IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 596 
Impeaching Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States, for usurping 
Congress’s legislative authority and willfully circumventing the express 
guidance of the United States Supreme Court by extending the COVID– 
19 eviction moratorium, and other high crimes and misdemeanors. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 23, 2021 
Mrs. GREENE of Georgia (for herself, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, and Mr. 
GOSAR) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Impeaching Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States, 
for usurping Congress’s legislative authority and willfully 
circumventing the express guidance of the United States 
Supreme Court by extending the COVID–19 eviction 
moratorium, and other high crimes and misdemeanors. 
Resolved, That Joseph Robinette Biden, President of 
the United States, is impeached for usurping Congress’s 
legislative authority and circumventing the express guid-
ance of the United States Supreme Court, and other high 
crimes and misdemeanors, and that the following Articles 
of Impeachment be exhibited to the United States Senate: 
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Articles of Impeachment exhibited by the House of 
Representatives of the United States of America in the 
name of itself and of the people of the United States of 
America, against Joseph Robinette Biden, in maintenance 
and support of its impeachment against him for usurping 
Congressional prerogatives, disregarding and circum-
venting the express guidance of the Supreme Court, and 
for other high crimes and misdemeanors. 
ARTICLE I: USURPING CONGRESS’S LEGISLATIVE 
AUTHORITY 
The Constitution provides that the House of Rep-
resentatives ‘‘shall have the sole Power of Impeachment’’ 
and that the President ‘‘shall be removed from Office on 
Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or 
other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.’’. 
Further, the Constitution states that ‘‘all legislative 
powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of 
the United States which shall consist of a Senate and a 
House of Representatives.’’. 
Whereas Congress has the authority to enumerate the 
powers, duties, and functions to be exercised by agencies, 
as well as directly counteract, through later legislation, 
certain agency actions implementing delegated authority. 
Whereas the Constitution outlines that the ‘‘executive 
Power shall be vested in a President of the United 
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States.’’. Thus, the President serves as the chief executive 
officer of the executive branch of the Federal Government. 
Any regulations, guidance, or extensions made by execu-
tive departments are derived from the executive power of 
the President and are subject to his discretion. 
Whereas, in September 2020, the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an order tempo-
rarily halting residential evictions to stop the spread of 
COVID–19 under Section 361 of the Public Health Serv-
ice Act. According to the Department of Health and 
Human Services (HHS), Section 361 of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 264) gives the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services the authorization to take measures 
to prevent the entry and spread of communicable diseases 
from foreign countries into the United States and between 
States. 
Whereas the CDC’s order was extended by the Biden 
Administration in March 2021 to remain in effect through 
June 30th, after which it was extended again through July 
31, 2021. 
Whereas Justice Kavanaugh expressed on June 29, 
2021, that Congress—and not the executive branch—is 
responsible for taking legislative action on the eviction 
moratorium in response to the COVID–19 pandemic. In 
fact, Justice Kavanaugh explicitly stated in his opinion 
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that ‘‘in my view, clear and specific congressional author-
ization (via new legislation) would be necessary for the 
CDC to extend the moratorium past July 31.’’. 
Whereas, on August 3, 2021, the Centers for Disease 
Control extended their eviction moratorium until October 
3, 2021, in direct contradiction to Justice Kavanaugh’s 
opinion on June 29, 2021. 
By these actions, President Biden has demonstrated 
his manifest disrespect for Congress, the American people, 
and the rule of law by usurping congressional prerogatives 
explicitly enumerated in the Constitution and reaffirmed 
by the Supreme Court. 
ARTICLE
II: 
DISREGARDING
AND
CIRCUM-
VENTING
THE
JUDICIAL
AUTHORITY
OF
THE
SU-
PREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 
The Constitution provides that the ‘‘judicial Power 
of the United States shall be vested in one supreme Court, 
and in such inferior courts as the Congress may from time 
to time ordain and establish.’’. 
Whereas, on June 29, 2021, Justice Kavanaugh stat-
ed in his concurring opinion that the CDC’s eviction mora-
torium via administrative order ‘‘exceeded [its] statutory 
authority,’’ thus making clear that the nationwide morato-
rium via administrative order was prima facie invalid be-
yond July 31, 2021. Further, Justice Kavanaugh made 
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clear that only an Act of Congress—in his words: ‘‘via new 
legislation’’—would be able to extend the moratorium be-
yond the end of July. 
In direct contravention to Justice Kavanaugh’s opin-
ion, President Biden empowered CDC Director Dr. Ro-
chelle Walensky to extend the moratorium for two months, 
forcing thousands of landlords to obey an order already 
declared to be circumspect by Justice Kavanaugh. 
Whereas congressional Democrats—the majority 
party in the House of Representatives that controls the 
schedule of legislative items brought to the floor for con-
sideration—failed to hold a roll call vote on the extension 
of an eviction moratorium before leaving for August re-
cess. 
Combine these facts with the ongoing rental assist-
ance provided by Congress and distributed in the State 
of Georgia over the last eight months: 
(1) The State of Georgia received $710 million 
through from the U.S. Treasury Department 
through the Federal Emergency Rental Assistance 
Program. 
(2) The Georgia Rental Assistance Program 
has distributed $14,118,327 to tenants and land-
lords as of July 28, which is 2.6 percent of the total 
amount of funds, according to the Georgia Depart-
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ment of Community Affairs, the State agency re-
sponsible for distributing the money to most Georgia 
counties. 
(3) Of the $710 million allocated to Georgia in 
the first round of funding, $552 million has gone to 
the State Department of Community Affairs, which 
oversees [several] housing programs in communities 
like Athens–Clarke that have fewer than 200,000 
residents. The rest of the money has been distrib-
uted by 12 local governments in larger communities. 
(4) Department of Community Affairs (DCA) 
Deputy Commissioner for Housing Tonya Curry de-
scribes: ‘‘We got the rental assistance in January, 
we stood up our portal on March 8, and we’ve been 
accepting applications ever since. I think that the 
perception is that there’s a slow rollout, but we’re 
receiving applications every day from citizens in 
need of these funds.’’ 
(5) Since starting, the program has paid out 
slightly more than $16 million to 4,950 households. 
In Athens–Clarke, they have received 400 applica-
tions and paid rent for 76 households, for a total of 
$449,800 paid out so far. 
(6) More than 22 percent of Georgia renters 
were not caught up on rent as of July 5, according 
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to data from the Census Bureau, or more than 
340,000 tenants. According to information from the 
Athens–Clarke Magistrate Court office, there were 
134 evictions filed in June—the last month for 
which data was readily available—with 53 resulting 
in hearings. Evictions were expected to increase 
after the end of the Center for Disease Control mor-
atorium ended July 31, but a new moratorium ap-
plying to counties with widespread COVID went into 
effect August 3. 
Whereas the preceding facts demonstrate that suffi-
cient Federal funding for rental assistance has been pro-
vided, even while disbursement of the funds has lagged. 
Whereas, in his conduct as President of the United 
States, in violation of his constitutional oath to faithfully 
execute the office of President of the United States, and, 
to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, defend, the 
Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his 
constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully 
executed—Joseph Robinette Biden is guilty of usurping 
Congress’s authority to make law and circumventing the 
Supreme Court’s authority to rule on all cases arising 
under the Constitution. 
Wherefore President Biden, by such conduct, has 
demonstrated that he will remain a threat to national se-
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curity and the Constitution if allowed to remain in office, 
and has acted in a manner grossly incompatible with self- 
governance and the rule of law. President Biden thus war-
rants impeachment and trial, removal from office, and dis-
qualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, 
or profit under the United States. 
Æ 
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