Committee on the Judiciary. 
(d) TRANSFER OF RECORDS.—The Committee on 
House Administration is directed to transfer any records 
in any form relating to the matters described in subsection 
(b) to the select subcommittee not later than seven days 
after adoption of the resolution by the House. Such 
records shall become the records of the select sub-
committee. 
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(e) SUCCESSOR.—The Committee on the Judiciary is 
the ‘‘successor in interest’’ to the select subcommittee for 
purposes of clause 8(c) of rule II of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives. 
(f) FINAL REPORT.—The final report of the select 
subcommittee shall be submitted to the Committee on the 
Judiciary by December 31, 2026. 
(g) TERMINATION.—The select subcommittee shall 
terminate— 
(1) 30 days after filing the final report under 
subsection (f); or 
(2) on the last day of the One Hundred Nine-
teenth Congress, 
whichever occurs earlier. 
Æ 
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