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House Calendar No. 105 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 567 
[Report No. 113–442] 
Providing for the Establishment of the Select Committee on the Events 
Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 6, 2014 
Mr. SESSIONS submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Rules 
MAY 7, 2014 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for the Establishment of the Select Committee 
on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack 
in Benghazi. 
Resolved, 
SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT. 
There is hereby established the Select Committee on 
the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in 
Benghazi (hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Select Com-
mittee’’). 
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SEC. 2. COMPOSITION. 
(a) The Speaker shall appoint 12 Members to the Se-
lect Committee, five of whom shall be appointed after con-
sultation with the minority leader. 
(b) The Speaker shall designate one Member to serve 
as chair of the Select Committee. 
(c) Any vacancy in the Select Committee shall be 
filled in the same manner as the original appointment. 
SEC. 3. INVESTIGATION AND REPORT ON THE EVENTS SUR-
ROUNDING THE 2012 TERRORIST ATTACK IN 
BENGHAZI. 
(a) The Select Committee is authorized and directed 
to conduct a full and complete investigation and study and 
issue a final report of its findings to the House regard-
ing— 
(1) all policies, decisions, and activities that 
contributed to the attacks on United States facilities 
in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11, 2012, as well 
as those that affected the ability of the United 
States to prepare for the attacks; 
(2) all policies, decisions, and activities to re-
spond to and repel the attacks on United States fa-
cilities in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11, 2012, 
including efforts to rescue United States personnel; 
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(3) internal and public executive branch com-
munications about the attacks on United States fa-
cilities in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11, 2012; 
(4) accountability for policies and decisions re-
lated to the security of facilities in Benghazi, Libya, 
and the response to the attacks, including individ-
uals and entities responsible for those policies and 
decisions; 
(5) executive branch authorities’ efforts to iden-
tify and bring to justice the perpetrators of the at-
tacks on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, on Sep-
tember 11, 2012; 
(6) executive branch activities and efforts to 
comply with Congressional inquiries into the attacks 
on United States facilities in Benghazi, Libya, on 
September 11, 2012; 
(7) recommendations for improving executive 
branch cooperation and compliance with congres-
sional oversight and investigations; 
(8) information related to lessons learned from 
the attacks and executive branch activities and ef-
forts to protect United States facilities and per-
sonnel abroad; and 
(9) any other relevant issues relating to the at-
tacks, the response to the attacks, or the investiga-
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tion by the House of Representatives into the at-
tacks. 
(b) In addition to any final report addressing the 
matters in subsection (a), the Select Committee may issue 
such interim reports as it deems necessary. 
(c) Any report issued by the Select Committee may 
contain a classified annex. 
SEC. 4. PROCEDURE. 
(a) Notwithstanding clause 3(m) of rule X of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives, the Select Com-
mittee is authorized to study the sources and methods of 
entities described in clause 11(b)(1)(A) of rule X insofar 
as such study is related to the matters described in section 
3. 
(b) Clause 11(b)(4), clause 11(e), and the first sen-
tence of clause 11(f) of rule X of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives shall apply to the Select Committee. 
(c) Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives shall apply to the Select Committee except as follows: 
(1) Clause 2(a) of rule XI shall not apply to the 
Select Committee. 
(2) Clause 2(g)(2)(D) of rule XI shall apply to 
the Select Committee in the same manner as it ap-
plies to the Permanent Select Committee on Intel-
ligence. 
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(3) Pursuant to clause 2(h) of rule XI, two 
Members of the Select Committee shall constitute a 
quorum for taking testimony or receiving evidence 
and one-third of the Members of the Select Com-
mittee shall constitute a quorum for taking any ac-
tion other than one for which the presence of a ma-
jority of the Select Committee is required. 
(4) The chair of the Select Committee may au-
thorize and issue subpoenas pursuant to clause 2(m) 
of rule XI in the investigation and study conducted 
pursuant to section 3 of this resolution, including for 
the purpose of taking depositions. 
(5)(A) The chair of the Select Committee, upon 
consultation with the ranking minority member, may 
order the taking of depositions, under oath and pur-
suant to notice or subpoena, by a Member of the Se-
lect Committee or a counsel of the Select Committee. 
(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. 
(6) The chair of the Select Committee may, 
after consultation with the ranking minority mem-
ber, recognize— 
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(A) Members of the Select Committee to 
question a witness for periods longer than five 
minutes 
as 
though 
pursuant 
to 
clause 
(2)(j)(2)(B) of rule XI; and 
(B) staff of the Select Committee to ques-
tion a witness as though pursuant to clause 
(2)(j)(2)(C) of rule XI. 
SEC. 5. RECORDS; STAFF; FUNDING. 
(a) Any committee of the House of Representatives 
having custody of records in any form relating to the mat-
ters described in section 3 shall transfer such records to 
the Select Committee within 14 days of the adoption of 
this resolution. Such records shall become the records of 
the Select Committee. 
(b)(1)(A) To the greatest extent practicable, the Se-
lect Committee shall utilize the services of staff of employ-
ing entities of the House. At the request of the chair of 
the Select Committee in consultation with the ranking mi-
nority member, staff of employing entities of the House 
or a joint committee may be detailed to the Select Com-
mittee without reimbursement to carry out this resolution 
and shall be deemed to be staff of the Select Committee. 
(B) Section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization 
Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i)) shall apply with respect 
to the Select Committee in the same manner as such sec-
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tion applies with respect to a standing committee of the 
House of Representatives. 
(2) The chair of the Select Committee, upon consulta-
tion with the ranking minority member, may employ and 
fix the compensation of such staff as the chair considers 
necessary to carry out this resolution. 
(c) There shall be paid out of the applicable accounts 
of the House of Representatives 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 chair of 
the Select Committee and approved in the manner directed 
by the Committee on House Administration. Amounts 
made available under this subsection shall be expended in 
accordance with regulations prescribed by the Committee 
on House Administration. 
SEC. 6. DISSOLUTION AND DISPOSITION OF RECORDS. 
(a) The Select Committee shall cease to exist 30 days 
after filing the final report required under section 3. 
(b) Upon dissolution of the Select Committee, the 
records of the Select Committee shall become the records 
of such committee or committees designated by the Speak-
er. 
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House Calendar No. 105 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 567 
[Report No. 113–442] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for the Establishment of the Select Com-
mittee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Ter-
rorist Attack in Benghazi. 
MAY 7, 2014 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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