IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 477 
Establishing the Select Committee on President Biden’s Cognitive Decline. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 4, 2025 
Mr. PATRONIS submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Rules 
RESOLUTION 
Establishing the Select Committee on President Biden’s 
Cognitive Decline. 
Whereas overwhelming evidence shows President Biden and 
his staff covered up the extent of his cognitive decline; 
Whereas additional information has come to light following 
his departure from the White House showing the full ex-
tent of his cognitive infirmaries; 
Whereas the 25th Amendment establishes a process whereby 
the President or the Vice President and a majority of ei-
ther the principal officers of the executive departments or 
such other body as Congress may by law provide may re-
port to Congress that the President is unable to dis-
charge the powers and duties of the office; 
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Whereas the American people deserve to have a President 
who is engaged and understands the nature and con-
sequences of his actions; and 
Whereas Congress has an institutional interest in under-
standing whether the President is capable of discharging 
these powers and duties: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, 
SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT. 
There is hereby established in the House of Rep-
resentatives a Select Committee on President Biden’s Cog-
nitive Decline (hereafter in this resolution referred to as 
the ‘‘Select Committee’’). 
SEC. 2. COMPOSITION. 
(a) APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS.—The Speaker shall 
appoint 13 Members to the Select Committee, 5 of whom 
shall be appointed after consultation with the minority 
leader. 
(b) DESIGNATION
OF CHAIR.—The Speaker shall 
designate one Member to serve as chair of the Select Com-
mittee. 
(c) VACANCIES.—Any vacancy in the Select Com-
mittee shall be filled in the same manner as the original 
appointment. 
SEC. 3. PURPOSES. 
Consistent with the functions described in section 4, 
the purposes of the Select Committee are the following: 
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(1) To investigate and to report upon the facts, 
circumstances, and causes related to the coverup of 
President Biden’s cognitive decline (hereafter re-
ferred to as ‘‘the coverup’’). 
(2) To determine who was executing the powers 
and duties of the President given the coverup. 
(3) To examine and evaluate evidence developed 
by relevant Federal, State, and local governmental 
offices regarding the facts and circumstances sur-
rounding the coverup. 
(4) To build upon the investigations of other 
entities and avoid unnecessary duplication of efforts 
by reviewing the investigations, findings, conclu-
sions, and recommendations of other executive 
branch, congressional, or independent bipartisan or 
nonpartisan investigations into the coverup. 
SEC. 4. FUNCTIONS. 
(a) FUNCTIONS.—The functions of the Select Com-
mittee are to— 
(1) investigate the facts, circumstances, and 
causes relating to the coverup, including facts and 
circumstances relating to— 
(A) activities of intelligence agencies, law 
enforcement agencies, and the Armed Forces, 
including with respect to intelligence collection, 
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analysis, and dissemination and information 
sharing among the branches and other instru-
mentalities of government; 
(B) influencing factors that contributed to 
the coverup and how technology, including on-
line platforms, financing, and malign foreign in-
fluence operations and campaigns may have 
factored into the motivation, organization, and 
execution of the coverup; and 
(C) other entities of the public and private 
sector as determined relevant by the Select 
Committee for such investigation; 
(2) identify, review, and evaluate the causes of 
and the lessons learned from the coverup regard-
ing— 
(A) the command, control, and commu-
nications of the Federal Government; 
(B) the structure, coordination, operational 
plans, policies, and procedures of the Federal 
Government; 
(C) the structure, authorities, training, 
manpower utilization, equipment, and oper-
ational planning of the Federal Government; 
and 
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(D) the policies, protocols, processes, pro-
cedures, and systems of the Federal Govern-
ment; 
(3) submit all legislative proposals to the House 
or any committee of the House; and 
(4) not later than September 25, 2026, issue a 
final report to the House containing such findings, 
conclusions, and recommendations for corrective 
measures described in subsection (c) as it may deem 
necessary. 
(b) REPORTS.— 
(1) INTERIM REPORTS.—In addition to the final 
report required under subsection (a)(4), the Select 
Committee may report to the House or any com-
mittee of the House from time to time the results 
of its investigations, together with such detailed 
findings and legislative proposals as it may deem ad-
visable. 
(2) TREATMENT OF CLASSIFIED OR LAW EN-
FORCEMENT-SENSITIVE MATTER.—Any report issued 
by the Select Committee shall be issued in unclassi-
fied form but may include a classified annex, a law 
enforcement-sensitive annex, or both. 
