IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 219 
Establishing a Select Committee on POW and MIA Affairs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 21, 2017 
Mr. WALKER submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Rules 
RESOLUTION 
Establishing a Select Committee on POW and MIA Affairs. 
Resolved, 
SECTION 1. ESTABLISHING A SELECT COMMITTEE ON POW 
AND MIA AFFAIRS. 
There is established a select committee to be known 
as the Select Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (here-
after referred to as the ‘‘select committee’’). 
SEC. 2. FUNCTIONS. 
The select committee shall conduct a full investiga-
tion of all unresolved matters relating to any United 
States personnel unaccounted for from the Vietnam era, 
the Korean conflict, World War II, Cold War Missions, 
Persian Gulf War, Operation Iraqi Freedom, or Operation 
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Enduring Freedom, including MIAs and POWs missing 
and captured. 
SEC. 3. APPOINTMENT AND MEMBERSHIP. 
(a) MEMBERS.—The select committee shall be com-
posed of 10 Members of the House, who shall be appointed 
by the Speaker. Not more than half of the members of 
the select committee shall be of the same political party. 
(b) VACANCY.—Any vacancy occurring in the mem-
bership of the select committee shall be filled in the same 
manner in which the original appointment was made. 
(c) CHAIRPERSON.—The Speaker shall designate one 
member of the select committee to be its chairperson. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORITY AND PROCEDURES. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—For purposes of carrying out this 
resolution, the select committee (or any subcommittee of 
the select committee authorized to hold hearings) may sit 
and act during the present Congress at any time or place 
within the United States (including any Commonwealth 
or possession of the United States, or elsewhere, whether 
the House is in session, has recessed, or has adjourned) 
and to hold such hearings as it considers necessary. 
(b) RULES OF PROCEDURE.—Clauses 1, 2, and 4 of 
rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives shall 
apply to the select committee. 
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(c) PROHIBITION AGAINST MEETING AT CERTAIN 
TIMES.—Subsection (a) may not be construed to limit the 
applicability of clause 2(i) of rule XI of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives to the select committee. 
SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. 
(a) EXPENSES.—There shall be paid out of the appli-
cable accounts of the House such sums as may be nec-
essary for the expenses of the select committee. Such pay-
ments shall be made on vouchers signed by the chairman 
of the select committee and approved in the manner di-
rected by the Committee on House Administration. 
Amounts made available under this paragraph shall be ex-
pended in accordance with regulations prescribed by the 
Committee on House Administration. 
(b) STAFF AND TRAVEL.—In carrying out its func-
tions under this resolution, the select committee may— 
(1) appoint, either on a permanent basis or as 
experts or consultants, any staff that the select com-
mittee considers necessary; 
(2) prescribe the duties and responsibilities of 
the staff; 
(3) fix the compensation of the staff at a single 
per annum gross rate that does not exceed the high-
est rate of basic pay, as in effect from time to time, 
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of level V of the Executive Schedule in section 5316 
of title 5, United States Code; 
(4) terminate the employment of any such staff 
as the select committee considers appropriate; and 
(5) reimburse members of the select committee 
and of its staff for travel, subsistence, and other 
necessary expenses incurred by them in the perform-
ance of their functions for the select committee, 
other than expenses in connection with any meeting 
of the select committee, or a subcommittee thereof, 
held in the District of Columbia. 
(c) EXPIRATION.—The select committee and all au-
thority granted in this resolution shall expire 30 days after 
the filing of the final report of the select committee with 
the House. 
SEC. 6. REPORTS AND RECORDS. 
(a) FINAL REPORT.—As soon as practicable during 
the present Congress, the select committee shall submit 
to the House a final report setting forth its findings and 
recommendations as a result of its investigation. 
(b) FILING OF REPORTS.—Any report made by the 
select committee when the House is not in session shall 
be filed with the Clerk of the House. 
(c) REFERRAL OF REPORTS.—Any report made by 
the select committee shall be referred to the committee 
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or committees that have jurisdiction over the subject mat-
ter of the report. 
(d) RECORDS, FILES, AND MATERIALS.—Following 
the termination of the select committee, the records, files, 
and materials of the select committee shall be transferred 
to the Clerk of the House. If the final report of the select 
committee is referred to only one committee under the 
provisions of subsection (c), the records, files, and mate-
rials of the select committee shall be transferred instead 
to the committee to which the final report is referred. 
SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 
As used in this resolution: 
(1) The term ‘‘Member of the House’’ means 
any Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Com-
missioner to, the Congress. 
(2) The term ‘‘MIA’’ means any United States 
personnel that is unaccounted for and missing in ac-
tion. 
(3) The term ‘‘POW’’ means any United States 
personnel that is unaccounted for and known to be 
a prisoner of war. 
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