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tigating the subjects set forth in this resolution and since
information necessary for this investigation cannot reason-
ably be obtained from any other source, the Select Commit-
tee shall be specially authorized to inspect and receive for
the tax years 1988 through 1998 any tax return, return
information, or other tax-related material, held by the Sec-
retary of the Treasury, related to individuals and entities
named by the Select Committee as possible participants,
beneficiaries, or intermediaries in the transactions under
investigation. As specified by section 6103(f)(3) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986, such materials and information
shall be furnished in closed executive session.
SEC. 11. ACCESS TO INFORMATION OF THE SELECT COM-
MITTEE.
The Select Committee shall provide other committees
and Members of the House with access to information and
proceedings, consistent with clause 7(c)(2) of rule XLVIII,
except that the Select Committee may direct that particular
matters or classes of matter shall not be made available to
any person by its members, staff, or others, or may impose
any other restriction. The Select Committee may require its
staff to enter nondisclosure agreements, and its chairman,
in consultation with the ranking minority member, may
require others, such as counsel for witnesses, to do so. The
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct may inves-
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tigate any unauthorized disclosure of such classified infor-
mation by a Member, officer, or employee of the House or
other covered person upon request of the Select Committee.
If, at the conclusion of its investigation, the Committee on
Standards of Official Conduct determines that there has
been a significant unauthorized disclosure, it shall report
its findings to the House and recommend appropriate sanc-
tions for the Member, officer, employee, or other covered per-
son consistent with clause 7(e) of rule XLVIII and any com-
mittee restriction, including nondisclosure agreements. The
Select Committee shall, as appropriate, provide access to
information and proceedings to the Speaker and the minor-
ity leader and an appropriately cleared and designated
member of each staff.
SEC. 12. COOPERATION OF OTHER ENTITIES.
(a) COOPERATION OF OTHER COMMITTEES.—The Se-
lect Committee may submit to any standing committee spe-
cific matters within its jurisdiction and may request that
such committees pursue such matters further.
(b) COOPERATION OF OTHER FEDERAL ENTITIES.—
The Chairman of the Select Committee, upon consultation
with the ranking minority member, or the Select Committee
may request investigations, reports, and other assistance
from any agency of the executive, legislative, and judicial
branches of the Federal Government.
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SEC. 13. ACCESS AND RESPONSE TO JUDICIAL PROCESS.
In addition to any applications to court in response
to judicial process that may be made in behalf of the House
by its counsel, the Select Committee shall be authorized to
respond to any judicial or other process, or to make any
applications to court, upon consultation with the Speaker
consistent with rule L.
SEC. 14. ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.
(a) PERSONNEL.—The Chairman, upon consultation
with the ranking minority member, may employ and fix
the compensation of such clerks, experts, consultants, techni-
cians, attorneys, investigators, clerical and stenographic as-
sistants, and other appropriate staff as the Chairman con-
siders necessary to carry out the purposes of this resolution.
Detailees from the executive branch or staff of the House
or a joint committee, upon the request of the Chairman of
the Select Committee, upon consultation with the ranking
minority member, shall be deemed staff of the Select Com-
mittee to the extent necessary to carry out the purposes of
this resolution.
(b) PAYMENT OF EXPENSES.—(1) The Select Commit-
tee may reimburse the members of its staff for travel, sub-
sistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in
the performance of the duties vested in the Select Committee.
(2) Not more than $2,500,000 are authorized for ex-
penses of the Select Committee for investigations and stud-
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ies, including for the procurement of the services of individ-
ual consultants or organizations thereof, and for training
of staff, to be paid out of the applicable accounts of the
House of Representatives upon vouchers signed by the
Chairman and approved in the manner directed by the
Committee on House Oversight.
SEC. 15. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAWS TO SELECT COM-
MITTEE.
The Select Committee shall be deemed a committee of
the House for all purposes of the rules of the House of Rep-
resentatives and shall be deemed a committee for all pur-
poses of law, including, but not limited to, section 202(f)
of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C.
72a(f)), sections 102 and 104 of the Revised Statutes (2
U.S.C. 192 and 194), sections 1001, 1505, 1621, 6002, and
6005 
of 
title 
18, 
United 
States 
Code, 
section
502(b)(1)(B)(ii) of the Mutual Security Act of 1954 (22
U.S.C. 1754(b)(1)(B)(ii)), and section 734 of title 31,
United States Code.
SEC. 16. DISPOSITION OF RECORDS.
At the conclusion of the existence of the Select Commit-
tee, all records of the Select Committee shall be transferred
to other committees, or stored by the Clerk of the House,
as directed by the Select Committee, consistent with appli-
cable rules and law concerning classified information.