(c) CORRECTIVE MEASURES DESCRIBED.—The cor-
rective measures described in this subsection may include 
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changes in law, policy, procedures, rules, or regulations 
that could be taken— 
(1) to prevent future acts covering up the 
President’s cognitive decline; 
(2) to improve the public’s understanding of the 
President’s cognitive health; and 
(3) to strengthen the domestic institutions of 
the United States. 
(d) NO LEGISLATIVE JURISDICTION.—The Select 
Committee shall not have legislative jurisdiction and shall 
have no authority to take legislative action on any bill or 
resolution. 
SEC. 5. PROCEDURE. 
(a) ACCESS TO INFORMATION FROM INTELLIGENCE 
COMMUNITY.—Notwithstanding clause 3(m) of rule X of 
the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Select 
Committee is authorized to study the sources and methods 
of entities described in clause 11(b)(1)(A) of rule X inso-
far as such study is related to the matters described in 
sections 3 and 4. 
(b) TREATMENT
OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.— 
Clause 11(b)(4), clause 11(e), and the first sentence of 
clause 11(f) of rule X of the Rules of the House of Rep-
resentatives shall apply to the Select Committee. 
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(c) APPLICABILITY OF RULES GOVERNING PROCE-
DURES OF COMMITTEES.—Rule XI of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives shall apply to the Select Com-
mittee 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. 
(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 sections 3 and 4 of this resolution, in-
cluding for the purpose of taking depositions. 
(5) The chair of the Select Committee is au-
thorized to compel by subpoena the furnishing of in-
formation by interrogatory. 
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(6)(A) The chair of the Select Committee, upon 
consultation with the ranking minority member, may 
order the taking of depositions, including pursuant 
to subpoena, by a Member or counsel of the Select 
Committee, in the same manner as a standing com-
mittee pursuant to section 3(t) of House Resolution 
5, One Hundred Nineteenth Congress. 
(B) Depositions taken under the authority pre-
scribed in this paragraph shall be governed by the 
most recent procedures submitted by the chair of the 
Committee on Rules for printing in the Congres-
sional Record. 
(7) Subpoenas authorized pursuant to this reso-
lution may be signed by the chair of the Select Com-
mittee or a designee. 
(8) The chair of the Select Committee may, 
after consultation with the ranking minority mem-
ber, recognize— 
(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. 
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(9) The chair of the Select Committee may 
postpone further proceedings when a record vote is 
ordered on questions referenced in clause 2(h)(4) of 
rule XI, and may resume proceedings on such post-
poned questions at any time after reasonable notice. 
Notwithstanding any intervening order for the pre-
vious question, an underlying proposition shall re-
main subject to further debate or amendment to the 
same extent as when the question was postponed. 
(10) The provisions of paragraphs (f)(1) 
through (f)(12) of clause 4 of rule XI shall apply to 
the Select Committee. 
(d) PUBLICATION.—The Select Committee shall en-
sure that reports and proposals prepared under this reso-
lution shall, upon completion, be made available to the 
general public in widely accessible formats not later than 
10 calendar days after the submission of the final report 
under section 4(a)(4). 
SEC. 6. RECORDS; STAFF; TRAVEL; FUNDING. 
(a) ACCESS TO RECORDS OF COMMITTEES.—A com-
mittee of the House shall cooperate with the Select Com-
mittee in providing access to records of the committee 
which will support the Select Committee in carrying out 
its purposes and functions. 
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(b) STAFF.—The appointment and the compensation 
of staff for the Select Committee shall be subject to regu-
lations issued by the Committee on House Administration. 
(c) DETAIL OF STAFF FROM THE LEGISLATIVE AND 
EXECUTIVE BRANCHES.— 
(1) HOUSE STAFF.—Staff of employing entities 
of the House or a joint committee may be detailed 
to the Select Committee to carry out this resolution 
and shall be deemed to be staff of the Select Com-
mittee. 
(2) EXECUTIVE
BRANCH
STAFF.—The Select 
Committee may request the head of any Federal 
agency to detail, on a nonreimbursable basis, any of 
the personnel of the agency to the Select Committee. 
(d) USE
OF CONSULTANTS PERMITTED.—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 section applies 
with respect to a standing committee of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
(e) TRAVEL.—Clauses 8(a), (b), and (c) of rule X of 
the Rules of the House of Representatives shall apply to 
the Select Committee. 
(f) FUNDING; PAYMENTS.—There shall be paid out 
of the applicable accounts of the House of Representatives 
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