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House Calendar No. 97 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 591 
[Report No. 111–231] 
Requesting that the President transmit to the House of Representatives 
all information in his possession relating to certain specific communica-
tions with and financial assistance provided to General Motors Corpora-
tion and Chrysler LLC. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 26, 2009 
Mr. BOEHNER (for himself, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mrs. SCHMIDT, Mr. TURNER, 
Mr. LATTA, Mr. AUSTRIA, Mr. JORDAN of Ohio, and Mr. TIBERI) sub-
mitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
Financial Services 
JULY 24, 2009 
Reported with an amendment, referred to the House Calendar, and ordered 
to be printed 
[Strike out all after the resolving clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
RESOLUTION 
Requesting that the President transmit to the House of 
Representatives all information in his possession relating 
to certain specific communications with and financial 
assistance provided to General Motors Corporation and 
Chrysler LLC. 
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Resolved, That the House of Representatives requests 
that the President transmit to the House of Representa-
tives not later than 14 days after the date of the adoption 
of this resolution, copies of any portions of all documents, 
records, and communications in his possession referring 
or relating to— 
(1) the role of the Presidential Task Force on 
the Auto Industry (hereafter referred to as ‘‘Task 
Force’’) in negotiating, reviewing, approving, or re-
lating in any other aspect to the plans for reorga-
nization or restructuring in connection with pro-
ceedings commenced during 2009 under chapter 11, 
of title 11, United States Code, with respect to Gen-
eral Motors Corporation and Chrysler LLC (here-
after in this resolution referred to as ‘‘General Mo-
tors’’ and ‘‘Chrysler’’, respectively); 
(2) the interaction of the Task Force with any 
other entity to identify which vehicle dealerships of 
General Motors or Chrysler would be selected for 
closure in connection with such plans of reorganiza-
tion or restructuring, and which would be specifically 
selected for exemption from such closure, and proce-
dures and processes for making such determinations; 
(3) the role of the Task Force in negotiating, 
reviewing, approving, determining, or in any other 
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aspect relating to, levels of and reductions in the 
employee and retiree benefits of General Motors’ sal-
aried employees and non-union hourly retirees, and 
in establishing the new Voluntary Employee Bene-
ficiary Association; 
(4) the President’s role in determining any ve-
hicle dealership closures and plant closings; 
(5) the role of the Task Force in negotiating, 
reviewing, approving, or in any other aspect relating 
to, agreements whereby— 
(A) the United Auto Workers, or any trust 
of the United Auto Workers, would end up own-
ing a certain percentage of General Motors or 
Chrysler post-bankruptcy, including any docu-
ment, record, or communication discussing how 
such determination was made or percentage ar-
rived at; and 
(B) as part of the restructuring of General 
Motors and Chrysler, bondholders of each re-
spective company would end up owning a cer-
tain percentage of each respective company, in-
cluding any document, record, or communica-
tion discussing how such determination was 
made or percentage arrived at; 
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(6) the decision of the President to forgive any 
loans made by the United States to General Motors 
or Chrysler under the Troubled Assets Relief Pro-
gram (TARP) in title I of the Emergency Economic 
Stabilization Act of 2008; 
(7) any decision or determination relating to 
the authority under such Act to provide financial as-
sistance to General Motors or Chrysler, specifically 
any determination regarding whether General Mo-
tors or Chrysler were lawfully eligible to receive such 
assistance based on the definition of ‘‘financial insti-
tution’’ under that Act; and 
(9) actual payments made by the United States 
to automobile manufacturers pursuant to such Act, 
including any schedule of payments, and the terms 
and conditions governing any such payments. 
That the House of Representatives requests that the 
President transmit to the House of Representatives not later 
than 14 days after the date of the adoption of this resolu-
tion, copies of any portions of all documents, records, and 
communications in his possession referring or relating to— 
(1) the role of the Presidential Task Force on the 
Auto Industry (hereafter referred to as ‘‘Task Force’’) 
in negotiating, reviewing, approving, or relating in 
any other aspect to the plans for reorganization or re-
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(5) the role of the Task Force in negotiating, re-
viewing, approving, or in any other aspect relating 
to, agreements whereby— 
(A) the United Auto Workers, or any trust 
of the United Auto Workers, would end up own-
ing a certain percentage of General Motors or 
Chrysler post-bankruptcy, including any docu-
ment, record, or communication discussing how 
such determination was made or percentage ar-
rived at; and 
(B) as part of the restructuring of General 
Motors and Chrysler, bondholders of each respec-
tive company would end up owning a certain 
percentage of each respective company, including 
any document, record, or communication dis-
cussing how such determination was made or 
percentage arrived at; 
(6) the decision of the President to forgive any 
loans made by the United States to General Motors 
or Chrysler under the Troubled Assets Relief Program 
(TARP) in title I of the Emergency Economic Sta-
bilization Act of 2008; 
(7) any decision or determination relating to the 
authority under such Act to provide financial assist-
ance to General Motors or Chrysler, specifically any 
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determination regarding whether General Motors or 
Chrysler were lawfully eligible to receive such assist-
ance based on the definition of ‘‘financial institution’’ 
under that Act; and 
(9) actual payments made by the United States 
to automobile manufacturers pursuant to such Act, 
including any schedule of payments, and the terms 
and conditions governing any such payments. 
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House Calendar No. 97 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 591 
[Report No. 111–231] 
RESOLUTION 
Requesting that the President transmit to the 
House of Representatives all information in his 
possession relating to certain specific communica-
tions with and financial assistance provided to 
General Motors Corporation and Chrysler LLC. 
JULY 24, 2009 
Reported with an amendment, referred to the House 
Calendar, and ordered to be printed 
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