H. Res. 605 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
September 3, 2025. 
Resolved, 
SECTION 1. SELECT SUBCOMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE RE-
MAINING QUESTIONS SURROUNDING JANUARY 6, 
2021. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT; COMPOSITION.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established 
for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress a select in-
vestigative subcommittee of the Committee on the Judi-
ciary called the Select Subcommittee to Investigate the 
Remaining Questions Surrounding January 6, 2021 
(hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘select subcommittee’’). 
(2) COMPOSITION.— 
(A) The select subcommittee shall be composed 
of not more than 8 Members, Delegates, or the 
Resident Commissioner appointed by the Speaker, 
of whom not more than 3 shall be appointed in con-
sultation with the minority leader. The Speaker 
shall designate one member of the select sub-
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committee as its chair. Any vacancy in the select 
subcommittee shall be filled in the same manner as 
the original appointment. 
(B) Each member appointed to the select sub-
committee shall be treated as though a member of 
the Committee on the Judiciary for purposes of the 
select subcommittee. 
(C) The chair and ranking minority member of 
the Committee on the Judiciary shall be ex officio 
members of the select subcommittee but shall have 
no vote in the select subcommittee and may not be 
counted for purposes of determining a quorum 
thereof. 
(3) SERVICE.—Service on the select subcommittee 
shall not count against the limitations in clause 
5(b)(2)(A) of rule X of the Rules of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
(b) INVESTIGATIVE FUNCTIONS AND AUTHORITY.—The 
select subcommittee is authorized and directed to conduct a 
full and complete investigation and study and issue a final re-
port of the events surrounding January 6, 2021 regarding 
matters within the jurisdiction of the Committee on the Judi-
ciary under clause 1(l) of rule X of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives. The select subcommittee may not hold a 
markup of legislation.
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(c) PROCEDURE.— 
(1) Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the rules of the Committee on the Judi-
ciary shall apply to the select subcommittee in the same 
manner as a subcommittee except as follows: 
(A) The chair of the select subcommittee may, 
after consultation with the ranking minority mem-
ber, recognize— 
(i) members of the select subcommittee to 
question a witness for periods longer than five 
minutes 
as 
though 
pursuant 
to 
clause 
2(j)(2)(B) of such rule XI; and 
(ii) staff of the select subcommittee or 
staff of the Committee on the Judiciary to 
question a witness as though pursuant to 
clause 2(j)(2)(C) of such rule XI. 
(B) The chair of the select subcommittee may 
authorize and issue subpoenas pursuant to clause 
2(m) of rule XI in the investigation, study, and re-
port conducted pursuant to subsection (b), includ-
ing for the purpose of taking depositions. 
(C) With regard to the full scope of investiga-
tive authority under subsection (b), the select sub-
committee shall be authorized to receive information 
available to the Permanent Select Committee on In-
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telligence, consistent with congressional reporting 
requirements for intelligence and intelligence-related 
activities, and any such information received shall 
be subject to the terms and conditions applicable 
under clause 11 of rule X. 
(2) The chair of the select subcommittee is author-
ized to compel by subpoena the furnishing of information 
by interrogatory. 
(3)(A) The chair of the select subcommittee, upon 
consultation with the ranking minority member, may 
order the taking of depositions, including pursuant to 
subpoena, by a Member, counsel of the select sub-
committee, or counsel of the Committee on the Judici-
ary, in the same manner as a standing committee pursu-
ant 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 proce-
dures submitted by the chair of the Committee on Rules 
for printing in the Congressional Record on January 14, 
2025. 
(4) Subpoenas authorized pursuant to this resolu-
tion may be signed by the chair of the select sub-
committee or a designee.