IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 805 
Raising a question of the privileges of the House. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 7, 2009 
Mr. CARTER submitted the following resolution 
OCTOBER 7, 2009 
By motion of the House, referred to the Committee on Standards of Official 
Conduct 
RESOLUTION 
Raising a question of the privileges of the House. 
Whereas the gentleman from New York, Charles B. Rangel, 
the fourth most senior Member of the House of Rep-
resentatives, serves as chairman of the House Ways and 
Means Committee, a position of considerable power and 
influence within the House of Representatives; 
Whereas clause one of rule XXIII of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives provides, ‘‘A Member, Delegate, Resi-
dent Commission, officer, or employee of the House shall 
conduct himself at all times in a manner that shall reflect 
creditably on the House.’’; 
Whereas The New York Times reported on September 5, 
2008, that, ‘‘Representative Charles B. Rangel has 
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earned more than $75,000 in rental income from a villa 
he has owned in the Dominican Republic since 1988, but 
never reported it on his federal or state tax returns, ac-
cording to a lawyer for the congressman and documents 
from the resort.’’; 
Whereas in an article in the September 5, 2008, edition of 
The New York Times, his attorney confirmed that Rep-
resentative Rangel’s annual congressional Financial Dis-
closure statements failed to disclose the rental income 
from his resort villa; 
Whereas The New York Times reported on September 6, 
2008, that, ‘‘Representative Charles B. Rangel paid no 
interest for more than a decade on a mortgage extended 
to him to buy a villa at a beachfront resort in the Domin-
ican Republic, according to Mr. Rangel’s lawyer and 
records from the resort. The loan, which was extended to 
Mr. Rangel in 1988, was originally to be paid back over 
seven years at a rate of 10.5 percent. But within two 
years, interest on the loan was waived for Mr. Rangel.’’; 
Whereas clause 5(a)(2)(A) of House Rule 25 defines a gift 
as, ‘‘. . . a gratuity, favor, discount, entertainment, hos-
pitality, loan, forbearance, or other item having monetary 
value’’ and prohibits the acceptance of such gifts except 
in limited circumstances; 
Whereas Representative Rangel’s acceptance of thousands of 
dollars in interest forgiveness is a violation of the House 
gift ban; 
Whereas Representative Rangel’s failure to disclose the afore-
mentioned gifts and income on his Personal Financial 
Disclosure Statements violates House rules and federal 
law; 
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Whereas Representative Rangel’s failure to report the afore-
mentioned gifts and income on federal, state and local 
tax returns is a violation of the tax laws of those jurisdic-
tions; 
Whereas the Committee on Ways and Means, which Rep-
resentative Rangel chairs, has jurisdiction over the 
United States Tax Code; 
Whereas the House Committee on Standards of Official Con-
duct first announced on July 31, 2008, that it was re-
viewing allegations of misconduct by Representative Ran-
gel; 
Whereas Roll Call newspaper reported on September 15, 
2008, that, ‘‘The inconsistent reports are among myriad 
errors, discrepancies and unexplained entries on Rangel’s 
personal disclosure forms over the past eight years that 
make it almost impossible to get a clear picture of the 
Ways and Means chairman’s financial dealings.’’; 
Whereas the House Committee on Standards of Official Con-
duct announced on September 24, 2008, that it had es-
tablished an investigative subcommittee in the matter of 
Representative Rangel; 
Whereas after the Ethics Committee probe was underway, 
The New York Times reported on November 24, 2008, 
that, ‘‘Congressional records and interviews show that 
Mr. Rangel was instrumental in preserving a lucrative 
tax loophole that benefitted Nabors Industries, an oil 
drilling company last year, while at the same time its 
chief executive was pledging $1 million to the Charles B. 
Rangel School of Public Service at C.C.N.Y.’’; 
Whereas the House Committee on Standards of Official Con-
duct announced on December 9, 2008, that it had ex-
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panded the jurisdiction of the aforementioned investiga-
tive subcommittee to examine the allegations related to 
Representative Rangel’s involvement with Nabors Indus-
tries; 
Whereas since then, further serious allegations of improper 
and potentially illegal conduct by Representative Rangel 
have surfaced; 
Whereas during the recently completed August district work 
period, Representative Rangel acknowledged his failure to 
publicly disclose at least half a million dollars in cash as-
sets, tens of thousands of dollars in investment income, 
and his ownership of two pieces of property in New Jer-
sey; 
Whereas corrected financial disclosure statements filed by 
Representative Rangel on August 12, 2009, now reveal 
his net worth to be nearly twice as much as he had pre-
viously revealed; 
Whereas The New York Times newspaper reported on August 
26, 2009, that, ‘‘United States Representative Charles B. 
Rangel, whose personal finances and fund raising are the 
subject of two House ethics investigations, failed to re-
port at least $500,000 in assets on his 2007 Congres-
sional disclosure form, according to an amended report 
he filed this month. Among the dozen newly disclosed 
holdings revealed in the amended forms are a checking 
account at a federal credit union with a balance between 
$250,000 and $500,000; three vacant lots in Glassboro, 
N.J., valued at a total of $1,000 to $15,000; and stock 
in PepsiCo worth between $15,000 and $50,000.’’; 
Whereas Roll Call newspaper reported on August 25, 2009, 
that Representative Rangel’s corrected filings also re-
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